The document discusses how a student media product uses, develops, or challenges conventions of real supernatural thriller media. The narrative is nonlinear and open-ended, with the most significant event occurring before the credits. Various aspects of the film, like isolation and mysterious events, fit the chosen supernatural thriller genre. Cinematography, editing, lighting, sound, mise-en-scene, and typography were all intentionally manipulated to create feelings of tension, suspense, confusion, and isolation for the audience, as is common in the supernatural thriller genre.

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

2. Narrative:
The narrative creates such an atmosphere as
our plot is non-linear and open ended.
The most significant event of the media
product that we created occurs at before the
credits begin. This establishes our plot and
adds more suspense.
Our media product as a whole uses forms and
conventions in order to make our audience feel a
certain way. We aimed to create feelings of:
• Tension
• Suspense
• Confusion
• Isolation

3. Genre:
Supernatural thrillers are supposed to have a
propensity of creating the “edge of the seat”
feeling/atmosphere for the audience
Various aspects of our film link to our chosen genre:
-Isolation is a major theme as the female ‘protagonist’
is ignored by others and is seemingly invisible
-Mise-en-scene, sound etc. also contribute
SUPERNATURAL THRILLER/MYSTERY

4. Cinematography:
Establishing shot of the
school
Close up
We also used a number of tilts and
pans in our film. All of these shots
intend on creating suspense,
confusion etc.

5. Editing:
We used continuity editing
in our media product in
order to create a sense of
verisimilitude
Lighting: In post-production,
we made a particular scene
darker as we filmed earlier.
This added a sense of
verisimilitude as it implies
that it is night in the scene.
Graphic match: We
used this to heighten
the audience’s feelings
of confusion, tension
and suspense

6. Sound:
We also used diegetic sound and non-diegetic sound in order to suit
the intended atmosphere of our film.
We added sound effects post-production to imply the occurrence of a
car crash. The music, composed especially for our media product,
ensues immediately after these effects are heard.
Diegetic sound, in the form of the news report shown on television in
our film, is also used in order to construct a certain mood for the
audience.
Speech (in the form of dialogue) is used in order for the plot to
become apparent and to progress.

7. Mise-en-
scene:
Lighting: we used low key lighting in the
indoor scenes of our film. This links to the
general lighting used in other supernatural
thrillers such as the Sixth Sense and What Lies
Beneath
Setting: we filmed part of
our media product on a
quiet street
Props: we used
flowers as they
have connotations
of death

8. Typography:
Iconography:
We used a simplistic
font, similar to that
used in films such as
‘Control’.
We are relying on
the element of
mystery and
therefore we
intended on making
the genre appear
slightly ambiguous
when based solely
on the typography
of our titles.
We used some iconography (e.g. street
lights) however upon reflection, we wish
that we included more. We would probably
have incorporated more if we made the
rest of the film.