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

This is a list of common conventions in thriller films:

Suspense
Tension
Jumpy Scenes
Silence
Dramatic Music
Unexpected Dramas
Murder
Protaganists
Antagonists
Heros
Villians
Isolated Areas
Dim Lighting
Weapons
Crime
Innocent People

The conventions of the thriller genre that we have incorporated into our video is the aspect that a crime has taken place and the protagonist is being punished for it by being possessed by a "thing", which the audience is unsure of, this creates mystery. Our thriller is based around this storyline. The protagonist has woken up in a mysterious place, so he has obviously been kidnapped, this also leads the audience to wonder what happened before. Sid our protagonist has been dis-empowered as the "thing" that is controlling him psychologically is in control of his 5 senses.Already in the first few seconds our video is involving a lot of mystery and causing the audience to ask questions. Sid is being being controlled and many extraordinary things happen to him, he is vomiting, suffocating, hearing things, his eyes are bleeding and everything he touches sets alight, these weird things happen in a normal setting like in many other thrillers which makes the whole thing a lot more serious and thrilling. Our titles also match Sid the protagonists mental state as they are blurred much like Sid's memory. The main title of the film "possessed" which appears at the end of the film works very well as it matches Sid's mood it is flashing and red much like a warning.

Films that have inspired my thriller: The Exorcist
We took inspiration from one of the most famous thrillers of all time The Exorcist which was produced in 1973, we did this as this thriller is extremely famous and is recognised universally. Our storyline has similar aspects, Sid is being possessed by something that is driving him insane this is much like the girl in Exorcist, her body has been taken over by a demon which is causing her to act differently to her normal behaviour.

Films that have inspired my thriller: Saw 1
Saw 1 has also influenced my thriller quite a bit. In this film people have been taken hostage but do not know how they got to they place where they are being held. They are being tormented by a higher power much like in my thriller "Posessed". These people cannot escape the place where they are.

Films that have inspired my thriller: Psychological thrillers such as Inception and Shutter Island
These recent films have inspired and influenced my thriller as they are extremely popular and have done very well. I have taken inspiration from them by creating a psychological thriller where the audience is asking questions and is unsure of what is going on. this creates great suspense.