1. In what ways does your media product use, develop, or challenge the forms and conventions of a real media product?<br />The story of my thriller opening in summary is about two sisters who are separated by a woman who just adopts one sister not knowing that the sister she left is possessed and holds supernatural powers. She then stalks the two until she gets into the women’s house and seeks her revenge.<br />This narrative is similar to other thrillers I have analysed, so in my opinion my opening does use the codes and conventions of a thriller. For instance there is a protagonist being the women who adopted only one sister and there is the antagonist the sister that was rejected this story line builds up and ends in a dramatic confrontation or twisted ending.<br />Throughout the opening their were quick cuts which were generally face paced which again is a code and convention this was done to relate to our sub genre which is horror thriller, we needed unexpected and unanticipated moments which are usual in horrors. We also showed the horror thriller sub genre through the girls menacing threats and attacks, the non digetic tension building music and the editing special effects. One of our soundtracks related to the twist in character, it was a horror rendition on the famous soundtrack ‘twinkle twinkle little star’. <br />The title of the film inseparable also grabs attentions, it’s very upfront and forceful, and has that fearful element which relates to the elements in the thriller. The house was really essential, when analysing other thriller horror movies such as case 39 I found that you could create a lot of thrilling effects in confined areas such as a house. Shadows and lighting come almost natural in a house and you get typical things such as mirrors and stairs which we used to the best of our advantage. Once again attending to the audience’s wants and needs the house is where they feel most safe and our opening changes that and out of all our locations that is where most of the frightening things happen.<br />As in common with case 39 the antagonist the young ‘demon’ girl is not a usual character in a thriller and so we challenge the conventions in that aspect. The small ‘demon’ girl although wearing coloured tights to suggest her age always wears a thick black jacket to indicate her as the villain. <br />One of the most significant things we did was by using the filters on final cut pro made our whole thriller black and white throughout again relating to the codes and conventions.<br />Our opening was mostly inspired by case 39 the main character relates to our main villain both posesesd by the devil and beholds supernatural powers. The narrative is very similar both girls abandoned and seeking love and attention to the point that they get revenge on those who threatening them in a dramatic confrontation. <br />