as media evaluation question 5

1. Question 5. How did you
attract/address your audience?

2. Conventions
As mentioned in a previous analysis question,
I used the conventions of the thriller genre to
attract the audience specific to my media
product, including:
• Fast paced editing
• Dark, cool colour schemes
• Mise-en-Scene such as costume design
and props e.g. knives.
• Protagonist vs antagonist, with an air of
mystery surrounding the antagonist.

3. Comparison of antagonists
When compared to the antagonist of Hannibal Lecter, I believe our antagonist
matches the look and feel associated with the thriller genre by the audience.

4. Fast paced editing
Throughout my media project, the editing is
very fast paced. This is both from a
storyboard decision, but also from the fact
we shot in three separate locations. This
makes the audience feel uneasy and
disorientated which adds to the atmosphere
intended for the thriller genre.

5. Other techniques that
add appeal for the
audience:
• Racking focus – This is used for the teeth
moulds and the photographs of our
antagonists victims. This adds tension to
the scene as well as connoting to the
audience that there is a direct link
between the moulds and the photos as if
the antagonist is collecting trophies from
his previous victims.

6. Colour Correction, contrast and tint.
When compared next to each other I believe the colour correction I added to my main project adds an eerie
atmosphere to our film, allowing the audience to associate it with the thriller genre faster. Before (left) and after
(right). I highlighted the shadows in this scene as well as giving it an ever so slightly blue tint to add a cool,
despairing atmosphere.