1. Evaluation Question 1:
In what ways does your media
product use, develop, or
challenge forms and
conventions of real media
products? (i.e. of film openings)
GEORGIA DUBERRY
2. In my final piece, it follows the traditional thriller media products through
the use of a variety of camera shots and angles e.g. POV (Point Of View)
shots, pan shots and extreme close-ups. I made use of editing and
flashbacks that are usually used in thrillers.
3. conventions of a usual thriller contain:
Titling: Credits done on a black screen.
Framing of Shot: A typical shot in thrillers are close-ups that way it can build suspense
and mystery beyond the audience. Also long shots are used to set the scene.
Camera Movement: Tracking and Pan are usually used in the opening of a thriller.
Camera Angles: Common shots include low and high angle shots.
Mise En Scene: The most important part of the mise en scene is the lighting.
Editing: When editing, the best edit to use is jump cuts as its fast paced.
Sound: Non-diegetic music is used a lot as it creates a certain atmosphere in the film,
e.g. suspenseful/ eerie music suggesting something is going to happens.
4. My short film contains majority of the list in slide before.
My final product represents and forms the technical conventions of low
key lighting through special effects and various camera angles.
Examples of low-key lighting.
5. My product uses tension music throughout to get viewers on the edge of
their seats. I used deceptive mind games to challenge the viewers’ minds
onto who’s the person with the strange photo album of missing teenagers,
why are all this teenager getting abducted in the same location, and
what is he doing with them. I added this into my product because of the
information that I collected from one of the questionnaires which revealed
that my target audience likes to challenger their mind before they are
exposed in a thriller; these are one of the major conventions that I
developed into our final product.
6. Vladimir Propp
Russian critic and literary theorist.
Analysed over 100 Russian fairy tales in the 1920's.
Proposed it was possible to classify the characters, action, roles and functions.
Roles
The hero (seeks something)
The villain (opposes the hero)
The donor (helps the hero by providing a magic object)
The dispatcher (sends the hero on his way)
The false hero (falsely assuming the role of hero)
The helper (gives support to the hero)
7. Tzvetan Todorov
Bulgarian literary theorist.
Suggests most narratives start with a state of equilibrium and protagonists
happy.
The state of normality is disrupted by an outside force, which can be
fought against.
The model can be easily applied to a variety of films.
EQUILIBRIUM----DISEQUILIBRIUM----NEW EQUILIBRIUM
8. Claude Levi-Strauss
Social anthropologist.
Studied myths of tribal cultures.
Examined how stories reflect values etc.
9. I believe my film reflects the theories of Tvetzan Todorov than the other
theories.
Some examples of where his theory applies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyJszxnJydA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hP9D6kZseM
