Evalution 1

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms of conventions of real media products?

As you can see in my thriller there are ranges of convention in which was used that made it a typical thriller. One of this was the cliff hanger at the end of the opening as the scene cuts just before the innocent girl was about to get grabbed. This is a typical thriller element as it is also present in several other real thrillers such as one of the thrillers we watched in our media lesson called North By North-West, the part where Eve and Thornfield are literally hanging off a cliff.

My thriller 'The Stalker'

Another typical thriller element which is evident in my thriller is a red herring. This can be seen as one of the female character Sarah was told to meet someone who apparently wanted to give her back her mobile phone which be found on the street, as the girl arrives at his house where she was expecting him to be in she instead finds the door open with no trace of her phone or anybody inside, until the end of the opening meaning she was falsely lead. This is a typical thriller convention as it can be seen in real thriller such as The untouchables, one of the characters named Elliot ness was given information on a warehouse that is storing Al Capone’s alcohol, the treasure department then surrounds then warehouse and break in, inside the warehouse there is no trace on alcohol found, the audience had been falsely lead to believing something.

The untouchables

Another thriller convention we used was the theme; directors of thrillers tend to base their themes around creepy, dangerous and frightening real life events in order to be able to relate it with the audience which enhances the level of fear. This can very much be scene in our thriller as we based it around the subject of murder/crime as after a series of events the protagonist is located in a house with only her and two antagonist. This is also the case with real thriller films such as ‘The Batman’; one of other themes in this thriller is crime. This is very similar to the theme for our thriller.

My thriller 'The Stalker'

The Batman

Another Convection which we used was lighting. In the phone call conversation between the girls and the stalker we decided to make the stalkers surrounding extremely dark shadowing the stalkers location, we made the light from the phone to be the only light source in the room with displayed a bit of the stalkers face and shadowing the rest. This was highly effective in making the stalker look more creepy, dangerous and anomalous. Whist in contract to this this on the other side of the phone was the girl who we put in a well-lighted room making her face and background visible. This is effectively in emphasising her innocence due to the contrast in lighting. This aspect can also be compared to an actual thriller film such as The Batman again

The Batman

My thriller 'The Stalker