Question 1

In our film opening, we have attempted to follow the conventions of a thriller more than we have challenged them. The first convention we chose to follow is having a main protagonist and antagonist. These two characters are both introduced at the beginning of our film, though the identity of our antagonist is not revealed until the end of our film opening. Another part of this convention that we have chosen to follow is having our protagonist in danger. Although the protagonist does not know this until the end of our film opening, it is made clear to the audience that he is in danger. We have incorporated an enigma in our film opening as well. This comes in the form of a tattoo on the antagonist’s hand. The tattoo is linked to the identity of our antagonist, though the importance of the tattoo is not revealed until the end of our film opening. We have used conventional micro elements in our film opening. We have attempted to use a conventional soundtrack throughout our film opening, similar to soundtracks that are normally found in other thrillers. We have fast paced editing with short shot duration during the flashback sequence in our film opening in order to create a more dramatic and tense atmosphere. We used a nice effect when the flashback sequence starts and ends, so that the viewer will better interoperate what is happening when the flashback sequence starts. We have used conventional ‘mise en scene’ elements during our flashback sequence, the location we used was a dark underpass with gloomy unnatural lighting which set the mood of this sequence.