1. EVALUATION – QUESTION ONE
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
My Product Typical My Production – Comparison to
Thriller/Horror use, develop or Existing
Conventions challenge? Products
Titling – colour, font • Red for blood I chose to use a Our film in
and style • Courier typewriting font for comparison to
my final production others rather
• Formal
because the speed of similar in terms of
titling. We followed
the typing creates
the conventions of
immediate tension, the title being
foreshadowing the written on a plain
upcoming event of black background.
something bad.
Camera • Establishing We chose not to use Differs from the
Movement- pan, shot to show the an establishing shot film “Psycho” –
track, crab, crane location. in the end, as we establishing shot
• Tracks to follow realized that it is a at beginning.
the victim, typical thriller However similar
foreshadowing convention, and to to “American
the killers vision stand out we chose to Psycho” without
change this in our the establishing
own film. shot
Framing a shot • Medium/low Most of the shots we Scream –
ECU, CU, MS, LS, angle shots to used were close up Medium high
ELS show authority shots, however we angle shot of
of protagonists used a variety of victim.
angles, such as high
angle, to show the
vulnerability of the
characters whilst the
killer made his way
toward one of them.
Camera Angle • High angle shot. Again, we used high
High, Low This is used as angle shots of the
the killers victim to highlight
perspective, vulnerability against
showing the the killer
vulnerability of
the victim

2. Mise-en-Scene • Empty/isolated We used an isolated Saw – majority of
room bathroom and film shot in
• Isolated area bedroom for the isolated
• Stormy weather location of both bathroom.
to reflect mood victims. This showed
of murderer their vulnerability in
the openness of the
area – resembling
“No Mans Land”
Editing – jump cuts, • Quick cuts We used quick
match cuts, reverse between shots cutting rhythm of the
shots, cutting upon build up to two victims when the
rhythmn something killer raised his
happening weapon to swing at
one of them. We
done this so that the
audience are not
clear on who is going
to be killed
Sound • Dark and eerie We used soundtrack Psycho –
sounds to create “Dance with the devil” orchestral string
tension. This is because it has music.
• Orchestral a orchestral piano
music feel to it, however it
also has a drum
pattern to reflect the
age of the victims