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

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

In comparison with other real film openings, I believe that there are some obvious similarities between real media products of a thriller genre and our film opening.

It is obvious from the evidence above that our film opening titles shows a sign of creativity and also builds a sense of dark and loneliness which fits in with the genre very well and will interest or maybe suspend our audience, this is very typical of a real film opening in this particular genre.
Also, the music piece we have used in our film opening creates a real eery feeling of suspense which also makes it seem like a real film opening as it is very common for a real film opening to create such an eery feeling.
The genre, being thriller/horror had to be presented clearly, we tried to bring this across with big bold titles that show clearly the producers and the companies but also bring the genre across well which is brought through in our dark and mysterious titles. Also we tried to make our opening seem effective by having short clips of film then straight into a title, then another short clip of filming then into another title. we did this three times to show our creativity which in many was is similar to lots of real film openings.
Our film opening is very obvious and recognisbale as belongnig to the genre of thriller/horror. This is shown through the mis ene scence which is very dark at the beginging and gives a sense of enigma as to why the girl is runnung and what she is running away from. This makes our film opening seem very real as many real media products if this genre start with a similar story line and give a sense of enigma, this is very typical and common in a real film opening.

Also, our use of editing and jump cuts brings across that the character is confused and rehabilitated which relates to our genre of film. This is also very typical of a real film opening, to get the audience interested and feel connected to the character and make them care about her and her feelings is what a real film would aim for

Typically a real film opening shows details of cast and crew, the film title and the Production companies, this helps the main characters of the movie be recognised and given credit for their work. I feel that we covered all of this in our film opening which allows it to be viewed as a real film opening.

These conventions are very important in making a film opening recognisable as a real film in its specific genre. We didnt try to challenge these conventions too much as we realised the main conventions obviously do good in a film opening and sell the story well. However we felt the need to break the law of continuity by using a few jump cuts in the last scene. we decided this was a good way to let the audience know our character is confused and we tried to bring real emotion through and effect our audience.

Revulsion - Main task

Time Management: Updates

Filming today went really well, however it was a bit awquard to film as it was 5 o`clock and obviously home time which meant it was really busy at the train station so we had to wait for a while so get a better effect of the main character being lonely. However we got all the shots we needed to get so now we can start editing our film opening.

Time management: Updates

Unfortunately we was not able to film last yesterday as the weather was really bad and there was heavy rain which meant that our film wouldn't look continuous if suddenly it is raining. However, we are going to carry on filming tomorrow day time and night time to get the different effects of the time of day.

Time Management: Updates

Last night we only managed to film shots 1- 10 as it took us longer than we thought it would. However we are going to continue filming today after college and try to finish all our filming so that we have enough time to edit it and make it look continuous.

Time Management: Updates

Today we are going to start our filming of our film opening.
Today we are going to films shots 1,3,5,7,8,9,10,11,12,13 and 14. We have made sure that our actor Emma Wilcox is ready and available and have organised for her to meet with us in Worcester town centre tonight at a specific time. We have also got the props we need at the ready. Hopefully filming will go well today as we will then continue with filming tomorrow after college.

Organisation: Locations

Here is a risk assessment for the location of Worcester town centre and the train station which is where we will be shooting the first part of our film opening.

Organisation: Props/Costume

This is a table showing all the props needed to film our film opening and the source of our props.

Organisation: Casting

Here is a table showing our main actress and extras. Using only three characters we hope this will come across effective as the whole film is based on the main character Emma.