In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
The title of our piece is called 'Torpidity' and falls under the psychological thriller genre,we use various general conventions from other thriller movies and incorporate a variety of features from some of our favorites, such as 'The Silence of the Lambs' . As well as following the conventions of many thriller films we tried to challenge them too in an attempt to make it memorable and jaw dropping. For example we used some common mise en scene elements from famous thrillers, such as the location of 'Women in Black' with some sequences taking place in a dark and scary wood. Our film also takes inspiration from 'The Dark Knight' in terms of lighting and tension building, for example the scene with the Joker being interrogated. We wanted to re create the use of low key diegetic light in this scene as it creates immense suspense and feelings of ambiguity.The Dark Knight - Interrogation Scene
We took inspiration in lighting from this scene shown in Christopher Nolan's 'The Dark Knight'. In which, low key lighting and shadows are used to create suspense and uncertainty.The Silence of the Lambs - Forest Scene
We took our inspiration for one of the settings from Jonathan Demme's masterpiece 'The Slience of the Lambs' in which the films opening location is a forest, as is ours.
This is a detailed post; well done for referring to films that have influenced your work and for using a range of media terminology. Target: you refer to 'dark lighting' this should be low key lighting. include some screenshots of your camera work.
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