In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Thriller films main aim is to thrill the audience to add a sensation of suspense and the sensation of not knowing to the audience. This is done in the opening sequence by teasing the audience with clues to the story line and showing action and suspense that will keep the audience enticed to watch the film. The opening scene is the most important part of the film for capturing the audience and keeping them interested in the rest of the film.
I Am Legend and 28 Weeks Later are both thriller films that are similar to our film and are both successful films.

In the opening sequence of I Am Legend we see an interview between a news reporter and a doctor explaining how the doctor has designed a "cure" for cancer. It then shows New York 3 days later empty and abandoned. However Will Smiths character is still alive and is driving around the empty city searching for deer to hunt. The opening sequence grips you straight away and you want to know why New York has been deserted and why Will Smith's character is the only person there with his dog. Because the tv interview is shown first this means that what is said in the conversation is important. This is where our thrillers are similar becasue at the begining of our opening sequence we have a news report from a radio explaining a breakout of three highly dangerous mutants that have escaped from a secure prison.

In our opening sequence we have made a hybrid of horror and thriller. We did this becasue horror films like 28 days and weeks later have zombies and sell. However the difference between I Am Legend and 28 Days Later is that the mutants in I Am Legend are intelligent and have some interlect, where as 28 Days Later has mindless zombies. Our film is a cross between the two because our mutants are highly interlectual. The opening sequence in all three leave the audience wanting more and wanting to see what happens.

In this picture you can see the mutant stalking a young girl this shows that he has the abilty to follow someone without them noticing. This is one of the attributes and skills with have tried to show to the audience to make the film seem more appealing to them.

In this picture you can see a promotional poster of the film I Am Legend. In the background you can see the Empire State Building with the bio-hazard symbol on it, this symbol means it is not safe to enter the building, the fact the symbol is all over the city meaning the city is not safe. In many of the zombie thriller films this symbol means infected humans, and that is how the zombies come about.

This is a promotional poster 28 Weeks Later, again in the background you can see the top of the biohazard symbol and two children surrounded by dead bodies and people coming towards them in the background. This poster gives the viewer the idea that some biological weapon has killed many people and anyone left is heading towards them, however we do not know if this is good or bad.