Research into conventions

Research into conventions-

Conventions are something that you would expect to see in a certain genre of film. Like thriller for a example you would expect suspense and tension and also may even expect a death and conflict between someone and something. Every film will have many conventions relating to its genre in which puts it in that catergory.It is what defines films from others. A list of some thriller conventions would be:

• enigma
• suspense
• surprise
• death
• blood
• mystery
• tension
• tense music
• masked antagonist

I am going to be analysing the film insidious chapter 2 and explaining 4 different conventions in which the film relates to the thriller genre. I have chosen this film as I have seen it and no that it is a stereotypical thriller film and will be able to identify the conventions easily.

firstly when the wig comes off the boy creates a enigma as audience believed it was a little girl as we could only see her from behind which shows that somewhere in the film there is a plot twist. creates suspense as the audience are confused to what is going on and builds up to the reveal.






secondly The non diagetic sharp sound when the women approaches the boy shouting and accusing the boy of something tells the audience straight away that she is not a nice lady and that she is evil. can show the indication that she is the ghost and as this is in another dimension she could be the reasoning to everything.starts to reveal the plot twist and this is where the audience get more of a understanding of what is happening.would make the audience want to watch more and find out what is going on.




In addition The Ghost lady is Pale white faced which symbolises that she is dead and also she has dark red lipstick on which would symbolise blood and that she is evil. Also her eye makeup is dark and smudged I which makes her look scary to the audience like she has just woken from the dead.You would expect to see characters dressed like this in thriller films and creates more of a impact when it comes to the plot and whats happening in the film rather than if she was dressed neatly and looked like any other women.

When the lady full pelt slaps the little boy round the face when she is supposedly his mother shows there is violence in the film which is stereotypical convention on a thriller film. It is not right for mothers to hit there children and you would not usually see this in a ordinary film with a different genre which when it happens would make the audience angry with the women for doing that for no reason and would create a atmosphere as she's slapping him for thinking he's a boy, links again to the enigma and plot twist of the film.
 
conclusion:
I believe that this was a good clip to analyse. throughout the clip suspense, tension and surprise was created and all of these are the main typical thriller conventions. I have learnt that you need these in your thriller film to create a atmosphere and for your film to be a successful thriller. When I start my opening sequence I will make sure to include what I have found in my research as most successful so mine can be too.