Question 1 - In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and convention of a real media product?

First of all we have the title of our film. 

As you can see the writing is located on a black background. This is to give it a sense of mystery and doesn't really give much away as to what the film is actually about and where it is set.

Titles - font and style.

We have used a font that would represent the crime genre. As you can see it looks a little like a type writer font. This gives off a certain amount of mystery. Also we have chosen to put our font in white and it shows off nice and bold on the back background. We've kept the colors plain and simple so the audience doesn't get confused with all the colors. 

Location/setting.  

As you can see this is the front of the house where the trailer of the film starts. The house is very big and posh which shows someone of a wealthy background may be living here. But at the same time it doesn't give to much away.

The main part of the title sequence is set in Bellevue park. As you can see on this picture, it looks like a very lonely and isolated place. Perfect for doing dirty business without the police sniffing about. It is very mysterious and the audience will know something shifty is going to happen

The location when the suitcase swaps hand from Camilla to Charles is in the living room of the house. It is quite formal but also very secretive as there is no security cameras and also the deed is done inside the safe walls of Charles' house.

Costumes/Props.

The costumes that the characters are wearing are suitable for the characters and how we wanted them to look and also how they come across to the audience.

Charles Dixon (played by Haydn Kidd) was dressed in every-day casual clothes; jeans, a shirt and a jumper. His hair was styled with wax to look “normal” to portray a realistic, young-adult. The reason for this being that at first glance, his character is not the average criminal, which is different, something the audience will appreciate.

Camilla Dawson (Carys Lloyd) was dressed in smart, formal, business clothes; black trousers, a stripy top, a long black cardigan and  black high heel shoes. Her hair was tied up to show professionalism, as I wanted the audience to think that she was going somewhere business related.

The props that were used are:

• Briefcase

• Brown shoulder bag

• Mobile phone

• “Virus X”

As you can tell we did not use many props as we didn't want to over complicate our film. we have included all the main props which all pull together too create a huge sense of tension,mysteriousness and tension at the same time. These props inform the audience what the films all about and also shows how Charles is the main criminal (bad guy.) in the film. 

      Virus X transfers location from the first shot from inside to the suitcase to in the park where Charles is sitting on the bench with the virus in his brown leather over the shoulder bag, waiting to meet that mysterious individual. 

      The mobile phone is used as a source to communicate with the audience and also between the characters in the film. After we filmed our prelim we all decided it was best not to include dialog as it came across as a lot less formal. I feel using the technology creates a lot more suspense and tension which is the main aim of the film. 

Lighting.

In our film we decided to use natural light as we were trying to portray everyday life to the audience.I feel that natural lighting also helped create more tension. As we filmed in the day light, it was mainly sunny and bright light. At the end of the title sequence there is a beautiful shot when Charles (played by Haydn Kidd.) holds the Virus up in the air and the strobes of the sun gently shine through behind it. This lets the audience know the virus is the main part of the film and also the most dangerous element of the film. 

Characterisation. 

As you can see in this screen shot, Charles (as played by Haydn Kidd.) is behaving very shifty and mysterious. As he checks out the door when Camilla enters, as if he feels as though some one some was is waiting outside for him. This creates a certain amount of guilt in the atmosphere and this will be portrayed to the audience through this shot.

In this screen shot you can see Cammila's whole outfit from behind. As you can see she looks like an average everyday professional business woman, just doing what she does best and getting on with her work. She doesn't look suspicious one bit. Holding her head up high she looks very confident.

Camera Angles.

We have used quite a number of different camera angles to create tension and suspense. They also reflect the genre of our film. 

                                               - Mid shot.

- Pan Shot.

- Close up.

- Extreme close up.

Editing, transitions/ visual effects.




Genre. 

As you can see from all the points i have made further up in my blog all the aspects join together to make the genre of my film. The genre of my film is crime with the sub-genre of mystery.