In what ways does your media product

use, develop or challenge forms and

conventions of real media products?
Our thriller compares to the films we
previously watched because we
don’t show the identity of the villain
similar to the film ‘Se7en’
We chose the plot of our thriller
because we didn’t want to use the
stereotypical idea of a teenager so
we used a child instead. Because we
used a child it makes the audience
feel protective over him.
We decided what to include and what
not to include when our team made a
mind map and all our thoughts came
together. We decided to use the
concealment and protraction
convention because we didn’t want to
show what the killer looked like. We
also followed the question and answer
model as we don’t show where Josh
has gone and who the villain is. We
decided to use a child which is not in
any of the others, we wanted to use a
child because the audience will become
practice over him, wondering where he
has gone.
Our narrative is clear in my opinion
because it is liner, however if we
chose it to be non liner the
audience may get confused. A
restrictive narrative is where you
keep a lot from the audience. We
used this in our thriller because we
wanted to hold suspense. Where as
a comedy would give the audience a
lot of information about each
character.
We chose to use a range of camera angles to
make it more interesting to watch rather than
just using one angle for example extreme long
shot for the whole production. Using different
shots gives the production depth to the film as
we used a bird’s eye view of josh getting into
the cupboard, this gives the feeling that
someone is looking over him and making him
look small and insignificant. Another camera
shot we used is from outside the window
looking into the kitchen at Lisa. We filmed this
shot twice, once with the tripod and one
without to give the effect of someone actually
stood there. We decided to use the shot
without the tripod as it looked more effective.
In my opinion our opening
sequence was a success as we
held suspense well however we
should have swapped the scene
where Lisa looks into the kitchen
cupboard last to make the
audience ask questions and
wonder where Josh is. However
we used a lot of different angles
and held suspense well. I think it
was a good opening