evaluation Question 1

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

The basic conventions of a film opening are titles, the introduction of the main character, credits, shots, sounds ,narration some times Linear and non-linear etc. you need to include all of these to create a basic film opening containing the correct information.

The conventions for my genre are-
sound- It would be up beat and fast paced.
Credits- Big bold but simple.
Shots- Close ups, establishing shots, Mid shots, Close ups.
Narration-Linear and Non-linear.

I believe that i have used all of these conventions in our film opening.
The main character is introduced. She is introduced by narration this tell us what she is like and what she gets up to. I think this helps the audience understand what she is like and gives you a instant idea on what is going to be involved in the opening. The opening titles in the first scene are smart this matches the posh environment that is introduced in the opening scene. They then turn big and bold when the environment changes and she is in her double life this matches the conventions of the genre 'Crime' as in crime films every thing is big bold and shocking so we tried to match that using the titles. We use freeze frames in our opening to this is used when the camera is on her friends it will freeze with big bold letters spelling her their name. Lizzy will well be talking about them and what they are like using narration. We decided to use this as you see in a lot of 'Crime' films you see this used and i think it helps the audience understand each character. This technique is also used in the film 'Football Factory' also 'St trinians. The music is soft and classical at the beginning this challenges the conventions of crime films the music then becomes upbeat and rocky to match the double life.

Editing-We used jump cuts through out the fight this shows the passing of time we thought of using this after watching the film 'Green Street' to show the passing of time and to show that the duration of the fight lasts for a long time.
Sound-The sound is up beat and fast just like it is in the film 'Football Factory' this fits in with the suspense of the fight and it helps create a mood for the fighting and the anger.
Mis-en-Scene-
Costume- the characters are dressed in hoodies joggers and trainers this matches the stereotypical 'Chav' like in a lot of crime films such as 'Greenstreet'.

















Lighting-In the opening scene high key lighting is used for the horse riding to match the convention of a posh setting the lighting is then natural and high key lighting in the second scene. The high key lighting works very well with the fighting scene as it is a fighting scene and it works as it shows that they get up to mischeif as it gets late like a lot of 'Crime' films such as 'Green street' and 'Kidulthood'.

Actors- The actors all act big bold and loud this matches the stereotypical character in a 'Crime' film.

Make up- The make up is heavy this matches the girls that are involved in the crime films such as 'Kidulthood.










Props- We used a vodka bottle to show the use of alcohol in these types of areas this matches the alcohol abuse that is shown in many crime films.

Setting- For scene is set at a horse riding equestrian this matches the stereotypical posh background and the other scene is set in the park this is like 'Kidulthood' as i have mentioned as they hanf around in these typical areas.