Thriller Research - Blinded - Jon

• Lots of confusion, traffic close up shots
• There are close up shots of traffic lights turning red and green. This shows the passing of time.
• We hear horns in the background, before cutting to the succession of shots of cars, at various angles. This creates confusion.
• We then see something is wrong with the character in the car at the front, the shot through the car windscreen shows him grasping his eyes in pain.
• The camera cuts rapidly through various drivers all shouting and honking their horns. This adds to the panic.
• Once the character has been dropped off on the crossing, the camera positioning is at a high angle long shot, which portrays the characters isolation and panic. This is accompanied with blurring of the surrounding areas which adds to the confusion.
• All of the shots have a low colour saturation setting, which gives a very dim and dark look to the shots, while the lighting remains high key.

Oddly, there are no classic Mise En Scene elements that portray the thriller theme. It is very naturalistic in the camera work, etc. The only exception to the naturalism is the scene in the car, where we hear the blind character describing what he sees.