Media Studies Evaluation

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

2. For cinematography I mainly focused on capturing specifics shot to
conform to our sub-genre, Romantic-Horror. I had to carry this
effectively in order to produce an excellent opening. Basic shots
such as Mid Shot, Long Shots, allowed us to show our audiences
what was going on and also to recognise characters.
Close Up
While filming, my main focus was not only to conform to common
shots used in the genre chosen but, to follow the feedback given
from our audience research. Most results came to terms of using a
lot of close ups. The effects of close ups intends for the audience to
become paranoid as they do not know what’s happening outside the
frame; this also creates a thrill that most people enjoy about
watching Horror films

3. Focus
We took the focus of the camera to our advantage. The camera focusing in and out
allowed us to send a message that something wrong is going on which conformed to
our genre and narrative.
The camera not being in focus also allowed us to challenge ourselves to see if
audiences actually understood what was going on and this was shown through
feedback received.

4. Mise-en-scene impacted our film massively! We really nurtured how our characters
were portrayed to conform to the codes and conventions of our genre.
Costumes
We kept our costumes to a minimum. There was no specific reason for this, we just
implied that it would make it easier to understand the stereotypes of the characters. For
example, Annabel was dressed in a pink cloak, to exaggerate how feminine she is. As
well as the male characters, which stuck to their costumes to a simple colour, which
conforms to the simplicity expected for male characters

5. Make-up
Make-up allowed us to create
effective images to follow codes and
conventions of our genre and to also
thrill our audience. The main
character that had their make-up was
Jason. We received inspiration from
well-known villain ‘The Joker’ from
batman. The joker’s well known for
being crazy, which we wanted to
portray for Jason. Doing this allowed
audiences to instantly understand
the characteristics of our villain.
Props
Props that were effectively used was
the pictures in Scene 1 and the gun.
This helped us to construct our
narrative. The use of the pictures
helped portray Jason’s obsessive
and crazy characteristics. As well as
the gun helped portray danger to
conform to the genre of Horror.

6. Location scouting was a problem. We debated over 2 locations. Our first initial location
was more proficient than the location used in our film, due to the fact that it’s
surrounding were more drastic where as the one used was found to be basic.
However, the location used still allowed us to conform the horror genre. The forest
emphasised the thrills we were trying to convey.
Haggerston
-Location we
Filmed at
Hackney Marshes-
Initial location

7. Without sound, I believe our opening would have meant anything. Sound allowed us to
emphasise mystery, horror and impact onto our audiences.
The music used at the beginning conformed to the psychotic behaviour of Jason. The
heartbeat used helped to create paranoia and allowed the atmosphere to be tense. The
sound effect of the gunshot helped to create realism as the gun used was fake.
What we intend to add is a voiceover of Jason to easily explain the narrative as this was
one of the problems people found watching our film.