Working with existing forms and conventions

When assessing our film beginning at a micro, technical level, i think that Abbie and I observed the conventions of continuity very well at almost all times. After watching the film opening several times however, there are two points which obstruct continuity. These are that firstly, when the teacher gets up to leave the classroom, she is not wearing glasses, however, when she comes out of the classroom, her glasses are on. This has been picked up by many members of our class, so is evidently quite noticeable. This detracts from the verisimilitude of the film as it disorientates the audience.
A second point at which continuity is obstructed is when the teacher walks out of the classroom and down the corridor and turns around suddenly. The point of view shot used here does not correlate with the shot of the teacher so well, as the teacher is further down the corridor than the point of view shot is. I find that this is both noticeable and disorientating, and does not allow continuity.
The conventions of language in the film are observed quite well, in my opinion, because the selection of language in the dialogue means that the language fits well with the film. For example, in the newsreader's piece, harsh words such as "severe" and "crippled" emphasise the horror/thriller genre of our film because of the intense language.
The edit is linked gramatically, very well throughout. The close-up of the teacher opening the door to the mid-shot filmed from the corridor is gramatically linked in that the editing appears to flow very well.

Our fictional film, Delinquent, does not challenge any conventions of the horror/thriller genre. Our film purposly conforms to the typical characteristics of a thriller/horror genre. Abbie and I did this in order to confirm the horror/thriller genre to our audience, as in the margin of two minutes, we needed to do this swiftly and obviously in order to convey what the rest of the film would contain. We therefore did not address the genre in a playful or ironic way, but rather in a serious manner.
We have not used intertextuality either, as we decided that whilst being inspired by other films, such as gothika and The Lodger by Alfred Hichcock, we wanted to remain as original as possible.

We have tried to pleasure an audience seeking a thriller. Abbie and I feel quite confident that we have done this, through their expectations of the opening of the thriller, in the tension created through various shots.
By Catherine Gough