Evaluation 1

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

Discuss the ways in which your film is similar to a real film of the thriller genre.

I think our thriller movie is similar to a real one in the following points.

our opening sequence low angle shot

We have used typical shots for a thriller movie for example the high and low angle shots of victim and criminal to illustrate the relationship of power between them. 

These shots are used quite common in a modern thriller movie and we used them as well.                                              

Inglorious Basterds Low angle shot

In the example with Inglorious Basterds you can see the effect of a low angle shot it creates the feeling that the person is superior. 

Generally i would say  that the shots we have used are often seen in thriller movies for example the Establishing shot at the beginning to give the audience an idea where they are is often seen in thriller movies. 

           

The first picture is at the beginning of panic room it shows an establishing shot to show the audience where they are.

The second picture is in our opening sequence and its shown at the beginning as well to show where the scene is shot.

An other similarity is that our stroyline.

I think its not particularly common but its still quite obvious that it is a thriller movie but its nearly to a horror movie in my opinion. 

A little similarity is that we have used the for a thriller movie typical prop e.g knifes, tape, sledge etc 

The last one I think is the strong characteristic of different stereotypes, its quite common in a thriller to represent different stereotypes in a strong way.

I think there is a wide range between the two characters one of them look very wealthy with his suit and tie and his massive house and the other one is walking around in trackys and a jumper he looks kinda poor out of the lower middle class.

Another Convention is that i have used typical sound for my opening sequence. 
I used Non-Diagetic sound which is really common in the thriller movie business because it creates tension and gives the audience a clue what could happen next and how they should fell. 

In what ways does your film challenge and/or manipulate characters of a real thriller film. 


 We challenged a real thriller movie in the way that we focused more on the violence to create a unpleasant felling for the audience.
If you compare that to a real thriller they are more commonly focused on the storyline to create tension and feelings.

It can be argued that i have challenged the conventions of trailers showing crime thrillers set in urban locations such as Taken which is set in an French city (Paris) compared to mine which is in an English suburban neighbourhood. 

The last way in which we have challenged a real thriller movie is that our actor's are much younger than usually. 

The victim is still a child and that is not shown to often in a real thriller move because the society doesn't like to see if something like that happens to a child.

How you can See in the picture above is the victim really young and with all the torture that happens to him and the blood all over his face it creates a new level of horror and tension i think.

In Conclusion it is to say that our thriller movie has many features of a real thriller movie, e.g the shots we have used, the storyline and the props used to produce it.

However there are quite a few differences as well e.g the location, the age of the actor's and the level of violence shown.