The document discusses a media studies project analyzing thriller film openings and conventions. It describes films analyzed - Seven, Law Abiding Citizen, Silence of the Lambs, Jaws, and Red Eye. For their own thriller opening, the author wanted a psychological approach different from typical police/criminal thrillers. Their thriller had to follow criteria to be original and think outside the box, avoiding weapons/attacks. It also had to have appropriate 15 rating content. They chose conventions of a transformed city, mazes/labyrinths, and concealment without showing the killer.

1. As Media studies Thriller project evaluation

2. Thrillers we analysed In class and at home we were told to analyse thriller film openings, taking into consideration, camera angles, graphics, sound, narrative and mise-en-scene. The films that I looked at were: Seven Law abiding citizen Silence of the lambs Jaws Red eye State of play

3. How we chose to do our thriller As we am used to watching thrillers involving police officers and criminals, we didn't want to follow this, we wanted to do something different and take a more psychological approach to making the opening, to be different to the current trend in thriller films.

4. Content When making our thriller we had to follow a specific criteria to stick to so that our thriller can be the best it can be, we had to stay away from the first thing that entered our minds and think outside the box, therefore we weren’t allowed to use any weapons, stalking or attacking scenes as this is to stereotypical and we wanted to make the audience think more about the story line. As our film is a fifteen we had to make sure that the content was suitable for the viewers that would be watching it.

5. Conventions The conventions we decided to follow were Transformed city (fit other thrillers) Mazes and labyrinths (chasing round the house, house is a maze) Concealment and protraction ( dont see killer)