1. Evaluation 1
In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
2. The title of the film
The final credits that appear in a graffiti
type font are the thrillers titles ‘God of
the Hill’. The font used for the titles was
‘Octin Spraypaint’, we felt that this title
The title appears at the end of the
opening sequence, the title is bold and
in the centre of the page and because
the background is black it is easy to the
text of the title. We chose “God of the
Hill” because the film is created in
Harold Hill which illustrates the point of
the “hill” in the title, the “God” suggests
that the boss is looking down on
people because they are not as high as
the hill. The title was put into the
middle of the screen so that it looks
proportionate to the screen.
3. Setting/Location
The setting/location of the film is
East London, England, a location
that is notorious for gang violence
and drug trafficking therefore fitting
both the codes and conventions of
the genre as well as the stereotypical
gang scene. The location at the end
of the thriller is an abandoned lock-
up, a location that is also used in
several gang thrillers as well as
being a stereotypical location within
films.
The abandoned lock-up manipulates
the audience into a dark mindset that
is enhanced by the tense build-up in
the scenes leading up.
4. Costumes and props
The costumes used within the
thriller followed the codes and
conventions of a typical gangster
film, black connotes death and
violence. The main prop of the film
would be the shovel, this would be
because it links back to the codes
and convention son a thriller
because usually weapons would be
used within a gangster film. The
main character which is played by
Sam Braithwaite wears a black Nike
hoodie which is stereotypical to a
individual which surpasses the law
by having his hood up within the
range of East London.
5. Camerawork and editing
We used many techniques for
camerawork such as the point of
view shot which is the actual eye
sight of the individual when they are
endangered, long shots were used
so that we could use the location
which gave a sense of scenery to
the film. Over the shoulder shots
were used in the final scene when
dialogue was introduced as we
stuck to our 180 degrees rule. We
used a tracking shot so that
someone could follow sam which
illustrated that he was not going to
be alone when he arrived at the
garage.
6. The font and style
The font and style we used for
the credits within our film was
bold white subtitles with a line to
break up the wording, we used
bold white titles because we
wanted them to stand out within
our thriller and make them large
so that they are visible for the
audience. It was plain, clear and
white, this meant that it was easy
for the viewers to see the credits
but also concentrate on the film.
7. Story and how the opening
sets it up
The opening scene opens up
with David Mackenzie acting like
a good friend to the character
who is played by Sam
Braithwaite but portrays him by
setting him up to the King Pin
who is played by Alfie Dobson.
This sets up the opening scene
with the betrayal from the
characters. The music suggests
that it is building suspense due
to the sounds which has cuts so
that there is a space within each
cut.
8. Genre and how the opening
suggests it
The genre of the film is a Gangster
Thriller, this means that it has
connotations to a thriller which
would build suspense and also the
gangster part would mean that there
is going to be violence in the film.
The opening suggests the genre of
the film through the clothing and
location, the clothing because the
use of black clothing and a hoodie
suggests that they are trying to
avoid someone or something, the
location because it is dark and
because of their clothing this shows
that they are trying to stay hidden to
do their business.
9. How characters are
introduced
The two characters first meet within a
wide shot which shows both characters
and the house which one of them
stays, it shows the audience what
relationship these two have to be
meeting each other at each others
house which shows trust within the
individuals. The main two characters
meet expecting to do their job which
they usually do on a daily basis,
however because the character played
by Sam Braithwaite has been taking
extra money out of the profits which
they had been earning therefore the
boss has forced the character who was
played by David Mackenzie that he
needs to be sent to the safe house
which his driver came to collect him
