Just like the James Bond thriller movies, our media product starts with tension music and follows straight into the action, this follows the accepted convention of thriller movies as straight after the ident of most thriller movies it goes straight into the plot of the action. Another example of a thriller movie that does this is Die Hard 4.0, the opening of that goes straight into the action of a man hacking a system a similar opening to our own product "Hacked" see below for the comparison.
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| Die Hard 4.0 opening scene of a Hacker |
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| Our media Product "Hacked" opening scene of a Hacker. |
Another convention of thriller films is it puts it's titles in the 'downtime' of the action this could mean it can be put on a blank shot like in Die Hard 4.0 or over a non-action shot, as we only had 2 minutes in which to show off of our thriller we put it in the non-action scenes so as not to waste time, as you can see on your left, there is a still from our product.
The tension music i mentioned earlier, is there from the start of our movie and builds in hope that is raises tension for our audience and makes them wonder what will happen next. This is an accepted convention in thrillers as the music is a key part to a thriller movie, with the right soundtrack it can build tension, suspense and a scare factor.
We challenge the convention of a thriller by subverting one of our characters. Our protagonist is a hacker but does not wear or act like the stereotype of a hacker, he is crossed with a 'chav' persona and so has the attitude and clothing of one. Usually a thriller movie keeps to it's identifiable stereotypes but we decided to challenge the convention and made our main character an intellectual 'chav'.
You can see the convention of a typical hacker in Die hard 4.0, this hacker is always relying on other main characters to protect him and get him round, but our hacker being crossed with the chav stereotype takes care of himself by trying to escape and run from his antagonist, this isn't common in hackers as hackers are perceived in the media world to be 'nerds' who are weak and defenseless against their antagonist.
