The media product uses several forms and conventions of typical zombie films and horror genres. It features isolation of the main character Jason Flint who is alone in an apocalyptic urban setting, using weapons to defend against zombies. However, it challenges conventions by having only one protagonist instead of an ensemble cast of survivors. This allows the audience to focus on understanding Jason's character in more depth than following multiple protagonists. It also develops conventions by showing Jason becoming comfortable in temporary shelters to promote his acceptance of being alone without seeking companionship.

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

2. Uses of forms and conventions in our
opening
 In Caro the conventions we used
are typical to the genre of the film.
Themes such as isolation due to the
setting which makes the audience
sympathise with the characters
because they are alone with no one
to help them or talk to them. Also
typical to the zombie genre Caro
featured a lot of weaponry such as
blunt and sharp objects and a few
guns so the character can protect
themselves from the zombies .
Another convention used was the fact that
the film was set in an apocalyptic urban
environment which is typical to many horror
films and shows such as the walking dead
and 28 days later. In Caro a lot of typical
sounds and lighting conventions were also
used, such as low lighting and loud banging
noises. We used these to help promote the
enviromement to the audience and give a
sense of fear as the same time as a sense of
curiosity about Jason and the apocalypse.

3. Developments of he conventions
 Unlike typical zombie films where there
is a group of survivors in Caro the main
protagonist Jason Flint is all alone, we
wanted this so the film opening could
have more of a emotional effect on the
audience because if I character doesn’t
talk to people or relate with anyone
else in the film then it promotes a
sense of loneliness to the audience.
There are also developments in
the use of abandoned locations
which are common in zombie
films but these have been
developed upon by the use of
props to show that he has to
become comfortable in his
temporary shelter we did this
because once again it promotes
how Jason is lonely but doesn’t
really seek a companion and is
content being alone

4. How the conventions were challenged
 Caro has challenged the mainstream conventions of the zombie genre, this is
done through the use of having only one protagonist unlike other films, we
wanted to use only one protagonist because it would be easier for the
audience to understand one character in detail than to follow many different
protagonists and there back stories.