Q1)
In what ways does
your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real
media products?For our coursework we had to make a two minute opening sequence for a chosen genre that we liked. To do this we had to research opening sequences and what goes into them. We found out that an opening sequence includes a production and distribution company, titles, close ups and gain clues. Logos are what are used for the production company and distribution company. It is what makes the audience recognise who they are. The titles are how you know who are involved with the production which is the cast and crew and also the production and distribution companies. Close ups are used to get some clues for what's going to be happening in the film, they are used a lot in horror films.
Our group decided on choosing horror as our genre for this project. The conventions of an opening sequence of a horror film are quick cuts to build tension for the audience and for them to ask questions about what's happening, close ups to make the audience also ask questions and low key lighting
Quick cuts are used in Saw in it opening sequence as you get the feeling of that the man has in the water, shock and being scared. It is also building tension as you want to see what happens to the man in the water.
Our film used many conventions mentioned but we also challenged some for example we didn't use an establishing shot, which is a typical convention, in ours as we didn't want to give a location, it was what one the questions the audience asked would be, we also did use quick cuts all the time we have some slow shots with a pan in them it was to make the audience feel a sense of being safe at the start but that is about to change as it goes into more quick cuts towards the end. Challenging the conventions makes audience ask more questions which is why I thought this was successful.
