1. 1) THEME OF ISOLATION
The theme of isolation is USING CONVENTIONS- The
audience’s expectations would be that the character
would be in danger in someway, as they are
incapable of being helped. This sets up perfectly an
opportunity for either torture or interrogation (our
product), or it could set up a ‘being chased’
element- like in I AM LEGEND. (below)
28 DAYS LATER
OUR
PRODUCT

2. 2) THEME OF CONFUSION
1) The character’s confusion e.g. In our product and also
‘Severance’ they USE ESTABLISHED CONVENTIONS from
the horror/ thriller genre- the audience expect something
OUR PRODUCT bad to happen after seeing the character’s looking round,
as this is a typical device used to create this anticipation.
Knowledge from previous films tells us that these
characters are going to face a fight for survival followed by
a slow gruesome death- forms and conventions also tell us
that of the characters here, the blonde female is much
more likely to die horribly. Our film CHALLENGES
CONVENTIONS by having the blonde girl survive as the
heroine of the film.
SEVERANCE

3. 3)MISE EN SCENE
OUR PRODUCT
THE BLAIR WITCH PROJECT
The setting of the woods itself is USING
CONVENTIONS- This mise en scene
SEVERANCE
immediately play on the audience’s
expectations of horror, isolation or the
unknown- people being placed into
somewhere out of their ‘comfort zone’. Not
only is this a common convention in film, but
can be seen even in children’s stories (Hansel
and Gretel), it is therefore well-established in
our subconscious.

4. 4) CHARACTERS
SEVERANCE + OUR PRODUCT-
Attractive, young girl tied to tree-
USING CONVENTIONS- The audience
are aware that something negative will
occur (especially to vulnerable
character)- In our product, although
this victim unties herself she is still in
position of inferiority (noise of gun- she
is scared)
SEVERANCE + OUR PRODUCT- Business men
in woods- CHALLENGING CONVENTIONS-
the mise en scene and the costume tells the
audience that they are not in the place they
are supposed to be in and are therefore
vulnerable.

5. 5) TITLES
THE STEPFATHER
TEXT OVER ACTION
We decided to have the titles over
the action, because it encourages
the audience to focus on the action
rather than the names. Usually find
this used in lower concept films
(our product), as there wouldn’t be
big names involved.
OUR PRODUCT

6. I AM LEGEND:
6) PARTICULAR FRAMES
The audience can 28 DAYS
only see his eyes LATER:
due to the complete Largely high
darkness- angled shot to
frightening for show the
audience and adds mise en scene
to suspense and and isolation.
tension built. Due to
conventions-
expected for
something to be
revealed when light
returns.
OUR PRODUCT:
Shot from behind/close up of feet-
restricts audience’s knowledge of
what’s happening- creating High angle to show isolation and
suspense costume