The document provides an analysis of how the media product uses, develops, or challenges conventions of typical thriller/horror genres. It compares elements like titling, camera movement, framing, camera angles, mise-en-scene, editing, and sound to conventions seen in films like Se7en and Rear Window. While some elements like framing and mise-en-scene generally follow conventions, others like expansive establishing shots and a dubstep soundtrack aim to challenge conventions and expand the potential audience. Overall, the analysis suggests the media product draws from but also innovates beyond typical thriller conventions.

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 Typically thrillers use We went with this as
and style colour themes that go we thought that it
with that of the motion matched up and was
picture and colour hue aesthetically
in the background. pleasing.
Camera In the opening first two We went against this, inception
Movement- pan, minutes of thrillers to try and expand our
track, crab, crane establishing shots are audience to try and
nearly always used create the feeling that
our storyline could be
adapted and could
work anywhere in the
world.
Framing a shot Usually thrillers use a We stuck with this as Se7en
ECU, CU, MS, LS, split mixture of extreme much as the camera
ELS close ups or extreme we were working with
long shots they don’t would allow us. We
usually use a blend of used a blend on close
medium shots but up and long shot
obviously throughout montages. As the
the movie they do- but whole ‘moving
the openings are full of quickly’ thing and
extreme shots. ‘jagged story’ where
our themes.
Camera Angle Thrillers sometimes We used one or two Rear window
High, Low use high angles when high angles when the
angles are used in the camera was coming
opening two minutes. from the Childs
perspective, when
he’s in the bed.
Mise-en-Scene The Mise en scene of Similarly our feature
thrillers is usually very happens at night
dark and gloomy, time- but you may
happens at night with a think from the interior
female victim made shots its in the day
slightly obvious in the because we wanted

2. first few scenes. to sort of jolt the
viewer and make
them a bit confused
in the first scenes.
Editing – jump cuts, The first scene in We used alot of jump Se7en
match cuts, reverse thrillers usually has a shots also- we
shots, cutting lot of jump shots wanted to jolt the
rhythm viewer so they know
that the serene
happenings weren’t
infact very happy at
all.
Sound Eerie soundtracks. We used a dubstep
Little vocab if any at all. track, giving out
thriller a taste of the
new era. It also has
no words and sticks
to conventional thriller
sound choices.