In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
For my media product, I drew a lot of inspiration from other thrillers. My genre, being thrillers meant that there should be a lot of action, minimal dialogue and chasing. My product fits all of this criteria as we made the whole scene apart from after the antagonist gets shot a chase scene with very little dialogue apart from where the antagonist shouts at the protagonist.
The usual setting for a thriller is the city. For example, Batman: The Dark Knight(Nolan:2008) was set in the fictional city of Gotham which is a very built up area with many sky scrapers and a big population. My media product however takes place in a deserted field and forest in the country side. This is very atypical of a thriller. We decided to do this as it would be a lot easier to film as there wouldn't be people walking by a lot of the time, it fit the narrative as the protagonist is meant to be on the run, retreating to a remote part of the country.
During the filming of my product, I tried to use a lot of common camera angles such as the low angle shot of the floor and the feet of the characters as they run past the camera. I decided to use this after seeing Quantum of Solace(Forster:2008) where in the opening credits which is also a chase scene, once the antagonists are introduced and are chasing the protagonist's car, there is a shot of the road and the cars behind. This shot denoted the speed of the chase which made it look a lot more exciting.
Another thing that I did which wasn't typical of thriller films was during the credits. When the protagonist walked away after killing the antagonist, the pace of the film really slowed down and I used music to set the sad mood. I also used the low angle shot of the feet again, to contrast with the earlier shot of the chase to show how it had slowed down a lot more. This is very different compared to other thrillers as they are about being upbeat and fast. Crammed full of action and explosions leaving very little room for emotions to be shown.
The usual setting for a thriller is the city. For example, Batman: The Dark Knight(Nolan:2008) was set in the fictional city of Gotham which is a very built up area with many sky scrapers and a big population. My media product however takes place in a deserted field and forest in the country side. This is very atypical of a thriller. We decided to do this as it would be a lot easier to film as there wouldn't be people walking by a lot of the time, it fit the narrative as the protagonist is meant to be on the run, retreating to a remote part of the country.
During the filming of my product, I tried to use a lot of common camera angles such as the low angle shot of the floor and the feet of the characters as they run past the camera. I decided to use this after seeing Quantum of Solace(Forster:2008) where in the opening credits which is also a chase scene, once the antagonists are introduced and are chasing the protagonist's car, there is a shot of the road and the cars behind. This shot denoted the speed of the chase which made it look a lot more exciting. 
Another thing that I did which wasn't typical of thriller films was during the credits. When the protagonist walked away after killing the antagonist, the pace of the film really slowed down and I used music to set the sad mood. I also used the low angle shot of the feet again, to contrast with the earlier shot of the chase to show how it had slowed down a lot more. This is very different compared to other thrillers as they are about being upbeat and fast. Crammed full of action and explosions leaving very little room for emotions to be shown.
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