The document discusses how the media product adheres to and challenges conventions of British crime films. It adheres to conventions by using stereotypical male characters and starting with an attention-grabbing action scene. It challenges conventions by creating mystery around the character "The Suit" and using chiaroscuro lighting and less prevalent narration. The music is also slower and quieter than typical for the genre, changing the atmosphere.

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

2. Characters
– After much deliberation about possible variety we could have that
may not have conformed to the stereotypical characterisation of
those in a British Crime film, we decided that we would just go
ahead and adhere to the codes and conventions of our genre.
- This means that any potential
viewers of our film would
already know what to expect
and therefore we could use
this to our advantage.
- We were originally going to try and have some
female characters in our film, but our choice
resulted in an all-male cast, with each
character exhibiting the kind of masculinity that
would normally be associated with male
characters in British Crime Films.

3. Narrative
- Because of the genre of our film and what we wanted to achieve, we
decided to utilise Barthes' Narrative Theory, setting up our product
with an action scene right at the beginning, thus being rewarded with
the viewers attention.
- We decided to use this theory again by creating
a certain enigma with the lighting for the
character and mannerisms of “The Suit”, and
this is in order to keep the viewers intrigued
and interested in the kind of role that this
mysterious character will play in our film.
- This goes against one of the main stereotypes as
there are hardly ever characters in these kinds of
films who are shrouded in mystery right from start
to finish.

4. Lighting
- It is clear that many of our shots are in
low-key lighting and this is definitely
conforming to the general codes and
conventions of our genre of film.
- However, we agreed to set the scenes with “The Suit” in
chiaroscuro lighting and this is furthering our attempts to
cast a shadow of doubt over who he is, what he wants or
even if he is a villain, though we of course know that he is
the boss of the group.

5. Sound
- The narration of our film is far less
prevalent than what is usually
expected for a British Crime film, this
and the music and other sounds in
general are the main representations
of ways in which we are going against
general codes of these kinds of films
- The music is slower and quieter than
usual, thus making the atmosphere
different to most Crime films. There is
still action, but the music used gives a
different perspective on what could be
happened, as opposed to the common
fast tempo music that goes with
senseless violence.