In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Our media product- a thriller opening- uses the correct forms and conventions of other professional media products. We used inspiration from a variety of films which are genres of supernatural and action, for example; Psycho, The Ring, Paranormal Activity, The Devil Inside, and The Grudge.
The production company logo is always shown first; the graphics used to introduce the names of the cast and the director, the name of the film and the production/distribution company are usually the same and have the same effects. We showed this in our media product by following the same type of film opening as Psycho;
In Psycho, there is a establishing shot in which it shows the setting of the victims house. It also states it by text; we also used an establishing in our film opening to show the quiet suburban area of where it is set. However we did not state the setting by text because we did not want to ruin the atmosphere.
THE TITLE SEQUENCE;
our title sequence is completely different to Psycho; instead it could be compared to The Taking of Pelham 123.
The main character is shown first whilst the movie is playing. They only last three seconds so you dont miss any of the action.
After a couple more title shots of the cast, some of the production team come up. In The Taking of Pelham 123, they have a bulk of the cast names so they can fit all of their names in time for the first part of the movie. Because we hardly had any people in our production team, we did it one by one.The title of our movie comes right at the end of out film opening whereas in The Taking of Pelham 123, it comes just after the two main characters. However the way they are shown is quite similar; both movie titles are shown against a black background and have transitions when they go;
The Taking of Pelham 123
Our film opening; TWELVE.
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