This document evaluates how the student's media production uses, develops or challenges existing conventions of thriller/horror genres. It provides examples of conventions for titling, camera movement, shot types, camera angles, mise-en-scene, editing techniques, sound, and narrative theory that are commonly seen in thriller films. The student compares their techniques in each area to both typical conventions and specific thriller films. Overall, the summary demonstrates how the student's production both adheres to and adjusts some conventions, such as using slow camera movements but setting the story in daylight rather than ominous locations often seen in thrillers.

1. EVALUATION – QUESTION ONE
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
My Product Typical My Production – Comparison to
Thriller/Horror use, develop or Existing
Conventions challenge? Products
Titling – colour, font Most thrillers tend to In my production I Deja Vu has both
and style have white or red titles, used white for the white titles and
red can be used titles because the sharp letters.
symbolise danger and main character is a
death. White is usually young girl however
used to represent there is a shadow on
purity but is used in the titles to represent
thrillers to help create a a dark side.
twist in the story later
on. Many thrillers have
sharp fonts for titles
and can often have a
shadow.
Camera The movement of the In my production we In The
Movement- pan, camera in thrillers is used slow Shawshank
track, crab, crane usually slow as it helps movements of the Redemption the
create suspense for the camera panning shots all
audience. move slowly for
all types of shot.
Framing a shot Thrillers use close-ups We used quite a few In Training Day
ECU, CU, MS, LS, and extreme close-ups close-ups of the main most
ELS to make the audience character but in conversations
feel more involved with places long shots between
the characters in the were necessary so characters will
film it also feels more that the surroundings have a close-up
claustrophobic. could clearly be seen of each character
Establishing long shots by the audience. We separately when
may be used to show used a mid shot in they speak
the audience where the the scene with the
story is taking place mother so that only
her and the cot were
in the shot and not
the rest of the room

2. Camera Angle In most thrillers the We did the same in
High, Low camera angle will be our production as we
taken from low down to did high angled shots
show the killer/more for the mum and the
powerful figure and victim, but high
from a high angle for angles for the main
the victim/less powerful character
character.
Mise-en-Scene Thrillers tend to have Our Mise-en-scene is
bad weather, be set at different to most
night or in a scary thrillers as it is set on
location. This is a sunny day in a
because they can park. The people in
cause the brain to think the background
negatively and makes carrying on with their
you more likely to think normal day is done to
something bad is going represent how
to happen. something like this
can be happening
without people
noticing.
Editing – jump cuts, A lot of thrillers will cut In our production we
match cuts, reverse between characters use cuts to switch
shots, cutting instead of having them between locations
rhythmn all talking on the and to follow the main
screen at once. Some character as she
also cut to flashbacks moves around
and showing her from
different angles
Sound Many thrillers have In our production we
slow mysterious music also used a slow
to create tension. They piece of music in the
can often also have form of a lullaby. The
loud sound effects to sound effects we
make it more used are meant to
frightening for the sound realistic
audience. instead of
exaggerated as the
scene with sound
effects is a first
person view through
a camera lens from
the main characters
perspective.

3. Narrative Theory