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My product Typical thriller

conventions

My production

use, develop or

challenge?

Comparison to

existing products

Titling colour,

font and style

The use of a

minimal coloursuch as a black or

white font, with

maybe a colour

such as red to

connote danger or

a colour such as

grey to represent

the films

complexity. The

titling usually usesa big font to make

it stand out to the

audience and so

they know for

sure what the film

is titled, and from

this they may be

able to guess what

the film is about

or will touch

upon. Typically,thriller title

sequences are

normally very

complex and

complicated; this

is to signify that

the film will not

be simplistic or

easy to

understand. This

is especially

visible in

psychological

thrillers, as it is

usually about a

conflict in a

characters mind,

so this is

foreshadowed

even before the

film has started bythe use of titling.

For our film, we

used white onblack so that our

film would speak

for itself, and to

show that even

though it seems

simple at first, it

will get more

complex as you

watch further on.

This is also tosustain ambiguity;

so that the

audience wouldntparticularly know

what genre of film

this is, effectively

creating tension

and suspense

throughout the

audience. The

white on blacktitling also fades

over the actual

film as soon as it

appears; this

paired with our

title of The

Unexpectedmakes the pace

seem very fluid,

which forces the

audience to

quickly take in the

title and the way it

was presented

onscreen as soon

as the actual film

starts. We also

challenged the

conventions of not

enabling the

audience ofknowing what is

This is similar to

the psychologicalthriller Memento,

as it opens over a

person holding a

Polaroid and

waiting for it to

dry. This is similar

to our media

product as the

titles appear over

the film. However,it is also different

as it fits the

conventions of a

psychological

thrillers titlingsequence of being

vague, and the use

of red in the

picture

representing

blood, anger orpassion. The font

used is blue,

which is not

conventional in a

psychological

thriller, but could

represent

coldness and a

clinical feel to the

film. This could be

compared to our

use of the black

background, as it

is minimalistic

and does not give

out much

information.

However, our film

also differs from

Memento as

Mementoincorporates the


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They do not

usually show the

characters this

early on in the

film, which

creates suspenseand tension

throughout the

audience.

going on. This was

portrayed by

letting the

audience in, in the

sense that the film

starts with thefemale character

leaving the house,

this seems like it

is the beginning of

the film and uses a

chronological or

linear sequence,

which would help

the audience feel

included, and thatthey understand

what is going on.

non-

chronological

structure.

Camera

movement pan,

track, crab, crane

Typical thrillers

implement the

panning, tracking,

crabbing, and

craning shots as

they all help in

contributing

towards

portrayingdisequilibrium

throughout the

film. They are

used as it follows

the characters

around, and it

allows the

audience to see

what is going on

to make them feel

included. A typical

convention of a

psychological

thriller is that the

occurrences that

happen to the

characters are

usually realistic

and this creates

suspense and

tension in theaudience as they

In our media

product, we used

a panning shot

when the female

character is riding

her bike across

the screen. This

gives the sense to

the audience thatthey are actually

onscreen with her

and are

experiencing what

will happen with

her. The tracking

shot we used was

in the point of

view scene when

the female

character is riding

down the road.

We achieved this

by attaching our

camera to the

bike, to give a

gritty sense of

realism and to feel

like because they

are watching it,

they are actuallyriding the bike

An example of

when a panning

shot is used in a

psychological

thriller is in The

Prestige. This is

effective as the film

begins with a zoom

onto many top hatson the ground

covered with dark

autumn leaves.

This is effective as

this film could be

any genre of film

which supports the

fact that

psychological

thrillers are

supposed to beambiguous and that

they do not give

too much away.

The Prestige then

cuts to a scene

where it pans

across little chicks

in cages. This

further tells us that

even though the

film does not

specify what it is, it


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feel it could relate

to them.

themselves,

especially seeing

as it is looking

downwards in a

point of view shot.

is likely to be a

thriller as it has the

conventions of

being vague and

mysterious to the

audience; whichmakes them feel

that they are not

involved in what is

going on, therefore

creating tension

and suspense

throughout the

audience, which is

pleasurable to them

in what they expect

in watching apsychological

thriller.

