Evaluation - In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Psychological horrors ten dto be more about the mind and contain less physical harm or blood and gore compared to other horror genres. It tends to create discomfort in the viewer and focusses on the darker parts of the human mind which people usually deny or repress. An example of a psychological horror is 'The shining' by Stanley Kubricks produced in 1980. This film is this genre because at the start of the movie, the audience do not realise that the mian character is a serial killer but in the end he goes crazy and tries killing his wife and daughter. Our film links to this as it focusses on schizophrenioa and the power it has over the mind especially over our character. It shows how it affects such samll and insignifcant things in someones life that most people find easy to do but people dealing with this mental illess find it so difficult to complete.


Using schizophrenia as the mian concept of our film helps expose the evil that hides behind normality. Poeple with the mental illness do not have a 'normal life' because its almost as if they have someone else living with them in their head. Its like they have a good and bad conscious or they have someone that controls what they say and do and how they behave around other people. These people tend to push people away especially those closest to them in their life. People who deal with this illness usually get it at a young age and it gros stronger as they get older before they realise or someone else realises they need mental help. By aiming this film at a younger target audience we can show these people how easy it is to abandon your thoughts and emotions.