phonebooth- analysis of thrillers

Phonebooth is defiantly my favourite thriller, as it complete ignores the 'etiquette' of all thrillers, but this is also why it works so well and why i chose it for inspiration.

Being set in one location throughout the duration of the film sounds boring and tidas but they pull it off so well as you get to no the characters straight away and your eyes are constantly fixed to screen.

Phonebooth completely ignores the unwritten rules for when making a thriller its set in daytime new york in a busy high street, this is very uncommon as normally thrillers are low key lighting all the way through and are set at night with no one around. Another thing is the violents. There is only a few parts of voilents and there not very graphic and enhanced.

Diagetic sounds like cars passing and pedestrians talking creates the atmosphere of new york streets. The killers voice is also used to let the audience no whats going to happen but then you start questioning if it will happen and that's what builds up tension.

Near the end of the film or what we believe the end of the film is, we think they had a shot finding the killer but then the audience is left confused after its not the right person and the killer is still talking to the ma on the phone. The film ends on a cliff hanger which really sticks in your mind to try and worked out what would happen.