comparing our film with Gone Girl and Perfect Stranger

1. MEDIA FORMS
AND CONVENTIONS
We will compare our film Vengeance with 2 other
Psychological Thrillers : Gone Girl and Perfect
Stranger

2. Medium -
CAMERA SHOTS
Long shots -
POVshots - Close up shots -
These were used to
introduce the set that
the character is in.
These were used to show what
the character is wearing and
what they are doing.
These are used to make the
viewers feel as if they are
looking through the
characters eyes
These were used give a more
detailed view of the
characters face and to show
their facial expressions.

3. High angled
CAMERA ANGLES
Low angled
These were used to
show that the character
is weak and vulnerable.
These were used to
show the character is
powerful.

4.  The soundtrack was almost all instrumentals
Gone Girl
This is similar to our film – instrumentals help build tension and is sometimes more
effective than vocals because there are no voices to give away what
is going to happen in the scene
Vengeance
 In our film we used instrumental music as well as a dark, demonic choir as well.
SOUND

5. Gone Girl and Perfect Stranger
Costume – like both films we decided to use normal/everyday clothing to
help the events appear more natural. Although we did consider
colours to make it more obvious who the antagonists were due to
limited screen time
Props – in our film we didn’t use many props except the pictures of the girls
and our phones this is like the Perfect Stranger she used while
carrying out investigations.
Setting -
Lighting
Space -
MISE-EN-SCENE

6.  Female main character
- Both films like Vengeance have female leads who are appeared to be victimised
Gone Girl – The main female initially appears to be the Protagonist as she tells the story
of being abused by her husband but she was the true antagonist.
Perfect Stranger – In this film the female lead also appeared to be the Protagonist while
looking for her friends killer because she was also being watched by another .
 Flashbacks
 - both films use flashbacks
 - Gone Girl- in gone girl they use the flashbacks to confuse the viewers.
 - Vengeance- In our film we used it for the viewers to be able to get some insight into why Mika is
plotting her revenge on Jonathan and Lisa, it also allows the story to expand in its early minutes to allow
the viewers to understand more since there was a time limit.
NARRATIVE

7. When we created our film, our film sort of challenged the horror genre when
it was meant to be a complete psychological genre, this was because the dark,
low key setting and dark music that created a creepy atmosphere for the
viewers probably made the viewers suggest it to be in the horror genre.
However, at the beginning, when Mika was looking into the mirror, the voice
of Jonathan echoing in the background gave the effect of the film being a
being a psychological thriller and not a horror thriller, another example of our
film being a psychological thriller is the third scene where it becomes a
flashback of Mika remembering the even of her being attacked by Jonathan.
CHALLENGES TO THE GENRE