In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of

real media products?

The first of the nine shots is of our main title. It is placed between the main actors of the film and the rest of the opening credits; on the third frame of the film. We did this as we learnt from our research that this is conventionally where the title is situated.

The title of our film fits in with the genre, as it is short and snappy, very similar to ‘Se7en’, ‘Gone Girl’ and ‘Psycho’. It is also descriptive of what the film is about.

The film title is also bigger than the rest of the titles which is conventional of real media products as it allows the audience to pick out the title from the rest.

The second of the nine shots is of the setting and location. The field demonstrates the remote and cold watching atmosphere of the film. It is conventional as the opening establishing shots in real media products always tell the audience where the film is going to be set. This allows an educated viewer to combine their own knowledge of the area with what they are watching

The fourth of the nine shots is of camerawork and editing. I picked this specific shot as I left that the focus pull used on the blades of grass littered in frost was very effective because it was aseptically pleasing. It also matched up with a high pitched note from the soundtrack which represented a change in pace from the previous long takes.

The fifth of the nine shots is of the title font and style. I chose this shot as it shows the titles bold, crisp and white nature. I learnt from looking at the titles from “Gone Girl” that this was an effective style to use as it stands out clearly against the background. See later slide.

The sixth of the nine shots is of the Story and how the opening sets it up. I picked this shot because the audience discovers that our character has collected some form of bag, and taking it on a journey with her. I felt that this was effective in telling the story as they now understand that she had run away from somewhere.

The third of the nine shots is of the costumes and props used in the film. Our character is dressed in the hospital scrubs as it clearly demonstrates that she has just been released or broken out of some form of medical institution.See later slide.

The eighth of the nine shots is of how the character is introduced. I chose this shot as the character is introduced as small and vulnerable in the big landscape. She is also limping therefore she is introduced as someone who has been injured or is physically challenged.

The ninth of the nine shots is of the special effects. I chose this shot as when editing I discovered that Lara playing subject 385 took too long to get into the car, therefore I sped up the speed of the film to ‘125’.

All of these titles would be typical and conventional of the psychological thriller.

The seventh of the nine shots is of the genre and how the opening suggests it. I picked this specific shot because the shot is very quick and snappy, which is conventional of the genre as it attempts to make the audience feel uncomfortable.

I followed conventions of real media products by using an opening establishing shot in our film opening, in our case an empty countryside.

As you can see from the above images, the audience are instantly hit with a baron and desolate landscape, in which a young boy is shown to be running through.I took inspiration from this as I felt that the shots very extremely effective in not only setting the atmosphere and establishing the mise-en-scene of the film; but also chartering to create sympathy for the boy as he is all alone.I was inspired as I knew that if we put our character Subject 385 in a similar setting with similar mise-en-scene, then we could recreate the same feelings contrived in "Great Expectations".

The landscape shots used in the 2012 recreation of Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations” inspired me. I did this because in the

opening of “No Country for Old Men” there is no diogetic dialogue, only the voice over. This is effective as it creates an empty and baron atmosphere.

I feel that because there is no vocal dialogue in the opening, the audience are waiting in anticipation for a character to speak; especially given the fact that a man has just been arrested. This makes the inevitable delivery even more rewarding.

I followed conventions of real media products by not using much dialogue or speech in our opening.

I followed the conventions of real media products by following a scene from a film called "The Shawshank Redemption". As you can see from the image to the right, the scene is set in an empty green field, in which an item is hidden for the character to find. I was inspired by this therefore decided to use something very similar in our film.

I followed the conventions ofreal mediaproducts byResearchingPotentialcostumes andfinding that Iwas inspired by the protagonist from “28 Days Later”. The costume of the character was easily replicable and simple enough for the audience to understand where the character had come from.In the scene, the man is walking around a deserted London in hospital scrubs, bandages and blood; we replicated this in our film yet changed the setting.

Another film which used hospital scrubs and which we were inspired by is “One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest”.

We wanted to recreate this type of shot because the low angled perspective of the shots depicts the characters as driving off into the sunset and vanishing in the distance. This creates an air of mystery about the film which we thought would be effective in and compliment our film.

The shot was easily replicable as we had all the necessary equipment, a camera and a car.

I was inspired by the shot of ‘Winston Wolfe’ driving away from the camera in the film “Pulp Fiction”.

We attempted to recreate the shot in our film as you can see on the left. This shows how we followed the conventions of real media products by researching potential shots that we could use, and recreating it.

We used this type of shot as we felt that it is very effective because it gives the audience a point of view (P.OV.) shot. This means that the viewer is put 'into the shoes' of the character on the floor, therefore can sympathize with them more.

It also gives the audience an opportunity to look at the immediate reactions expressed by the characters, but in a new and exciting way.

As you can see here, we followed forms and conventions of real media products by studying the ‘Tarantino Low Angle Shot’ and replicating it in our film.

Even though we will did not have a character on the floor looking up at another in our film, we still wished to use this type of low angle shot as we feel it is interesting and refreshing.

Because we wanted to use the shot and understood it was difficult to perform, I decided to test using it:

I followed the conventions of real film titles by researching films in our genre and noting in which order they were shown, as you can see on the left.

In our film opening we stuck to the convention that film titles should always open with the production companies and end with the director; as you can see below.

We also followed the conventions of real film title fonts by having:- White coloured lettering- Simple block font- Capital letters- The names bigger than the titles- The roles all the same way (Director & Editor not Directed by &

Editor)

A combination of these factors meant that our titles were easy enough for the audience to read.

The screenshot taken from the “Gone Girl” titles, shows people’s names to be bigger and bolder than their role in the film, we followed this convention as you can see with our own titles.

As you can see on the left, there are three different films which used white bold titles for the film name, we understood this to be a common convention.

We used conventions of real media products by: - Following traditional Hollywood rules and editing- Sticking to the 180* rule- Using a smooth, without jump, match-on-action- Not using any extremely quick cuts- Not using any overly long takes- Filming in focus- Using establishing shots to set the scene- Remembering to stick to continuity rules