1. In what ways does your media product
use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?

2. § The key conventions of a film opening is to introduce
characters, genre, and create expectations. Film makers
use different techniques to help the audience imagine what
a film will be like. Unlike a child’s film, such as Kung-Fu
Panda, a horror movie will have a simple, non-italic font
which is usually red (examples: Cabin in Woods,
Paranormal Activity and Splinter). This helps show the
seriousness in a movie and the represents blood.

3. § In our production we introduce the audience to the setting
and character by using establishing shots of the forest.
This is important since it helps the audience imagine how
isolated the character is and how much danger he may get
into. In other horror films, like Scream, it shows a character
being isolated, defenceless then murdered, which our
movie conforms to.

4. § We conformed in the credits in which a movie always shows
the name of actors with a higher value first. We originally
put the title first before the actor’s names, but we changed
it to show it during the end. We had this idea since many
films, like Cabin in the Woods or Scream, do this to add
dramatic effect after a death of a character.

5. § Film makers use iconography to give a hidden message or
an aspect of a character, to do this they use symbolism or
give a character an item which they use later on in the film.
In our film we gave our villain a mask which is also
classified as iconography, an example could be the famous
‘Jigsaw’ mask from the Saw franchise. We used multiple
camera angles and tried experimenting with different and
more challenging shots which helps the mise-en-scene.
This helps mise-en-scene since the 180 degree isn’t
broken and we can see the chase from different angles.

6. § Our title sequence leaves on a cliff hanger which many
horror openings do, we’ve shown the credits in a suitable
format which conforms the horror genre. By leaving it at a
cliff hanger questions will run through the audience heads
making them more excited for the rest of the film. Silent Hill
is a horror movie which also leaves off at a cliff hanger at
the opening, making the audience question why has the
girl been cursed.
§ We haven’t conformed with regards to the characters since
they’re opposite to the roles in the stereotypes in other
movies. Also our location, in a forest conforms since it is
eerie. We have conformed more in terms of editing,
however subverted more in the storyline
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7. § Our title sequence leaves on a cliff hanger which many
horror openings do, we’ve shown the credits in a suitable
format which conforms the horror genre. By leaving it at a
cliff hanger questions will run through the audience heads
making them more excited for the rest of the film. Silent Hill
is a horror movie which also leaves off at a cliff hanger at
the opening, making the audience question why has the
girl been cursed.
§ We haven’t conformed with regards to the characters since
they’re opposite to the roles in the stereotypes in other
movies. Also our location, in a forest conforms since it is
eerie. We have conformed more in terms of editing,
however subverted more in the storyline
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