Summary of our thriller film 'Mistress'

Our film is a thriller and sub genre is murderous passion, as it involves a love triangle. There are three characters: a husband, his wife and a woman he is having an affair with. The basic plot is about the wife, who finds out about her husband having an affair and angrily seeks revenge. She follows them into a secluded forest. The isolated area works with the thriller genre because nobody else will be there and so the other characters will be helpless and alone, which creates panic and desperation. We decided to use the typical mise-en-scene of thriller films: low key music to build tension, as well as dark lighting. To enhance the darkness of the film, thus increasing the sinister tone of it, we decided to put the film in black and white, an element of the film noir genre. We also chose to not show violence, but instead use camera angles that suggest what has happened but do not directly reveal it to the audience, leaving them to make their own mind up.