Evaluation-question 1

In our film opening, we used the convention of a female being the one in trouble. This is a stereotype used to make the audience believe that the woman is weak and that she will suffer. This convention is used in a film called "what lies beneath". This clip is of a part of this film, which shows part of her being attacked in her bathroom.

We used the same convention, only in different situation. In our film, the girl looks much younger, which suggests that she is more energetic then the woman from "what lies beneath". The girl is running through the forest, and she looks really scared, but the audience doesn't know why. This follows the convention, because the audience may think that she is exaggerating. The location of the forest is also a convention in films, because she is shown alone there, no one is there to help her and therefore bad things can happen to her. Her heavy breathing also indicates that she is in trouble.

Titles have its conventions as well, because from credits you can tell the genre of the film e.g. red credits for horror.

There is also a sequence that we followed in our film as well. It is important to put the titles in the correct order, so the audience knows the importance of those people. In our film, the titles are white with the background of the wood. You see the titles as the girl runs as well. In my opinion this is the convention for psychological thriller, because white can be compared to a calm atmosphere which you see in hospitals.