Question 1

1. Evaluation Question 1: In what ways
does your media product use, develop
or challenge forms and conventions of
real media products?
ALICE RICHARDSON

2. Narrative
 We decided to use our credits at the
start of the film in a slow pace, due to
it fitting with the therapy session. This
also helped the audience to read them
easier as they were in a bold, clear
font.
 Our film throughout is non-linear due to
cutting to disorientated, sinister
flashbacks whilst our main protagonist
Lucy is in the therapy session,
therefore gave the audience an insight
as to why she was there. In addition,
we decided to do our flashbacks in

3. Genre and Mise-en-scene
 We chose the genre as Psychological Thriller due to this
mainly focusing on the state of mind of a character, and
also creates a sinister effect for a film. We emphasised
this through placing our main protagonist Lucy, within a
therapy session, and also, due to the use of our
flashbacks, it helped fit the codes and conventions of this
genre.
 Lucy’s attire was normal, casual clothing, to show the
juxtaposition in how she is perceived, to the way she
actually behaves. In addition, we used her house and the
therapy session to create a sense of realism, due to this
being an element for our psychological thriller genre.
 For our props, we used a knife which she used to kill
her Father with. Even though we don’t see this in her
flashback, the blood on it connotes that she has
murdered him. Also, the use of the mirror at the end of
the film fits the codes and conventions of our genre, as
this is a common prop used due to it portraying the
reflections of a characters inner self, or ‘dark side’.

4. Camera angles, Editing and Sound
 Throughout the first therapy session,
we used an extreme close up of
Lucy’s face, as we wanted to
emphasise her facial expressions as
being worried and upset. In addition,
we also used a point of view shot on
Lucy looking down at her hands,
therefore showing how she was
becoming nervous and anxious. We
then used a shot reverse shot, to
enhance the conversation and make it
more clearer to the audience on what
was happening and what they were
discussing. We used slow paced
editing all through this part of the film

5. First Flashback: Camera angles, Editing
and Sound
 We used a fade to black transition when the
flashbacks appeared, to show the clear
contrast. We positioned Lucy on the stairs, to
convey how isolated and distressed she is,
but also how she is receiving no support
from anyone around her. There is also a
diegetic sound of Lucy exclaiming “No, not
again”, with a non-diegetic sound of her
parents aggressively arguing in the other
room. This signifies how Lucy is in a
panicked state of mind, and doesn’t know
what to do as this has happened numerous
times.

6. Second Flashback: Camera angles, Editing
and Sound
 For the second flashback, we used
a high angle shot to convey how
Lucy is vulnerable, and due to her
searching vigorously through the
cutlery draw, it foreshadows that
something sinister may happen as a
result. We then used a shaky, point
of view shot as due to this being
fast paced, it then contrasts to the
next shot of her in slow motion,
walking to the door with a knife.
This conveys how Lucys state of
mind has slowed down, and
foreshadows again that something
terrible is going to occur, due to her

7. Final flashback: Camera angles, Editing
and Sound
 In the final flashback, we used a jump cut
effect, to disorientate the audience and
show that Lucy’s mind has become
psychotic. We used a loud, sinister, non-
diegetic sound to act as a jump scare, and
to make the film more intense. In addition,
after this happens, we used a panning
shot of Lucy looking at the knife, to her
then moving it down. This creates
suspense as the audience will be
wondering as to what may happen next,
but also creates a sinister effect due to the
amount of blood shown on the knife. Our
title of our film then follows on from this, in
a bold, red, quite horror like font. This
typography amplifies the genre of our film,
but also connotes the ominous feel that
our film creates.