Evaluation Question 1

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

To establish the plot of our film, as a group we decided which genre of film we would all prefer to do. After an easy decision to do a horror/ thriller film, we all wrote a brief story line containing three characters where one would murder the other. Later, we concluded that our final plot would be the best to use as it would be the easiest to film whilst including a non - linear set and flashbacks.
The genre to our film is horror/thriller/crime. To do this we used obvious, stereotypical scenes that would occur during these genres of films for example, the murder in the kitchen portrays the horror and crime, whilst the wood scene resembles the thriller.

During the clip, we used a variety of camera angles and shot movements and positions. For example, during conversations, shot reverse shot was using to show the two characters having the conversation and their facial expressions towards one another. We also used close ups and extreme close ups to represent the same point. Establishing shots were used to set the scene and to show characters that were involved in each scene and their clothing. Hand held camera movements were also used during the wood setting to create a shaky effect to create tension and convey fear as the girl is stalked through the wood. Fast pace editing was used during this scene to again portray the fear of the girl as she is walking through the wood. We edited in a sound clip we found to add more suspense to this scene. We also used other sound examples such as sound effects, when the girl is hit over the head with the hammer, which was recorded using a zoom recorder, dialogue which is frequently used throughout the film and another sound clip edited in for the title sequence.

For the mise-en-scene, we were very stereotypical to what each character would wear, for example dressing the mother in typical chavy clothes: joggers, trainers and a tracksuit jacket, whilst dressing the two girls in typical teenage clothing: jeans, jumper, coat. We dressed the murderer in dark clothing to create a mytersious and sinister look and always wearing a hood so their identy is never revealed.

For the fonts during the title sequence we used a bold font type and colour to make it look more intimidating. We also lined the text with red to link it back to the murder to convey blood and danger.