In
what ways does the media product use,develop or challenge forms and conventions
of real media products?
As a group last year we were aware
of all aspects what are needed to create a successful, one of those being
continuity. Continuity meaning each shot follows on from one another. This rule
is required for audience purposes as it allows the media product to be
understood thoroughly also above all it makes the plot believable.
We achieved continuity by mainly
keeping the mise en scene same throughout. We did this by ensuring if we were
filming on different days we filmed at similar times to try and get the
lighting as similar as possible, obviously this was something slightly out of
our control however we did our best to maintain similar day light, which
overall did work in our favor as shown by the images below. (the kidnap scene
and fountain scene were filmed on different days). When looking back now the
only issue i think was the sun, on the fountain scene it was partially sunny
and on the kidnap scene it was mainly grey, however continuity was still
maintained to some level as it just showed time progression and added to the
story of Hollie waiting a while for Ethan.
Another contributing factor to the
continuity of our film was clothing. We ensured Hollie despite filming on
different days was wearing exactly the same as she was the previous time we was
filming. Also silly things such as hair styling and makeup all adds to the
effect what continuity as you can see below...
The 180 degree rule also was
present throughout film. We used a static camera on a tripod which meant a
seamless continuous level was maintained whilst panning the camera etc. The
change in equipment from last years preliminary task where we held a small
Panasonic camera was vast and majorly improved continuity levels throughout our
media product.
This year i feel our media product
conforms to the typical thriller conventions as an appose to challenge them. We
had a typical antagonist (male) and typical protagonist (vulnerable female). We
found this was a recurring theme in most thriller films similar to ours such as
the call. Another contributing factor to the typical conventions was the fact
that our antagonist was kept a mystery until the end of the film shown below...
The typical conventions we have
stuck to i don't feel are boring i just think it will give the viewer full
satisfaction in what to expect however we add a twist with the cliff-hanger at the
end giving the film an edge.
The main aim of our film was to
entertain the audience giving them satisfaction and pleasure in what they were
seeing, to do this we used an entertaining genre which allows us to use
suspense and action in our 5 minute film. The plot of the film keeps the
audience intrigued throughout, right until the very end. I feel we have
achieved this as our film gives a range of emotions keeping it entertaining to
watch. However, although it is there to entertain we felt our film could be
used in educational ways to show the dangers of the internet. We aimed to show
that no one is entirely sure who they are speaking to which we took inspiration
from the Catfish series, and I am very confident that we achieved this by using
the most dramatic way possible of showing Hollie being kidnapped as it gives a
sense of shock and highlights the dangers
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