Evaluation Questions Final

Evaluation QuestionsEvaluation Questions

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and

Our media product is a short clip of three minutes to an opening of a thriller. The storyline is based on awoman being captured by a mystery villain and locked in a basement. This specific choice of storyline buildsup anxiety and suspense adding to the horror theme. Martin Rubin points out that a Thriller should becategorised as a ‘metagenre’. It is considered one of the most broadest genres in film as it can have manysub-genres coming from it, such as crime, action adventure, mystery etc.Due to thrillers being broad, it is the most difficult to identify, however, there are elements within it that anaudience will expect to see. These include, a sense of unease, danger, tension and anxiety. If a thriller issuccessful it should keep the audience on the edge of their seats. This is usually achieved by the particularuse of both diegetic and non-diegetic music, camera shots and angels.Before we began filming we all researched a number of thriller films, this was in order for us to learn theconventions that are needed to create a successful thriller film, we did this both as a group andindependently. We focused on their story lines and openings, comparing them and looking for similarities.The two main films we analysed were “Memento” and “Silence of the lambs”. After having watched theopenings to these thrillers we began noticing the similar aspects between them, we also noted what theevident conventions that occurred in them, some of these where; narrative enigmas, suspense, mystery,eerie music and a sense of uncertainty. These allow the audience to be drawn into the film and feel a part of the characters experience. Another thing that really helps create a thriller, is when the audience knows justas much as the character, really putting them in the same position. We too tried to perceive these aspects inour own opening, leaving the audience in the dark as well as the characters.Although the films have completely different storylines they both use narrative enigmas in the same way tokeep the audiences attention. As well as both creating an air of suspense and mystery. We used non-diegticmusic, it has an eerie quality and fits into the background perfectly, this adds to the tension of feelingsamongst the audience watching and makes them feel on edge. At some points we erased the idea of musicand used the technique of silence which added to the uncomfortable, dreary atmosphere, we felt that thishelped with the mystery and suspense you would usually achieve in a genuine thriller . Throughout thefilming process we decided to use two locations, this was because the house we was using that had abasement didn’t look as scary from the front so we decided to use a different house for that specific scene.Both the chosen locations had a weird, creepy feel to them, which definitely fitted our thriller storyline andbrought the edgy and hostile feel we needed. The basement (house 1) was dark, cold and very mysterious; itreally helped guide us along the way, adding a great deal to the storyline and creating this horror-like feelwe aimed to achieve.

The two films we had inspiration from

‘Memento’- withthe women waking up in an unknown place and alsowith the previous idea of using a Polaroid picture

and

‘Silence Of the Lambs’-with the idea of a serial killer targeting young women.

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