Thursday, 21 November 2013

Applying Genre to AS COURSEWORK

The main genre that our opening sequence last year fit into was Thriller, however this could then sectioned into a particular type of thriller, i.e Crime or maybe even Hostage Thriller, or even Action Thriller.

In the end, I do think that we managed to show audience general expectations of that particular genre, i.e that idea of the hostage/ kidnapper situation, the threat of imminent death, i.e the character in black holding a chainsaw and thrusting it in the hostage's face, if the audience wanted something exciting which kept them at the edge of the seat, we added the element of surprise as at the end of the film, the audience realise that maybe the hostage isn't the good guy, maybe the kidnapper is doing this as an act of revenge.

Location

The location we picked seemed dark and isolated which was perfect for what we were trying to achieve, the fact that no one could hear anyone scream put the audience in fear that the kidnapper would get away with his murder quite easily due to the location.



We used various signs to fit into the genre of a Hostage/Crime Thriller, i.e the tools that could be used as weapons against people.



The dark room that seems quite claustrophobic with no way out. 


The chainsaw is an obvious sign of impending doom for the Sam's character which is shown below;








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