Short Film Research: Election Day; Thriller

 Hello and welcome to or welcome back to my blog! In todays blog I will be telling you some Thriller conventions I noticed from this short film.


  • A long pan/establishing shot as we get to see the school. A lot of medium long shots and close ups on objects.
  • This was a thriller set at a high school so at some points they played the typical high school tv show background music. I really liked the use of hallway chatter in the background of the two characters dialogue.
  • All of the costumes, lighting, acting and so forth were very knish for high school students.
  • The element of the thriller genre that I think was executed well was the plot twist/reveal in the end. I also like how it was a small flash back moment which helped understand it better.
  • There wasn't anything I didn't like. If I had to pick something I would say the camera quality but it is understandable because of how long ago this was made.



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