This document evaluates how the media product develops or challenges conventions of real media. It includes 9 pictures from the teaser trailer with explanations of how they reference conventions from influences like Home Alone, Sean of the Dead, The Purge. Pictures include the company ident, text pop-ups to convey plot, shots introducing the main characters as modern teenagers, a creepy masked killer, stalking through a night vision window shot, and an escaping comedy scene. Conventions from influences like identifiable company idents, text conveying information, and relatable modern settings were adapted.

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

3. Picture 1 • This is a screen shot of our company ident which we created on Final cut
pro. We wanted our ident to be simple and stand out. So we selected a
white background with black text as they contrast each other and so the
writing would stand out. The ident rotates round changing the words from
“Starmix” to “Productions” to “Presents”.
• We decided to put our ident at the beginning of our teaser trailer as our
influences such as “home alone” have the company ident of “20th Century
Fox” at the beginning of the trailer.

4. Picture 2 •
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This is one of the many text pop ups which appear through out our teaser trailer.
We decided to use these to break up our footage and so it explains what is
happening to the audience and it helps to introduce the characters and explain the
plot etc. We decided to use a black background with white text as these colours
contrast each other and we wanted it to be different to our company ident.
In the trailer for “home alone” which is one of our influences they have used one
of these which introduces the name of the film half way through. One of our other
influences which is “Sean of the dead” which is also a comedy horror film also uses
these text pop ups to break up the video footage. They also use a voice over but
we decided that it would be better if the audience could read it instead of doing a
voice over as if we felt that it would help to create suspense and tension if a few
sentences popped up through out the trailer.

5. Picture 3 • This comes up at the start of the trailer and introduces the characters. We
decided to have shots of them in the car and at home playing the games
console to show the audience that they are two typical teenage boys. As
you can see the costumes which they are wearing are what a typical
teenage boy of todays era would wear. So skinny jeans and a shirt. The
boys are presented in a fun way as they are in a car singing and dancing
and then playing the games console.
• In “Sean of the dead” it was also set in the modern era, so as you can see
they are wearing the clothes which todays teenagers and adults would
wear. So we decided to do the same and set ours in todays era as it would
be more relatable to the audience who are watching it.

6. Picture 4 • This is a close up of the masked killer who is trying to murder the boys.
This appears after the doorbell goes and signals that events are going to
take a turn for the worse. We selected a white mask which was smiling as
we felt it was creepy and scary.
• For this we used the film the “Purge” as our inspiration as they also use
the noise of a doorbell and then the close up of a man in a mask to signal
that the events are taking a turn for the worse. We felt that the masks
which they used were creepy and scary as they were smiling and you
could not see there eyes or anything etc. So we did the same, to create
the same effect, which was tension and that something is about to
happen.

7. Picture 5 • This is a shot of the killers looking in through the window at the two boys.
We decided to do this shot as it shows that the killers are stalking the
boys. We decided to change the lens to a greenish colour so it is in night
vision, as we believed that this would give the effect that they are being
watched all day and at night.
• We got our inspiration from the film home alone where the two villains
are looking in the window at the boy. So we thought it would look good in
ours as in home alone the villains have been stalking the boy and so have
they in ours.

8. Picture 6 • In this screen shot it shows the comedy part of the film as the boys have
been tied up and are trying to escape. It shows that the killers have clearly
got to them and tied them up in there house, but have not done it very
well as they are escaping.

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