Part 4- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?



Narrative

In our opening sequence, we establish the narrative of the story from the beginning. This is because we used text to help the audience understand what has happened so far. In doing so, this helps the audience have an idea of what to expect. We got the idea of this from other films that have done the same. These films included Terminator Salvation and Bladerunner. These were both effective when used.

Genre

Our sequence is not meant to give a lot away, but you can still see the horror genre that we have chosen. This is shown by the music that's played over the top. It gives the sequence an eary and edgy feel. This is typical in a horror sequence. Music like this used in horror films such as The Shining. This was really effective as it made a simple looking sequence scary. We also used a scary type of text. This works well as it suits the sequence. This overall creates an effective horror opening sequence.

Camera, Angle, Shot movement and Position

We used many long shots in our sequence. These shots help show setting. These shots were also a good way to help introduce characters to the scene. We used tight shots to help create a sense of understanding in the audience. This helped create the tension needed to give the film a scary feel.

Continuity and Editing

 There were many cuts throughout our sequence. We used long scenes to help create tension. We didn't want to use many quick cuts, as it would ruin the long eary feel we wanted to create. Overall, it worked really well.

Sound

We created our own music for the sequence and that worked really well. It was a slow sound that worked well with the long scened we used. It gives the sequence tension and makes it scary. It fits in perfectly with the scene, making it work really well.

Mise-en -Scene

When we look at the mise-en-scene, there's a lot to talk about about. We gave the actors very casual clothes to wear. This shows that they are average, normal day, kids. Also shows us that this zombie outbreak was unexpected. We used different props throughout our opening title, guns and a fake hand. The fake hand was used in many scenes. This helped as an indicator to show that the area is dangerous. This goes for the guns as well. The lighting in this sequence varies. This is because scenes are in and outside. What helps is that the outside is quite gloomy. This is because it had been raining and the sky weren't as bright.

Typography

The text we used throughout was effective. This is because it has a broken effect. This suits the sequence as our film is violent. The title is different as it is blood red. This suiting the film as zombies are drawn to blood. Also the effect on it gives the sequence an edgy feel.