The document discusses how the author's media product, a film titled "Unrevealed", uses and challenges existing conventions of drama films. It compares elements of "Unrevealed" to "Shabd", a film produced by Pritish Nandy Communications. Both films tell dramatic stories and target youth and adult audiences. While "Unrevealed" shares some conventions with "Shabd", such as tone, lighting, and character archetypes, it challenges conventions by not including a female lead and using outdoor locations in addition to indoor settings.

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

2.  The genre of my film is “Drama”. As it suggests by
the name, these movies are dramatic ones and
mostly show the viewers some unrealistic events
but in such a way that the viewers are forced to get
involved in and for a minute believe whatever is
being shown to them. I chose Bollywood as my
institution because I think that it produces quality
drama films. My media institution is “Pritish Nandy
Communications”. Though, not that popular but
there is no doubt in saying that the way dramatics
have been portrayed by this institution is highly
commendable.

3.  Drama is usually considered to be the broadest movie genre which
furthermore includes many subgenres such as political drama,
political drama, romantic drama and so on. When we believe it to
be the broadest movie genre that also means that it targets a vast
audience base such as, adults and youth. Drama films mostly have
satirical and tragic storylines attached with them.

4.  Some examples of drama films produced by PNC includes
Shabd, The Mystic Masseur, Bow Barracks Forever and
Ankahee. My film basically is similar to Shabd, as it portrays
aggression through the protagonist and the thirst to succeed
which somewhere also leads to superiority complex. These
films have targeted the youth as well as the adults.

5.  My film “Unrevealed” basically targets the youth by showing
them a person from within themselves. He cannot overcome
his aggression as it is simply uncontrollable for him to do so.
Just like majority of the youth today, all he aims for is
success. Another factor which leads him to excessive
aggression is that he cannot stand rejection what so ever the
matter be. The film is a bit close to the reality in the context
that it is evident to us today that the extent to which the
youth of present has become hyper and aggressive will
eventually lead them to adverse circumstances and take them
into a state which no one would ever want to experience.

6.  The mise en scene of my film includes a
place with shabby appearance, in drama
movies locations establish the emotions
of the story. Dull lighting effect has been
used even though the movie is shot in
the morning, this basically matches the
character (Vivek’s) intentions and acts.
The deep side of his nature is portrayed
through this slight darkness. Similarly in
Shabd low key lighting was used. A dark
effect prevailed all through the movie
which actually signified the dark side of
the protagonist (Shaukat’s) personality
and aided in providing the audiences
with a clearer picture of the character
and his acts.

7.  The props used in drama films usually vary from character to
character depending on their interests. For instance, in Shabd
Shaukat is a writer, so he uses a typewriter. I have used realistic
props instead of making it very fancy and thus unreal. To show the
quality of young business man I have used an Apple Iphone which
targets youth and has applicability's for business as well. In addition
to that, Vivek drives a Corolla which is considered to be a car
which usually upper class officials possess.

8.  Towards the end of my movie, a student is shown (Rahul) he is
stylish and is wearing casual clothes with a trendy wrist watch
which clearly depicts that he is a student. Similarly, in Shabd
Zayed Khan (Yash) belongs to a younger age bracket and thus
dresses up casually. This aids the audience in understanding the
nature of this character and also differentiate between him and
Vivek as both of them possess entirely different backgrounds.

9.  Shaukat has a formal wardrobe according
to his role in the movie. My character
Vivek has a semi-formal wardrobe which
portrays him as a being a workaholic. He
wears a jeans with a shirt which is thought
to be the cloth for hardworking people.
His coat sheds light on the formal business
man look. Moreover, a grey car is used to
depict the sober nature of the young
business tycoon (Vivek).

10.  The characters shown in the film would be usually
belonging to different age brackets. This is mainly
because the drama genre films mostly target a vast
audience base i.e., both youth and the adults at the same
time. Though, the characters would be formed as per the
story suggests depending upon the particular needs. For
example in Shabd, Shaukat belongs to a 40 above age
group, Antara (his wife) is in her 30’s and Yash the young
teacher is in his 20’s. So here we see characters
belonging to different age brackets. This means that the
widest target audience base is available for such films.
Similarly, in my film “Unrevealed” the protagonist Vivek
is a 32 year old business man, while Rahul is a young 22
year old student.

11.  In Shabd, Shaukat is an independent man, who does not have
a family as such. He lives with his wife in his house. He is
really aggressive as it is evident throughout the movie at
several stages. He always did what he wanted to do and did
never listen to anyone else to an extent that he thought that
his writings can direct others lives. Similarly, in my movie,
Vivek also possesses the same thinking and cannot stand
directions at all. He is his own boss, an independent guy who
lives alone and has no one from within his family with him to
support him.

12.  The editing used in drama films is usually slow to
match the storyline’s pace which is usually a tragic
one. Therefore I have also done this kind of editing in
my film to create a deep combination with the film’s
storyline. I have used an intense background music to
create the atmosphere accordingly. Later on as Vivek
suicides, a very sad tune played on a violin is used
again to create the satirical atmosphere within the
audience. In Shabd, a bluish thematic effect has been
given to the whole movie with low key lighting to
create the impact of the storyline appear more
strongly upon the audiences. Similarly, I have also used
this bluish thematic effect in my film to create the
same impact.

13.  The title of my film has been made keeping in mind the intense
and deep theme attached to it. As it is a tragic drama story so the
title has been kept as simple as it could be which portrays parts
of the depression reflected in the movie. Similarly, the title of
“Shabd” is also made in a simple way with black theme to portray
the dark side attached to it.

14. Challenges
 Usually in a drama film, there is a female who is attached to
the male protagonist in some way or the other. For instance,
Shabd and Ankahee. Both the movies have a male lead as well
as a female lead. However, my film challenges this
convention by not having a female lead in the movie. Instead
of this, the movie focuses over the male protagonist himself.
So basically there is no love story element in my movie. This
shows that, a drama film which does not have a female lead
can also be made and presented to the audiences with a
unique storyline and thus can appeal them. This will turn out
to be an X factor in my drama film.

15.  Other than that, my film challenges another
convention as well i.e. the location used in drama
films. Focusing on Shabd, the male protagonist Shaukat
was confined to his house only. In the whole movie he
remained in his house while my character Vivek from
“Unrevealed” moves out as well other than just staying
indoor. Therefore, in context to the location my film
challenges Shabd as I have used outdoor location as
well.