The document discusses several film theories and how the filmmaker's short film adheres to or differs from thriller genre conventions. The filmmaker agrees with theories that using vulnerable settings and stalking/murdering a young female victim builds tension. However, the film's ending differs from typical thriller endings due to time constraints. Overall, the filmmaker aims to elicit emotions from audiences through conventional events, locations, and themes, while acknowledging some divergence from expectations.

1. Using visual examples of where
your coursework does or doesn’t
fit into the theories within genres.

2. Daniel Chandler
• In regards to his theory, I feel that I have stuck to most
settings and themes within my genre. Most like many
thrillers, there are conventional ideas that seem to be
most popular, such as in my short film I have based
my setting on a school, graveyard and a dark room. In
most thrillers, you will find that they stick to using
vulnerable settings. On top of this, most films also use
a dark disserted room to connote that the victim is in a
dark and dangerous place; this is way I wanted to
stick to this conventions. And finally I think using
graveyard conveys the idea that the victim is closer to
death then they may think themselves, so this was
very useful to portray in my short film.
• I think sticking with the idea that the killer stalks and
murders a young, naïve school girl, builds on the
emotions the audience may have, so I think this was a
very conventional theme to use. Also, if we were to
use an older women it wouldn’t achieve the same
effect, mostly because the older women has a greater
chance to defend herself then a school girl that has
just lost her father.

3. Deborah Knight
• I agree with Knights theory, as she
conveyed the idea that certain feelings
are suggested by different conventions
or actions. As I built on anticipation
using conventional events and ideas to
suggest that the killer is getting closer
and closer to capturing the young girl
and showing him walking closer to her;
this allowed me to gain fear and
sympathy. I agree with this theory
mostly because the people watching
my film would like watching thrillers or
horror films, meaning that they are
known to the events and frightening
scenes they may contain. As a whole, I
think this type of audience like the fear
and being able to scar themselves, to
gain satisfaction and an adrenaline
rush.

4. David Buckingham
• I think my film sticks to conventions, as i
am giving the audience the chance to gain
feelings and emotions such as fear and
anticipation through the events I portray.
However, I also think my film disagrees
with this theory mostly because
conventions in my film haven’t changes
through periods of time.

5. Steve Neale• I think my film agrees and supports this theory,
as I have stuck to conventions and repeated
some ideas from existing films, for example a
killer stalking a young naïve school girl,
following her every where about and knowing
exactly where she is at certain times.
Supporting this I also conveyed these
conventions by using locations and settings
that would be increasingly vulnerable. I also
stuck to using a young female, that may not
have as much dominant control over an old
strong man, by doing this, it allowed my victim
to look weaker and more at risk. However, in
the majority of films I have watched, I’ve
noticed that there is certain endings that
without doubt conclude the film; this is either
that the victim escapes and the killer is found,
or the victim is saved and the killer is exposed
or that the young girl dies but the killer is killed
or dies through some cause, which allows the
victim to get her revenge and it ends on a
happy ending. However, in my film none of
them endings match mine, and this is mostly
because we ran out of time and had to stick to
a 5 minute time restrictions so in this way my
film doesn’t link to conventions.

6. Tom Ryan
• I agree with Ryan’s theory, as I
certainly think that genres provide
a guideline and framework. I think
this mostly because I directed a
thriller movie and knew straight
away, after choosing my genre,
that I was going to base my story
board around a stalker/rapist,
murdering a young female victim.
However, this only linked to my
film, I think in most cases this
could be disagreed with as some
film directors can link genres
together; this as a whole plays
around with the events that will
happen in the film.