M. Night Shyamalan explains how to make a good thriller

Known for having directed the hit films

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, M. Night Shyamalan is promoting his new feature film,

, released in theaters on February 1, 2022. On this occasion, Brut him asked how to make a good thriller…

“What is fundamental in a thriller is that there is momentum”

According to the director, everything depends on writing the script for the film.

“A film is first of all a structure.

And this structure is vital because the spectator must always know where we are, he specifies.

What is fundamental in a thriller is that there is momentum.

Once you start building momentum, you have to constantly ramp up.”

Then, the filming helps shape the dramatic tension: “it's about 'underscoring' the adrenaline that the story generates.

Where is the character at scene 38, at scene 64?

We accentuate that with the way we shoot.

The shots must correspond to the rise in tension, the confinement or the threat that the character feels”.

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Finally, the editing makes it possible to put together all the ideas that make up the film: “It's a truly magical aspect in the creation of a film.

Editing is something that always amazes me, because the intention that I put in an image, we see it and we feel it.

This essential step is truly a magical art,” concludes M. Night Shyamalan.

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