Evaluation Question 1. 'In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (Conventions of the thriller genre- compare with real films).'

our media product successfully follows a number of the conventions of the typical thriller as well as altering them and breaking away from the mould.

There is a crime at the centre of our narrative, in fact there are actually multiple crimes. The murder of the two characters, the taking of illegal drugs, the corruption of the police officer, the dealing of drugs, the possession of a fire arm.

Our media production also has a complex narrative with two separate events happening at the same time before combining together in a single event. False paths exist in the way that there are shots of the bohemians running through the Forrest whilst they are tripping on the drugs they have taken. The viewer is lead to ask why they are running.

There is not a clear protagonist in this piece, instead there are different events simultaneously taking place in which each a crime is committed. This breaks away for the traditional conventions of a thriller and in a way adds a new dimension.

There are a number of enigmas established within the opening of this thriller, for the questions are posed ‘how and why have such socially reclusive characters ended up in the same place, it chance?

Why is the undercover police officer corrupted? Why is money so important? Why do people take drugs?

also corresponding to the conventions of a thriller is the way in which we have included extraordinary events occurring in an ordinary space, in our case, woodland.

there is also several themes of identity, with a number of social groups being represented within our finished thriller opening. These social groups are bohemians, undercover police officers and drug dealers. In conjunction with these social groups there is a theme of mirrorism in the way that all are breaking the law in what they are doing, and voyeurism in the way that the bohemians flee from the likes of the drug dealer and corrupted police officer.

Although there is no clear antagonist, there is a clear protagonist, this being the corrupted police officer, and the drug dealer. They exploited not only the trust of the partnered police officer, but also the vulnerability of the bohemians.

the style of editing etc. of our film can be comapred succesfully with the film, the balir witch project, as it utilises alot of hand help cnematography and point of view shots. interms of the issues it focuses on, it is more comparable with the film trainspotting as this two is a film they documents drug abuse etc.