The document discusses the ways in which the author's media product opening for a thriller film uses and challenges conventions of the genre. The opening involves two sisters, one of whom was adopted and the other possessed and seeking revenge. This narrative draws from other thrillers analyzed. The opening was inspired by films like Silent Hill and Case 39 that feature young female protagonists challenging gender stereotypes. Elements like quick cuts, tense music, and a frightening twist were used to relate to horror/thriller conventions. The house setting plays on audiences' feelings of safety to create fear.

1. -135255629285In what ways does your media product use, develop, or challenge the forms and conventions of a real media product?<br />-285751280160The story of my thriller opening in summary is about two sisters who are separated by a woman who just adopts one sister not knowing that the sister she left is possessed and holds supernatural powers. She then stalks the two until she gets into the women’s house and seeks her revenge. <br />This narrative is similar to other thrillers I have analysed, so in my opinion my opening does use the codes and conventions of a thriller. For instance there is a protagonist being the women who adopted only one sister and there is the antagonist the sister that was rejected this story line builds up and ends in a dramatic confrontation or twisted ending. Wakewood SilentHill Case 39 <br />Wake wood is a new thriller- horror film out run by an independent movie company called Hammer Film productions, Silent Hill is a an American produced film, not too big budgeted however it does use a lot of editing and special effects and lastly case 39 also an American produced film and the film my group and I really concentrated on and used as inspiration for our final idea.<br />The reason these films inspired our final idea was because of the protagonist in the films. These were the young girls illustrated in the images above. This was significant as they also challenged the conventions and stereotypes of females. In our final idea we subverted the stereotypical protagonist and made a female the dominate character in our opening this was unusual which is one thing my target audience was looking for so this was done hopefully to engage with them more. <br />As in common with case 39 the antagonist the young ‘demon’ girl is not a usual character in a thriller and so we challenge the conventions in that aspect. The small ‘demon’ girl although wearing coloured tights to suggest her age always wears a thick black jacket to indicate her as the villain. <br />.<br />Our opening was mostly inspired by case 39 the main character relates to our main villain both possessed by the devil and beholds supernatural powers. The narrative is very similar both girls abandoned and seeking love and attention to the point that they get revenge on those who threatening them in a dramatic confrontation. <br />1079530480Throughout the opening their were quick cuts which were generally face paced which again is a code and convention this was done to relate to our sub genre which is horror thriller, we needed unexpected and unanticipated moments which are usual in horrors. We also showed the horror thriller sub genre through the girls menacing threats and attacks, the non digetic tension building music and the editing special effects. One of our soundtracks related to the twist in character, it was a horror rendition on the famous soundtrack ‘twinkle twinkle little star’. <br />27235151791970107951270The title of the film inseparable also grabs attentions, it’s very upfront and forceful, and has that fearful element which relates to the elements in the thriller. The house was really essential, when analysing other thriller horror movies such as case 39 I found that you could create a lot of thrilling effects in confined areas such as a house. Shadows and lighting come almost natural in a house and you get typical things such as mirrors and stairs which we used to the best of our advantage. Once again attending to the audience’s wants and needs the house is where they feel most safe and our opening changes that and out of all our locations that is where most of the frightening things happen.<br />We used a house as a location to put our audience out of their comfort zones. They rely on their own house as safety so my group and I wanted to play around with that by doing menacing things in the house to add that extra sense of fear so people so longer feel safe in their surroundings we wanted people to relate and be affected by our opening and by playing with the sense of security we hoped we achieved this. Mirrors and stairs are used quite often mostly used in psychological thrillers and horror films <br /> One of the most significant things we did was by using the filters on final cut pro made our whole thriller black and white throughout again relating to the codes and conventions.<br /> <br />