Thursday, 5 May 2011

Q2: To what extent did your media product conform to or challenge genre conventions?

Genre: Thriller
Common conventions used:
  • The bad guy is generally masked or hidden until near the end of the film
  • Use of the dark is quite conventional as fear of the dark is quite common in people and thus used quite commonly in thrillers
  • Black uniform is also quite common to represent people like burglars
  • Knife's and guns or generally weapons are often given the main focus of a scene in thrillers
  • Silence is often used for building suspense in films
  • Editing is often slow in scenes to build up tension
Challenged Conventions:
  • Alleged bad guy killed off in the beginning
  • Editing is often fast in thriller films

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