Here is the trailer of 'The Wave' which is a German film. It is thrilling as it shows clips of a normal school, normal students, being changed by one man. There is a point of view shot of the man looking out onto the playground, this shows the distance from him and the kids on the playground, it also creates a sense of him being alone and having nothing. This clip is a montage of all the clips, I feel this has a more and less gripping sense to it - it may have a less thrilling factor due it not being continuous but also in a sense a more thrilling factor as it is very jumpy and that adds to the thriller as thrillers are meant to make you jump and for you to be on the edge of your seat. There is an over the shoulder shot of the man looking at the classroom - the classroom is empty, but then there is another over the shoulder shot later on in the clip which shows all of the children who have his control (all standing infront of him, looking at him, standing up to him) this is a contrast of him going from nothing, to rise to get such control of so many people. There is a clip of the students marching to him in the classroom, all joking around and him saying that's the power of unity', but we see that one of the boys (the last one we see in the clip, at the back of the room) is taking it quite seriously, this shows that the power of unity is taking him over and he is likely to be dictated. Now it is as if they are his soldiers, and the normal students are no longer individuals in their own clothes saying how dictatorship will 'no way' not happen again, they are now 'together', one body and are now his army. The costumes show that they are no longer individuals as they used to come in colorful home clothes yet now they all wear the same white (neutral) clothes, this shows that they are now all together and have formed their own group. The clips towards the end get shorter and shorter, this builds up the climax of all the clips as we want to know what it leads up to. There is a clip of the students running up the stairs which makes them look like troops as if they are getting ready to go somewhere. They also is a clip of some of the students running round the town putting up posters of 'the wave', which makes them look like a gang, all going round putting out the flyers of their group. This is juxtaposed to a clip of one of the students looking up a gun on the computer, this shows that it has turned to violence. The last clip is of the man looking around nervously, as if he is thinking to himself 'what have I done?', its almost as if he has seen the awful consequence of what he has made happen. The non-diegetic music in this clip sounds like the ocean (which it is meant to as the film is called 'the wave'), this is affective as the ocean takes things in, therefore the students are being sucked in by this man (who is the leader, like the sea). It has drops in the song which are strong and powerful, but then it also has the flowing bits which build up to climaxes. When they are marching in the classroom, the non-diegetic music stops, this makes us able to just hear the marching of them all being together, we get the sense of unity. There was a sound of an almost drum which goes in time with the writing that comes onto the screen, it does this throughout but one that stuck out for me was when it said that 'he became their leader', this shows the power and the force that this man has got. The use of the drill creates an alarming sound and it indicates danger.