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Todorov's theory of equilibrium- Narrative

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Todorov's theory of equilibrium- Narrative

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We didn't follow Todorov's theory of equilibrium in our thriller where everything begins on a level of calmness and tranquillity, then a state of disruption (the main problems arise) occurs, and then tranquillity is restored and a solution is provided. In our thriller we went against this theory because we started off with the main part of disruption and our thriller never exceeds this stage. This is mainly due to the fact that our thriller isn't long enough for it to progress out of this stage and there isn't enough time for the situation to evolve into a happy ending. However, if we were to film the whole of our thriller, we would most likely resolve the situation and possibly include segments of Rae's personal thoughts.

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How we challenged/followed media conventions

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How we challenged/followed media conventions

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In our thriller 'Tormented Identity' we followed some of the traditional media conventions but we also challenged several of them to make our thriller unique and individual.

Some examples of where we followed traditional conventions to do with the psychological thriller genre are where we gradually revealed the character of Rae to the audience to create suspense and suspicion. We did this by beginning our thriller with shots of the woods and Rae's surroundings. We then used shots of Rae just showing the bottom half of her body and her back and then gradually working our way up to reveal her face. Another way in which we followed the conventions was through the style of music we used as the audio for our thriller. When Scott was composing the music on mixcraft, he used crescendos and diminuendos at specific points in the track to create suspense, suspicion and to create the overall atmosphere of the thriller.

One of the ways in which we challenged the typical conventions of a thriller is by going against the stereotypical expectations of having a
male protagonist. In our thriller we had a female lead called Rae who was being cruelly bullied and taunted and we felt as though we needed to make people recognise that females get bullied too not just males. So we raised awareness of bullying through our character of Rae.

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To begin with, we wanted to make a supernatural thriller but in order for us to do so, we would have needed much longer time wise and it would have required more effort. The fact that it would have required more time and effort meant that it wouldn't benefit our grade in any way as we probably wouldn't have been able to meet the deadline that was set. This idea included mystical twigs, cauldrons, the use of a fog machine and would have meant that we would have had to build some form of makeshift den in the woods. We found this idea incredibly time consuming so after much deliberation, we changed our genre to psychological.

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From the research my group and I did, I was able to understand and learn about the typical conventions of a thriller. In the research and planning stage of creating our thriller, we looked at several examples of thrillers such as 'Se7en' and 'Memento' which gave us the idea and drive to make a psychological thriller. We also looked at the sub-genres of thrillers and also did some research into past thriller directors  such as Alfred Hitchcock and Steven Spielberg in order for us to gain a better idea about what conventions we needed to include in order for us to engage our target audience. Also, whilst in the process of deciding what genre to choose, we had to consider the genre in which we could portray the character of Rae and convey they story to the audience using a large variety of camera shots and editing techniques.

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

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