In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of the film opening)
The first frame is the title of the film which is '21 DAYS'. The font was very simple and plain we had a white outline to make it stands out, we also decided on a black background this made the title non distracting from the film and goes well with our genre. To not bring distractions from the film we had the title near the beginning of the film.
we used the woods as our setting because it makes the sequence more exciting and you can sense that something is going to happen. This means that if there was a killing no one would see it or no one would be able to hear anything. As the girl is running away you can sense that the girl isnt going to escape. So we estabilished this shot by placing the characters in the woods. This shot is very important as it places the characters in the woods and sets the scene, other wise it wouldnt be clear.
The shot we are showing here is a costume view of the killer, he is dressed in all black because we wanted him to be viewed as a mysterious and dangerous person. You can see the killer is holding a knife and this gives the impression that he is about to murder someone/something. We used a worm eye shot this is a shot which empathise with the girl and you put yourself into her position. A scream is heard this is to make it clear that the girl will be murdered.
For this shot we done tracking which means you see the character from a side view which is a getting away from the killer. This is a handheld camera work which helps the audience notice who she is and makes a bigger reaction. This shot also helps the killing as this never was planned, it gives you a mystery as the shot doesnt give it all away.
In this shot you can see this a dectective have a meeting on the murder, this helps the story line as it explains a little bit of the killing but doesnt give out too much. In this scene it introduces the main characters which your going to throughout the film. It also helps the genre of the film as we done crime and we based our idea on L.A confidential'
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In this shot we changed the angle of the view, because the angle isnt in a normal angle this shows that there is something going on as it creates a tension. The angle also brings forward that something is going to happen, as straight away its tilted. The tilting to the angle also makes it seem very odd and you do start questioning how did she get inside the woods. The angle doesnt give anything away to early, so thats when the crime investigation can begin.
We let the actors titles take up the whole screen, as we want to create the tension and dispense for the killing. I.E 'when watching a film and its getting good, the tension is building you start getting really into it, then pop up comes a title. It would make you feel like OH COME ON!!!' this is how we want to address the audience. The names are all diffeent colours, just lightens up the atmosphere, although they pull the attention away.
This shot is a low angle shot, this to make the audience see whats happening and make them notice that the girl is about to get killed. You see the feet slip then you notice that she cant and isnt able to get back up. we added jarring cuts to make the audience feel a little uncomfortable. When the girl slips you can hear the difference in music which leads to the murder.
for this shot, we zoomed in onto his face, because this detective is quite important and also creates him to be noticed. The shot can symbolise about what other things have happened. In 'GoodFellas' they used a quick zoom onto the characters face, so you can lip read and also hear the importance of what is going on. This does help the viewer understand and still doesnt give too much information out.
