Thriller comparison - Miss Georgiou

I believe I have created a successful thriller opening sequence as our group included the conventions we found in the other thriller films we had researched about. My group and I used a female victim who gets possessed after drinking water to kill herself, this follows the conventions of a thriller film as you normally find a blonde female victim in thriller films as these come across as vulnerable and weak. I also think my thriller opening sequence is successful as the conventions of shock and suspense(which is further deepened through the editing and sound added) helped create a successful thriller opening sequence, the elements of shock and suspense would help engage the audience as the audience would be left in suspense when the blonde female victim is walking from her house through the forest and they do not know what is going to happen and then we shocked the audience when the blonde female jumps in the water and kills herself.

The micro element which best shows my creativity and understanding of thriller conventions the most is by using a blonde female victim who is shown as weak and vulnerable this is commonly found in the thriller genre we also turn this on its head and shock the audience by making the girl possessed and then killing herself, generally in the thriller genre blonde female victims are killed by serial killers but we decided to challenge this by showing our creativity and making the innocent blonde female kill herself after being possessed. This makes our narrative different as we did not follow the typical thriller narrative this shows how creative we were as we have used one character to portray two characters: the victim and the killer which would engage the audience to watch the thriller.

Our thriller opening scene can be compared to the successful thriller film the Exorcist. They are similar in the narrative, representation of characters, editing and sound. The narratives are both similar as both thrillers have a young girl who is possessed by an unseen villain, by using an unseen villain it builds up suspense and enigma for the audience. In both thrillers there is the use of a conventional character as there is a young female victim used who gets possessed; young females are stereotypically portrayed as weak and vulnerable and this is done in my thriller and the Exorcist as both girls get possessed showing them as weak this brings the audience closer to the victim and makes them sympathise with her, both thrillers also use the shock element, this is done when both female victims become possessed this shocks the audience as generally female victims are killed by serial killers. The Exorcist and my thriller both use a non diegetic sound track these sounds are very tense and jerky which both create an enigma and tense atmosphere for the viewers. The editing used is better in my film than the Exorcist this could be because the Exorcist was made in 1973 so we had better technology to use; the editing was vital to our thriller opening sequence as it turned a boring narrative into a fast paced, jerky and tense opening sequence which helped make our thriller successful.