The document discusses conventions used in the student's film project. For the title page, a dark and mischievous setting was chosen to convey the horror genre. Camerawork incorporates match-on-action shots and the 180-degree rule during conversations to help the audience follow the action. Montage shots in the film are similar to those in "Shaun of the Dead" by showing location shots with non-diegetic music in the background. The goal is to develop the horror/psychological thriller genre through cinematography techniques inspired by existing media products.

1. Question 1: In what ways does your product use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?
Title page
Whenmakingmytitle page I wanteda dark mischevioussettingtoimmediatelyinformthe audience
of the genre,Ithinkitwould be veryrare to see thiskindof title page inanyother genre so
therefore doeswhatIwantit too.It usesinspirtaionfromexistingmediaproductsbecause when
makingthe fontI was inspiredbythe inceptionfontbecause itisverybold andeyecatchingbutthe
redusedcouldeasilyconnote some otheremotion,inmyinstance Ihave usedredto connote evil.
How the characters are introduced/setting
The characters are introducedinthisscene asa veryordinaryand happyfamilywhohave decidedto
innocentlygofora walkat the beach,you can tell theyare ‘ordinary’because theyare doinga
healthyactivitytogetherwhichisseenveryoftenthese days.The use of the Man holdingthe Baby’s
handsuggestscare anda strongrelationship.Ithink themhavingthese factorsmakes themavery
goodtarget for a horror filmbecause theylookvery small andvulnerable insuchahuge space.
The settingforthisscene isat the beach,I decidedtohave itthere because Ithoughtitwas hard to
access inan emergency,thisaddstothe horror theme because if anythingwastogowrong itwould
be hard to findhelp,orto be noticed.

2. Camerawork/editing
For the openingof myfilmIdidn’tinclude awide range of shotsbecause Iwantedthe camera to
followwhere mydadwaswalking,whenhe reachesthe staircase Iincludedamatch on actionshot
type,I feltIneededthisbecause ascene of mydad walkingdownstairsfrombehindwouldhave
beena bitboringfor myaudience towatch.
Anothermatchon actionshot featuresjustafterthatas he goesto openthe livingroomdoor,the
match on actionmakesthe door shotseemmuchmore realisticbecause youare able tosee him
fromfront viewashe entersthe room.
Shortlyafterthis2 rulesare incorporatedtogether(180degree rule),(shot-reverse shot) these two
feature duringthe conversationbetweenthe male are female actors,andcomplementeachother
well because withoutthemitbecomeshardforthe audience tokeeptrackof where the actors are
placedinthe room, whichmaybe disorientating.
Montage shots
Whencomparingmy filmtoexistingproductsIwouldcompare itthe strongestwith‘Shaunof the
dead’thisisbecause itis horror/psychological thriller,Iwouldsaymyfilmistoobecause a serial
killerisquite atwistedstoryline,anddeathisstronglylinkedwithhorror.
Example:
In ‘Shaunof the dead’there isa montage shotsverysimilartomine,itissimilarbecause youcansee
locationshotswitha non-diegeticsound of the radiointhe background.