In what ways does your media product use,develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e of film openings)

The title of our film "Homicide" uses the convention of a real media products because 'homicide' is a synonym of the Assasination which is already a film.




The location/setting we used is a nearby local council area that was perfect to express the mood we were trying to set. Just behind "Kate" there is a park which we also used in our film so the location we chose was quite fortunate as everything we needed was around the same area. Our media product challenges the forms and conventions of a thriller film because our location is unique.

Our costume and props are appropriate for the thriller genre and are able to help set the scene. Our character "Kate" has 2 costumes to show the change in time and to show the first scene is a flashback of why she is being interviewed, also its clearly un-noticable but if you were to analyse the time change in detail you will notice that Kates hair (my hair) is longer than in the first scene. We did not want to use many props as props are a distraction so to add realism in the interview scene we used a piece of paper because not only did Harry not learn his lines but it is an extra effect. 'Warren's hair was styled to make the actor look older and more authorative which matches up to the conventions of a real media product.

The camera work and editing help us develop the forms and conventions of a real media project. A reason for this is that we found the interview scene challening to match up with the 180 degree rule and reverse cutting. The one thing we did not include which could of got us extra marks is some over the shoulder shots. We shared out the work between us I did most of the editing and Georga did most of the camera but we each still got a go to do one or the other. By the end of the project I still found it difficult to move the camera smoothly on a tripod.

Our sophisticated and realistic font style uses the conventions a real media product  Another convention if has used is the use of capital letters, Obviously the film title is not in capital letters but the title of a film in the animation of the film should be eye-grabbing and capital bold letters stand out which draw the audience in to the film.

The story of our film is set up by a flashback scene of the homicide that takes place between the two people. Kate the character on the left is in denial in the next scene and believes she has done nothing wrong. This is use of a real media product because it is a stereotypical interpretation of the thriller/murder mystery genre.. we find out or know 'who dunnit' at the beginning of the film.

The opening of the film suggests the genre because of the distributor Universal pictures. Universal recently released a crime thriller film called ' 4.3.2.1 ' By Noel Clarke. This might give the audience a hint into the genre. I think we achieved the genre but we could have made the narrative clearer.

The only special effect we used in our film was the title animation which was an effect already on Adobe Premiere Elements.   1 - starts off as normal text 2 - spins from side to side 3- transitions to number 4 where the effect introduces the next scene this challenges the traditional conventions of a real media product because it is rarely used, the effect would be seen as 'student film' which is what we are so if that is what we have achieved then it is a compliment.









our main character Kate is introduced by a mid-shot of her bottom half. This creates mystery as the audience are to find out who she is. This develops the form of a our media product.