EVOLUTION QUESTION 1

In what ways does your media

product use, develop or challenge

forms and conventions of media

products?

BLACK SWAN MOOD BOARD

THE BLACK ROSE MOOD BOARD

MOOD BOARDS

From showing snapshots of Black Swan (a very

inspirational film for this product) I have tried to

show the massive similarities between the two films.

They use similar colour schemes and far more

techniques to enhance the films intensity and

plausibility and this all provokes the clear

physiological flaws in both Nina and Natalie

Harland.

LOCATION AND SETTING

The locations we used for the film were very

appropriate in trying to get across what we wanted

to portray. Often we would’ve used dimly lit areas

which aren’t conventional for people to be in. The

forest that we shot in was one of the best scenes as

it is dim it is mysterious and more than anything it is

incredibly stereotypical of horror films, this shows

how we tried to relate our product

COSTUME AND PROPS

The costume we used was based on Nina from the

Black Swan we made the realisation that the reason

The Black Swan was intriguing was because she

seemed so normal and didn’t look or dress (at the

beginning) too unsteady so we followed this and

dressed our character Natalie in normal clothes to

add to the mystery and suspense

MYSTERY & SUSPENSE

Thriller films have a tendency to create an

atmosphere of mystery and suspense. They do this to

draw the audience in more and try and let them

attempt to solve the mystery and ride on the

suspense.

The main character has a lot of mystery to her, she

doesn’t look or seem abnormal at first but you slowly

learn more and more of her past and it becomes

more mysterious

SLOW AND FAST EDITING

The pace in a thriller film ranges vastly

Often it is slow and building up the tension and mystery

but the pace can differ massively

Often in the last third of a thriller film the pace will speed

up and try and get to the conclusion of it all

We used pace well and would speed up during flash backs

but the rest of the shots are slow and building tension

COLOUR

The colour in thrillers is often dimly lit to try and

symbolise the mood

The dim colour can create suspense as it provides an eerie

feel to the scene often

To follow the themes of other thrillers we would use dimly

lit areas and use abode photoshop to do colour corrections

Finally we would go from colour to black and white to

differentiate between the present and past

MUSIC

Often the music in a thriller is slow and dramatic

using instruments such as violins and other

orchestral instruments

Then as the mood and intensity heightens the

music will build up in pace and different instruments

will be used

We’ve used our music well as we use children's

music creating the connection between Natalie and

children

HYBRID IDENTITY

The Black Rose is a mix between thriller and horror using

both of the genres to heighten the intensity of the film

A horror film often just shows fears that are commonly had

by people and are portrayed in ways you can’t imagine in

this respect the thought of a paedophilic women that stalks

children etc. is the horror side

The mystery building up and intensity growing adds to the

thriller side of the genre