thriller evluation: question 1

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Question 1) In what ways does yomedia product use, develop or

challenge forms and conventionsreal media products?

Thriller Evaluation.


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Locations The !itchen

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"e conformed to many typical thriller locations during our #nal • Thrillers are normally a$out e%traordinary events happening to n

people in normal situations, &ust li'e in the opening to ours, therhave followed typical features of the genre with our location. Thelocation is a everyday domestic setting that the audience will $ewith (). !itchens are normally associated with a place of normaprivacy $ut throughout our opening they $ecome associated wit

and danger (*).• +reat thriller e%amples of e%traordinary events happening in reg

include the shower scene in sycho (1-/) (0) and the death of +reen in !ill *ill ol. 1 (2//3) (4).

• This esta$lishes our #lm #rmly within the thriller genre as it follolocations.


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Locations The forest

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"e used a typical thriller convention in primary location, whtrac'less forest with no $oundaries (E)

• This location promotes ideas of isolation and confusion, a cofeature of the thriller genre as there is no where to hide. Thisseen in the 0oen *rothers famous 2//5 #lm No Country for O(F)

• This location is similar to that in eter 6ac'sons 7eavenly 0re(1--8). It is a peaceful location and the audience assume inndue to the tran9uil setting (:). This assumption is surprisinglshattered $y the daughters committing a murder and the loccontri$utes to this shoc' as there is no one else around to cain the act. This is the same idea in runaway as it suggests, disolation, that no one else is around to rescue *illy.


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0haracters ; 0ostumes

• The characters (and the locations associated with them) in themselves are contradi

reinforce an idea of $inary opposition.• *inary opposition is a theory #rst proposed $y 0laude Levis 7ero $y traits that separate them fromgreat e%ample of characters that have strong $inary opposition can $e seen in the 4(2//@). *atman (0hristian *ale) and The 6o'er (7eath Ledger) are e%amples of oppocharacters. Ane way this is reinforced is through the costume. *atmanBs costume isfor $eing dar', wearing greys and $lac's compared to the $right purples and greenswith the 6o'er (7)

• Aur two characters are similar $inary opposites. The costumes are one way this is a7olly wears $rowns and $lac's, using the hood to conceal her identity and add to thnature of this character. This is a common convention of the thriller genre and e%amcharacters concealing identities can $e seen in


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(7)7olly in unaway

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0haracters

• Aur thriller #lm only uses two characters. These are 7olly and *illy

• 7olly is a mysterious, modern femme fatale. s opposed to #lmDnofemme fatales, 7ollyGs deviance is more surround $y s'ill, intelligedetermination.


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rops

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"e used very little props in unaway. The main pthe opening to our thriller is a gun ().

• +uns are e%tremely common in the thriller genree%amples can $e seen in Horth $y Horthwest (1(


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Lighting

• "e used lighting conventions of the genre $y utilising *lac' and "hite an

e%perimenting with chiaroscuro lighting too.• t /8/, the audience can see an e%ample of dim, Low !ey lighting from a

7olly gra$s the gun (). This lighting helps intensify the shot and draw emthe gun. This convention is very common within the thriller genre. E%ampseen in Ance Jpon a Time in merica (1-@8) (") and Furder, Fy light on dar' and can $many thrillers, e%plored during my case study of the Third Fan (M). "e e%with this lighting and tried to include it in our #nal edit to reinforce the ge#lm and $ranch it away from other, similar, genres such as a 0rime 4ramdidnBt end up getting used $ecause we didnGt $elieve it was suita$le for thof *illy as it can $e used with negative connotations. :urthermore, we waensure the lighting associated with this character was as $right as possi$lstrengthen the opposition $etween him and 7olly.


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!ill *ill ol.1 (2//3)

Ance Jpon a Time in merica (1-@8)

The Third Fan (1-8-)

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risoners (2/13)

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0amera shots

• "e used many camera shots that are conventional of th

• Ane of the shots we used that are typical of a thriller is ashot. These shots are used to get the audience straight action. A shots can $e seen during our #nal productio(), a couple times throughout the confrontation in the(*) and at 183 (0).

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0lose ups are common in this genre and e%amples can $much of Quentin TarantinoGs wor', such as ulp :iction ((4) and Inglorious *asterds(2//-) (E). lso, A shotsfamously used in #lms such as


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Titles

• "e also used the conventions of a thriller #lm with thtitles and credits. These are a feature that every #lm

• Aur titles are entirely $lac' and white (**) which is acommon archetype of the genre. :ilms such as The 4(2//) (*0), The


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