2. Q1: In what ways does your media product use,
develop or challenge forms and conventions of
real media products?
In our horror film we have developed typical horror film
conventions.
What we have done to develop them is:
๏ Someone getting killed in the beginning
๏ A man getting killed instead of the women
๏ The killer is not seen at all
๏ Nobody tried to escape
We did this to bring variety and make it different from all the
same conventions. By developing the conventions we
have made a product 100 times better than if it was the
same.
3. How does your media product
represent particular social groups?
๏ My media product represents particular social groups by
having actors that are of the same age and class
status, working class. We represent this age group by the
clothes the actors wear which are modern and trendy; hat.
Also comfterable such as a tracksuit bottoms and leggings.
Our media product also represents young women. The
relationship with Lucy and Rose highlight conventional
stereotype of young women which are gossipy, want to have
fun and get frightened easily. The relationship with Lucy and
Sam represent a typical boyfriend girlfriend relationship which
is fun, banter between the two but also the man trying to
protect his girlfriend from danger. This is how our media
product represents particular social groups.
4. What kind of media institution might distribute
your media product and why?
I used IMBD database and searched similar products to ours and
found Dimension Films. I chose Dimension Films, because they
have distributed similar products such as scream and scary
movie. This screen grab shows the 10 most popular films they
have distributed and 90% are horror films. Also our film is
similar in terms of context by having a phone ringing and
scaring the characters. The terms of camera use and sound by
playing dramatic music and still but sudden movements of the
camera which gives the indication someone might be watching
them.
5. Dimension films
They have distributed 146 films that include the
Halloween trilogy, all the Scary movies and Scream.
They also have distributed extreme horror films such
as Hellraiser, Sin City and Piranha 3DD.
๏ Perfect candidates:
-They love producing horror films and have been very
successful in doing so
- They have a lot of experience which means a lot in
the film business. This is why we will choose them
