The document discusses the conventions of thriller films, including low key lighting, quick cuts, tense music, changing camera angles, and diegetic/non-diegetic sounds. It describes how the filmmakers used conventions from films like SAW and The Blair Witch Project in their thriller opening sequence. While their sequence uses typical thriller conventions like lighting and storyline, it differs by having no female characters and featuring a male protagonist, leaving the audience wondering who was on the phone at the end.

1. By Omari Gillings

2. Content of typical thrillers:
• Low key lighting
• Quick cuts
• Tense music
• Changes in the angle of shots
• Diegetic/non- diegetic sounds of breathing
• Montage of shots
• Protagonists is in the mercy of antagonist

3. How we have used typical
conventions?
• We have used the conventions of a thriller in a useful
way that will leave the audience wanting to watch the
rest of he thriller.
• We had used examples of different films for example
SAW, Blair witch project as we had thought that they
had good camera angles and storyline that we could
use and change into our own thriller opening
sequence.

4. Examples: close up

5. • Low Key Lighting

6. POV

7. How is our thriller different to
a typical thriller?
• Our thriller opening sequence does not challenge
typical conventions in an obvious way but we do try
to change stereotypes as we have no females in the
opening and the main character is male. The use of
narrative enigma at the end to leave the audience
wondering who the person was on the phone at the
end of the thrillers. Since we only changed who the
protagonist was, I believe the thriller opening sticks
to the typical conventions since the protagonist was
the only part that was changed.