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

These nine images are all screen grabs taken from our thriller which I feel adhere to the genre of thriller. The pictures are in chronological order and show the build up of tension starting from the beginning and and reaching a climax at the end. Looking at each individual picture, it is possible to analysise its relevance to a thriller film:

1) As seen in a number of thriller films, dark water adds a sense of the unknown which makes the audience nervous as they do not know what is coming. The stillness of the water is eerie and makes the audience uneasy, preparing them to be scared when the girl breaks the water with a dive.

2) This screen shot adds an element of time. The counting stopwatch helps to add tension as the audience think of each second as a second closer to a disaster e.g. in this case, a second closer to her encounter with the strange man.

3) The underwater shot of the girl doing a tumble turn creates the feeling of isolation. When she is underwater, she is completely unaware of what is going on above water in the 'real world'.

4) This shot shows the girl swimming towards the stopwatch. I chose to include this in my nine screen shots as it is a good example of the titles. We chose to use a sophisticated font, conveniently placed in an easy-to-read part of the screen. We chose to use this subtle font so that it is not blatently a thriller e.g. red writing. This in a way, subverts audience expectation.

5) This is a picture of the slow motion tumble turn. There is a lot of splashing water moving very slowly which obstructs the audience's view of bethany, causing confusion. Slow motion can also be linked to sports and swimming, as races are often replayed in slow motion to exaggerate any successes or failures.

6) This slow motion breath adds tension and it is at this point in the sequence when the build up to climax really begins. The breath which was added in during editing (due to slow motion having no sound) sounds like a desperate gasp which exaggerates the girl's determination in beating her time.

7) This screen grab is the second of two quick underwater shots which were added to create confusion and tell the audience that something is about to happen.

8)This screen grab shows the tracking shot which is accompanied by the beating of drums. The fact that the person's identity is concealed adds an element of suspense. The way the camera follows the man also shows that something is about to happen.

9) This final screen grab is of our title. The title is accompanied by eerie music which scares the audience and the actual title of 'Immersed' keeps the audience guessing what the film is actually going to be about.