Thriller Comparision

Do you think you have created a successful thriller sequence and why?

In my opinion I think that we have created a successful thriller sequence as we have challegened the conventions of successful thriller films by portraying the most common one in our opening scene. In addition we had a twist on one convention which is only used rarely in this genre of a female girl killer. By doing this we would appeal to a wider audience as we would have a new fresh idea that would also attract new audiences, as the scene slightly differs from common thrillers that are on ofter recently.

By doing this it will make the film more popular therefore more successful. Than a film that just follows the typical conventions as audiences will not want to view these as they will see them as being just another typical thriller, that will follow a plot similar to one that they have seen before.

Which micro element, best shows your creativity and understanding of thriller conventions the most?

The best mirco element that best shows our creativity and understanding of thriller conventions is having a blonde female killer. This is for a mixture of many reasons. It shows our creativty as a group as this is rarely seen across the genre, this mirco element was really thought through before we considered using it in our opening scene. We didnt want to just follow a typical storyline as we though it would be boring and not excite the audience, which is the main purpose of thriller and why audiences tend to watch them in the seek for aderaline. This uncommonly used convention would still be in the main principles of a thriller scene so the audience would be able see that the character is the killer due to the camera angles used. We wanted this element not to be apparent to the audience at first otherwise it would have had such as greater impact on the audience when the killing takes place, so this is why we decided to portray her as the victim at first through camera angles such as the high angle suggesting to the audience how vunerable/weak the character actually is.

This element shows our understanding of the thriller genre as we have risked our work by not folloing a conventional storyline of the killer being apparent, because we wanted to offer audiences a fresh new view of the thriller genre. Films that follow the conventional plot are such thrillers as Scream and The Purge. While thrillers that are alike ours are Orphan and The House at the End of the Street as they use a small female killer as the main character. (Although the Orphan is a middle age women for the majority of the film she is portrayed to the audience as a younger female.)

Compare your opening sequence to a successful thriller and explain how your thriller is conventional.

Our thriller opening scene can be compare to similar films such as Orphan.

Narrative and Representation of Characters,
Both films follow a similar plot as they both include young females that have been abandoned previously on there path for a new life. Both characters are scared by there past and there mental status changed and as a result murder innocent victims that have no connection with there past.  

Sound, Both of our films use a series of diagetic and non-diagetic sounds to attract into the scene and make them feel submerged/engaged within the content they are viewing. Our film doesn't contain any dialogue and we felt the audience were able to interpret what was happening without a conversation between the different characters. Although our films are not alike when Orphan uses both types of sound to engage its audience further into the scene, whereas we only use the soundtrack and high pitched noises to grab the audiences attention.

Editing, We both use very similar types of editing by the fact we both use Timing of Shots, Shot Reverse Shot, Reaction Shot, Straight Cuts and Jump Cuts.

Mise-en-Scene

Setting and Iconography, we do not use any similar setting but we do use similar killing weapons as we both use knife as the method of killing choice.

Costume Hair and Make Up, Both main killing characters wear similar costumes and make up some point throughout the scene.

Lighting and Colour, Orphan uses a combination of both Low Key Lighting and High Key Lighting due to the amount of scenes that take place in day and night throughout the scene. Whereas we only use Low Key Lighting do to our narrative being set during the night.