AS Evaluation question 1

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

My media product uses a range of generic conventions; some of the conventions that I used in my thriller was the use of enigma. An example of another film that uses this convention would be “The woman in black” certainly in the opening scene, where three girls are forced to kill themselves by a mysterious figure. I used this and did not fully reveal the killer until the very end of the thriller, another generic convention that I used was the use of a female victim. My female victim was used at the very end of the sequence being scared then killed. An example of a female victim in another thriller would also be the opening sequence of “The woman in black” where the three girls where forced to jump out of the window. By using these conventions I created suspense through the enigma used, this would be best shown in the point of view shot so the killers identity has still not been revealed. A example of this mysterious first person knife view would be "physco", this creates suspense and tension as well as an enigma as to who the killer is. A very prominent convention that I used throughout the whole of my thriller would be the use of low-key lighting, this gives a dark and mysterious feeling to the whole sequence.As well as following the generic conventions of a thriller, I also tried to challenge or develop them slightly by not only using a female victim at the end of the scene but, I also used a male victim this makes the audience feel as if no one is safe from the killer.