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Evaluation: Question 2: How does your media product represent particular social group?

Evaluation: Question1:In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Question 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

The task that we had was to produce a thriller opening which would last 2 minutes. At first, to ensure we had an in depth understanding of thrillers we did research into thrillers to see the different types of thrillers and the different types of thriller sub genres. Also with the research on the thriller we researched how thrillers make the audience feel. Then we looked at cinematography where we researched for the types shots that are used in thrillers. After we had researched into thrillers we were put in group where we would produce our 2 minute thriller as a group. Then we went on to plan for the production of our thriller and the planning consisted in us planning a narrative that we wanted our thriller to follow. Also we planned a storyboard for the filming of our thriller as the storyboard organised and set out what scenes and shots we need to film for our thriller. After the planning we filmed our thriller and with the filming finished we edited our thriller on final cut pro. We edited and we also added soundtracks in our thriller to give the audience a chilling experience in watching our thriller.

Does my Thriller follow conventions of a Thriller?

In my opinion my thriller does follow the conventions of a thriller but in a unique and new way. The conventions in our thriller are iconography the characters (female victim and antagonist), the location and use of mise en scene.

The most significant conventions in my thriller are the characters and how they are represented. The characters in my thriller show that my thriller does follow the conventions of a thriller. For example my thriller only has two characters, a female victim and an antagonist. These characters are very conventional as these characters are used in most thrillers and my thriller uses these characters which ensured that my thriller followed the conventions of a thriller.

The female victim follows the conventions as the female victim in my thriller is young and attractive. This also illustrates her innocence and vulnerability.  Also the costume for my victim in my thriller is conventional as she wears light colour costumes and has a very simple make up. Lastly the female victim in my thriller is conventional as she has a very weak, small and timid body language.

This is the female victim in my thriller. She is conventional as she is young, attractive and innocent and all the characteristics for a conventional female victim can be seen.

These are other examples of female victims from other thrillers such as scream and Spiderman. My female victim is conventional compared to these victims as they all are young, attractive and innocent and they are all females, with simple make up and light costumes.

The antagonist is conventional and follows the convention of a thriller as the antagonist is a male as usually the antagonist is a male. Also the costumes are conventional as the costumes are dark and the identity of the antagonist is hidden as this is very conventional the audience not knowing who the antagonist is this mysterious character which in many thrillers the antagonists identity is hidden. Lastly the body language and the facial expression of the antagonist are very confident and bold as the antagonist dominates the female victim this is very conventional in thrillers.
 

This is the antagonist in my thriller. He is conventional as the antagonist is wearing dark costumes and he is a male as that is what the audience expect to see. Also he has a very confident facial expression and a bold and tall body language.

These are examples of other antagonist from other thrillers such as Batman, Scream and James Bond. These examples show that my antagonist is conventional as all these antagonists have a very confident facial expression and have dark costumes which give them the fear factor towards the audience.

Also my thriller is conventional as the setting of my thriller is very conventional as the thriller is set at home. This is a very common place for a thriller to be set as the audience feel most safe at home and that safety is being taken away from the characters and the audience. The home was conventional place to set a thriller, for example prom night and scream. These thrillers are set at home and these thrillers have chilled the audience by the setting. This is the one way I used and developed conventions of real media products.

This is the location of my thriller.

 

These are examples of other location from other thrillers such as Prom Night, Scream and Insidious. My location is conventional as most thrillers are set at home and they have the most effect on the audience.

Lastly my thriller is conventional because of the use of iconography. The iconography that is used in my thriller is a knife and blood. The knife is a significant murder weapon in thrillers. Also the use of blood in the thriller is conventional as the audience expect to see blood and when the audience do they think that someone has been killed or has someone been injured.

The iconography is conventional in my thriller as the antagonist is holding the knife as in most thrillers the antagonist does which chills the audience.

Generic conventions of a thriller:

I carried out a lot of research into thrillers in order to get a better understanding of the conventions used. In order to create an effective thriller opening, I also looked at the target audience appeal and other aspects of thrillers such as the use of micro-elements. I also researched further into the following conventions like age certificates, narrative structure and theory, themes in thrillers films and character representation.

The films that particularly helped me use and develop conventions were iconography from the film scream and prom night. The knife was shown many times and it showed the victim playing with the knife before it was used to kill her, in both Scream and Prom night the antagonist uses the knife to kill the female victim. This is conventional as the antagonist attacks the female victim with a knife which is a significant iconography.

For the use of lighting I found that a lot of low key lighting is used which creates shadows and this creates tension within the audience. This is a convention that I wanted use in my thriller.

