It is obvious that "Lilya 4-Ever" is a thriller film, even when watching it without sound, due to the visual signifiers, colours used, editing, and general mise-en-scene.
The trailer is obviously advertising a thriller. This is evident through the use of flashbacks, connoting a troubled past and possibly a psychological thriller, as well as the text that first appears on the screen, "Lilya 4-Ever is a live wire stripped of insulation," showing that it is an exciting thriller!
Some specific parts of the mise-en-scene that show it is a thriller is the grey, dark setting which seems to be quite isolated, with the girl who is continually seen to be running away from something. The smashing of the iconography suggests a question of religion, a contraversial subject that can be brought in by a thriller to create tension. The scenes of isolation of the girl contrasted with those of many people, mainly happy ones, create a juxtaposition of herself or her personality, hinting at a psychological thriller. The scenes of the man chasing her or bothering her suggest a crime thriller.
Editing creates meaning through flashbacks and cross-cutting. The rapidly moving images alternating with the girl's solemn face connote danger or things going out of control, essential to a thriller. The non-diegetic music begins slowly, but then quickens pace in a snap when she hurls the painting to the ground. The chaos of these contrasting, face-paced scenes creates tension and suspense as well.
The mainly grey, monochromatic style of the setting suggests a troubled world, or more specifically, that the girl is troubled in her life. The grey concrete jungle indicates a tense or striving setting as well. The fact that the main character appears to be a girl also hints that it will be a psychological thriller, more emotional and not an action thriller, since the majority of thrillers with a female lead are. Emotions/mental concerns attract a predominantly female audience, while action and violence will most likely attract a male audience, meaning that it would make sense for the main character to be a female, so that the female audience can relate to her even more.
The trailer is obviously advertising a thriller. This is evident through the use of flashbacks, connoting a troubled past and possibly a psychological thriller, as well as the text that first appears on the screen, "Lilya 4-Ever is a live wire stripped of insulation," showing that it is an exciting thriller!
Some specific parts of the mise-en-scene that show it is a thriller is the grey, dark setting which seems to be quite isolated, with the girl who is continually seen to be running away from something. The smashing of the iconography suggests a question of religion, a contraversial subject that can be brought in by a thriller to create tension. The scenes of isolation of the girl contrasted with those of many people, mainly happy ones, create a juxtaposition of herself or her personality, hinting at a psychological thriller. The scenes of the man chasing her or bothering her suggest a crime thriller.
Editing creates meaning through flashbacks and cross-cutting. The rapidly moving images alternating with the girl's solemn face connote danger or things going out of control, essential to a thriller. The non-diegetic music begins slowly, but then quickens pace in a snap when she hurls the painting to the ground. The chaos of these contrasting, face-paced scenes creates tension and suspense as well.
The mainly grey, monochromatic style of the setting suggests a troubled world, or more specifically, that the girl is troubled in her life. The grey concrete jungle indicates a tense or striving setting as well. The fact that the main character appears to be a girl also hints that it will be a psychological thriller, more emotional and not an action thriller, since the majority of thrillers with a female lead are. Emotions/mental concerns attract a predominantly female audience, while action and violence will most likely attract a male audience, meaning that it would make sense for the main character to be a female, so that the female audience can relate to her even more.
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