1. Evaluation Task One
In what ways does your media product use,
develop, or challenge forms and conventions
of real media products?

2. The Titles
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For the titles, we used an oldfashioned typewriter font to
fit in with the spy/politics
genre we were going for.
This font also fit in with the
confidential documents we used
in a different part of our
thriller so overall, this font
suited our film perfectly and
also foreshadowed the style of
film before it had even
started.
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A thriller that uses a similar
shot is Syriana which is also a
film we looked at for inspiration
and is therefore a thriller that
shows a likeness to ours. This is
also a spy/political thriller.

3. Secret Documents
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Although, our shot is from
a lower angle than the
Godzilla shot as that one
is taken from above. Our
shot is also darker which
makes the audience feel
more on suspense and more
like it’s a thriller.
This shot of secret
documents is from the new
Godzilla film, coming out
later this month.
This is a similar shot to
our as we have confidential
documents and with a similar
logo.

4. Person Climbing Up Stairs
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This is a shot we used to
show our ‘killer’ starting
to walk up the stairs. Lots
of films use this type of
shot to create suspense and
to tell the audience that
the ‘evil’ person is getting
nearer and nearer.
• This film is a Noir film
called ‘The Dark Corner’
but shows a likeness to our
thriller. Although the is
an old film, it shows that
most thrillers try to warn
the audience about what is
to come, a technique we
used in our thriller also.

5. Close-up of Wedding Ring
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Although our shot is of a man’s
hand, the intention of the shot
is similar, to tell the audience
that this person is married,
making this shot a standard form
of shot for foreshadowing.
‘On Her Majesty’s Secret Service’
is a James Bond film from 1969
but contains a similar shot to
ours, a close-up of a wedding
ring. We chose this shot as it
signifies that the person who is
unaware of what is to come.
This creates suspense and sadness
for the audience as we know that
the something bad is going to
happen to that person, especially
in our thriller

6. Breaking In Mid-Shot
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Although this is not a still
from a film, these types of
shots are used constantly
within thrillers, including
one that’s very similar in
our thriller.
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This is the shot from our
thriller and shows the
audience that something bad
is going to happen, creating
dramatic irony for the
audience as the victim does
not know what is to come.

7. Documents and Font
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This picture above proves
that the audience would
believe our thriller and be
interested in it because it
is realistic and not too
‘out-there.’ This shots are
similar in a good way
because it enhances the
realism of the piece.
This picture is of a real
life secret Russian
document. In our thriller,
we have a very similar style
of prop and the font it is
typed in.