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QUESTION 1 trying to follow others. For locations we had two main ones which we thought would work well for our plot and story. The first location that we used was Reepham, Norfolk. In Reepham we used a forest and a small house. What was good about this forest was the fact that the trees were planted in equal rows which makes the forest seem like it has lanes, this emphasises the sense of the chase. this technique has been used in many other thrillers for the same reason, these includes the film 'The Third Man'. The trees in the forest have been planted in lines therefore creates a scene of race and urgency when I am running through the forest, this is a very common convention of a thriller and is seen in the opening of ‘The Killing’- one of the thrillers that inspired ours. Our second location was an average terrace house kitchen. As its not an open area like the forest it creates a sense of claustrophobia and uncomfortableness. This is used in many different thrillers as it is makes the audience feel very tense, this technique has been used in well known thrillers such as ‘Jackie Brown’ and the use of the car boot.
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QUESTION 1Our thriller opening tends to try and challenge main conventions as well as trying to follow others. For locations we had two main ones which we thought would work well for our plot and story. The first location that we used was Reepham, Norfolk. In Reepham we used a forest and a small house. What was good about this forest was the fact that the trees were planted in equal rows which makes the forest seem like it has lanes, this emphasises the sense of the chase. this technique has been used in many other thrillers for the same reason, these includes the film 'The Third Man'. The trees in the forest have been planted in lines therefore creates a scene of race and urgency when I am running through the forest, this is a very common convention of a thriller and is seen in the opening of ‘The Killing’- one of the thrillers that inspired ours. Our second location was an average terrace house kitchen. As its not an open area like the forest it creates a sense of claustrophobia and uncomfortableness. This is used in many different thrillers as it is makes the audience feel very tense, this technique has been used in well known thrillers such as ‘Jackie Brown’ and the use of the car boot.

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For the costumes we mainly tried to challenge conventions that are seen in many of the old 20th century crime thrillers. In many of the old thrillers we tend to see a femme fatale figure when it comes to the main female actress and this creates an image of weakness and frailness. furthermore, they are seen as a sexualised object for the male protagonist to have because of the way they dress. As seen in ‘Once Upon a Time in America’ the femme fatale character is dressed up with lots of make up and luxurious clothing/ jewellery, making it seem as if the woman is a prize. This is contrasted in our film as we take on a complete opposite to the femme fatale idea. In our thriller Ella is seen wearing close which could be classed as unisex, meaning both men and women could be seen in this outfit. In the first part of our opening we don’t see Holly (Ella) fully and understand that she is a women, leaving the audience to wonder. The fact that she is also wearing very bland and dark colours continues to challenge the stereotypes seen in so many thrillers. For me on the other hand we chose to use a more casual and normal looking outfit that you would see on a 17 year old boy. This gave ‘Billy’ (me) a more innocent look. The same idea can be seen in thrillers such as Animal Kingdom’s Joshua Cody.(1)

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