Using visual examples of where your coursework does or doesn’t fit into the theories within genres.

Daniel Chandler• In regards to his theory, I feel that I have stuck to

most settings and themes within my genre. Most like many thrillers, there are conventional ideas that seem to be most popular, such as in my short film I have based my setting on a school, graveyard and a dark room. In most thrillers, you will find that they stick to using vulnerable settings. On top of this, most films also use a dark disserted room to connote that the victim is in a dark and dangerous place; this is way I wanted to stick to this conventions. And finally I think using graveyard conveys the idea that the victim is closer to death then they may think themselves, so this was very useful to portray in my short film.

• I think sticking with the idea that the killer stalks and murders a young, naïve school girl, builds on the emotions the audience may have, so I think this was a very conventional theme to use. Also, if we were to use an older women it wouldn’t achieve the same effect, mostly because the older women has a greater chance to defend herself then a school girl that has just lost her father.

Deborah Knight • I agree with Knights theory, as she

conveyed the idea that certain feelings are suggested by different conventions or actions. As I built on anticipation using conventional events and ideas to suggest that the killer is getting closer and closer to capturing the young girl and showing him walking closer to her; this allowed me to gain fear and sympathy. I agree with this theory mostly because the people watching my film would like watching thrillers or horror films, meaning that they are known to the events and frightening scenes they may contain. As a whole, I think this type of audience like the fear and being able to scar themselves, to gain satisfaction and an adrenaline rush.

David Buckingham

• I think my film sticks to conventions, as i am giving the audience the chance to gain feelings and emotions such as fear and anticipation through the events I portray. However, I also think my film disagrees with this theory mostly because conventions in my film haven’t changes through periods of time.

Steve Neale • I think my film agrees and supports this theory,

as I have stuck to conventions and repeated some ideas from existing films, for example a killer stalking a young naïve school girl, following her every where about and knowing exactly where she is at certain times. Supporting this I also conveyed these conventions by using locations and settings that would be increasingly vulnerable. I also stuck to using a young female, that may not have as much dominant control over an old strong man, by doing this, it allowed my victim to look weaker and more at risk. However, in the majority of films I have watched, I’ve noticed that there is certain endings that without doubt conclude the film; this is either that the victim escapes and the killer is found, or the victim is saved and the killer is exposed or that the young girl dies but the killer is killed or dies through some cause, which allows the victim to get her revenge and it ends on a happy ending. However, in my film none of them endings match mine, and this is mostly because we ran out of time and had to stick to a 5 minute time restrictions so in this way my film doesn’t link to conventions.

Tom Ryan

• I agree with Ryan’s theory, as I certainly think that genres provide a guideline and framework. I think this mostly because I directed a thriller movie and knew straight away, after choosing my genre, that I was going to base my story board around a stalker/rapist, murdering a young female victim. However, this only linked to my film, I think in most cases this could be disagreed with as some film directors can link genres together; this as a whole plays around with the events that will happen in the film.