Question 1

Q1)

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

For this coursework we had to create a two-minute opening sequence . Most of the time a opening sequencewill have a production and distribution company logo at the start, an establishing shot to show where it is being set for example ours is set in the urban area of sutton, titles to let the audience know what roles people had taken up and also let the style of the titles tell the audience what type of genre it is, close ups to introduce the characters and prompts the audience to ask questions about who the actors are and where they are. Company logos are also used in an opening sequence to let people know who the distributers and producers where so they gain recognition and if they enjoy the film will go to see others made by those companies.

An establishing shot will be use to identify the area that the location has been set in for example ours is in a car park and an alley way as we felt this urban area would suit the type of film we was making very well.

After considering all the elements for our film we decided on our final product. Since our film was a thriller we had low key lighting as we felt this would set the best mood for our type of film and pull the audience in more so that they would become more curious. Close ups are also important so because of this we had close ups of the dead body played by Andrew and close ups of Aaron so that the audience would be able to identify them and feel more connected to them.

In our film we have used lots of these conventions so that the audience would feel more intrigued to what was going on and so that they would ask lots of different questions about the film so that their more involved in it.

Opening Sequence First Draft