Group 5 Update: How well we stuck to the Conventions 15.02.11

10 Conventions Of A Thriller

1. Battle of justice vs injustice
2. Price to be paid for the conclusion of the story
3. Growing sense of threat of danger
4. Normally two main characters
5. Characters appear smartly dressed
6. Essential in building up suspense
7. Urban setting
8. Dim lighting
9. Normally point of view and close up shots
10. Fast pace editing

With the 10 conventions of a thriller that me an my group agreed on, we will now go thought it and see if we have stuck to the conventions.
The first convention is battle between justice and injustice and that is clearly seen in the first part of our opening sequence when Fredrick is tied to the chair and Damon comes out from the darkness. Then there was the price to be paid for the conclusion of the story, this is not clearly shown in the opening sequence but from Damon's voice over it shows that he is jealous that Jane always talks to Fredrick when he is about. The third convention was a growing threat of danger, and that is show at the beginning and towards the ending when Damon walks away really angry. Then there are normally two main characters, and this is kind of shown when the beginning of the open sequence when the story is based on Fredrick and then towards the end the story is based on Damon. The fifth is one character appears smartly dressed, but this is the convention that we challenged but it isn't very clear if people didn't no that one character is usually smartly dressed. Then and essential build up in suspense, which we did towards then end when Damon seems like he is turning evil when he walks off and angry music starts playing and it make the audience wonder what he is going to do next. Then it should be set in an urban setting and in the first part you cant see the surrounding so the audience are unable to tell, but then in the cafe it doesn't really look urban. The eighth convention is dim lighting which we use at the beginning when Fredrick is tied in the chair. Then the camera shots used are normally point of view and close ups, which we also use at the beginning when fredrick is tied up in the chair. finally its fast pace editing, which we use towards the end when Fredrick is walking into the cafe.
All together we did stick to the conventions, but conventions seven is hard for the audience to tell and convention five is the one we challenged. Therefore apart from two conventions we did successfully sick to them.