Evaluation question 1

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

My media product uses a lot conventions of real media. This was done in various ways such as titles, production company logos, soundtrack, and the shots we had used. However the mise-en scene we used helped our opening sequence look more professional and had a bigger compression to the conventions of a real media products.

The uses of low-key lighting makes our opening sequences effective as it fits our genre. The low key lighting used gives the dark affect to the horror genre we had chosen. The high key lighting used in some of our scenes helped to change the mood of the audience where there was a compression in where she had the nightmare to when she woke up and the setting was bright with lots of lighting. This gave a chance for the audience to ‘catch their breath’ in what the audience experience and view in the begging (the nightmare).

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A long take is used as the first shot in my group's opening sequence. This shot was created for a number of reasons; firstly, it creates a sound bridge from the titles to this shot as the sound is suited to both. Secondly, it allows the audience to focus on the voice over which plays during the shot; they are not distracted by other images and can watch the rest of the opening sequence while remembering the ideas of the voice over.

Thirdly, it creates tension as the conventional use and this is suited to our opening sequence as it is a horror genre. In the opening sequence, the use of makeup and costume is important to realise the atmosphere of the nightmare. White clothes are used as it is often associated with the horror genre, and this makes it clearer for the audience to pick up on the genre of the media product.