Question 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Used Conventions:


We have used some conventions that are seen in other media products, such as;

-Titles: We have to use titles in our opening sequence and these are for the actors names, the crews names, the companies (distribution and production), the directors and the designers. Without titles it wouldn't be  an opening sequence. To the right are the titles from 'The Fall' and below are the titles from our opening sequence 'Killing Jennifer'. 

We decided to put the title of our piece at the end of all the titles, whereas 'The Fall' appears near the beginning of the opening sequence. Both pieces have titles over shots and not over black apart from our main title and the production company on 'The Fall'. We haven't really developed on the convention of titles as there isn't really anything for it to develop onto.

-Kidnapped: We have used the typical situation/dilemma that is seen frequently in the thriller genre. The kidnapped victim would wake in up in a place not familiar to them and will try to scream for help.




Developed Conventions: 


We have developed some conventions further than just the bare basic. These 'developed conventions' are;


-Genre: We have developed on the sub-genre of thriller, a psychological thriller. This is sometimes seen in similar media products but not as often as normal thrillers. The film titles on the side of this post are 'Psychological thrillers'. The term means a film of the thriller genre, that delves into the mind within in the topic of the film. For example, 'The Shining' is about a man who takes the job as a caretaker, however this involves staying in the hotel for a few months, so he brings his family. He begins to psychologically break down and tries to kill his family. This is a perfect example of a psychological thriller as it has all of the conventions of a thriller but has more depth.




Challenged Conventions:


We have challenged some of the typical conventions that are seen in other media products. These are;

-Kidnapped character: Our kidnapped character is a female, which is a typical convention, however we challenge it as she is a strong female character. She wants to escape, she fights to escape and during of which she gets hurt and discovers things, not once does she panic and this isn't a convention seen in many media products.




-Disequilibrium: Our opening sequence begins with a situation that is not normal (she wakes up, tied up in a garage) this breaks the equilibrium and makes it 'disequilibrium'.