Framing a shot-

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Thrillers tend to

incorporate close

ups and long shots

a lot, as they both

juxtapose each

other and could

represent the

change in focusfrom the plot to

developing

further on a

character. Close

ups are usually

implemented so

we can see what is

going on clearly

on a charactersface and their

state of mind,making the

audience feel

included which

gives them a sense

of familiarity. This

then creates fear

and suspense in

the audience, as

they now feel it

could happen tothem. Long shots

We used an extra

long shot to

establish where

the female

character was in

the film so it was

clear to the

audience. We alsoused close ups of

the male

characters face toconnote the fact

that he is sinister

and to forewarn

the audience that

he is presented as

bad.

In the

psychological

thriller Frozen,

medium shots and

long shots are

used to represent

that everything is

normal and thereis no sense of

disequilibrium

yet. But when the

film uses close ups

and extreme close

ups it is clear that

this is to signify

the fact that there

is a disequilibrium

about to happen.

This is done byfocusing on the

machinery that

the skiers will

later get stuck on,

such as the ski-lift

to foreshadow

what will happen

later on in the

film.


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are usually used

to distinguish

something

significant, but

can also be used

to create distancebetween the film

and the audiencesawareness of

what is going on.

This creates

suspense.

Camera angle

high or low

Thrillers use high

or low camera

angles to capture

the dominance orthe weakness of a

character. The

angles represent

the power or

status a person

has over someone

else.

Our film used this

technique to

present the male

charactersdominance overthe female

character when

she has fallen

down and hurt

herself, he uses

this excuse to

touch her and

almost control

her. He towers

over her, and hasall the power in

that scene.

An example of a

film that uses

these angles is

The Beach, apsychological

thriller in which

the male character

who still has

sanity is

positioned in a

higher angle

compared to the

other male

character who has

lost control of hismind. This shows

that he is more

dominant, and

aware of himself,

so is naturally

more superior.

Mise-en-scene Thrillers tend to

use a house as

their setting, as it

is what is natural

that makes it all

the more scary,

and creates fear

and tension

throughout the

audience as it

what is familiar.

In our film, it

begins with the

female character

coming out of her

house which

means that even

though we did use

the conventional

setting for a

thriller, we did not

keep her in the

house which

signifies to the

audience that

there will be otherlocations. This

In the

psychological

thriller Se7en, it is

set in many

different houses

and presents the

murderers house,and the

detectiveshouses. This is

effective as it can

visually show the

audience the

differences

between the two,creating tension


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creates tension

and suspense

throughout the

audience as they

wonder where she

will go.

once they have

spotted it.

Editing jumpcuts, match cuts,

reverse shots,

cutting rhythm

Thrillers use a

variety of editing

to make the film

seem fluid and so

it flows. Editing

makes the film

seem more

professional and

slick.

Our film

incorporates a lot

of editing; we

used match cuts

and reverse shots

to give the film

diversity and to

make it seem

proficient enough.

The psychological

thriller The Cell,

uses many jump

cuts and match

cuts. This is

effective in

making the film

feel fast-paced, in

turn creating

tension andsuspense in the

audience

throughout the

film.

Sound Usually thrillers

use non-diegetic

sounds in the

form of

soundtracks or

background

noises. This iseffective as it

normally

foreshadows what

will happen next.

Our soundtrack

complemented

what was going on

onscreen and

fitted the impact

we were trying to

create as soon asthe female

character started

to ride her bike.

Very fast-paced

music in The

Astronauts Wifesymbolic of what

will happen next.

Narrative theory Psychological

thrillers usually

feature the

hermeneutic code

and the Enigma

code, to conveyconfusion

throughout the

audience and

binary opposites

to highlight the

differences

between two

different

characters or

themes.

Our film

implemented the

hermeneutic code

to create suspense

and tension

throughout theaudience in the

scenes when he

female character

falls down and

when the opening

two minutes end,

as it leaves it on

an unfinished

note, creating

tension in the

audience.

In the

psychological

thriller Inception

when the male

character is

washed up on thebeach this

creates suspense

in the audience as

it generates

questions such as

who is this man

and why is he on a

beach?

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