EVALUATION: IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP, OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?

In comparison to previous thrillers analysed, our thriller is not to as good a standard. Obviously this is due to difference in equipment, time taken to film, props available, etc. However the proffessional thrillers and our thriller do have the same key concepts such as audience suspense, female being the victim and a sense of the unknown. We chose to make a thriller based around witchcraft/voodoo as we felt the idea was original and complimented our audience feedback that they would like to see a thriller with a different narrative. We made our decisions of what to include/exclude based upon our storyboard and audience research. Eg- If we felt a shot was too bright we excluded it as our feedback told us that dark lighting was preffered. Our narrative is clear from the beginning due to the focus on props and long camera shots allowing the audience to absorb all of the information. I feel the opening sequence is succesful in the sense that it creates suspense, the sound is synchronised, the narrative is clear and original, and the characters are not unlike many other professional thrillers. On the other hand it could be argued that our narrative borders the realm of the horror genre however this can also be a debate for many other famous thirllers and depends upon how the audience percieves our codes and connotations. Section twelve discusses in  more detail our specific connotations and codes used, i feel that these construe the correct message/feeling of suspense and the fear of the unknown is played upon largely in our thriller both through narrative and through connotations.