1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?
2. Inspiration & Outfits
Inspiration
Our Media Studies Opening used, developed and challenged many different
forms and conventions of the Crime/Comedy genre. When coming up with
ideas for our opening, we looked for inspiration in films like 'Snatch' by Guy
Ritchie, and '30 Minutes or Less' by Ruben Fleischer. By re watching the opening
sequences and key scenes from these films, we finally came up with an idea
that would fit perfectly into our genre.
Outfit
We made sure the outfits we used covered our characters faces, as they would
do in a crime film to hide their identity. However, they are wearing hoodies,
white reflective glasses, and one of them is even wearing a beanie with a
bobble on top. This is the comedy element that we tried to incorporate. These
choice of outfits try to emphasize the fact that these characters are in fact still
just teenagers, and even though they try to be professional with their disguises
and weapons, there's still a hint of childishness.
3. Music
When searching for music, we tried to find music that would completely seem out of
place. We used a heavy and upbeat track that you would probably see in a fast
paced, professionally done montage, with special rooms dedicated to planning,
matching outfits and blueprints strung up on a wall.
Location
We decided to set our opening on a balcony outside of an apartment and in a
garage. This reinforces the idea of the characters not being professional. When
coming up with this opening idea, we thought back to the scene in '30 Minutes or
Less' where the two characters start spray painting two fake toy guns black, which is
what gave us the idea for the almost 'last minute' preparation stage, where we just
stepped out the apartment door and suited up.
Weapons
When taking a hold of the weapons, you can see them laid out on a garden table.
This again reinforces the comedy element, in which we got inspiration from the film
'Pineapple Express' where two characters start gearing up in a rundown house, from
guns that were hid behind a painting on the wall, and there is a montage of them
holstering the gun, and pretending to shoot them.
