Essay planning

essay planning

Does it conform to traditional ideas about genre?

Intro- made a thriller, does is conform or not?

Soundtrack & foley

Camera angles & shot types

theorists

To what extent does your thriller conform to traditional structures of genre?

My opening sequence doesn’t completely conform to the traditional idea of a thriller. The heroes of thrillers are usually males, however my protagonist is a female assassin appearing as the dominant character. The story line, mise-en-scene, camera shots and soundtrack have stuck to the normal conventional ideas of thrillers, for example there’s slow motion action shots, close ups and sharp quick shot change throughout the sequence.

Lighting & theorist 1

Steve Neale said that genres will evolve over time and adapt, my thriller complies with this statement because although the base of it is the same as traditional ideas of what a thriller should be, there’s still aspects that are different such as the female assassin. Assassins are stereotypical and are often found in thrillers, but they’re mostly men.

The lighting in my thriller didn’t conform to norms because most of the camera shots and locations were naturally very well lit, stereotypical thrillers have dark lighting if any.

My soundtrack & foley

Explanation	Evidence	Argument
Genres evolve over time	Steve Neale	My thriller is breaking away from the conventions thriller genre because my protagonist is a female assassin. In past traditional thrillers the hero has always been a dominant male.
Genres are culture categories	Jason Mittel
Genres are a “set of pleasures”	Rick Altman Visceral Pleasures- edge of your seat Intellectual- Puzzling storyline	Visceral & intellectual pleasure is included in my thriller
You can mix genres	Abercrombie	N/A

Exam planning- Genres

3 exam questions. 2 hours 

1 of those questions. -head (theory)

What does this show you about genre?

Horror-

Dramatic music

Lighting is very dark

Bad weather

Angles- show dominance

Old Vampire

Romantic/horror

Mysteries building music

A lot of research/statistics

Dark/cold lighting

Location

Angles- show dominance 

Young Vampire

Been googled

He's castrated- doesn't drink blood

Key words-

Conventions

Steve Neal "genres evolve over time"

Leighmediaa2sectionA1B.blogspot.co.uk

2012 February narrative 

Motion tracking using after effects and adobe premier pro

The Maid Final cut

The Maid without motion tracked titles

The hustle essay

This clip represents gender and the stereotypical roles society thinks they should play by various ways. Femininity and masculinity adapts within the characters for example props and costumes, stereotypes, location, editing and sound.

Significance of gender

The first character that appears in the clip is the male sales assistant strikes me as a post masculine male because he’s working in retail that is considered to be a job for a female. The way he talks and the vocabulary he uses indicates his archetype is camp, as well as his behaviour and the way he reacts ecstatically to a dress that has just been imported from Paris strongly suggested he’s a camp feminine male or in a stereotypical point of view, he’s gay. The second character to be portrayed is a poor elderly lady, visually she looks like she doesn’t keep up her appearance or possibly cant because of a lack of disposable income. This contrasts between the rich lady with the nicely maintained hair and expensively looking clothing to show the difference in lifestyle and how appearance is important and closely linked to hierarchy. It was noticeable to me that she is very self-reliant because she doesn’t expect her husband to pay for her dress even though it’s for her daughters wedding. Although her self reliance contradicts the stereotype of a woman she becomes submissive when she realises she cant afford the dress, implying she’s the subordinate to the male sales assistant. The camera angles that are used when she is talking are often looking down on from the male’s point of view to show how she is considered the inferior character. When the man is conversing with her they are partly in a close up but you can always see the middle class lady to show contrast of class and gender stereotypes. The middle class lady is well presented in the clip with one of the first close ups being of her diamond wedding ring, white gold watch, perfect hair and make up. This suggests she’s a sex object and stereotypically a housewife with no aspirations; she in actual fact is a scam artist and tricks the male sales assistant by pretending. This means she’s not a stereotypical typical woman.

Camera Shots of Parity

Shot 1- extreme close up of antagonists face

Shot 2- close up of the weapon dropping to the floor

Shot 3- medium shot of the dead body propped up on the floor

Shot 4- medium long shot of the killer being surprised

Shot 5– Close up of the knife

Shot 6- medium long shot of the dead body and the antagonist

Shot 7- medium close up of the antagonist looking around the toilet

Shot 8- close up of the antagonist matched on action into the cubicle of the toilet

Shot 9- close up of the antagonist looking into the mirror

Shot 10- close up of the antagonist having a flashback of the murder reflected in the mirror

Shot 11- close up of the antagonist washing his hands of the blood