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

Feelings thrillers create-

·         Excitement

·         Suspense

·         Anticipation

·         Anxiety

·         Uncertainty

·         Nerve wracking tension

How these feelings are incorporated into my opening scene. My opening scene I feel took suspense as its main feature. I feel this is the most important conventions to a thriller. Therefor I chose to really try and create suspense. My actor’s facial expressions created an uneasy atmosphere on screen which in turn created vast amounts of suspense. Anticipation is also key in my opening sequence as the audience can see the main character drag a bin bag across the kitchen floor. Until the bag is opened the audience is left to question what is in the bag.

Main character-

The main characters in thrillers are usually the person trying to solve the mystery whether it be a murder or any other crime. However in my opening sequence the main character was the murderer themselves. Usually the main character is a middle aged male, I challenged this convention by choosing a young child as my main character. Still male but their young age can confuse the audience all while giving them chills as children in thrillers can stereotypically spooky.

Costumes-

Thrillers tend to be dark and the characters outfits usually match up to this. Again I challenged this convention by having my opening scene very bright. His outfit matched this. I tried to create a feeling of normality and to do this I had my character dressed in normal everyday clothes that we would typically be worn by a young boy. His outfit creates a sense of innocence as he appears to be a normal child from his appearance.

Lighting-

Typical lighting in a thriller tends to be dim or dark lights. This is the case as the darkness can hide the characters and create questions amongst the audience as they cannot clearly see the character. However in my opening scene I used normal lighting.by this I mean the lighting was bright and clear. Allowing the audience to see the character fully. This is different to most thrillers. This was done to create a feeling of normality within the opening scene as I did not what it to be clear straight away that there was perhaps something wrong with the character.