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.