The characters that were conventional in thrillers was a female victim who is always a female, murdered in a brutal way due to an obsessive boyfriend or a serial killer. Also the antagonist who is usually a murderer in the thriller, which then causes the audience to fear the antagonist. There are also children in thrillers and other additional family members however I did not want to use these additional characters.

The types of settings that were used were houses and bedrooms because this is where the audience feel the safest. Also the settings can be in very isolated and dark places such as in a warehouse, forests, derelict building, ally way and many other locations.

The audience response from the thrillers was that the audience were chilled by what they saw and their emotions were manipulated as they feared for the victim and they are sometimes given the hope that the victim will survive but the antagonist gets the victim. The audience also are made to feel scared as the location and setting isolate the audience when they are watching.  I wanted to use this convention and develop it to make a successful thriller and the chill the audience to the best of y ability in my thriller.

Generic convention in my thriller:

The first duration of our opening it shows the female victim entering the house and there are many camera angle used. There is a high camera angle used and a low angle used. The high camera angle was used to show the female victim as vulnerable and an easy target as she is walking up the stairs to enter her bedroom, the high camera angle makes the audience anticipate that something will happen to the female victim as she will enter the bedroom. The low camera angle used on the antagonist as he is caught in deep thoughts it shows that the antagonist is superior and inferior to the female victim and that he is plotting a sinful act.

This high camera angle of the victim shows how vulnerable she is and the audience can immediately see that she is the victim as she is wearing light colour costumes and the location that is in a house.

This is the low angle used on the antagonist the low camera angle shoes that the antagonist is inferior that he is planning a devilish act.

The victims costume is shown when she is in the house. The costume is very simple and this is used to show the audience that the victim is innocent and she will be a victim due to the conventional costume that she is wearing.

This is the a comparison of the costume that the female victim wear in prom night and the similarities can be seen as the female victim in my thriller also has light coloured costumes. This shows that my female victim is conventional as her costume is conventional to a thriller








The antagonists costume is very dark and the antagonist’s identity is hidden from the audience. The antagonist is made to wear a dark costume as it shows the audience that the antagonist is hear when they see the dark costume and it creates a sense of fear around the antagonist.

This an example of an antagonist from scream the costumes of the antagonist id dark costume and the identity of the antagonist is hidden. This is conventional as my antagonist is very similar to the antagonist in scream this shoes that my character was conventional to my thriller.

Opening Credits:

My opening credits are conventional as it shows the characters in the opening and it introduces all the characters to the audience. Also the typography in the opening credits are very conventional as they have a spooky and thriller like font with the colour red to connote danger and death.

 







 

My thriller following a conventional narrative structure:

My thriller follows two structural theorists. The first one being Propp. Propp looked at mainly folk tales he believed that characters had a narrative function and they provided a structure of the text. My thriller follows Propp as the characters in my thriller can easily be understood and their roles and purposes and creates a lot of meaning in the narrative.

The second is Todorov. Todorov’s theory was that a film always has an equilibrium, disequilibrium and new equilibrium. In my thriller I think that it follows that structure because in the thriller opening it shows the antagonist having flashbacks of their troubled relationship which leads to his obsession over the female victim.Then the victim comes home and she goes upstairs and the anatgonist creps oput of the other room an enters her room turning off the light and smelling her clothes and creeping into the female victims bed this is the disequilibrium. Then the female victim wakes up and looks around and she sees the antagonists face right in her face this is the new equilibrium.

Overall i beleive that my thriller is conventional to a real media product as my thriller has many conventions that are conventional.

Planning Production Paper Work

Production Paper Work

Production paper work is very important for our group when we go filming. The production paper work is vital to protect us group members if anything goes wrong during our filming and the paper work will ensure that we are covered.

 

 

This is the risk assessment paper work in the risk assessment all the possible hazards that will possible occur in our filming location had to be addressed and in the risk assessment it had to be addressed weather the risk was present a simple yes or no. After the the risk was present the severity of the risk had to be addressed and the severity options were the following Negotiable, Low risk, Moderate risk, Severe and very severe. After the severity was decided the likelyhood of the risk had to be chosen and the option for the likelyhood were Very unlikely, Unlikely, Possible, Likely and very likely. After the likelyhood and the severity the risk factor had to be decided where 5 was the highest risk and 1 was the lowest risk.

The next part of the risk assessment is to name the hazards and describe the hazard and how this hazard will be overcome.

The release and consent form is for the release for our group to go filming during the academy days and the consent form was to ensure that we could take the release days to film for our thriller.

