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

Because we wasn't really sure on which institution we should use for our opening sequence,

we decided to use the Candi Studios one because it was easier for us to find and it also went

pretty well with our sequence, where it had this original thrilling suspense to it, it went well.

This is our title for our title sequence. We decided to use 'UNEXPECTED' because our film is basically about guys who date this one girl but do not expect something to happen to then at the end.. we used the colour read because it symbolizes the fact that there is death involved. the sound over this is a non diegetic

this here is a close up of girl (killer) and the guy on a date at the dinner table

holding hands. we have used the same font as the title for the credits only that

it is in small letters and not all capitals, this is because we wanted to keep it

consistent. we wanted to make sure that the sound creates suspense so we used

a violin playing continuously and at some points it gets louder then goes back to

low repeatedly.

This here is a over the shoulder shot that we did. Here we added a screaming sound which keeps the audience alert and (hopefully) scares them too. we did this to lead it into the back-flash to show what she has done in the past so the audience get a bit of understanding on what it is about.

this is a close up of one of the killers victim from the past. this is where the back-flash leads to. the sound here is the original sound of him making noises as he needs some help. we did not add any other sound into this part because we thought that it is more effective.

COMPARISON.

The title sequence i choose to compare with ours is "HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT" i only choose this because it is actually quite similar to ours. why i say it is similar is because it is also a romantic thriller only the story-lines are different. another similarity in this opening sequence is the way their credits fade in and fade out - just like ours. There font isn't exactly the same though and nor is the the colour of is formal, and so is ours but where theres seems more of a bit of comedy, their credits has a little twist to show it. also, the film is focused more on female than male which is another similarity. however their institution also seems cheap like ours. i chose this shot because it reminds me much of the shoulder shot in ours where she looks into the mirror.

question 2- difference and similarities between two of our characters and two characters from a real film.

Leonor shala - our victim . leonora's ex boyfriends who lays in fear and tries to break free and the photo from the hostel the victims head in his hand. the two differences between these photos are for the simple facts that one photo does not actually contain the killer. and one of the victims have lost a body. one is male and one is female so from this we can see the simple facts that not only one sex is killed and both are in danger. one killers is out on the prowl outside and the other is being tied up and buried outside.

UNEXPECTED

Both characters have decided to capture there victims in two slighlty different ways. in hostel the man has his vicim tied up on a chair and looks as if he is going to torture him and them slaughter him.whereas in unexpected the physco just wants to burry him but with a twist and do it while he is alive.

Question 1 of Evalutaion-continued conventions of real media products.

whilst making our opening sequence we had to make sure that we followed the codes and conventions. as there are certain things in which we expect a thriller to contain which are suspense and thriller. however our opening in a different sense created suspense in a slow seductive way. instead of coming with a straight bang and giving the audience a quick thrill. we took our time in setting the tone and genre as we had shots which popped up which were set with a romantic theme, which makes the audience think that this is not a thriller at all. also in our opening we have a few close ups for example we had a close up shot of the characters holding hands however it seemed to set the kind of theme for the film well anyway thats what we wanted the audience to think anyway. whereas the sound throughout the opening i think was the biggest clue and give away in a way of what our film was about like for example, the way you can hear the footsteps s distinctive and clear.

we called our opening ' UNEXPECTED'. it is a romantic thriller. The red which we used helped to associate it with romance. how ever it also related the the thought of blood and death. finally the font is formal and mysterious.

Question 1 evaluation-conventions and real media products- Part One

The very first shot you see in the opening of our tittle sequence we saw is ' Candi studio's'. our college name is what we choose to use and then we split the colour between both of the words . Into the colours of our college id. so there was a realtion between us and our representation of our college in the opening.

the tittle of our film was 'Unexpected' where we also used red. the colour red has a lot of words which follow or that are thought of when the colour red comes to mind. like blood. our main character is a killer so it is as if our tittle and the colour represents the twist in which there is in the film .

