Question 1 - Word

1. Question 1: In what ways does your productuse, develop or
challenge forms and conventionsof real media products?
FirstlyIthinkthat mymediaproduct
challengesforms andconventionsof
real mediaproductsbecause
adventure filmsnevernormallyhave
the two maincharacters as females.
Thisis completelydifferenttothe
start of Piratesof the Caribbean
whichisa real mediaproductof the
same genre.Theirfilmhasverylittle
femalesin.
Anotherwayinwhichmy product
challengesconventionsisthe
locationitssetit.Many adventure
filmsare setinexoticlocationsor
out at seajust like Piratesof the
Caribbeanwhere the openingstarts
inthe highseasof the 19th
century.
Mine challengesthe conventionsof
real mediaproductsas its openingis
setin a normal townin England.
One way mymediaproductusesthe
conventionsof real mediaproducts
isthe use of a close upshotto add
emphasise aroundthe situation.In
Piratesof the Caribbeantheyhave a
close upof a cannon whichallows
the audience toknow that the
cannonis importantintheir
situation.

3. I have againusedformsand
conventionsof mediaproductsby
showingarelationshipwithnew
technologytoappeal tomy target
audiences.InanotherfilmI
researched(JamesBondSkyfall).
The main charactersshoweda
relationshipwithasmartphone and
laptop.
I alsodevelopedformsand
conventionsof real mediaproducts
by addinga powercut inmy
openingallowedme tokeepmy
audience ontheirfeetandexpect
otherunexpectedthingstohappen
whichiskeyin adventure/action
films.
I have againchallengeda
conventionof real mediaproducts
as my filmissetinmodernday.
Therefore Iplaceda TV in the
backgroundto show whatera my
openingissetit.Ina real media
productI researched (Piratesof the
Caribbean) the film issetinthe past
justlike IndianaJoneswhichis
anotherreal productof the same
genre.

4. All in all I think I have challenged real media products more than conformed to them. This is
because I wanted my film to appeal to my target audience more accurately and to find a gap
in my distribution company’s portfoliowhich I have. Having looked at Pirates of the
Caribbean it helped me to find the structure of my film. For example they find something out
which kicks the movie off which is the same of concept of mine because the ring the two
girls find leads them on their adventure. I have challenged forms and conventions as well
because the film is female orientatedwhich differs to the standard action/adventure film. I
have conformed to conventions in terms of my characters being innocent and stumbling
upon their adventure which most adventure film characters do. I also thought about the
lighting of my film and the atmosphere it would create which is very similar to most
adventure films including the two I researched.