We used non-busy areas during filming to limit unwanted sounds but also to develop the narrative by increasing the danger/threat of the antagonist. It is far more intense when the audience feels that there is no way out for the girl in the trunk of car or the girl who hears her. For a thriller to be successful the viewer must feel on edge, which we believe we succeeded on by making the location fairly secluded. The locations were: car park at Imperial park and the car park at the Windsor local community centre. This again, challenges typical action thrillers because they are mainly based in a metropolitan city. For example the trilogy of Batman movies all take place in made up city of Gotham. This is due to the danger usually being aimed at the government or a collective group of characters rather just one protagonist and this furthers displays how our media piece challenges usual conventions.
On a whole we challenged the typical sounds found in action thrillers. We did not use fast paced music in our piece to differentiate our media piece from others. The opening sequence is being used more as a build to later event in the narrative. We used a contrapuntal piece of music by Gnarls Barkley called ‘Crazy.’ It overlaid disturbing images of a girl trapped inside of a car boot. This disorientates the viewer, which is our aim. This challenges typical action thrillers because they are generally use more parallel sounds/songs. Generally, the sound is fast paced. We wanted to have a slowly build up of adrenaline in our opening sequence. Also, we used eerie white noise sound effects to create a moody atmosphere and this challenges a typical action thriller. Our narrative develops the form and conventions of real media products. We wanted to take a typical action thriller but manipulate its typical forms and conventions by playing around with the camera angles, sounds etc. Our piece is most similar to films such as: Silence of the Lambs, Taken and Eden. All of which involve abduction in the narrative with essences of violence. We used typical low-key lighting to form a moody atmosphere. This is similar to the abduction scene at the beginning of the movie Salt and the majority of the lighting during Silence of The Lambs. All characters wear simple and modern clothing. This is to allow viewers to relate to characters. The antagonist wore dark colours to resemble his danger and also wore a beanie hat. This helped strip his identity, as you could not fully see the antagonist until the very end of the opening sequence. Both girls wore everyday, middle class clothing. The girl inside of the car boot wore a white top this is shown towards the end of the sequence and this is done intentionally to resemble her as pure and young. Body language in our opening sequence develops typical conventions in action thrillers and thriller on a whole. The girl character in the car boot is scared and attempts to escape which is a normal reaction to the situation. The other female character showed clear concern and confusion when she hears the screaming. This is displayed by the scrunching of her eyebrows in her close up. Lastly, the fact the antagonist is not revealed immediately creates mystery and danger. Therefore the costumes and body language develop typical form as and conventions of action thriller movies. Due to them displaying the expected aesthetics/reactions.
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