Question 1 - In what way does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Question 1 - In what way does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Our films follows the conventions of thriller/stalker films in
that we have a lone male predator stalking an innocent women. This
could be said to be stereotypical of stalker films. We also
followed the idea that this stalking began due to a relationship
break up leaving the male character angry and upset. Our film could
be said to be similar to that of Peeping Tom, in which a number of
women are stalked by a single man.
Male Stalking Female
Use of Camera Shots
Our trailer could also be said to follow the conventions of
thriller/stalker films as we use a number of point of view shots.
This technique is effective as it allows the audience to feel as if
it is them stalking the victim rather than just a character on
screen. This shot is similar to that of one used in the film
Enduring Love in which on a number of occasions we see the victim
through the eyes of the stalker.
Time of Day
One way in which our trailer could be said to go against the
conventions of a thriller/stalker films is that ours takes place in
broad daylight in the middle of a busy high street. This is unlike
a large number of stalker films which tend to take place in
darkness in places more commonly associated with stalking such as
alleyways or graveyards. The effectiveness of ours taking place in
the day is that it is creepier as the middle of a high street
surrounded by people is where someone may feel most comfortable, so
by having them stalked there, I believe it increases the scare
factor of the trailer. Our trailer is unlike the film Fear where
almost all stalking takes place at night.
Costume of Character
The costume in which our villain is wearing in our trailer could
be said to be following the conventions of a thriller/stalker film.
He is dressed in all black. This is common in stalker films as they
usually take place at night, the stalker blends into the darkness
adding to the tension. Although we were filming ours in daytime it
was important our stalker still looked mysterious and threatening
by wearing all black. In the film Obsessed the villain is seen to
wearing a black suit, but only after his relationship with his love
interest has broken down, much like our character.
Poster
Our poster could be said to follow the conventions of posters in
the thriller/stalker genre for a number of reasons. In our poster
we have used mainly black and white with the only colour being on
our protagonists hair. This use of black and white is similar to
the poster for Cape Fear, a film which is similar to ours. This use
of limited colour I believe is effective because it emphasises the
dark underlying feeling of the trailer. Black and white are seen to
be mysterious colours and we felt that if our poster was to be
bright and colourful it may convey the wrong message about what
kind of trailer we are going for. We also followed conventions by
putting a quote about our film and using a tag line. These were
important as in my opinion they made our poster look more
professional.
Magazine Cover
There are a number of ways in which our magazine follows the
conventions used by films on covers. We chose to use So Film
magazine because we felt the kind of genre film that usually
features on there are similar to ours. We noticed a number of
conventions of So Film such as the text in a bubble and the
advertisement of other films around the poster. It was important to
follow these as it would give our magazine an air of
professionalism. We took conventions from the layout of So Film
such as the barcode in the bottom right hand corner, the use of
actors above the So Film logo and the added information under the
main text and using a + sign. By following all of these conventions
I believe our finished poster looks realistic as oppose to If we
hadnt followed the conventions of the magazine, which would have
then looked less professional.
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