Thriller Genre

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A Day In The Life - Comedy Horror (Genre Conventions)

Narrative Events;
- Being watched by a mysterious character (Horror)
- Funny scenes such as the basketball shot (Comedy)
- An anonymous noise from in the house (in this case the crash) when you're home alone (Horror)
- The blatantly on purpose fall off of the chair following the crash (Comedy)
- Going to check out the noise even though it's dangerous (Horror)
- Doing a completely random and unnecessary pull up (Comedy)
- Seeing a mysterious character but when getting up close there's no one there (Horror)
- Knock on the door while in the shower, classic vulnerable place (Horror)
- Clears the mirror to see the killer (Horror)
- John Cena randomly slipped in (Comedy)
- Main character is killed but with the completely wrong music playing in the background (Comedy&Horror)
- Getting killed and then slapped by the killer with the runner bean (Comedy)

Characters;
-Main character who is the victim
- Mysterious character who's identity is never revealed

Locations;
- Standard house rooms; (bedroom, stairway, hallway, kitchen and bathroom) are sometimes the location of victims while they're being taunted, especially the shower. Kitchen is also essential for killer to get the knife.
- Public park - being watched in a public place is common when building up tension

Camera Angles & Soundtrack;
- Medium Shot (first scene in the bed - presents setting)
- Medium to Long Shot (when dribbling the basketball across the road - highlights the new surroundings and creates a setting transfer)
- Extreme Long Shot (from behind the leaves, when playing basketball - builds up tension)
- Extreme close up (of my face as I run past the camera and of my hand opening the door - shows emotions and fits with conventional camera shots)
- Aerial shot (from the top of the stairs to the bottom)
- A short Pan (from the pull up bar to the top of the stairs)
- Zoom (as the killer grabs the knife - to have a larger impact when building tension and to highlight the knife portraying the severity of the situation)
- Over Shoulder Shot (in the bathroom - showing the camera angle from the killers perspective, character viewpoints)
- Shot of just the shadows for the horror effect
The main soundtrack was the Dead Silence Theme all the way until we get to 'My Time Is Now - John Cena'

My favourite fims/actors/directors

My Favourite Films, Actors and Directors

A couple of my favourite films are The Avengers Assemble and Age of Ultron. My favourite actors within these two films are Robert Downey Jr. and Tom Hiddleston. I personally like these two actors because of the humour that their characters have. The reason these two films are some of my favourite is because of the incredible special effects and plot, as well as appealing to my favourite action superhero/adventure science fiction genre.

One of my favourite directors is John Favreau. The reason I admire this director is largely because he directed the Iron Man movies which are also some of my favourites, as well as the movie Daredevil which I also found incredibly entertaining.

What is Media Studies for?

Media studies is for;
- Teaching students how to analyse and critique media
- Allowing students to look at media with more than one perspective
- Familiarizing students with modern technology as well as other media such as newspapers or films
- Teaching students how to make their own films or write newspapers etc.
- Allowing students to branch off of Media Studies to pursue careers

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