Question 1) Ways our media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products

Image 1 is our institution company "Candi Studios" We chose to do this institution

because it was cheaper, and it was easier to find. When the institution shows the

sound vibrates the room and, it already has the thrilling suspense to it already.

When the i vibrates the room, it has the thrilling suspense to it already.

Image 2 is our title of the thriller title sequence "UNEXPECTED". Which is a romantic

thriller.We chose to make the colour of the title red because, we associated romance

with red which signifies blood and death and, romance can also be associated with

roses . The font is formal, broad and, suspicious.

Image 3 is a close up of both of the "lover's" holding hands at the dinner table. The

font of the credits are the same as the actual title. We decided to keep the title and

credits the same because we wanted to keep it consistent. The sound is

continuous, it is like a piano playing repeatedly which creates suspense as the

audience do not know what is going to happen next.

Image 4 is a over the shoulder shot of the character looking into

the mirror. When the character looks into the mirror, there is a screaming sound,

which puts the audience on edge.

Image 5 is a close up on the characters face tied up. Here we decided to have natural

sound because the character was making moaning sounds which make the audience

have sympathy for the character. You can also hear the sound of the nature which

gives the audience an insight of the location.

Image 6 is close up of both characters. The victim and the murderer.

Image 7 is a close up of the murderer's face, and the victim is in the background.

Our opening title sequence devolped the forms and conventions. As we did not come with the thrill straight away. The use of close ups and sound effects gave it away, that something is going to happen. For example the sound of the heels and the creeking of the door. At the same time all these things built up the tension and suspense in our title sequence. And we built up tension in a seductive way, as it is a romantic thriller.

I chose to compare our title sequence to "He loves me, he loves me not" because it is a romantic thriller just like ours, but it seems more like a family comedy film, so it does not get straight to the point. I noticed that the font used in "He loves me, he loves me not" is quite similar to our title sequence, accept the font in ours is red. And the way the credits fade in and out. However, in "He loves me, he loves not" the credits looks in formal, whereas our title sequence credits looks more formal. I think the font for our title sequence and "He loves me , he loves me not" shows the femininity of the films, because the main characters are women. I chose the still image of the woman's face because, this shot is similar to our title sequence, as we have close ups and clear shots of the characters face. I noticed that the character looks normal, young, and innocent, but she may also have a dodgy side to her. Compared to our main character, they have the same personalities. The sound for our title sequence was patronising and it drags on. while the sound in "He loves me, he loves me not", is a happy, calm, and soothing. The institution used in "He loves me, he loves me not", is not a famous big institution, because it may not be an expensive movie.

Question 5) Who would be the audience for your media product?

Jessica, is 18 years old, she is currently studying criminology at the metropolitan university in London, as she wants to pursue a career as a criminologist. When she was younger, she wanted to be a famous actress, starring in a thriller films. She is working part time at Marks and Spencers. She enjoys inviting her friends to her flat to watch thriller and or horror films such as, Drag me to hell and Saw 6, which are one of her hobbies. She enjoys going clubbing and most of all enjoys going shopping especially at Uni Qlo and Top shop (especially for their handbags). Jessica cannot live without her handbags, and in them she has her, mobile phone, oyster card, purse, make up and, her lucky charm which was given to her from her grandmother who was a famous actress internationally starring in thriller films, before she passed away.

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Question 8) Audience feedback and comment

This is the green screen where we watched our title sequences.

This is an image of part of the audiences' reaction at the green screen. Annika of the left looks horrified, as she is braced up in her sit. Leonora in the middle, looks happy, as she saw herself on the big screen. Yolande on the right, looks confused.

As seen on our 'word cloud' made on wordle, we got positive feedback from our peers. We got feedback such as symbolic, psychological, and eye catching. Which was positive because this what we wanted our audience to think, so we were not really shocked about the feedback we received from our audience. We chose those colours for our word cloud, because we wanted colours that signified darkness, depression, death, and blood.