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What are the conventions of the thriller genre?

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What are the conventions of the thriller genre?

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The main convention of a thriller film includes both the main protagonist and antagonist. The protagonist is the antagonists main enemy whose duty to either rescue the 'lady in distress' or end the plans of the antagonists. Whereas, the antagonist is the main criminal who goes against everything and tries to plan a scheme though, eventually always fails due to being stopped

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Our thriller film challenged some of the media conventions using our music. Usually, during thriller films you'd expect to have that fast paced music which would get you into the mood of the film because it would hint that something was going to happen, however, i decided to keep it slow and simple throughout the whole film. The music never got slower or faster, especially during the running scenes when you'd expect it to quicken. I kept it the same pace because i didn't want it to be too predictable for my audience otherwise they might have gotten bored if they knew what might have happened next due to the music. I wanted to make sure i would surprise them and therefore, getting them to continue watching our thriller.

Also, the fact that we used diegetic sound only during the soundtrack to a dance scene and the rest was the soundtrack for the movie, only because I wanted my audience to focus on the main subjects and background and not what the actors may have been saying.

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What are the conventions of the thriller genre?

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What are the conventions of the thriller genre?

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Suspense is the feeling of exitement or anxiety caused by having to wait for something as the audience.

Imagine a scene in a film similar to this (classroom, students, teacher). The camera reveals to the audience but we (the students, teacher) are unawre of it.

Will we be saved?

Will the bomb go off?

This is SUSPENCE!

eg: Sabotage - After a boy recieves a package to be elievered by a specific time though, after many celebreated events going on at this bvery moment, the boy hops onto a bus, while traffic builds up and the clock ticks along to its due time, then to the bomb then clock and bomb again, then finally to the bus that explodes.

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This sequence from Sabotage is now known as a classic lesson in suspense. A boy is tasked with delivering a parcel across London, but he doesn't know that he is carrying a bomb. We are told the time of denotation, and Hitchcock plays with the audience by constantly showing clocks to remind us how much time the boy has left.

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What are the conventions of the thriller genre?

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What are the conventions of the thriller genre?

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A red herring is the name given to a device which intends to divert the audience from the truth or an item of significance. Can work with other devices (enigmas) to create suspense.

eg: Saw - two characters spend time imprisoned in a room in which a third character lies dead. Throughout the film, both characters appear to be guilty of a series of murders, until it is dicovered at the end that the third person in the room is not actually dead but is, in fact, the killer.

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What are the conventions of the thriller genre?

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What are the conventions of the thriller genre?

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Cliffhangers, sometimes, although are not always, used. They often feature a main character in a precarious or difficult dilemma, or are confronted with a shocking revelation. This can entice the audience to keep watching the film in order to see how the situation resolves itself.

eg: The Italian Job - when a bus almost rolls over a cliff and hangs loosely on the edge while a group of men try to steady the bus while another man tries to retrieve the gold on the other side of the bus, over the cliff. The movie ends, in need to be continued.

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Cliffhanger - The Italian Job (10/10) Movie CLIP (1969) HD

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The Italian Job movie clips: http://j.mp/1Jd66CK BUY THE MOVIE: http://j.mp/s96pvz Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: The back of the bus is left teetering over a cliff, and as the gold slides towards the rear, Charlie (Michael Caine) futilely tries to save it.

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What films have influenced you? What films are similar to yours?

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What films have influenced you? What films are similar to yours?

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This film 'Old School' had influenced me because it had the main conventions of a thriller movie; a car chase scene. However, where all these people are being tracked by a van and then kidnapped, i decided to have the stalking scene though, on foot, then made sure to have the antagonist lead the protagonist to the car, in order to be stuffed inside and then driven away. Therefore, it's quite similar to our thriller except for a few ideas i conducted myself as noted above.

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What films have influenced you? What films are similar to yours?

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What films have influenced you? What films are similar to yours?

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Most thriller films are based upon real life situations where there's always a protagonist and antagonist in which the protagonist tries to solve the solution. However, in our thriller the protagonist has been stalked and kidnapped and the film 'Copycat' has influenced me to direct this piece because it involves a "deadly game of cat and mouse". A criminal psychiatrist is similar to our thrillers protagonist because they both are being stalked and eventually even kidnapped though, where Sigourney Weaver tries to resolve the situation of a serial killer on the loose and 'In A Done Deal' a helpless teenage daughter trying to get away from her stalker both end up becoming the victims in both films.

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Trailer for director Jon Amiel's film starring Sigourney Weaver, Holly Hunter, Dermot Mulroney, William McNamara, Harry Connick Jr.

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Also, our film included another suspense scene because we wanted to grab my audiences attention therefore, we made sure to show the antagonists point of view from the bus scene so, my audience would be frightened and more eager to watch to see what they would do next. If they would hurt the protagonist and what was the purpose of all this?

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What are the conventions of my thriller genre?

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What are the conventions of my thriller genre?

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There was no red herring for my film though, there were plenty of suspense scenes in our thriller because we wanted to bring a terrified reaction upon my audience whenever the protagonist may have been in danger.

We decided to add the suspense when the protagonist was being stalked because it emphasised this to my audience and made them wonder what would happen next so, theyd stay on and carry on watching the film because theyd be intrigued.

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What are the conventions of my thriller genre?

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What are the conventions of my thriller genre?

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This is comparative to other thriller films because it had a cliffhanger at the end of the film where the protagonist is in a difficult situation being stuffed in the car by the antagonist and it suddenly drives away. This highlights the tension my audience may be feeling because they have no clue to what happens next since, a kidnapping has occurred.

In the clip below you notice the cliffhanger clearly, as the protagonist gets pushed into the car and it drives off. This is a successful cliffhanger because it emphasises my audiences scared reaction to the helpless girl who has been kidnapped and makes them feel sympathetic for her.

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What are the conventions of my thriller genre?

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What are the conventions of my thriller genre?

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Our thriller hadn't included a car chase scene and therfore, it's a little different to a usual thriller because, it included a chase scene instead when the protagonist was being chased by the antagonist to fighten my audience and therfore, get them to watch the film further in order to see what was going to happen next.

In the clip below the protagonist is being stalked to the point where she eventually gets chased through a tunnel to the waiting car.

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What are the conventions of the thriller genre?

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What are the conventions of the thriller genre?

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Also, may include car chases, this keeps the audience engaged to watch on as suspense kicks in and therefore making them eager to watch on to see what happens next in the movie since, usually guns, explosions and car accidents are all involved in one.

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What are the conventions of the thriller genre?

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What are the conventions of the thriller genre?

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The conventions of a thriller genre include fighting scenes, where the protagonist and antagonist are the main subjects to this. Thrillers involve actors who may be struggling in a fight for freedom, power or something more pricey to get their hands on.

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video of jaws and bond fighting on the trams.

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

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