Evaluation Q1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

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

Some conventions of the thriller genre are;
- fast paced scenes 
As seen in the movie  "Fast and Furious" 


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- frequent action
As seen in "A Good Day to Die Hard"



- resourceful heroes
As seen in "North by Northwest"
















- powerful villains
As we see in the thriller movie:"Psycho"















- the plot is villain driven. 

- the villains present the obstacles.

- suspense -> creates excitement. 

- red-herring -> villain tricks audience that they are good.

- cliffhangers -> dramatic ending.

- setting -> exotic places and popular cities.

                                                



The thriller conventions that we used in our thriller piece, were Cliffhanger to leave the audience wanting to watch on to see what will happen next. We also had many fact paced scenes that created tension and excitement. We created suspense by adding in flash backs which i think was quite affective. 













Films like "Olympus has fallen", "Die hard" and "Hostage" are similar to ours, all these movies including ours includes hostage type scenes.

Our film is unique, due to the fact that we have added a feminist subversion to the typical thriller genre.

I compared the scene when the antagonist is walking towards the protagonist to the scene from "The Forest" when Sara Price (played by Natalie Dormer) is walking through the woods. I think these scenes are quite similar as they both create a very intense and eerie atmosphere.

I compared the scene from my thriller when the protagonist is in the chair to a scene from "Reservoir Dogs" when this man is kidnapped and held hostage. these scenes are similar to each other because they both show someone restrained and not able to move. Also these two scenes are in similar lighting, they're both quite dark although from our thriller it is almost too dark that you can't see the person.

Then I compared one of the running scenes from my thriller and compared it to a scene from "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1" this is the scene where Harry, Hermione and Ron run away from the snatchers. My scene and this scene are similar because both the protagonists are trying to run away from the antagonist.