Evaluation question 1

Evaluation question 1

• 1.
  Stereotypical conventions Sudden sound effects Dark surroundings,such as woods, or houses with dim lighting Murder weapon Close up angles Scary, climatic music Dark clothing, usually worn by attacker Light clothing usually worn by victim. This vulnerability and pureness.
• 2.
  In what waysdoes your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media productions? Stereotypical character roles in thrillers. Ordinary citizens. Usually a hero. Innocent victims usually a woman Criminals Stalkers Assassins Characters with dark pasts Psychotic individuals Police People involved in twisted relationships Cash cow, an individual with a substantial amount of money
• 3.
  Stereotypical weapons within thrillers Knife Usually usedfor close up defence. Or can be used as a deliberate weapon with intent to harm. Gun A quick solution harm or kill. Can be used by the victim or the murderer. Bat A weapon, more commonly known for close up range. Is not as effective for quick kills but, causes pain to either the victim or the murderer. Pole/ crow bar Like a bat, more commonly used for close up range. Can be used by the victim or murderer, normally used with intent to harm. Oil and fire Usually used for intent to harm or kill. It is mainly used as a form or torture or a way to destroy evidence.
• 4.
  The previous slidesshow stereotypical conventions within all thrillers. I think we have managed to subvert to many of these. Challenging the stereotypical conventions within our thriller, I think has made it a little more interesting, for example. We cast the lead character to be a young, independent female, as we show her moving into her own house, she is on her own, unpacking which challenges the stereotype of woman being being very vulnerable and weak. We have shown this by conveying that she has bought a house on her own, she doesn’t need any help with moving in. however as the opening progresses we sort of succumb to the stereotypical conventions of a female victim due to her becoming scared of what she finds. We hear heavy breathing along with distressed facial expressions, showing her weakness. We also changed the stereotypical light clothing to black clothing, subverting to the pureness and vulnerability of female victims. I think that if we were to compare our thriller opening to a real thriller, it would be Sinister as it has many of the conventions that we use. Within this scene we see the moving boxes, in which we were inspired to incorporate this into our thriller opening so, we decided to also add in some boxes. As seen below. I think that this really enhances the idea of the fact that she is a strong, individual moving in on her own. Within this shot from Sinister we see a moving in van, which enhances that the family is moving into the house in the background. Due to us not having access to a moving in van we decided that we would add in a for sale sign in the frame to capture the same effect that the van would have had within Sinister, but it also creates a link with the film when it comes to evaluating it. Within Mise En Scene our setting closely relate to Sinister due to the house and the garden type setting, however we have shots of the front and then of the cellar instead of the garden.
• 5.
  I think thatwe would have to rate the film as a 12, due to there not being any violence or sexual scenes, however we targeted our audience to be within the age range of 20-40 years old. I think that due to the feedback that we received, our opening would capture the eye of any one in that age range. I don’t think that it would be overly scary for anyone under the age that we aimed it for, however due to it being a psychological thriller we aimed it for an older audience. Derrickson's film succeeds in delivering an exceptionally engaging, and frightening, movie experience with quality characters, a smart story, and plenty of scares. Sinister review. We were inspired by the film Would you rather for clothing design and also lead role. She wears quite dark clothing in the film, which subverts to the stereotypical clothing choice for a female victim in a thriller. Her character also subverts from stereotypical victim as she is very strong and although is injured throughout the film, she overcomes the evilness of the people within the house and wins the game, escapes and wins the money. Although our thriller doesn’t base itself on a similar storyline, the victims are very similar in mannerisms.