1. Evaluation Question 1
I N W H AT W AY S D O E S Y O U R M E D I A P R O D U C T U S E ,
DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND
CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
2. Research on short films
Before we started production for our
short film. We had to identify the
forms and conventions of short films.
To find the forms and conventions, we
had watched various short films from
different sources:
YouTube
BBC Film Network
BFI short film DVD
4. Conflict and Simplicity
These two codes and conventions can come together when we look at
our short film. Firstly, the whole idea is simple, which is that William
owes Mohammed some money and that he is going to follow him
everywhere until he gets it back. This also links with the conflict as
William is constantly being followed and bothered by Mohammed,
constantly telling him to “go away” and “leave him alone”.
5. Limited Characters
Our film has used the convention of having limited characters.
By doing this, we allow the audience to only focus on our two
main characters, Mohammed and William, so that they are able
to get to know and sympathise with both characters.
6. Challenges the Audience
Once again we also use this
convention, especially at the
end of the short film. In the
end, William‟s character thinks
he‟s going home but once again
gets caught by Mohammed as it
suddenly cuts off just before
he reaches William. This cliff
hanger is a perfect way to
challenge the audience as they
can now use their imagination
to finish the story themselves,
allowing the short film to also
seem like a „small sample from
a feature film‟.
7. Limited Locations
The whole of the short film is shot in different places around one sixth
form. To an extent, we did use the convention of having limited locations as
everything was filmed within the sixth form. However we could also say
that we slightly challenged this code and convention as we did film in
various places around the sixth form, instead of sticking to one specific
location such as a classroom. However this was necessary as the short film
does involve William trying to escape Mohammed but he is constantly
appearing everywhere.
