Evaluation- question 1.

Q 1) In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

I have decided to choose the title sequence 'Touch of evil' to compare with our thriller sequence. 'Touch of evil' establishes an urban environment, where as our thriller opening establishes a suburban street. There are several long shots to establish the house so the audience familiarise with the scene, showing it's normality. One other reason i chose this title sequence was because it shows two characters such as ours, one being protagonist and the other antagonist. Our thriller sequence consisted of many close up shots of Sarah showing her vulnerability and getting the audience to sympathise with her. Touch of Evil contains the key props of a car and an explosive device to help establish the genre. Our film contains the key props of drinking glasses and alcohol the lethal concoction that my be used with rohypnol that may cause the death of our main protagonist.

In Touch of Evil, the blatant key prop is the Time bomb, it is clear from the consistence of close ups and mid close up shots. The connotations of the convention are jeopardy and threat which clearly play a key role in the film. Our film uses similar conventions, such as the drink being spiked with Rohypnol. To make this clear, we show a close up of David pouring the drink, a close mid shot of Sarah and David drinking ( David the protagonist pretends to drink whilst watching his prey frm the corners of his eyes), low angle shot of base of the glass as Sarah drinks it, which builds dramatic irony all these contribute to showing the importance of this drink like the time bomb in 'Touch of Evil' .

In our thriller opening there is a protagonist and antagonist, which is clearly indicated throughout our thriller. Sarah is the protagonist and this is established through the use of several close ups of her getting ready like putting on her make up, getting dressed. This indicates to the audience head on that Sarah is going to be a main character.It is also fair to say that its clear that the audience know she is going to be the protagonist as well, as most thrillers do not show their evil characters (antagonist) at the beginning. getting dressed signifies that a day to day activity is taking place. My predatory character is shown through the shots too, most of which are of me expressing mysterious facial expressions like for example a still face, or shots of me without showing my head again emphasizing my suspicious and mysterious character. There are many point of view shots to contribute to my predatory character such as the point of view shot looking at Sarah. You can see the facial expression on my character, he begins to pull a smirk as i have set my prey (Sarah) for my characters intended trap.

Here above are two shots showing above are the beginning and then the end, there is a long establishing shot of the room in which Sarah is in the centre of it. She looks quite small and vulnerable in the shot which has connotations of her being the prey as well as the protagonist. Her body language also shows she not the superior as she is sitting up right covering her knees indicating a sense of insecurity or weakness. The second shot symbolizes the end of the thriller opening as well as our protagonist Sarah. When the last few seconds of the thriller opening is left David the antagonist is up stairs luring his prey into his room, at this point the movement of David shutting the door and then locking it is in slow motion. This builds tension as the audience wants to know what happens next. Also i believe our thriller opening challenges over thrillers, its different to others as for once the evil (antagonist) has completed his aim and won over the good (protagonist).