Sabotage;

During our lesson we watched a scene of sabotage called "lord mayor show" that is a perfect example of why Alfred Hitchcock is called the master of suspence.
In this scene Alfred Hitchcock uses dramatic irony very cleverly. Dramatic Irony is when the audience knows something that the character doesn't and this gives the audience an erge to scream at the screen to try and inform the character. During this scene Verloc (a terrorist) give a package to little stevie who has to carry it across town. However, what stevie doent know is that the package is a bomb that will go off at 1.45. Whilst Stevie is carrying the package he is distracted many times during his journey and the creates great suspence as we want stevie to deliver the package so he isnt harmed.

Shadow of a doubt;

Shadow of a doubt is a film directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1943.
During our lesson we watched the opening of shadow of a doubt and we annalysed it taking into consideration all elements of mise en scene;
Hair, Make-up & Costume
Uncle Charlie is well presented in a suit with immaculate hair, this contrasts with the setting as he seems to be in a slum
Facial Expressions and body language
Uncle Charlie and Charlie are both first seen lying down on a bed, this could show their personalities are similar and that they have a very close relationship.
Colour & lighting
The film is in black and white so not alot can be said about the colour. High key lighting is used as the light looks natural.
Settings & props
The props that are used are money and cigars and this shows that charlie is upper class. However the money is on the floor and this shows that money doesnt mean much to him which could suggest that he has a lot of it.
Position Of elements in the frame
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Mise En Scene;

Mise en scene is french for 'what is in the frame'.
There are five things to consider with mise en scene;
- hair and make up
- setting and props
- sound
-lighting and colour
-compostion of objects in the frame

Survey Results;

Soviet Montage;

During lesson we learnt about soviet montage; this is when many clips are put together to make the audience assumes something is happening when in fact it isn't. An example of soviet montage is seen in the film 'Psycho' during the shower scene, we are shown several different shots of the woman scream, the knife in the murderers hand and blood dripping into the bath, this makes the audience assume that the woman has been stabbed even though we did not actually see it happening.

Montage;

 I put some images together to create a montage that would portray our initial idea for our thriller; 

The Manchurian Candidate;

During our lesson we watched the film "The Manchurian Candidate" (1962) which is an American Cold War political thriller film. The general plot of this film is that a former korean war POW is brainwashed, a couple of the characters have reocurring nightmares; they see some of their colleages killing other colleages, this is as of a brainwash set off by a unknown person. The Brainwash is triggered by the character dealing a set of cards, they are brainwashed in and out of the nightmare.