In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
We tried to challenge the idea that in thrillers and films in general, the focus lead is usually a man, however in recent years films have been going against this norm and have been showcasing females in protagonist and antagonist roles demonstrating how society has changed and portraying women as strong and independent. Therefore, we wanted to have a woman play a darker and more mysterious character to create interest and a contrast to the typical thriller.
To create something that really resembled a professional media product that contained elements of the thriller genre tried to make our thriller opening build in tempo, creating suspense and tension until the crescendo at the end, for the crescendo we added in the sound of a sinister laugh, to shock the audience and add a creepy atmosphere. These sinister, almost crazy style laughs are typically seen in thrillers as they tend to add a sense of mystery. The use of shot montages are often used in films especially thrillers, so we tried to do our own take of that be editing short second clips together of a girl putting on her make-up to build up pace as well as drama, in order to show as much as possible without giving too much away.
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