Our film product challenges conventions through the unique use of montages that intertwine movie clips. Mise en scene uses low-key lighting when drugs are taken to show it is dangerous. Camera work includes close-ups and zooms on drugs to represent the genre and show what measures the film goes to. Editing produces perfect transitions between clips to make the opening look like a continuous montage. The soundtrack uses one piece of music throughout to foreshadow the continuity of footage. The film aligns with stereotypes of troubled teenagers influenced by drugs and enjoying time with friends.

1. AS Media Studies Evaluation
– Question 1
By George Sulaiman

2. 1. In what ways does your media product use develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Our film product has a unique style through the use of montages that
intertwine within movie clips and therefore overlaid the clips as a full
professional montage. The contents of the film that include mise en scene,
camera, editing and sound have all been covered very well. For mise en
scene, the lighting is mainly dark with the use of low-key lighting when the
drugs are being taken in the film and also lighting technique of chiaroscuro
to therefore define the type of content and convention of our film footage
and also shows that the drugs are taken in a dark place to therefore show
that it is a dangerous thing to do and also is very risky if being caught. The
camera work was a strong point in our film as we had used a variety of
techniques from camera movements and camera shots in the footage and
also we used techniques such as close ups on the first scene where a person
is taking the drug from the spoon then the title name of our film comes in.
The Zoom (In and Out) technique on the drugs that are getting ready to
being taken to therefore represent exactly what our film is about and to give
the audience an idea of what the genre of our film is and to also convey the
audience to specifically see what measures our film footage goes to and for
them to get an idea of what it is about and the type of drugs taken in the
footage.

3. Additionally, for the editing I have produced the perfect transitions to therefore make the opening of the
film look like a montage which always switches from one part of a movie clip to another part of a clip
repeatedly and also it shows the videos being overlaid onto each other to therefore make it seem like a
montage and continuously show the actions in the footage. The soundtrack used in the film is very
unique as it mainly uses one piece of music in the opening of the film that goes throughout the whole
movie foreshadowing the continuity of the footage being viewed to the audience. The film aligns with the
stereotype of teenagers at a young age being troubled and influenced with the taking of drugs and
alcohol and therefore continue their lifestyle that way, however at the same time trying to enjoy their
time with their friends. For instance, the film called “Spring Breakers” includes the convention of the type
of genre that our film is all about and fitting in with the stereotype to therefore convey to the audience
immediately what type of personality the character has and how it relates back to how the conventions
of this opening scene to the film are set.