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Harry Saunders
IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
Our product uses themes like mystery which is seen in man real media products associated with the thriller genre, like films including ‘Se7en’ and ‘Zodiac’. This is conventional as it is a theme that is commonly used in real thriller products. We used thriller in scenes like when Mitch found out about the letter when you can clearly see his face is shocked and
the soundtrack drops. This creates a strong amount of tension which we are using from real thriller media
products. This worked well in our product because it created an atmosphere of mystery, leaving our audience confused, which highlighted the thriller genre heavily. To
improve, I think we should’ve added further mystery through the dialogue. This could’ve been done by Mitch conflicting with his workmate about the letter and trying
really hard for him not to read it, making the audience even more uncertain to what is so secret about it.
We also used storylines that real media products would have used. For example, we used a similar narrative to the film ‘Memento’ where the narrative is to figure out an
uncertain mystery. This is also a thriller film like ours. This is also known as the Enigma Code by Barthes, meaning how tension is built up and it leaves the audience guessing what’s next, like our narrative. This influenced us to use these ideas as we wanted our product to fit conventions and display it’s genre efficiently. Our narrative was displayed when Mitch opens the letter and the audience is uncertain of what it
means and we are trying to figure out a mystery of what the letter means along with Mitch. This creates a strong connotation of real thriller media products as it is a
typical narration of thriller films. Our audience feedback said it was original showing that it was new to the audience, meaning they were unaware of what was
going to happen, showing that we worked well with a mysterious narrative. To improve, I think we could’ve used something more clear. The drawing doesn’t
impose as much mystery or threat as it should. I think that using something that really shocks the audience would add more tension and mystery like a severed foot
or finger, rather than a drawing.
The titles we used were also very similar to real media products. They were featured in a style that were very typical of a media product like ours to have. For example, the font we used was
typical as it is used in a lot of real media products and the way it was presented also matched many other real media products. The
titles displayed names and their assigned roles, which is very conventional of other real media products. This creates a high
amount of realism and professionalism to the product we made. This can be reflected in our audience feedback when they said it did look like an opening sequence because of the titles showing that it was the start of a product. This shows that our titles were heavily effective as they represented the opening of the film and made the audience aware, alike a typical film. To improve, I think I could’ve added transitions on the titles to make them disappear
and look mysterious create an early impression and atmosphere of mystery for the audience.
We also used conventions from real media products from our genre to create feeling and emotion to be displayed through the audience, a lot
like other films like ‘Fight Club’. For example, we used a typical convention of the thriller genre from real media products, being the
feeling of uncertainty. For example, this can be displayed via the audience when Mitch is decoding his letter, the audience will not know what he is doing and are left confused and uncertain. This adds to the
professionalism of our product as it follows the conventional feelings of real media products in our genre. Our audience feedback said that they could tell that he didn’t want to see the letter but they didn’t say they
knew what it was about, so this evidently hosted uncertainty and seemed to have worked the intended effect. This could be improved by creating a
more personal message to Mitch on the letter so they can see that something personal is occurring to him and that it directly effects him.
We challenged real media products in our genre by the characters. For example, we used a work mate as the person the lead role shares a house with. This is not
typically seen in real media products in our genre, for example in ‘The Box’ it is a married couple, a lot like most real media products. Challenging this is strong because it creates difference like Steve Neale’s theory suggests all
movies should feature. In our audience feedback this was picked up upon when they identified that it wasn’t a man
and wife but two workmates. However, there was no comment on how this is different to typical thriller
products. This could mean that this wasn’t as effective as planned and if we were to re-do the piece we would
emphasise that it isn’t stereotypical through dialogue.
Overall, I think that we worked well in creating a thriller opening sequence as we used many conventional forms and
even challenged it to an extent, meaning it will be interesting to the audience. Even in our audience feedback, we were told that they thought it was very original and they
could spot the themes we tried to input, so the audience was clearly affected by this in a positive way. Also when we asked what genre they thought it was, they told us thriller,
showing that our themes and ideas we added had efficiently worked to show our genre, so it worked well in my opinion.