Upon creating their final product 'Disconnected', the authors used and challenged conventions of real crime/psychological thriller genres to provide audiences with a sense of familiarity and variation. They successfully employed conventions like styled titles and flashbacks, and challenged norms such as featuring an atypical Indian female protagonist and using more mid shots than close ups to convey meaning and keep audiences interested and understanding the protagonist.

2. Upon making our final product ‘Disconnected’, we used, developed and challenged forms and conventions of real
media products. We met the conventions of a typical crime/ psychological thriller genre, but we also challenged some
of these in order to give the audience a sense of familiarity and repetition, as well as variation.
In my opinion we successfully used a range of conventions such as using styled titles and our flashback sequence.
This was because they were all used effectively and allowed us to portray meaning which according to the audience
feedback we received, the audience liked.
We challenged some conventions such as using an atypical Indian, female protagonist due to the fact that this would
add variation to our piece which would keep the audience interested. In addition, we subverted the conventions of
camera in some ways by using less close up shots and more mid shots. This was able to successfully portray both
facial expressions and body language giving the audience a better understanding of our protagonist.