1. Lost Property
How does our media product use, develop or challenge
forms and conventions of real media products

2. Looking at our first shot it follows the conventional layout of a typical thriller movie
with a simple black background and a thin font with no forms or use of animation
and movement. There is also a contrast in the sizes of fonts we used with the main
titles always being enlarged and the supporting words being small. Rather than
starting with a moving image with a constant flow of titles we switched between
the two (Titles with a black backdrop and the moving image) at the beginning to
build tension in the opening credits leading to the opening scene to slow down
the pace.

3. The first shot we decided to show the audience was an establishing shot. Again
this follows a convectional form of a media product both in and out of the thriller
genre of film with it also being used in action oriented films and drama/comedy
films. This shot is mainly used to set the tone and atmosphere to the opening and
the rest of the film giving some hints to the films themes and motive.

4. Our second shot again follows the conventions within the use of a
thriller/action orientated movie. The shot is short showing a man slowly making
his way towards the camera. During this shot the camera slightly pans right
giving it slight movement to show that the opening is flowing and isn’t still also
giving it more purpose rather than just a still shot. It also only show’s the man
up to his knees leaving his body and more importantly his face unseen. This is
a convention typically used within thriller films to make the audience question
creating a more mysterious tone.

5. Moving on to the next shot type we used a lot in our opening, we used close ups
and extreme close ups. This is again conventional within the action/thriller genre
to show emotion and at times create suspense within a scene.

6. Again we used close up shots like the one below to give a clear view of what is
happening in the opening to avoid confusion and to also make use of our titles.
These mainly consisted of still shots with the titles being in a particular place in
the shot. We also avoided the use of animations and movement within the title
to deliberately make it flat to build tension slowly. This therefore slows down the
pacing of the opening on top of that with the slow atmospheric music.

7. This shot is the first that shows a contrast in the type of clothing our characters
are wearing. In this shot we see a man who appears to be stretching his hands
wearing a suit. The suit gives him more of an edge over our protagonist who only
appears to be wearing a simple hoodie. This contrast was done deliberately to
give our faceless villain more power over our younger black male protagonist.

8. We use a 180 degree pan which is the first shot that fully introduces our main
character. The use of the 180 degree pan was used to show that the character
is clearly thinking and trying to focus and avoid panic. This also shows a direct
challenge to stereotyping in society. Rather than using a young white male we
used a young black male to challenge the negative stereotypes of black
people in our society.

9. The shot below is incredibly simple. It shows the title of our film but also gives a
few hints to what our film may be based around without revealing the plot. Also
before that transition into the shot we show a close up of our main character
thinking to himself. To transition from this into the title shot we use a quick fade
visual effect to show the audience that we have gone back in time and are
now in fact watching our main characters memories rather than the present
moment. This again is another conventional use within thrillers and to give a
clear explanation into what is happening within a scene.

10. Above shows how we used the animation to show the transition. It also shows a
clear contrast the types of colour used with the flashback being much brighter

11. The close up below shows the transition of a suitcase from one dealer to our
protagonist. During the shot we used a slight animation slowing the frames down
to build tension and suspense. It also gives evidence to a small amount of
confusion in our main characters thoughts, slowing down this particular shot to
make it one of the more focussed memories in our protagonists mind.

12. Above are all the shots used during the flash back. During this segment of the opening we deliberately avoided the
use of still shots and went for a more shaky cam approach to give the flashback a more action orientated feel. This is
turn made everything seem slightly more dramatic than it actually was. On top of that we switched between the
shots much faster as a pose to the shots used to display our titles. This made everything much more fast paced
making them seem like a quick flash memory building the suspense making the audience think about what could be
happening or could have happened. To finish this short segment we faded back into the present with a darker shot
to show a clear contrast between the two time periods

13. The two shots above are again extreme close ups showing our main character
tied up. What makes this different however is the fact that the tension has been
risen to the point of desperation within our protagonist due many factors
including our suited man getting closer and his thoughts causing him to panic.
This is again another use of conventions within the thriller genre, building up
tension that eventually leads to panic

14. Our finishing shot we set up deliberately to belittle our main character by
placing him further back (making him smaller in the shot) and having the lights
around him and only him to show that he is the main focus within this shot. Our
villain is placed closer to the camera and is extremely dark to show a more
silhouetted image and to also show a clear view that he is the villain in this
segment. This shot also makes our protagonist extremely powerless due to him
being strapped on the chair unable to move. On top of that this whole shot is
set up to an extremely conventional themes that occurs in the thriller/action
genres with one man being strapped to a chair powerless and the other in full
control of the situation