Evaluation Question 1

In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?


Titles and Credits
For the titles and credits used in our opening to a Thriller, we used a few different programs. For some we used Adobe Photoshop as this could handle multiple photos and text. For the first and last titles we used Final Cut Pro as they were both moving images and so this program was the most convenient and easiest to use. Furthermore we have experimented with many various font types from the website Dafont to find the best one to fit the opening. We carefully selected the fonts that we felt went best with our theme of suspense and tension and we feel as if we have conveyed this well.

Characters
In our Thriller opening we have three characters. We have a Protagonist, an antagonist and a victim. The antagonist is presented as a powerful and dominant figure who has total control over the helpless victim. Throughout our opening, the victims and antagonists faces never appear as this creates suspense and an enigma. The protagonist is made to be the hero in the situation and is trying to rescue the victim by following the instructions of the Antagonist.

Costumes

Costumes is an important part in our opening. For instance the Antagonist wears black robes with a top hat and this gives connotations of death and violence. The victim wears normal clothes with a sack on his head to make him look like he is doing this against his own will. The Protagonist also wears normal clothes as this makes the detective seem undercover and inconspicuous. 

                                                       
Enigma
In our Thriller Opening, an Enigma is present throughout. For instance two of the three characters faces are not shown as this adds suspense and confusion to the piece. Furthermore by not showing their true identities this makes the opening more intense for the audience and makes the piece more interesting and exciting.

Sound
The sound we used in our opening was from one of our groups members playing guitar. The instrumentation used creates the suspense and unknown feel that was intended when creating a thriller. In addition the music changes from a calm acoustic guitar, to a more intense guitar when the Antagonist is shown on screen. This immediately conveys to the audience that he is evil. The music used is also an example of an ostinato as it repeats itself over the entire opening.