Steve Shill- Director of Obsessed.

Steve Shill is a British director from London. He graduated from Leeds university in fine arts, he was apart of Impact Theater Co-operative but they disbanded in 1986 which pushed him into making theater work under his own name. He began his directing career by television dramas such as Eastenders and Casualty. He has direct many major successful television dramas such as Dexter, Criminal minds, The wire and Law and order. On top of that he directed the film Obsessed staring Beyonce Knowles, this is our main reason that influenced us to look at his work. As our films have a similar narrative it made sense to watch his work and see how he uses camera shots and other media techniques to create an effective thriller.

 After watching the opening to obsessed the main techniques that stuck out to me were the font of the credits, the location and the music. The font of the credits is a very curvaceous which adds a feminine touch which later ties in with the film. The soundtrack is very modern and happy which contrasts with the genre and the location has picked is a new house possible indicating a fresh start. His use of close ups through out the film helps the audience get a clear indication of the emotion of the chosen characters face.

All in all we thought Steve Shill's use of lulling the audience in to a false sense of security was an effective was the opening for the thriller he created.