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1. IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR
MEDIA PRODUCT USE,
DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE
FORMS AND CONVENTIONS
OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?

2. IMPACT OF PREVIOUS
RESEARCH.
Prior to filming our thriller, my group and I did lots of research into
existing thrillers, to see what the stereotypes were and what
made a thriller successful. We also watched multiple trailers and
openings to thrillers, such as The Roomate, You're Next and
Anna, to gain ideas and inspiration for our thriller.
This blog post shows the research we did in order to help us:
• http://tasminebenton.blogspot.co.uk/2014/11/beginning-of-
research-and-planning.html

3. NARRATIVE THEORY.
Tzvetan Todorov's theory suggests
that narratives are led by a cause
and effect format. This is a diagram
of his theory:
Our thriller would
follow this theory, as
at the beginning of
our film, there's an
equilibrium, and as
the narrative
progresses, the
victim will find out
she's being stalked,
and something will
have to be done
about it. Therefore,
ultimately there's a
new equilibrium at
the end of the
narrative.

4. Ways in which my media product adheres and
subverts stereotypical conventions of thrillers.

5. CONVENTIONS OF THRILLERS.
Our thriller doesn't follow the stereotypes of a conventional thriller, with the main reason being our
antagonist is a female. The antagonist is usually male, as they are stereotypically stronger and more
powerful than woman. By having a female antagonist, it makes women seem more powerful, and
subverts conventional thrillers, therefore attracting and engaging the audience, as it isn't the same as
every other thriller. Our antagonist also wore brighter colours, instead of them usually wearing dark
colours, again to purposefully be unconventional and engage the audience.
The sub-genre of our thriller is a psychological thriller, and we manage to subvert the stereotypes within
our opening. Usually, the stalker in a psychological thriller stays away from the victim for a while at the
beginning of the film, and stalks/watches them from a far whilst they accumulate their plan. However,
within our opening, the stalker/ antagonist, is within feet of the protagonist, and actually speaks the
them at the beginning of the film.