1) The document discusses how camera shots, sound, mise-en-scene, and narrative are used in thriller movies to create suspense. It provides examples of each element from the student's own thriller film. 2) Key camera shots used in thrillers and the student's film include POV shots, close-ups, and low/high angle shots. Sound, both non-diegetic and diegetic, is employed to heighten suspense. 3) Mise-en-scene elements like lighting, costumes, props, and space/settings are manipulated to set a thrilling tone, with examples from the student's film.

1. EVALUATION- FORMS AND
CONVENTIONS OF MEDIA TEXTS
Louise Farrugia

2. CAMERA SHOTS AND ANGLES
Thriller movies use a range of different camera shots and angles to capture
facial expression, create tense moments and to create suspense. Common
camera shots in thrillers are POVs, close ups, extreme close ups and
low/high angle shots. We used many of these shots just like those in thrillers.
-POV/ high angle shot
- Close up
- Extreme Close up
- Low angle shot

3. SOUND
Non- Diegetic sound and Diegetic sound is used in thrillers. Non- Diegetic sound
is mainly used to make the viewer feel a instant high suspense. The viewer
will be watching the film thinking about what is going to happen, the sound
makes the lead up much more suspenseful and hopefully make them jump
which is what the thriller genre wants out of the audience.(to thrill them) Just
like every thriller we have incorporated Non- Diegetic sound to fit the genre to
make our film professional but also scary.
Diegetic sound is used in thriller films for effect this could be the sound of
punches, pushes, running away ECT. In our film we have also Diegetic soung
for example the shutting of the door, the clanging of the alcohol bottles, the
opening of the curtains and many more.

4. MISE-EN-SCENE
There are different elements of Mise-en-scene such as: lighting, costume, props
and space. These all help to create a type of movie in this case thriller. Like
many thrillers we have also used Mise-en-scene in our movie.
Lighting is used in our thriller as we have used different levels of low key
lighting to create mystery or an omen feel. High key lighting is used to show
facial expression in our thriller film.
Props are used in our thriller for effect for example alcohol bottles which
suggest the stereotype of teenagers all doing the same, drinking. A knife to
show how the victim was killed. Our school as the characters are at the age of
being in school.
Space is used in our film for example personal distance which is to be
reserved for friends and acquaintances. Once this personal distance has
been invaded it can cause conflict. In our film the victims personal space is
invaded and she is killed.

5. NARRATIVE
Our opening scene to a thriller film involve three young students at sixth form.
They are in the schools common room, the main characters have a
conversation where they plan to meet later that night to revise for a test.
However why this conversation is taking place the other main character over
hears this conversation and is furious and she likes the boy who is asking
another girl to his house to revise.
Once at the boys house the innocent girl arrives hoping to revise for her exam
however the boy has different ideas, he wants to get the innocent girl drunk.
After his persistence doesn't get him far he loses his temper slightly and
pushes he girl to drink. The innocent girl leave the room to freshen up in the
bathroom. Little does she know the villain has followed her to the house and
has hidden behind the shower curtain. She then kills the innocent victim. The
boy hears the noises of screaming and wonders what's happening so he calls
the girls name and sees the villain standing on the top of the stairs with a
bloody knife.

6. CHALLENGES TO THE GENRE
We believe that our film challenged the genre because there is a stereotype that
males have more power than women , however in our movie the female is the
powerful one in which she kills the victim. This is also challenging because
females only have power in films due to the sexual objectification however in
our film the villain does is not seen as a sexual object and does not se x in
order to be powerful therefore challenging the genre.
Moreover we did follow the genre pattern in the fact that Liam was a typical
teenage male who drinks alcohol and tricked the innocent girl into believing
she was going to revise when in fact he wanted to get her drunk. We also
followed the genre pattern that the girl was innocent and naive in the fact that
she believe the boy. She also did not have power as the girl ended up dead.