1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
When making our media product ‘Vengeance’ we used, developed and challenge forms and conventions of real
media products. We met the conventions of a typical political thriller yet challenged them through our
development in order to for our audience to receive area’s they are familiar with but give them some variation
as well.
During the research process each of us looked at previous media products to help us achieve our political
thriller. With this in mind I analysed the use of camera, mise en scene, sound and editing, this helped me
understand the typical codes and conventions . One of the openings I analysed was ‘The Bourne Ultimatum’
and found that the titles used were on a black screen with white writing and placed in the centre of the screen.
When looking at other thrillers I found that a lot have used their titles in the same way which is why we
decided to use this generic convention in our own product.
I also found that strong characters appear to be
dressed smartly and presented well for example
James Bond in ‘Casino Royale’ He is always has
a suite on and is cleanly shaven. This compares to our actress who like James Bond is always wearing a suite
and looks presentable and smart therefore he shows a similar mise en scene. Not only this but we placed him
in the centre of the screen to show his importance in the film. This develops the generic conventions as our
male protagonist is presented stereotypically.
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