1. Evaluation Task 1
In what ways does your media
production of film use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real
media products?

2. One of the first notable things about our thriller is
the way we challenge the conventions of real media
products by not putting the name of a director or
producer in the opening credits. We felt that our film
would be pioneered by the cast more so than the
director as the likelihood would be that they are not
well known or possibly it is they're first film.
We can see the way this differs from acclaimed
thriller Se7en. This opening sequence displays
the name of director and producer before even
arriving at what is a widely known cast.
However, we must consider that this is a thriller
that is on a completely different scale to ours
with a much higher concept.

3. We see Food Chain use the
conventions of a similar thriller with the
British made Dead Mans Shoes where
the protagonist solemnly walks on his
own throughout the opening sequence
suggesting he is on a journey
somewhere.
This is near identical to a shot in our thriller
where we see a shot of our protagonist doing
the same thing. Both characters are also
walking rom left to right within the frame. This
naturally unsettles the audiences slightly as it is
the opposite to reading. The only thing different
in these shots is that our mise en scene
establishes the urban environment that our lead
character lives in.

4. Kidulthood
Food Chain
Here we see two sets of near identical shots between our thriller and urban, British drama/thriller Kidulthood. In the top
clip we see a our bully holding up someone just like in the real film to its left. This shows that we share the same
interpretation of physical bullying in a school environment. Interestingly, we have both subverted a stereotype and made
the lead bully a girl making the actions more alarming to a contemporary audience.
Both Food Chain and Kidulthood also show a similar kind of violence from a boy with this comparison being more
accurate considering that the scene is outside against a wall much like in our thriller, as opposed to in a classroom. In
both scenes of Kidulthood, the bullies use an array of antagonistic and rude language which is something we were keen
to include in our thriller to attain a sense of realism.

5. This is a screen shot form the opening sequence
of Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island. A prominent
feature of the sequence as with many thriller
opening sequences is the ominous and dark
music. This gives the audience the general mood
and direction of the thriller straight from the
outset and reveals that something dangerous is
on the precipice.
As opposed to this, in our thriller we made the
conscious decision not to use music, even at
moments where it would have been appropriate.
This lulls the audience into a false sense of
security and nearly bores them therefore making
it far more surprising where the fight breaks out
seemingly from nowhere. They think the
protagonist is safe but are awoken from this
realisation. By definition, I believe this is more
‘thrilling’.

6. This is a screen shot form the opening sequence
of Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island. A prominent
feature of the sequence as with many thriller
opening sequences is the ominous and dark
music. This gives the audience the general mood
and direction of the thriller straight from the
outset and reveals that something dangerous is
on the precipice.
As opposed to this, in our thriller we made the
conscious decision not to use music, even at
moments where it would have been appropriate.
This lulls the audience into a false sense of
security and nearly bores them therefore making
it far more surprising where the fight breaks out
seemingly from nowhere. They think the
protagonist is safe but are awoken from this
realisation. By definition, I believe this is more
‘thrilling’.