Selecting our Groups

During today's lesson we decided upon our groups in which my group consists of myself, Amy Selby and Holly Costema.

Firstly we made an immediate brainstorm we covered:

• Plots e.g. Murder, Affair, Abduction, Robbery we thought this because they are all typical thriller plots, because they all cause tension and cover many conventions involved in those listed below
• Locations e.g. House, Park, Shop, we thought these as they are quite realistic places
• Mise-en-scene e.g. Gloomy lighting to create tension, props- stolen goods etc. Gloomy lighting we think was best because it is more tension as it is commonly more tense situation when it is dark rather than light
• Sound e.g. background music to create tension, I think this because from experience and the media I believe it works well as it causes emotion
• Camera e.g. close ups on weapons, establishing shots - build up picture of location
• Characters e.g. protagonist, antagonist as these are typical characters

From this we constructed a more detailed brainstorm into our final ideas.

We then made a questionnaire which we will hand out to collect research. We asked questions such as What sort of graphics people like, what sort of thriller characters they like, where they watch thrillers etc.