In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Our product uses and develops thriller genre in our own thriller to endure that the audience can recognise the aspects of a thriller in our opening scene. We did this through the genre of music we used, our props, costumes, setting and editing. I think we used a lot of conventions that you would see in real media products in our sound and editing as we could then really think about and improve as we go along which was the main reason we re-filmed so many times as we weren't staffed that our opening looked as professional as it could be even with the limited tools we had. Using the techniques and tools we have learnt over the time since our preliminary task we found that they acme very helpful in making the film look eerie and it helped build suspense in our opening.
For example: the titles and credits in a real thriller film are very important as they can sometimes determine how popular the film becomes and if people continue to watch the film after there fist impression. My group and i decided on the title 'APRIL' because it was short and it stood out, as through our research we could not find a film with the same name. Also the title has to link somehow into the film which also helped us with our decision because the main character's name is April giving a direct link between the two. The credits at the start of any film especially thriller films are very important as if the film states that it has been distributed by Warner Bro's then people are more likely to watch it as they are a very well known and global film company. Stereotypically credits are small enough to be barely noticeable this is because they are normally played when the film has started son they give you an indicator of who is in the film but at the same time doesn't distract you from the start of the film.
In our thriller opening i found that the music is incredibly important as it causes suspense and the sound effects make moments more intense or set the mood for others. We initially use the composition Conspiracy which then moves onto to Silent hill which then leads to the sound of Poppy's heart bating erratically when she is being questioned. In a lot of Thrillers and for the same in ours there are long periods of time where there is no dialogue just simply music or sound effects.
We used quick close-ups near the end of our thriller of Poppy's face to show her emotions and her looking disoriented this could also have made her look suspicious to the audience as she zones out of the scene with the echoing of people voices in the background.
Our last scene of our thriller was very dark and shows April, beaten, bruised and vulnerable, which shows real media conventions as this would be scene in a thriller film. We took this shot fist with her eyes closed and then show them opening but it also expresses all the emotions she's feeling in that moment emphasising her injuries as if to say those are only the ones you can see.
We used a lot of different shot in our opening a one very commonly used in thriller films are shot reverse shot and match on match as most of the time either people would have an argument or others would run out of a room from fear or anger. For example we used a shot reverse shot between Poppy and the investigator, this would make sure the audience knew that this was April's younger sister. Also as the investigator introduces her self and makes sure that she is talking to her sister we also used a pan of the room showing all of April's family and friends to emphasise that she just a normal teenager under 18 who lives at home with her loved ones.
Thrillers generally use a lot of props and costume to ensure the audience understand what type of film it is. In most thrillers they usually have weapons of some sort and i think because we don't it does add to the suspense as no one is carrying anything harmful but a girl in her late teens just disappears into thin air.
For example: the titles and credits in a real thriller film are very important as they can sometimes determine how popular the film becomes and if people continue to watch the film after there fist impression. My group and i decided on the title 'APRIL' because it was short and it stood out, as through our research we could not find a film with the same name. Also the title has to link somehow into the film which also helped us with our decision because the main character's name is April giving a direct link between the two. The credits at the start of any film especially thriller films are very important as if the film states that it has been distributed by Warner Bro's then people are more likely to watch it as they are a very well known and global film company. Stereotypically credits are small enough to be barely noticeable this is because they are normally played when the film has started son they give you an indicator of who is in the film but at the same time doesn't distract you from the start of the film.
In our thriller opening i found that the music is incredibly important as it causes suspense and the sound effects make moments more intense or set the mood for others. We initially use the composition Conspiracy which then moves onto to Silent hill which then leads to the sound of Poppy's heart bating erratically when she is being questioned. In a lot of Thrillers and for the same in ours there are long periods of time where there is no dialogue just simply music or sound effects.
We used quick close-ups near the end of our thriller of Poppy's face to show her emotions and her looking disoriented this could also have made her look suspicious to the audience as she zones out of the scene with the echoing of people voices in the background.
Our last scene of our thriller was very dark and shows April, beaten, bruised and vulnerable, which shows real media conventions as this would be scene in a thriller film. We took this shot fist with her eyes closed and then show them opening but it also expresses all the emotions she's feeling in that moment emphasising her injuries as if to say those are only the ones you can see.
We used a lot of different shot in our opening a one very commonly used in thriller films are shot reverse shot and match on match as most of the time either people would have an argument or others would run out of a room from fear or anger. For example we used a shot reverse shot between Poppy and the investigator, this would make sure the audience knew that this was April's younger sister. Also as the investigator introduces her self and makes sure that she is talking to her sister we also used a pan of the room showing all of April's family and friends to emphasise that she just a normal teenager under 18 who lives at home with her loved ones.
Thrillers generally use a lot of props and costume to ensure the audience understand what type of film it is. In most thrillers they usually have weapons of some sort and i think because we don't it does add to the suspense as no one is carrying anything harmful but a girl in her late teens just disappears into thin air.
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