The document describes ways in which a media product uses, develops or challenges conventions of real media. It discusses how conventions like multiple storylines, characters and camera techniques like close-ups are used to engage audiences. Natural lighting and costumes help create realism while shots over shoulders and low angles involve the audience. Phones are used to reflect everyday life and create mystery. Overall it examines how the media product adheres to or innovates soap opera conventions and techniques to appeal to audiences.

1. The Grove
 Matthew Tildesley
 Candidate Number: 4891
 Aquinas College: 33435

2.  In what ways does your media product use,
develop or challenge forms and conventions of
real media products?

3. Camera as On a set, not on a
the fourth location.
wall.
Casual clothes
(costume) creates
realism.
Big close up to
show emotions.
¾ storylines in
Soap forms trailers and
storylines : Keeps
POV over
shoulder shots :
and the viewers
involves the conventions interested and
allows the multiple
audience, makes
them feel like they to be spread across
are there, multiple episodes.
experiencing the Multiple main characters :
characters Allows for multiple parallel
emotions. narratives and convergence.
Keeps the audience
interested.

4. Various different
storylines are used to
make the trailer more
interesting.
There are 7 total

5. • I started my trailer with
a scene to immediately
grab the audiences
attention, the shocking
scene of the car crash.
• As the trailer continues,
we continue to get
shocking images of
death and conflict
between the characters.
• I used fast paced
editing all the way
through my trailer apart
from the end which I
slowed right down in
order to make the
audience reflect on the
events.

6. We used natural lighting to give our
soap a natural look.
The natural lighting also helped
make the soap look realistic.
We did however use the night effect
when editing this was to make the
scene look as though it is dark and
creates a negative atmosphere.

7. Use of not having the
characters face in shot creates
the mystery of a ‘who done it
scenario?’
Low angle shot of the phone adds
emphasis to the importance of it.
Low Angle shots create the effect of
the audience watching the person.
Mostly used to show weakness or
peering over someone's shoulder.

8. Arm over the shoulder shows
comforting nature of the
character.
The clothing and hair show the
characters stereotype and gives
them identity
Use of costumes and props
emphasise characters stereotypical
appearance and style.
Two Shot establishes connections
between two characters usual used to
show characters that are in
relationships.
This shot shows how the
characters are connected but that
there is something going on
between them with the expression
of the actors

9. We also decided to use phones
as a way to express and relate to
the intended audience as the
audience will usually have
access to this technology.
Phones were a great way to
show how the soap reflects
everyday life as it is available
to everyone.
The use of having a close
up of the phone adds
tension as sometimes
cause we can not see who
is holding the phone or
whose it is.

10. We used this shot from a
Eastenders episode as it was
effective to show the
character in the car as if we
were stood right next to
them empathising the crash