Question 1

When initially thinking about how we wanted our movie to be presented, we had to research into the conventions of a thriller movie and its sub genres in order for us to see how the shorts are taken so we could incorporate them into our own film. However, while filming multiple shots from many obscure angles we had to constantly think about the continuity of our film. During breaks from filming we ensured the set of our film stayed the same and that the characters profiling remained the same. But also, while taking multiple shots we had to be aware not to break the 180 degree rule.

As we chose to use thriller I researched into the difference between a horror movie and a thriller movie and found that a horror movie is supposed to make the audience feel scared for themselves where as a thriller movie is supposed to make an audience feel the suspension and be nervous about the characters safety and so when filing I tried to ensure the audience was always worried and concerned about the female characters in the film. We used lighting to show the villain and the victims. The villain ben we chose to show in dark lighting which we contrasted with the two females shown in bright lighting to show his malicious ways.

we chose to set our movie in just a house so we could give the audience the feel of entrapment but also because of the title. As the legal definition of a domestic says that they all have to live in the same house which we thought was a brilliant idea for us to present as it shows real actions which ultimately have devastating consequences. 

The setting: 

when choosing the characters we wanted to make sure they fitted what type of person we had in mind. We wanted one female to be quite shy and wanting to keep to themselves but we also wanted the girlfriend of the killer to be a strong woman to really show how brutal our villain is. 

Kirsten Taylor. Shy

Louise Noble.strong woman

Our film sticks to the codes and conventions of a thriller as we chose to avoid deliberate pastiche or make a parody of a thriller. We aimed to keep our film stay with the codes and conventions because we hope that this would be more real for an audience; in turn making it slightly terrifying because and audience will be witnessing the brutality of a thriller and we avoided Referencing to other films as we did not think it would be appropriate to do so.

I personally feel our film does not live up to his full potential as a thriller is supposed to lead up the suspense in  order to make the death scenes feel more shocking to watch. I think if we would have given more character build up and allowed the audience to connect with them more it would have had more of an effect however I think it does still comply with the conventions of a thriller. Our movie still received good feedback from the audience. 

I think our movie is quite similar to an american thriller named 'The Roomate' as it has similar themes to ours such as; murder and jealously.