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

2. When creating my opening sequence, I took
inspiration from the film opening of Pride
and Prejudice, as the film came under the
same genre as my film, drama, and I had also
looked at this film in previous research tasks.
I took the idea of using an instrumental
piano soundtrack from this opening as it
effectively creates a peaceful and calm mood
when establishing the setting. I also decided
to take the text font from the opening as it
appeared visually pleasing and the elegant
font supported the drama genre.
Inspiration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTjoO3kW0Zg

3. In order for my film to be presented under the genre of drama, I
made sure I carefully planed the narrative which would follow the
typical conventions of a drama film.
Firstly, I made sure the storyline of the film was realistic and
centred around a hard hitting topic, and I successfully achieved this
by creating a storyline around the breakdown of a family. The film
will also follow the typical convention of being emotional and have
the ability to move an audience, and this was done through the
idea of Rosie’s father leaving her at an early age, and dying of
Cancer at the end of the film.
Narrative

4. The film also has a sense of realism, and I achieved this through developing
characters that were relatable and that live normal lives, also keeping the
settings used recognisable to the audience. This was done through filming at
my house and at the train station. In the editing process, I kept the editing
fairly simplistic by not using any dramatic effects.
With colour, I simply altered the colour correction of all of the shots in the
sequence to make the footage and overall look of the film more appealing.
When using text, I kept the size rather small and had it coloured white in order
to not distract from the storyline of the film.
Sense of Realism

5. Finally when it came to music I used an instrumental piano piece which was
used to evoke emotion and to give the film warmth and feeling which would
reflect the storyline. I was inspired by the film Pride and Prejudice to pick an
instrumental piano piece, as it had been used in the opening successfully
to create a calm atmosphere. The piece used entitled Golborne Road has also
been used in the drama film About Time, so again I felt like this chosen piece
would be suitable and appropriate to use.
All together I believe my film opening does successfully follow the typical
conventions of a drama film and I believe my strength in doing this was
choosing and using a suitable piece of music which would add pace to the film
and evoke emotion.
Music choice