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

2. This shot is conventional of a Thriller because it is an extreme close up, concealing identity,
which in this case, is the murderer. I saw this in many films, such as Paranormal Activity. I
think in both cases, due to these camera angles, we decide the character to be dangerous
and an outcast of society. This creates fear, as we don’t like things we can’t understand.

3. This close up shows a lifeless body being dragged. Only showing a section of a victim makes
the audience feel uncomfortable as they know that someone is dead, developing the
convention of death and murder into our crime thriller. Our thriller revolves around a crime,
which is a key convention of the thriller genre as well. From this shot, we learn that the
character is young, and trendy by the costume. Eg. Her trainers are bright blue.

4. The use of every day situations, in our case using Twitter, is commonly used in thrillers to
both, shock the audience into understanding the events could happen to them, and create
strong contrast to the film’s events later on when the story develops. This shot also helps to
suggest the murderer is looking for a new victim, that foreshadows the events to follow.

5. A definite convention of an opening sequence is having credits. Clearly, here we have used
credits to show actors involved within the film. Another example is later on when we
introduce the directors. We chose white on black, which is conventional of credit openings as
it ensures the text is read by the viewers. Furthermore, we chose a clear font, and situated it
in the right of the screen as the eye naturally reads left to right, making sure the text is taken
in.

6. A common characteristic of an opening is transitions between either credits, or clips. This
is conventional of an opening and is seen in the opening for “Skyfall”. Transitions add a
professional feel and make everything look neater. We mainly use “Fade In Fade out”
transition’s from the “Dissolve” tabs. This creates a professional feel, and creates tension
as the audience are waiting for something to happen during the prolonged silence.

7. This close up shot shows only a characters hands with a red/orange filter effect added. This
has connotations of blood, and danger which develops the convention of crime being the main
theme in our thriller.