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Although it may seem as though she’s the damsel in distress (a common stereotype) through her body language and facial expression, the knife in her hand would suggest otherwise. With these shots, we deliberately framed Natasha's hand in the central third of the rule of thirds. This suggests to the audience that she is about to create danger, however leaving them in suspense because they don’t know how.

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As well as using stereotypical conventions of the thriller genre, we intended to include some unconventional ones as well. In our thriller opening, rather than having a male antagonist/protagonist like stereotypical thrillers, ours includes a female one (Character 1: Chloe Daniels). By challenging this stereotype, we are able to reach a mass audience of both genders. This is because males will want to watch it to find out how a women acts in that area, or because of the male gaze (women’s sexual exploitation in the media because that’s what they wish to see). Females will want to watch it because it’s a breakthrough in the representation of powerful, independent women.

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Also, it is a common stereotype that the antagonist’s face is revealed at the end of a sequence, therefore we adhered to this stereotype. We found that the most successful camera angles that achieved this aim are over the shoulder shots, close-ups of other parts of the body and birds eye views. Also, Pull and shallow focuses were effective in hiding the identity of Character 1 as we were able to focus on something else, rather than her appearance.

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Shot-reverse shots are commonly used in thrillers film in order to do this, for example in The Hunger Games between Peeta Mellark and Katniss Everdeen. The audience are aware of the relationship between these infamous characters, and the use of a shot reverse-shot emphasises this.

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One of the main conventions we incorporated into our thriller opening that we developed is the mystery of Character 1. During the planning/filming process we aimed to include a range of different camera shots, which didn’t reveal the face of Character 1. We wanted to save this moment until the end of the opening, in order to reach the peak of suspense and fully display the emotion of the character, before the opening ends. We believed this would be the most effective place to show her face because it is followed by a shot of Natasha’s character (a shot-reverse shot), which represents a possible relationship between the two characters.

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The sub-genres we decided to use are the mystery and crime sub-genres because we believe these are the most popular sub-genres for our target audience (especially crime), as this is what we found when researching for our Vox pops. Our thriller opening adheres to conventions of the mystery genre through the use of close-ups that do not reveal the whole appearance of Character 1 (Chloe Daniels). We incorporated the rule of thirds and the golden mean consistently in ways that represented aspects of the mise-en-scene as significant, rather than the appearance of Character 1. By doing this, the audience are left wondering, as the sequence progresses, who she is and what she is capable of, creating a range of different enigmas. As a result of this, the audience are encouraged to continue watching, to gain more of an insight into the character’s life. Mystery is also connoted at the end of the sequence, because a new character is presented to the audience, however no one is aware of who this is. We found, when researching our target audience during the filming of our Vox pops, that crime is a popular sub-genre. By including crime conventions in our thriller opening, we are able to appeal to a mass audience of those we wish to reach. These conventions are mainly connoted through the Mise-en-scene. For example, the props, such as the knife, are displayed regularly in thrillers of the crime sub-genre. Also, special effects make-up of cuts and bruising are frequently presented in crime thrillers, as a result of violence which is a common convention. We hoped as a group that these aspects of the two sub-genres we included were what our audience expected to see.

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A thriller, in this case, is a film genre, that can have numerous sub-genres, e.g. horror, mystery, crime, etc. Thrillers stereotypically heighten the audience’s feelings of suspense, anticipation and surprise, while putting them on the edge as the film progresses. The representations of conventions that are consistently seen in many thriller films are what makes them effective. Stereotypical conventions of a thriller narrative include a battle between the antagonist and the protagonist, usually ending with the protagonist solving the enigma of the storyline at the end.