In what ways does your media
product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
In order to try to conform to the stereotypes of an opening scene from our chosen genres, we tried to use a variety of different camera angles. We did this in order to try and grasp the audience’s attention, making sure the scenes were not just made from long, boring continuous shots and also to try and conform to expectations of our genres. From our research into these genres – crime action and thriller, we found that the opening scenes can be fast paced, but also painfully slow in order to build suspense. We wanted to create a balance between the two as we thought this would be the most appropriate way to incorporate the two extremes, so we decided to create an opening which was in the middle ground. We did this through both the use of different camera angles and editing as it enabled us to change the lengths of the shots, allowing us to create an ideal medium between the two expectations.
This shot is one of my favourites from our opening scene. It is the first time our protagonist’s face is displayed fully to the audience, showing the extent of her youth whilst demonstrating her confusion. Although Christie is no actor, I believe she portrayed the emotions we wanted perfectly, helping to evoke emotion from the audience. I also think we timed this shot well, showing her shock/confusion just before the end, helping to build a cliff hanger and engage the audience, creating enigmas and leaving them wanting to know more. The close up of Christie's face shows her hidden innocence and brings the audience closer to her as a character, making them sympathise with her for the first time, and feel anger towards Adam even though they don't yet know what is to come.
Editing became a very important factor in our film as essentially, it allowed us to create shots which didn’t exist. Due to time restrictions and just our general lack of motivation (this was the last scene we filmed after a long day) we decided to film the whole scene from Christie entering until the very end with her sitting on the bed as one long, continuous shot. This was partly due to practicality and partly because we thought it may conform to the expectations of the thriller genre with painstakingly slow movements and long scenes. However when we came to editing we realised it did not have the desired effect and was just boring. Luckily, we were able to edit this scene and cut it so that we had a close up of Christie’s face once she discovered someone had been in her room. Although this is not what we had initially planned, I believe the outcome is of a much higher standard that it would have been otherwise. The use of the close up shot also works to the audience’s advantage as it makes the film slightly more personal and helps to involve them more in the plot as it enables them to feel like they are getting to know the main character. The use of the close up shot also conforms to the stereotypes of all opening scenes in general as it introduces the main character – something which is expected and usually signifies importance within the plot. For this reason, we made sure to introduce Christie before Adam so that the audience were aware she would be the main focus of the film.
In order to try to conform to the stereotypes of an opening scene from our chosen genres, we tried to use a variety of different camera angles. We did this in order to try and grasp the audience’s attention, making sure the scenes were not just made from long, boring continuous shots and also to try and conform to expectations of our genres. From our research into these genres – crime action and thriller, we found that the opening scenes can be fast paced, but also painfully slow in order to build suspense. We wanted to create a balance between the two as we thought this would be the most appropriate way to incorporate the two extremes, so we decided to create an opening which was in the middle ground. We did this through both the use of different camera angles and editing as it enabled us to change the lengths of the shots, allowing us to create an ideal medium between the two expectations.
This shot is one of my favourites from our opening scene. It is the first time our protagonist’s face is displayed fully to the audience, showing the extent of her youth whilst demonstrating her confusion. Although Christie is no actor, I believe she portrayed the emotions we wanted perfectly, helping to evoke emotion from the audience. I also think we timed this shot well, showing her shock/confusion just before the end, helping to build a cliff hanger and engage the audience, creating enigmas and leaving them wanting to know more. The close up of Christie's face shows her hidden innocence and brings the audience closer to her as a character, making them sympathise with her for the first time, and feel anger towards Adam even though they don't yet know what is to come.
Editing became a very important factor in our film as essentially, it allowed us to create shots which didn’t exist. Due to time restrictions and just our general lack of motivation (this was the last scene we filmed after a long day) we decided to film the whole scene from Christie entering until the very end with her sitting on the bed as one long, continuous shot. This was partly due to practicality and partly because we thought it may conform to the expectations of the thriller genre with painstakingly slow movements and long scenes. However when we came to editing we realised it did not have the desired effect and was just boring. Luckily, we were able to edit this scene and cut it so that we had a close up of Christie’s face once she discovered someone had been in her room. Although this is not what we had initially planned, I believe the outcome is of a much higher standard that it would have been otherwise. The use of the close up shot also works to the audience’s advantage as it makes the film slightly more personal and helps to involve them more in the plot as it enables them to feel like they are getting to know the main character. The use of the close up shot also conforms to the stereotypes of all opening scenes in general as it introduces the main character – something which is expected and usually signifies importance within the plot. For this reason, we made sure to introduce Christie before Adam so that the audience were aware she would be the main focus of the film.
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