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Evaluation - Question 1

Despite some unconventional costume choices, most elements of the film opening conform to thriller genre conventions. The dingy alleyway and garage settings establish a creepy atmosphere similar to other thrillers. Dexter, the mysterious kidnapper, is dressed entirely in dark clothes keeping with expectations. His identity remains unknown, also typical of the genre. Sudden intense music and Sarah's imprisonment further signal this is a thriller. Camera shots and editing maintain a disjointed yet exciting pace. The dark title graphics with fading grey letters conform to the sinister thriller tone expected by audiences.

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Question1: In whatways does your productuse, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? Setting My filmis set mostly down an ally way and in a manky, old garage. The dingy setting definitely fits in with what the audience will expect from a creepy thriller film, the ally way I used is narrow and appears to be in the middle of nowhere, this is similar to thrillers that I have researched. For example, in The Lovely Bones, the girl is taken into a dirty and rundown room under the ground in a scary looking field, the setting of production looks run down, old and creepy. Dirty,ivycoveredwall The ground iscoveredinrotten leavesandthe groundisuneven. CharactersCostume The costume that my charactersare wearinginsome waychallenge formor conventionsof the thrillergenre,myfemale leadSarahwaswearingablacktop and jeanswitha checkedcoatand blackhigh heel shoes.Althoughthiscostume was veryage appropriate itmaynot be exactlywhatpeople expectedfromthe character, the audience maybe expectinghercharacterto be wearinga dark colouredmini dress,withskinshowingasshe issupposedtoof just be leaving herfriendsthe morningaftera party. Character Introduction Both of my characters were introduced quite gradually, Sarah is the main character of the filmand she is the first character to be seen on screen, her feet are revealed first and then her full appearance is revealed quickly after. Dexter however is supposed to be a mysterious character whose identity is never truly revealed, he is not seen until about half way through the opening and there are little full body shot of him. His face is always covered and this therefore keeps the audience guessing about who he really is, this therefore goes along with what the audience would expect from a thriller, I think that the audience would be expecting not to know the identity of the bad character straight away, but for it to remain a mystery until towards the end of the film. Redchecked coat Black top,jeansandshoes Redlipstickand makeup
Despite the female lead maybe not wearing what would be expected of this character I think that the male lead (the kidnapper) was dressed in a way that goes with what the audience would expect from a character of this nature. Dexter was wearing all black jeans, jumper, shoes and face mask, this made him mysterious, also the fact that his true identity was never revealed to the audience, sticks with many of the conventions of thriller films. Genre There a few aspects of my film opening that suggest the genre to the audience, the suspenseful music that cuts in quite suddenly could be a surprise to the audience, the happy character at the start mixed with the intensity of the music highlight to the audience that the film is of the thriller genre. Another way that the audience is clued into the fact that this is a thriller is that the second camera shot is of Sarah banging on the door in the garage where she has been locked in, this immediately tells the audience that something bad is about to happen to this character, this gives away the nature of the storyline quite quickly. Shotof Sarah inthe garage where she has beenshutinmy Dexter’s character, isthe second shotthat the audience sees. Camera There were manydifferentshotsandanglesthatI filmedfrom during production, I wanted to create a sense of pace that is expected in a thriller and really show the audience the setting,whilekeepingfocuson the main characters. The start section where Sarah is walking down the alley way has her speaking and walking from quite a few different angles, the cuts from her being kidnapped and her being locked in the garage separates out the action and give the open a disjointed, exciting but sinister feel. Editing There isnot a great deal of editingin the film opening, I used quite a few fade in and fade out when transferring from the kidnappingandtalkingonthe phone to Sarah being locked in the garage. I didn’t want to take away from the main action by usingmanyspecial effects, I wanted it appear real and for the audience to right in with the action. Example of a longshotcamera angle used
Title The title that I usedisverydark and the colourtransfersfromgrey into black.The grey dark colourand the pitchblack backgroundconformto whatyou wouldexpectfroma thrillermovie. The lookof the font usedand the title ingeneral keeps in withthe sinisteranddarkthemesin the filmand is probablywhatan audience wouldexpectfroma Thrillerfilm.