q1 final final
- 1. HOW DOES YOUR PRODUCT USE OR CHALLENGE THE CONVENTIONS AND HOW DOES IT REPRESENT SOCIAL GROUPS AND ISSUES?
- 2. What are conventions? Conventions are the generally accepted ways of doing something. They are used to construct recognisabletopics, characters and events, and more. We did a Teenage Drama film opening for a new feature film called "LYL" and we used a list of typical conventions to make it look as a proper film opening sequence. During the pre- production part we did our research. We looked at the opening scenes of "Ill Manors" and "Kidulthood"becausethese films relate to out film. Even though we followed many conventions, we challenged them even more. An example of a real text Our film opening
- 3. Nicholas Abercrombie Conventions of a film opening sequence are: • Studio/Production Company Logo • Idents • Titles (institutionally ordered) • Music • Introducing film • Introducing characters • Enigma • Media producers create familiar and safe products that are recognisable and conventional. Likely to be successful.
- 4. Conventions of a film opening It is conventional for a feature film to have 2 or 3 idents at the start of the film. We followed this convention and created a couple of ident for our film. Here they are: Examples of idents from Ill Manors
- 5. Conventions of a film opening Feature films conventionally have the titles in a specific order, which is: • PRODUCTION COMPANY (distributor) • PRODUCTION COMPANY (producer) • Film Title • Lead Cast • Supporting Cast • Casting Director • Music Composer • Costume Designer • Associate Producers • Editors • Production Designer • Director of Photography • Executive Producer • Producer • Writers • Director We followed the conventional order of titles and here are some screenshots:
- 6. Conventions of a film opening Enigma Who is he meeting on the bridge? Why is he running/ What is he running from/ Where is he running?
- 7. Conventions of the genre The location we used in our film opening is very conventional for the genre - urban atmosphere and inner city. It helped to constructthe world of our main character. Connotations of poverty and deprivation. Location
- 8. Conventions of the genre In Ill Manors film opening we could see many locations, both exterior and interior. Here are some examples of those scenes. Use of establishing shots
- 9. Conventions of the genre Sound We downloaded sounds of an opening door, birds, nature, train track, running and dogs barking from the website called Free Sound. Those sound effects were very useful. Use of wild tracks, ambient sounds and foley effects. Music contrapuntal similar to ill manors – like binary ooposites, continuing with the theme of popverty and deprivation against high culture and success and sophistication. Creates the idea that’s the character was born on the wrong side of the tracks in fact there are train tracks in the shot that connote this. We challenged the genre in terms of music. We used a music box recording of a Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky as our main soundtrack, which is a contrapuntal sound.
- 10. Conventions of the genre Colour grading • Black and white Black and white colour grading is not conventional for teen drama films, but we used it to construct a serious mood and tone to the film. It suggests it will be gritty and also helps create a sense of realism.
- 11. Conventions of the genre • Young guy living in tough conditions (conventional Teenage Drama film) • Wearing urban clothing • Running to meet someone Character
- 12. Conventions of the genre Kidulthood (2006) Kidulthood is a British film targeted for teenagers. All the charaters shown in a film opening sequence are teenagers. We see them in school, which is a conventional locations for a teenage drama film.
- 13. Technical conventions • In our film opening sequence we used a lot of aerial shots, which is conventional for the genre. We used them to establish the scene and show we were in Kyiv, Ukraine. They give viewers a deeper understanding of the location. We used a drone to take them.
- 14. Representation of social groups and issues Our film opening sequence represents a teenager from rough areas in Kyiv, Ukraine. He looks like a typical Ukrainian teenager and he wears a stereotypical for a teenage guy clothes.
- 15. The locations of the film opening give understanding of his social class as well as giving insight to his background. It suggests that he was growing up in poor conditions. The main character's clothes together with the atmosphere of our film opening create the sense of a troubled teenager, who is running away from something. (enigma) Representation of social groups and issues