The document discusses how the film opening conforms to and challenges conventions of the post-apocalyptic genre and film openings in general. It conforms by including elements like a dog, a busy road that later becomes ruined, and ordering titles conventionally. However, it challenges conventions by using different fonts for titles, showing the main title at the end for suspense, and having female and unknown gender lead characters rather than exclusively male to attract a wider audience. The purpose is to balance familiarity and uniqueness.

1. In my film opening, I have conformed to the conventional aspects of the
‘Post-Apocalyptic’ genre, and film openings in general.
On the one hand, I have conformed to the forms and conventions
established by existing professional film openings with several aspects of
my opening.
Firstly, based on my research of conventional title orders, I ordered my
titles based on those forms and conventions. I did this because I did not
have a reason to do it any differently, and audiences are used to this, thus
making them feel more comfortable.

2. In terms of characters and sets/locations, I also followed the forms and
conventions.
My film opening shows a dog, which are commonly used in 'Post-
Apocalyptic' films, games, and television series, such as 'A Boy and his Dog';
'Fallout 3'; and 'I Am Legend'. Dogs are known as "a man's best friend", so
media products of this genre are probably trying to emphasise or relate to
that saying, however, I challenge this aspect by showing the dog to be with
a woman.

3. My opening shows a road, too. At first, the road is populated, and when it is
shown for the second time, it is ruined and barren. As pointed out in my
research, roads are conventional locations in 'Post-Apocalyptic' media.
Therefore, I conformed to this convention as well. My reason for doing so is
because busy roads are good ways to show lots of life and Human activity.
It also shows Mankind's technological stage, in that Humans are using fast
motorised vehicles to travel great distances -- this links with the weapons
of mass destruction with which Mankind destroys itself and its
accomplishments in my film. Contrasting a shot of the road being destroyed
with the earlier shot of it having lots of cars being driven by people on it has
a strong impact.

4. On the other hand, I also challenged several conventions. In relation to the
titles, I challenged one aspect of them by using one font for the entire first

5. title, and using one font for the job titles and a different second font for the
names for the rest of the titles. Conventionally, the same fonts and format
are used for all of the titles to make them consistent.
I also challenged the convention of showing the main title of the film at the
start of the opening scene, as I showed mine at the end. Professional film
openings such as the 'Terminator 2: Judgement Day' one also challenge this
convention. I did this because I wanted to build suspense and tension
before revealing the title of the movie, to make it more dramatic.

6. Conventionally, the protagonists of 'Post-Apocalyptic' films are male, such
as 'The Book of Eli' and 'The Road'. However, in my film opening, the
genders of the two characters with the most screen-time are female and
unknown (due to armour covering him/her). My reason for challenging this
convention was to attract a larger female audeince through means of
equality.

7. In conclusion, I have conformed to certain forms and conventions in order
to make audiences feel more comfortable when watching my film opening,

8. and I have challenged other conventions to attract larger audiences and
make my product somewhat different so that it is not classed as "generic"
by audiences.