Question 1

Question 1

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  Conventions Of Thriller’s
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  Setting Within this aspectof a typical convention of the genre Thriller, the location is usually set within the city which is more intriguing and creates a known presence/atmosphere for the audience. In addition, they can closely relate to the where everything is set which makes them feel involved. Our example is incorporating the use of London as it has famous landmarks and destinations, as well as being quite a crowded area.
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  Protagonists/Hero’s In our openingsequence the protagonists are clearly highlighted, especially within the scene that incorporates London because we implemented the use of a tracking shot which emphasizes their importance and significance. They are usually typical of solving a mystery or puzzle that involves crime with the antagonist/villain. They usually realize when something isn’t right or reflected in a positive manner.
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  Low-Key Lighting In thetypical Thriller film, low-key lighting is usually introduced in some manner. This can usually be displayed to reflect upon the Antagonist/Villain because audience’s use negative elements towards this type of character like darkness and evil which brings them power. Also, it illustrates the use of not knowing what’s coming next or is going to happen when everything progresses.
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  Solving The Puzzle/Mystery Inour opening sequence, solving the puzzle/mystery isn’t resolved as it’s not clearly depicted across to the audience in terms of the final product. This aspect allows our opening sequence to progress to a further extent as it creates the illusion for the audience of what to think and how everything has occurred or is going to in the near future.
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  Costume’s The costume’s withinThriller’s usually confronts to the audience who the character’s are, whether they are good or bad. In our opening sequence they convey the meaning that Alex, Nathan and Emily are the ‘Apprentices’ because they dress professionally and in a smart manner which helps clarify that their minds are set on business/work.
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  Antagonist’s/Villain’s In our openingsequence the antagonist isn’t clearly clarified because the audience doesn't get to see them which emphasizes and exaggerates the mystery of who killed the character ‘Shakur Blackman’.
• 8.
  The way conventionsof genre are used, developed or challenged
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  Setting • The settingin a thriller is usually a city, which is a busy place where you wouldn’t expect anything abnormal to happen. We use this convention in our opening sequence because it helped make the plot of the film a lot more mysterious, as well as making the sequence more realistic, in terms of a thriller opening sequence.
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  Heroes • Every thrillerfilm has heroes in it in order to make the plot go forward. These characters are the ones who solve the mystery and end up thwarting the plans of the villain. We used this conventions because it allows the narrative of the film to be continued so they can find the villain solve the mystery.
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  Villains • Just likein any other thriller film there has to be a villain so they can make a mystery that can be solve the mystery that can then be solved by the hero. We decided to develop this convention by showing what the villain thus providing the mystery for the hero to begin to solve. We thought this would better because it makes the audience think about what the villain might look and how they might act.
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  Low key lighting •Low key lighting is used to add the potential element of surprise to sequences because you can’t see everything that happens in the frame. We challenged this convention because in our sequence we want to shy away from being completely identical to a thriller opening sequence, we wanted it to have a unique feature to it.
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  Costumes • In thrillerfilms you don’t usually see any unique or outrageous costumes and they seen to be everyday clothing. We used this convention to our advantage. This can be seen in our choice of costume as it can be classed as smart attire. We did this, once again, so we could be as close as possible to a thriller opening sequence.
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  Mystery • The mysteryin a thriller film is what makes it a thriller because the audience doesn’t know what is going to happen which will make them thrilled when they find out. We used this convention because it will make the opening scene more intriguing and will make them want to know what is going to happen throughout the film.
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  In what wayare the conventions used or challenged in my sequence
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  Slow paced editing •What this means is that the editing is slow and isn’t faced paced allowing the location and characters to be seen which doesn't’t confuse the characters. • We have conformed to this convention. We have done this when our two characters were walking on the bridge. This was a long take and was also edited in slow motion. This allowed the audience to understand our characters and work out where they are situated in terms of location. • If we was not to conform to this idea of slow paced editing, we would have a lot of shot takes which would make the sequence move quickly. This would confuse our audience which then mean they wouldn't’t understand what is going on and would lose interest in our film. For this reason we conformed to this convention.
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  Ident and titles •An ident is a short clip showing the logo of the production company or distribution company. The titles are the title order, why the director is always last. • In my final product, we did conform to using indents and titles. We used two indents, the first was of our distribution company and the second was of my production company.
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  Close-ups • A close-upis a camera shot where the camera is zoomed into one specific object or a persons face. • We used the use of a zoom in to show the frustration and impatience of the male boss. By zooming in we showed the emotions of the boss which then created an anxious atmosphere for the audience.
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  Establishing shot • Anestablishing shot is a shot of the location to give the audience an idea to where they are. • We did not conform to this convention in our opening sequence. The reason why we did not conform to this convention is because we wanted to add a sense of mystery to our opening sequence. Although it was obvious to where we were filming as the audience can see Parliament Palace, we still wanted to add mystery to the sequence. • Because our film is based around apprentice agents, who will turn into official secret agents, we wanted to hide the location like they want to hide their identity. This creates a secretive atmosphere.
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  Title sequence • Conventionalorder; • Name of studio • Name of production company • Director film • Starring • Rest of cast • Music by • Costume designer • Edited by • Production designer • Edited by • Production designer • Produced by • Written by • Directed by We have followed the conventional order of title sequence. The reason why the director will always be at the end is because they are the most important person. By having them last people will be more likely to remember the director. We have done this as Nathan acted as director so therefore will be mentioned last as now people will be able to remember his name as he has a whole section to himself.
• 21.
  Mise en scene •This is the arrangement of scenery, props and the location. • We used the location of London. The reason why we chose this is because our audience are nationalists and by having this as the location, it would appeal to our target audience as well as making the film more rational, which is a convention of a thriller. • We used smart costumes to make our characters seem like they have authority; a thriller will have protagonists who have authority.