Friday 17 April 2015

Question 1

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

Titles are typically used as a convention of an opening sequence. They are used to tell you the names of the actors, distribution and producers. We made our own titles in our project to say the actors names that are in the film. You can see titles used in films such as spiderman, which is also known as a title sequence at the start as it does not have acting it has titles.

production idents are used to  say the name of the production company. Every film has a production company to sell their product, for example batman begins has a production ident using characters from the dc universe. We had used a crow symbol to show that it was a horror. it is used at the start of a opening sequence .

montage is used in a small minority of films. it is used to show what has happened in past films. We have used a montage later on in the project to show what characters are doing and how they are feeling. Like when it cuts to shannon burning her arm. a montage is used in films such as the borune legacy.


Soundtrack is used to make an opening sequence more interesting. it is used in every single opening sequence because without it it wouldnt be very interesting. We decided to use it through out the entirety of our clip because it can also determine how a character is feeling. For example if you have slow music they may be feeling upset.

Distribution is always shown in an opening sequance. A good example of a distribution is lionsgate because it is well known around the world and is highly respected. This means that there is more chance of an audience watching it if there is a popular distribution behind the making of the film. we decided to use lionsgate.

Name of film is also shown in most opening sequences. for it is shown at the start of most lionsgate productions. we decided to use a different font on ours so that you know that it is the main title and so that you know what the film is actually called. The main title needs to be obvious and it needs to use bright colours to ttract the audiences eyes.
 Slow paced editing is typically used as a convention of a horror. It is used to create a feeling of tension or suspense. For example in 'The Ring' when the woman gets the phone call, this scene is extended to show the audience how she is feeling at that given moment in time and also shows a lot of suspense and tension. We have used slow paced editing in the scene where the girl is walking down the hall way and in the end when our protagonist is getting ready. We have used it for exactly the same reason as the clip, to make the audience feel uncomfortable.

Faced paced editing is also used as a convention. It is used to make it feel like there is a lot happening at once and creates the feeling of tension. Again, it is used in the ring, when it shows the girl looking at the TV (Do not click on the GIF, It will play full video). We decided to do this at the end because it relieves the tension that is built up through out the clip.
Blood is also used as a convention. It is to make it seem like a lot has happened in a certain place and sometimes to make the audience feel uncomfortable. This is used in films such as Saw. We decided to use blood in our project because we wanted to make it look like the protagonist has been hurt in some sort of way.

Low key Lighting is also used as a convention of the horror genre. It is used in films such as Dracula to make a character seem more scary or aggressive. We used Low Key Lighting in some of our shots to make the ghost seem more scary and powerful compared to the rest of the characters.


Jump scares are also common in a horror film. It is used in films such as Annabelle. it is used to make the audience jump and making them want to keep on watching. We did this when the ghost moves into the camera.

Disabilities are also common in horror films. For example Nightmare On Elm Street, Freddie Kruegger is scarred for life because of burns. we used this on shannons arm where she had been burnt.



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