Evaluation Question 1

1. Evaluation Question 1:
In what ways does your media
product use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of real
media products?
BLACK ROSE

2. Real Thriller Film Snapshots

3. Black Rose Snapshots

4. ! With the creation of the two
mood boards it helps illustrates
the similar shots and color
schemes used with real thriller
themes and our media
production of the Black Rose

5. Mise-En-Scene
Location: Our group used the location of forestry and
woods to reflect the themes of Isolation, Outcast and
Obsession which are characteristic of Thriller Themes.
There is an eeriness to Natalie Harland spending large
amounts of time alone in such desolate places- it gives
implications of madness. Our product uses remote
locations which is a form found in real thrillers.

6. Costume and Props
! Costumes in thriller films usually represent the casual
clothes of people- making the protagonist undistinguishable
from people around him. By dressing Natalie Harland as an
ordinary girl we were applying the forms and conventions of
real media products to our characters.
! The incorporation of having her work in the florists also
made Natalie seem ordinary and indistinguishably different

7. Plot
! Plots in thrillers usually involve characters which come into
conflict with each other or outside forces. Characters in thrillers
included convicts, criminals, stalkers assassins or innocent victims.
! Applying the forms and conventions to our leading character
Natalie Harland making her mentally unstable and foreshadowing
uncomfortable feelings towards children with her hanging up
drawings. She covers the characters profile of the stalker and
convict found in many thriller films.

8. Mystery
! Often thriller films will have a mystery which will run
throughout the whole story and be solved right at the
end. This is a convention found in the Black Rose with
the mystery being the protagonist’s Natalie Harland’s
past.

9. Pace
! The pace in real thriller products is often fast in scenes
of excitement and action, but slower when the mystery
is trying to be solved. In the Black Rose the camera
shot speeds up when moving through flash backs but
slows down when following the actions of Natalie. This
challenges the forms and conventions of thrillers since
the flashbacks are the key to solving the mystery.

10. Color Correction
! The color scheme in Thrillers is usually consistent of
darker colors to mirror the suspense and tension
within the plot. To follow these form and conventions
we used harsh cool colors throughout the opening and
to differentiate flashbacks from present we used black
and white.

11. Music
! Usually tense, starting off slow and then quickening
the pace to become dramatic at the climax of the shot.
This form and convention in thriller films is challenged
with the Black Rose because our film does’t consist of
large amounts of action dominated scenes. Instead we
have used music which has connotations to a child's
nursery rhyme which creates an eerie tone at the
opening of the film.

12. Hybrid Identity
! The Black Rose challenges the Thriller Film Genre by
holding several similarities to a Horror Film. Horror
Films have the purpose to invoke our worst fears and
often contain a disturbing subject matter. This is the
case with Natalie Harland being mentally unstable and
showing indications of having uncomfortable feeling
for children.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Psyco (1960)
Similar to Black Rose with protagonist also being mentally unstable

13. Contradicting Tittle
! The thriller The Black Swan and The Black
Rose are similar because they have an irony and
contradiction within the tittles. Both provide an
impossible combination due to the fact that
flowers can't be black, and the rarity of a black
swan.
! Red Roses traditionally symbolize desire and
love, and in our film the lady Natalie feels love
and attraction to her victims. By incorporating
the flower of a rose into the tittle, it
foreshadows that desire will be an ongoing
theme-----Natalie is also a florist which means
being surrounded by flowers everyday at work
she understands the nature and language of the
flowers.