1. Q1. In what ways does your media product
use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?

2. Conventions in Thrillers
Fracture
- Gun, a weapon – causes death
- Dark house, isolated, creates a sense of being trapped and a dark atmosphere.
Drive
- A symbol to identify the the main character, therefore it identifies the movie
The Usual Suspects
-Dead bod, foreshadows the storyline of the movie – more death.
-Fire, another item that causes death

3. Conventions included in our product
Red couch – This connotes death and blood. As Kathy the only character that sits on the couch, this shows that
she will be the one to face death.
Isolated house, two characters in there and only them. Shows the situation is going to between them two.
Dead body, second character that was showing in the sequence.

4. Our approach to presenting conventions in our thriller was subtle and simple. Our thriller wasn’t
supposed to be harsh, it was only to build up tension throughout, until the end of the sequence.
This is one main convention of thrillers, as it is supposed to thrill the audience.
We used a red couch, this connotes death and blood. As Kathy was the only character that sat
on the couch, it foreshadowed her death. The character Wilfred sat on another red seat, this
portrays how the blood is on his hands. The item that was used to kill Kathy was a tablet, and it
was hidden in the drink. This connotes what type of character Wilfred is as he hides behind his
thoughts, emotions and actions. The tablet was used as a weapon, however is was as harsh as a
gun, or fire. The house was isolated, this showed a sense of being trapped and alone. The main
setting was in the house, this showed how Wilfred was constantly in the same place in his life
and was struggling. Everything else in the house was white or grey, this represents the
personality of Wilfred. As he has a split personality, where one was innocent (white) and the
other that was his superego and had dark thoughts (grey).