Evaluation 1 In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Camerawork and Editing

So what can I say about this shot? Well it is a low angle shot looking down at the woman in my film. In this frame there is a tree to the left, this helped to create a sense that she is being watched by something or someone. This is a convention of horror and is used in many horror films.
I also used an editing technique which allowed me to adjust colours to create an eerie ‘you are being watched’ feeling. This helped to show the audience that the film is a horror and created mystery from the beginning.

Title font and style

Short, simple and unoriginal, explains my titles. I did not want fancy elaborate titles; it would not fit my genre at all. The use of a serif font helped create a serious tone to tell the audience that it was no spoof movie like many others.

Special Effects

This frame is half way through, I used the special effect to darken down the image to create a sense of evil. It helped the audience see this character is a bad character. this follows the conventions of a horror film.

Costume and Props

In this shot we can clearly see a teenage girl walking in casual clothing. This helps create an image that she is innocent and to follow the conventions of a horror, the innocent girl is always the one to go first. She is wearing a purple hoodie and blue trackies. These colours connote calm innocense in comparison to red which connotes death.
Although not in this shot the creature is not human so is not shown wearing any human clothes.

Setting and Location

This frame is when the valnerable girl is walking home through the woods. I decided to chose this location because it suggests that the creature came from the forest. this develops the conventions of the pyschological part of horror because it plays on the mind. Some people believe there to be animals that have not been discovered and my film plays on the idea that maybe we are not to top of the food chain. Because there is natural bright light she is safe, becasuse it connotes safety whereas darkness connotes danger.

Story, how the opening sets it up

In this shot we can see a hand opening up a door. This is a point of view shot because we are seeing through the eyes of someone. This helps to open up the story that people are followed and chased. This grabs the audience because they will want to find out what happens to the creature and the girl.......obviously she is killed....or is she? 



How Charcters are introduced

 From this frame we can see a very scared woman. This helps develop the conventions of a horror because the women are always targeted. This character is only in the movie for the beginning so doesn't need a name. From the expression on her face you can see she is worried, thinking ‘’maybe it's all in my head’’.

The Title of the film

The Unknown, sounds like a good movie, would like to see it. I chose this as a title because it develops the conventions of a horror that there is an unknown force or creature, examples where this can be seen is resident evil, The Unborn and Nightmare On Elm Street. Behind the writing is a still image that I filmed but did not actually ad into my film but is adjusted the colour using the editing software on iMovieHD.




Genre and how the opening suggests it

What can we seen in this shot? If you look in the top left hand corner you can see a creature. I used the rule of thirds to help me here. Research shows that an audience will pay attention to the top left if the shot was cut into thirds. This draws the attention to the creature and the audience can see that there is no chance the woman can escape. This suggests that the genre is horror because there is a creature, it is dark and a woman is trapped these are all conventions of a horror film.