Evaluation 2Thriller conventions

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‘’Typical’’ Thriller conventions

Plot and Structure- which involves and includes an enigma and exploring the unknown.

Camerawork/shots- The use of close ups and establishing shots are normally frequently used within thriller films, as the establishing shot gives and idea of the setting and the close up reveals what emotion a character may be feeling or to signify the importance on a particular object or person.

‘’Typical’’ Thriller conventions

Low key lighting- To create a creepy and mysterious atmosphere to scare and confuse the audience of what is going on or taken place within that scene.

High tension music and sound effects- To create climax and anti climax

Quick changes in angle shots- So the audience gets confused and is unsure of what may happen next (unpredictability)

Frequent use of P.O.V shots- To put the audience in the position of the character and to feel as if it is them in that situation on hand.

Shadows- Used to create mysterious and uncertainty within the audience.

In what ways does my film opening develop, challenge forms and

conventions of real media products?

My film opening, ‘Timor’, develops the forms and conventions of the Thriller genre. It develops the conventions through: Having a female(s) as the victim, protagonist and the villain. Having the main events and problems previewed with the first 2

minutes of the film. Use of flashing images within the first 2 minutes High tension music The contrast of high key and low key lighting in order to represent

the different characteristics between the victim and the villain(s). The style of text is italic and the title (Timor) is shown at the end of

the open surrounded by blood.

How does my thriller opening present particular social

groups?In my thriller opening ‘Timor’, social

groups are represented through the idea of sororities and dormitories within and on

a university campus. For example the featured sorority focused and explored on

Timor is an all girl sorority called Alpha Delta Pi which is the first and oldest

sorority to be created.

Gender roles: Female portrayalFemales are portrayed as the villain, protagonist and victim with my thriller film Timor. This challenges the conventions of the Thriller genre as although females normally play the

role of the victim, the female rarely plays the role of the protagonist and only on some cases plays the role as the villain. The use of mise en scene helped portray the victim

as someone who is innocent through the use of the connotations of the colour white.

Influence from other films

My thriller film ‘Timor’ was influenced by a

lifetime film called The Hazing Secret (2014).

The plot of the film is: Megan loses her long term memory in an accident she had five years ago as a sorority girl. Every night, she has the same dream of a party and the death of a sister. When she's invited to a Greek reunion, she realizes it wasn't just a dream.