Evaluation - Question 1 [Part 2]

Q1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

9 frames from my thriller opening showing thriller conventions:

 

Shot 1 - This shot meets the thriller conventions as the use of text I have used. This shot shows my production logo; the type of text I have used ‘Cracked’ helps to demonstrate that my production company makes thriller films. I used a black background to make the audience anxious of what could happen next.

Shot 2 - This shot shows a thriller convention of vulnerability. This is because my female character is very vulnerable at this stage as she is unaware of the stalker watching her. I named this shot my ‘Hide and Seek’ shot as it remind me of the thriller film, and it is as if the stalker is hiding and seeking my female character. 

Shot 3 - I used this shot to make the audience think that Chellsee may know someone is following her. I directed Chellsee to look behind her so the audience may think that she has seen the ‘stalker’ watching her. I decided to the use the camera as if it was the stalker as I thought this would be an effective idea. This shot shows the thriller conventions of suspense and drama.

Shot 4 - This shot shows a thriller convention of loneliness. I used this shot to begin to show the emotions of my female character and unravel my storyline. In this shot I aimed to show my audience the facial expressions of Chellsee as they told a story. The use of the black background helps to explore the horror-thriller side of my opening sequence.

Shot 5 - This shot shows a thriller convention of danger. I used an effect to fade one piece of footage into another, also I used this effect to grab my audience’s attention and help to explore the thriller side of my opening sequence.

Shot 6 - I used this shot to show Chellsee’s vulnerability. I wished to express in this shot that Chellsee has flashbacks of her attack and that she steel feels defenceless, in danger and lonely.This shot explores each thriller convention and also of begins to unravel my storyline. Similarly to ‘Shot 4’ I aimed to show mainly Chellsee’s facial expression as this was what showed her feelings and the thriller conventions above.

Shot 7 - This shot shows a thriller convention of unawareness. I used this shot to show Chellsee’s helplessness and unawareness. This shot shows my ‘hidden’ character behind my female character, and I used this shot because it would make my audience anxious of what might happen to Chellsee, also this shot expresses Chellsee’s facial expressions and emotions as she looks scared and tense. I used a back backdrop to help hide my ‘hidden’ character as it would make the shot more mysterious and effective. This shot is effective because the audience can see my ‘hidden’ character behind her, but Chellsee cannot.

Shot 8 - This shot shows my ‘stalker’ character grabbing Chellsee, and she gradually fades away into the background. This is effective because This shot shows a thriller convention of defencelessness. This is another shot I used to not only show Chellsee’s facial expressions and emotions, but also to help begin to tell me storyline.

Shot 9 - I showed the title of my thriller film last as I thought this would be more effective. I began to tell a story with my film footage which my audience would have been trying to puzzle together, I then finished with my film title. I think this explores thriller conventions because it reflects on the audience of what is going to happen in the film, because of the opening they’ve seen and also because of the title of the film.