This is the production schedule where it was a plan of where we would shot and what scene we would do in the allocated times. The production schedule is important as everyone in the group will know what to do and the exact times that the filming and productions should take place. Also the production schedule will be given to every group member and any external actors that we will have in our group.

This production paper work is for the location as we would be filming at a member of our groups house therefore we had to ensure that our team members parents and guardians were aware that the filming would be taking place at their house and what type of filming will be happening in their house.

 This paper work is for the location recce as this shows clearly where we will be filming and why it also was made so that the other external actors and member from our group could find there way to the location to act and star in our thriller.

Conclusion:

The production paper work has taught our group many things such as that everyone that is involved in the group and external members have rights and responsibilities which need to followed and acknowledged. Also with the production work i have learnt that it is not as easy as just filming there are many micro elements to do before filming can begin.

Planning Character Representation

Character Representation

Characters are a key feature in any film and our characters have to be accurate in order to make our thriller the best thriller possible.

In our thriller we only have two characters which are the female victim and the antagonist.

Antagonist:




The antagonist is a key character to make our thriller chilling towards the audience.

Age: 18

Gender:
Male as the antagonist being a male is more conventional to thrillers and the audience are chilled by a male antagonist.

Body Language:

The body language of the antagonist will be authoritative and controlling as the antagonist will always be in control as he is the superior character with the female victim at his mercy.

Costume, Hair and Make up:

The costume that the antagonist will wear dark costumes which will cover the antagonist completely and

keep his identity hidden from the audience this will the audience will be tensed and worried about who the antagonist is. The make up on the antagonist will be kept simple as the identity of the antagonist will not be reveled and if we keep it natural then the antagonist will have a more chilling response from the audience.

Female Victim:

Age: 18


Gender: Female


Description: This is the female victim in my thriller as she is very conventional to the target audience as she will appeal and connect with the target audience.






The female victim is another character in the thriller.

Body Language:

The body language of the female victim will be very timid and innocent as she will be the victim who will be prayed upon in the thriller which will make the audience fear for the victim.

Costume, Hair and Make up:

The costume that the female victim will be very simple as she will wear light colours as the costume that the female victim will wear will show her innocence and the audience will immediately know who the female victim is in the thriller. Also the make on the female victim will be very simple to again to outline the victims innocence.

Planning Mise En Scene

Planning Mise En scene

LIGHTING:

The Lighting  that will be used the thriller is low key lighting The reason to why low key lighting will be used in the thriller as the low key lighting is essential as this type of lighting will create a sense of unease and make the audience feel uncomfortable because they low key lighting creates shadows and silhouettes which will create tension as the shadows and silhouettes can a sense of mystery to who is in the scene. Also it keeps the identity hidden of the character to deliver the chilling response to the audience.

SETTING: 

The first setting is the dark isolated walkway that the female victim is walking down. This walkway is used in the thriller at the very beginning as this location will show the audience that the female victim is very vulnerable as she is all alone in this big walkway. The second location is in the house this location is used to give the audience a chilling response as the house is where most of the audience feel safe at home but with the location in the house this will change the audience perception in being safe at home.

ICONOGRAPHY: 

The iconography that are in the thriller is a knife and blood. The knife is used as the iconography because the knife delivers a chilling response to the audience as the audience automatically know when they see a knife the audience know that a murder will take place and the audience fear that someone will get hurt or injured. Blood is another iconography that will be used as blood indicates that something has happened in the thriller and it makes the audience think what has happened.

COSTUME:

The costume  that will be used on the antagonist is dark clothing. The dark costume is used for the antagonist as the dark costume hid the identity of the antagonist and give a very dark and isolated view about the antagonist. Also the dark costume shows a dark side to the antagonist.

The Female victims costume is is light colours and simple make up. This is used to show that he victim is very innocent as she dresses well and she is very innocent with the colours that she wears. The make up that she will be wearing will be simple to show the female victims simplicity and innocence.

BODY LANGUAGE AND FACIAL EXPRESSION:

The body language of the antagonist will be very bold and overpowering. This is vital for the antagonist to have a confident,bold and overpowering body language as this will chill the audience which the antagonist is supposed to do.

The female victims body language will be very innocent, small and timid. These body language are used with the female victim because the body language should make the female victim look very weak and vulnerable.

The facial expression of the antagonist will be very confident and authoritative and the facial expression on the antagonist will show that he is firmly in control.

The facial expression on the victim will be very unsure and scared as shes is being tortured and she experience a lot of emotions throughout as she is the center of the attack.