Thriller Evaluation Additions

Where considering our thriller as a whole, we used general thriller conventions to suit our genre. These include narrative conventions such as entrapment, being watched/followed, as well as the common character roles of a male psycho and a female victim. Though, thriller conventions have also been challenged.

When looking at films that relate to our opening sequence, the horror film 'Cabin In The Woods' fits the crisis setting of our thriller, within the woods. This suggests that our thriller includes a sub genre of horror, having an isolated location. This is also seen, in the costume change of the young girl. Blood, is a typical element within the horror genre, and this is seen on the young girls white dress suggesting gore within the narrative. Conventions also fit that the predominant section of the film is very dark and gloomy, which reflects the mood of the film.This also adds and creates both tension and anxiety amongst the audience. The mise en scene of every horror film is almost the same, always including a significant amount of low key lighting, and a lot more towards the end of the film, where the tension is at its highest.This is shown firstly when the antagonist is introduced, replicating his dark personality and thoughts, followed by the crisis scene situated in the woods, which was captured as dusk was setting. 

Thriller conventions have also been challenged by the horror convention of possession. This is shown in our opening sequence though the antagonists possession of the protagonists mind. Not only this but, horrors include a 'normal' location such as a house although, this would be abandoned due to the phenomenon. This could challenge our thriller genre due to the young girl being the only figure present within the house fitting to that of horror conventions. 

Other sub genres challenge my thriller including that of psychological genre. This sub genre is seen throughout our opening scene as the main element, with the antagonist controlling the protagonist. The young girl is not controlled physically but instead mentally. The psychological element also applies when considering the depth of our storyline. Having the parents of the young girl diseased,  this effects her mentally within the mind. This could also interlink to the mind set and inner soul of the antagonist, being distressed and twisted, challenging thriller conventions by adding areas of the horror and psychological genres. 

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Final production

This is our finished thriller film.

Music Ideas

When considering a thriller film, music and sound acts as a literacy device to create an atmosphere, suspending anxiety and tension upon the audience. So, when composing our thriller film we will add background music, replacing dialogue so that the audience will feel more anxiety. Therefore, I have been looking on youtube for suitable song tracks that are related to young children, that encounter a disturbing twist. For our first track I have found a creepy ice cream truck tune. This interlinks well into our thriller because an ice cream truck shows intertexuality with children, though at the same time the silence plays part in the background creating suspension. For our second track, we found a creepy music box soundtrack. This would be a suitable track to fit our thriller because each note gives an echoing sound. This creates mystery and a sense of lingering anxiety. The simplicity of this, replicates that of a children's nursery rhyme, creating intertextual references with our thriller synopsis, encompassing a young school girl. This track also suspends silence within the background representing the theme of loneliness.

storyboards

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This is my group storyboard. Here, the original plot outline of our thriller is being portrayed. As you can see, related images are allocated with each broken down section. This allows us as a group to organise the scene of our filming through imagery. This will build a base for us to later build and construct upon as we explore deeper into our thriller.

Primary Research

For my audience research, I have used a secondary source to find out statistical figures. These figures have come from the British Filming Institute (BFI) website. Also, percentages on audience satisfaction have come from the Rotten Tomatoes website, rating a numerous amount of different thriller genre films.

Though for my thriller film to be successful I need to collect some primary based data. For this I have conducted and created a survey on an online website, 'Survey Monkey'. Here, I have composed ten questions about the thriller genre. I aim to ask both genres, all around the age of 16 so that my results are reliable.

Below is the link to my survey
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8PNB8JS

Preliminary Task

This is my first experience of filming an opening scene. Here, this is my groups preliminary task and the first task completed as a group. We decided to do a re-make of the thriller film; 'The Thing'. For this we used a teddy bear to be 'The Thing'. This is because a bear is seen to be related to young children or babies, representing innocence. This means that when our crisis occurs a huge amount of anxiety will be suspended upon our audience. As a group we experimented with a variety of camera angles and also enjoyed filming within the process.