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The is my final product for my AS coursework, which I made with my partner Clementine (and then went on to do separate edits). The name of the film is 'Red Herring', starring Emily Wallace, George Ruddenklau and James Henderson. Dear examiner, if you would like to see all my posts in a continuous stream, you can go to the blog stream which is accessible by the hyperlink or the tab at the top of the main page.

Conventions Representation of Social groups and issues One main theme in my film, is the binary opposite of the rich vs poor. This is present due to the wealthy couple's enjoyment for 'hunting' those who aren't as well off as them. This raises the issue that is commonly seen in reality - rich people getting away with things because they are able to use money to get rid of their problems. It can be discussed whether the couple are able to pursue their interests because they are able to 'persuade' people to look the other way. Another film that also looks at the accessibility that comes with having money, is "Surviving the Game" (1992) - which is about wealthy businessman who pay to hunt humans in the mountains for sport. This has a similar theme to my film, but with more emphasis on hunting.

  Target Audiences Although Clementine and I worked together on our film, we made sperate edits which resulted in slightly different tones within the film openings. For this reason, our target audiences may be slightly different. Within my film opening, I used the song 'Run Rabbit Run', which introduces the suggestion of the couple being predators. The theme of hunting, particularly rich hunting the poor (which can be interpreted within our film due to our characters middle class appearance), is featured within films such as "Surviving the Game" (1994), "The Hunt" (2020) and "Ready or Not" (2019) - just to name a few. On top of this, the movie "Ma" (2019) depicts a middle-aged women who befriends a group of teenagers, before holding them captive and torturing and killing those who come to save them. Although this film is more about a psychological disorder rather than killing for pleasure, it carries the same idea of the illusion of a nor

Development of Skills Over the course of working on my film opening, I was able to develop my film skills, as well as experiment with new techniques. For example, I used Adobe After Effects to create some of my credits. It was my first time using this program, but after some practice I was able to improve the quality of my film. I also used new technology for the first time, which helped me expand my skillset. I made two top trump cards to show my progress within each skillset side by side. Codes and Conventions ~ After analyzing multiple Thriller films and their openings, I can confidently identify codes and conventions that are present within the Thriller genre and it's most popular subgenres. Although I had a basic understanding of the Thriller genre from taking GCSE Film Studies, I have now gained the ability to recognize and recreate common iconography, cinematography and storylines. Although my film isn't entirely conventional, I used my understanding of the codes and c