EVALUATION QS.1IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE , DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF EXISTING MEDIA PRODUCTS

The genre that I have chosen is Romantic Thriller. Romantic Thriller is basicly described as the merging of two different genre’s such as romantic and thriller. The institution that I chose is Bollywood whereas my media institution is Yah Raj Films. I chose Bollywood and Yash Raj Films as my institution because it has portrayed romance and thriller inimitably in there various movies. Some of the romantic movies produced by Yash Raj are Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Veer Zaara, Mohabbatein and the famous Ishaqzaade.

The director Yash Raj Chopra is known as the “King’’of romance and has taught people to fall in love with his love stories. Daag-A poem of love story was a major success which received the best

filmfare award.

Mise-en-scene.

Mise-en-scene used in an Romantic Thriller movie is that different types of effects and lights are very necessary to achieve the feeling and to give a touch of reality. Music plays a vital role. Soft tender music would show the love and the sensitivity among the relationship. The movie Ishaqzaade shows both the romantic as well as the thrill parts. The female character Parineeti falls in love with Arjun who ends up cheating her in the beginning. The famous song ishaqzaade itself is a romantic song showing the love of two characters.In the movie the couple meet in quiet and isolated places and same way in my movie ‘Never Again’ the couple meets at seaview.

Props.

There are typical props used in a romantic genre. E.g flowers or gifts which the characters give to each other. Flowers and gifts reflect the romance in a relationship. Like in the movie ishaqzaade the couple wear same type of shirts of same colour to portray there love.

In a thriller genre films the props that are used are usually guns, knifes, and different types of masks that create tension in the film. In Ishaqzaade a lot of use of guns and explosions is done. There is a lot of fighting shown throughout the movie. Same way in my movie in the last there is a thrill scene as suddenly the girls kills the guy whom she tends to love a lot.

Characters.

In a romantic genre film the main characters would always be the couple it self. The male character ends up being more intrested in love. Like in the movie Ishaqzaade we get to see this clearly that although at first the hero Arjun is not intrested but later he gets very serious with the relation and in the same way in my movie ‘Never Again’ the male character who is Jai is very intrested and loves Pia to death.

Clothes.

In Bollywood the costumes used in romantic films are quite different. The type of costumes depend upon the story of the film. But mostly in romantic films the male character will have smart yet a casual dress sense wherelse the female will wear long dresses and smart clothing to enhance and and be the centre of attraction.In the movie Ishaqzaade we see that the character of Arjun is shown as a wild,uneducated and non serious boy wherelse the heroine Parineeti is shown as an educated serious, yet a girl who enjoys her life to fullest. However there costumes in the movie give an overall look about the two different personalities shown in the movie.

Editing Techniques.

A lot of editing techniques are used in Romantic Thriller films . Romantic thriller films use different types of editying .For romantic scenes fast cuts are used in pace with non-digetic music in the background.This way the emotions and the atmosphere of the films is portrayed. Fades are used in different scenes.Shot reverse shots are used in different romantic openings to show the characters looking and speaking with each other.

In thriller films editing techniques such as Dolly zoom is used by film makers to represent the mode of realization. Long shot and extreme long shots are also used . Fast cutting techniques are used to show the changing perspective of the viewer.

In my movie Never Again I added romantic quotes in the opening as it was done in the movie Ishaqzaade in order to seek the attention of the audience.

Title.

The title of the film is ‘Never Again’ and the reason why I kept this as a title because it would make the audience think about the movie before they even start to watch the opening. ‘Never Again’ basicly describes a phrase which holds the people from not to trust each other deeply in love. Just like the movie Ishaqzaade the title itself shows the love of two people who fell in love with each other but unfortunately there love was not accepted by there families,religion and society.

Challenges.

In my movie I have challenged the stereotype because normally we see that in a romantic thriller the girl is very kind and serious in relationship but here in my film the boy is serious and kind wherelse the girl is not. And eventually in the end we see that the girl kills the boy.

By:Maryam Banbhan AS