Question 1

1. In what ways does your product use,
develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?
My film productwas in the genre of Crime
Thriller. Fromresearching a lot on thriller
films and its typical conventions, I could take
some of those aspects and put them into my
film but with my own take on it.
This was the title of my film which appeared
after the firstmurder. I thoughtit would
create a bigger impact after the firstsection as it would explain the title ‘The
Cure’, also creating a dramatic ending to the ‘murder’. Fromwatching other
thriller films, I found this style of title was popular within this genre.
My two characters in the film are
competing to take all the credit from
finding the cure. They both ‘attempt ‘to
murder each other to look like an accident
to take the award. I think this storyline
conforms to typical thrillers because it’s twisted and they want revenge which
is a common theme for thrillers. I wanted the characters to both look innocent
and nice, so it wouldn’tlook like they are capable of committing the crime, so
it’s uncharacteristic fromthese scientists. We only focus on these two
characters who are the criminals in this instance, which also is usual for
thrillers having the central topic around the murders.

2. As thriller films included lots of suspense, so I
tried to create some suspenseand tension in
with this part in my film. As Sophie collapses on
the floor, I wanted to create a dramatic slow
hand fall, exaggerating the ‘death’, as she
reappears at the very end for revenge.
At the end of that scene, I asked Sophie to
slightly moveher head, which is a small
indication that she isn’treally dead. I thought
this would fit into the thriller conventions, but
this could be taken as a mistakefrom not cutting
the clip and letting my actor move.
The location I set this firstpart was in a science
roomin my school. Itset the location that they
are scientists doing research, especially with
the white lab coats. Fromwatching thrillers set
in a lab, it looked a lot more mysterious,
whereas mine is well lit and quite normal
looking. Itdoesn’t fit to thriller locations, but it
contrasts the scenes later to make them look much darker. This science room
wouldn’ttoo look predictable for a murder.
This is one of my last scenes where Sophie is
behind her. I chosethis location in this
corridor as the lighting was much differentto a
normal classroom, especially with light
reflecting off the walls and floor. As this was
the final image of my film with Sophie about to

3. strangleLauren, I wanted it to have a big, dramatic, ending with impact. Right
before shetouches the unsuspecting Lauren, it cuts right off to black. Also as
you cannot see Sophie’s face, the audience is left wondering who it was, as this
clip is so shortcreating even more suspense.
My film opens with a blank screen but you can hear a conversation happening
between two people. They think they have cracked the cure, which then goes
to showing a computer screen, believing they think they’vedefinitely done
found it. This starts the story line off, which at this point can seem innocent so
the next parts could seem unsuspecting to the audience, creating mystery to
get the audience wondering.
Itdoesn’tcome clear it’s a thriller film
till a murder actually happens but
there are subtle hints before it
happens, such as this look Lauren gives
when she takes a sip. It’s not clear as
its starts off in a science room, which
suggests it could be a sci-fi film, due to
the findings and lab coats. As the story
moves on quickly, it would hopefully
interest the audience in whatthey are going to watch.