1. In what waydoes yourmedia productuse,
developor challenge formsand conventions
of real mediaproducts?

2. Story
• Our story is a very typical and generic thriller story. It follows a man through his day
and later revealed is dark hidden secret. We use a middle aged man which is very
generic and decided to make it involve a damsel in distress. In the opening we tried to
portray the main character’s characteristics without revealing too much. We see the
man at start driving and getting out of his car to go to his house, at the door we see
him pull out a handkerchief to open the door. This is very generic most male in
psychological thrillers often have a previous issue or obsession for example copycat, in
this similar obsession thriller we clearly see that the antagonist has an issue and is
obsessed with recreating serial murder and emulating past serial offences in this case
ocd. We ended the opening on the man shouting at the door indicating that his secret
is out . At this point we wanted the audience to start asking questions and to start
wondering and attempt to decipher the enigmas in the opening. We ended the
opening on a hook, this is very common within thriller and very well used in many
thriller to engage audience and to want them to continue watching the movie.

3. Genre
• We made sure the opening clearly portray our genre and that different aspect of the
opening clearly illustrated our chosen genre. We used thing like sound and music to
show that our film is within the thriller genre. The music was very suspenseful and
tense and help indicate our genre. We also used music create an eerie and tense
atmosphere. This is a good indicator and will let the audience understand that it is a
thriller film. We also used props and costume to help the audience understand that it
is within the thriller genre. Thing like the hand clothes at the beginning to open the
door help indicate that it is within the thriller genre, it immediately give a message
that the main character does not want get caught which tell that he is hiding
something . Our story/plot also helps to indicate that it is a thriller film, we made sure
that the story line was not too complex and can easily link to the psychological thriller
genre. We stuck to a convectional plot that easily fell within the thriller genre
boundary.

4. Setting and location
• we used an urban and well populated area to film our opening, it was very important that we
made the surrounding look as normal as possible therefore we paid close attention to props and
setting. Majority of our filming was done inside and we made sure that the setting was clean to
emphasise our main characters disorder (OCD). Using a normal and serene setting is very common
with the thriller genre for example the stepfather, they imply a normal live and help create
possible enigmas. They leave the audience guessing and leaves them glued to screen and hooks
them to the film.
• We decided not to use an abandoned or isolated area because it did not suit our main character
and would not have created the atmosphere we needed. We shot outside and in a few of the
room. We decided not to use to many room as it may give too many things and we wanted to
create as much enigmas as possible. We also decided to use a lot of indoor shot because it suited
our story line and also shooting outside there might be too many sound around and the weather
could inevitable disrupt our shooting which may mean and error in the area of continuity. Similar
to the The stepfather we decided that opening with mainly indoor scenes has a better effect and
help create a better idea of normality.

5. Title (Font style and size)
• The title of our film was the last thing that we did. We decided to make it plain and a
good size, we had to consider it effect on the audience and make sure that it was
easily visible to the audience. We used a plain white colour so it could suit our thriller
and using multiple colours will may make it look unserious and unprofessional. We
also decided to make the title a medium size and like many thriller we decided that it
should come up after the opening. This has a more gripping effect and we wanted it
to have a lasting effect on the audience and for them to remember it through the
film. At first we decided that it should appear onscreen during the film similar to The
stepfather, however after viewing it we decided that it didn’t suit our film and they
appeared individual on a black screen would have a better effect, which is also very
common within thrillers.

6. Costume and props
• When did not use many costume and many character did not really appear onscreen
however when choosing some of our costumes we deciding on using a suit. This
suited our characters persona and also is a very generic thriller customer as it is very
commonly used. Although it is most common with gangster/criminal thriller like scar
face, law abiding citizen and etc. it still suited our thriller and adapted well and help us
build character in the film. It highlights the fact that our character is twisted and
deluded because he chooses to wear a suit and believe to himself that he is having a
formal dinner. As for the female(damsel in distress) she dressed very plainly and
roughly to show her situation and position within the film. As a damsel distress we
made sure that she look very distresses and rough as this is very common and generic
within thriller films. We used props like knife and fork, rope and a dinning table to
again create a normal atmosphere and create more enigma.

7. How characters are introduced
• We introduced the first character onscreen at the beginning of the film. We see him in
a car and exiting the car. This way the audience can get a feeling of normality. We
choose that at this point he should be wearing plain clothes, this way we are not
giving too much away and also when the audience see him they will start to wonder
and will already try and solve enigmas similarly in the step father the main character
is introduced shaving this give a similar idea of normality and is what we tried to
emulate in our film. The introduction of a normal person on a daily everyday run is
very common in thriller and often used for example the step father similarly he is
seen doing everyday errand like shaving to create the atmosphere. Character are
commonly introduced with a façade and we do not get a feeling of their true
character which is what we tried to established. Then eventually during the course of
the film his true character begins to show and then the audience can see him for who
he is. We introduced the female in the film trough a close up. This give the audience
an enigma and do not know her full story which help create tension and suspense.

8. Camera and editing
• We used a variety of camera shot and editing techniques that are very
generic and common within a thriller film. We used slow paced editing so
the audience can take in every action that happens in the film and they can
understand can really see what was happening and try to figure out the
enigmas. We use many close up to focus on the characters face and to show
his very bland and plain emotion to the audience. We also decided to use a
montage to show him dressing up, this is to highlight his transition and his
change into the protagonist in the film. We used zoom to highlight what was
happening and also to show the transition from the picture to actual eye.
This help use build enigma and suspense.