Our thriller is a combination of a sub-genre of the thriller genre (supernatural) and a completely different genre all together (comedy). This challenges the regular conventions of thriller films as it is rare for thrillers to contain funny parts as well as their regular 'seriousness'.This makes our thriller unique and different to other thriller films that have recently been released as well as upcoming and many past thriller films (especially in the supernatural sub-genre) which could attract a wider audience to come and watch it than it could have before as it is unorthodox compared to other films.
The protagonist is often a brave male who seeks to restore order to the world (or whatever setting they may be in, a city, country etc). In our thriller, the protagonists have no idea about what will happen to them or that they are going to be in danger when they enter the antique shop in the intro. They are regular teenagers who are going about their daily lives as normal until they go into the shop. They aren't really portrayed as brave at any point in the film nor are they connoted to be in any way, therefore challenging conventions of thriller films as the protagonist is normally shown to be brave or heroic early on in the film (for example the character is a police officer, connoting bravery straight away as soon ass they are seen by the audience due to their uniform and mise-en-scene of a badge and gun).
The Antagonist will have a secret identity that the audience may know but the main characters/ protagonist(s) wont be aware of, but will have met the protagonist(s) at some point which has fueled his need to go after the protagonist(s) to begin with. Our thriller uses this convention here as the antagonist is a ghost and the three characters have no idea who's ghost it is or what its motives/goals are.
The audience should already expect the film to be scary in some way or another because of trailers advertisement showing clips of the film. It's important to ensure that the comedy factor is not to be overused throughout the thriller however, as it will dismantle any suspense we try to build, which is not good and will spoil the film.
Suspense is essential to the thriller genre. Providing the viewer a feeling of fascination and excitement mixed with anticipation and tension.
The audience connect with the characters in different ways according to their own unique personalitites and attributes. This could make them feel more enraveled in the story.
It is entirely possible that we could have done more extensive research into how other supernatural thrillers are presented and made. Although Mitchell was inspired by the movie "The Eye" to take on the idea of the glasses. It would have made our thriller more accurate and better presented to have looked at other films that have already been made that cross comedy and horror. A film franchise that represents this is the "Scary Movie" franchise, and although these are more on the comedy side, they include themes and references to supernatural thriller films and use conventions of thriller films.
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