Homecoming

How tension is created

Ella Dunkley, Vova Solovyev, Anais Ridgeway

Narrative

• At the beginning of the piece the audience learns that the character Ben has been left home alone whilst his parents are on holiday.

• He has not answered his phone calls and has left food lying around the house. This immediately creates tension as the audience suspect that something has gone wrong.

• At the end it is revealed that Bed has been murdered.

Sound

• There is a black screen at the start of the thriller to focus on the answer phone message.

• The use of chimes, distortion and EQ in the music create a creepy atmosphere.

• Addition of a dark musical soundtrack going from higher to lower escalates the tension.

• At the end of the piece there is a build up of different orchestral instruments with reverb to produce a climax.

Props

• Unopened letters• Left out food• Fridge open• Dead flowers• CD disks out of place• Family photos

Camera

• The camera moves around the house at a slow pace so that the audience can focus on the different elements.

• It speeds up in the kitchen and then escalates up the stairs so that the audience suspects that something has happened up stairs.

• The camera finally slows in the bedroom to create suspense and moves from Ben’s hand to his face, and further to bird’s eye view. This reveals what has happened.

Reveal

• Sound is at its climax with orchestral sounds and dark musical soundtrack.

• Camera has slowed to create suspense.• Movement of camera in reveal to rest on

bird’s eye view captures full attention.