The evaluation Question 1
- 1. The Evaluation: 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? By Dillon Desmond
- 2. Films that inspired our film. We chose to do a crime thriller film and looked at films that would inspire us to do this. We chose 3 films that inspired us to create our film. The three films we chose were Prisoners, SE7EN and shutter island. Prisoners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJcj0dzvTc0 Se7en: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEq-4fua3lM Shutter island: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZjOOwaiTGQ We took example from these films to use for our opening scene. Our group discussed about what shots we should use like the films that inspired us, however one of our group members wasn’t present during the filming.
- 3. 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
- 4. Question 1: 1st Picture Our media product develops and challenges forms of real media products as we used a dark shot of an abandoned building to add mystery and a thrill to the beginning of the film, this does this as this building is new and appears quite weird to the audience. We used a wide shot in this to get a bigger picture of what the building looks like. The mise-en-scene in this scene focuses strongly on lighting and setting as we wanted it to impact the audience. This was similar to a part of the opening scene in the film “Prisoners” as it was a wide shot of the building however ours was abandoned and purely dark however the scene in prisoners was bright which me, Keith and Tufan thought was a good setting to shoot part of our scene.
- 5. Question 1 :2nd Picture In this picture we used a POV shot of the protagonists hands. We used this to add a mysterious feeling to the film. Also, the use of having someone laying down with their eyes closed also adds a mysterious and slight creepy feeling to the scene. We got this idea from se7en as there is a shot of a pair of hands that don’t look like a normal pair of hands which displays a creepy feeling to the film.
- 6. Question 1: 3rd Picture In this picture we followed the codes and conventions of a thriller film as we used dark red lighting and a lot of shadows in the background which could make the audience imagine death and blood which would apply to this shots the person is dead and the protagonist is checking their pulse. This is another POV close up shot to add tension to the film. We focused on the lighting strongly in this scene. We also followed the codes and conventions more as we used a dark non- diagetic music to add a sense of tension to the opening.
- 7. Question 1 : 4th Picture We used this picture as we wanted to make the scene seem like it’s a police station however it’s a school so I took a high angle shot and Keith edited the picture to make it look like it was a shot taken from a cctv camera. We also followed the codes and conventions of a thriller film as I edited the cctv camera to look black and white. We used final cut pro to edit our film. We used special effects such as black and white filter and added a camera filter to look less like an shot from an portable camera and more like a surveillance camera. I got this idea from the film opening of Shutter island as there is a shot where there is a cctv camera which gave me the idea for the group to take a shot as it was from the cctv. Also after this shot there is a shot where the detective is looking at the interrogation where you can see the cctv camera in the background
- 8. Question 1 : 5th Picture In this shot we made our media product develops and challenges forms of real media products as we made tried to make the scene an actual police interrogation room as we made the mise-en-scene in the scene for the characters look like the person at the window is also a police detective. The editing in this part of the scene is cross cutting as it swaps from the interrogation scene and the other detective looking into the room. Also, the setting of the room with the window also helped make the room look like a detective room as all interrogation rooms contain a window where other officers can see the suspect.
- 9. Question 1 : 6th Picture In this image we used a over the shoulder shot and for the editing of this scene we used was shot reverse shot. We done this to improve the various types of cinematography in this part of the opening. For this scene we had to improvise and use shoe laces to tie up the protagonists hands to make it seem like his under arrest therefore making the protagonist seem powerless to the audience. My character is wearing a black shirt and black trousers to show that he is intelligent as the connotations of a shirt and trousers is power and wealth however my hair is scruffy which subverts the connotations by showing that I am a usual person in the film that may have made a genuine mistake.
- 10. Question 1 : 7th Picture This scene was the other part of the shot reverse shot we used for the interrogation scene. This mise-en-scene was better in this scene as the police inspective had a good costume and also had a police badge on the table. The badge symbolises the law and make the audience thing that the detective is doing the right thing. This part of the scene was pretty similar to the scene in the 6th picture as it was also an over the shoulder shot. This was similar to the shot of the inspector in the diner in the film Prisoners.
- 11. Question 1 : 8th Picture Cross cutting was used here as it swapped from one detective going out the room and the other coming in the room. There was a slight problem with the costume that we realised after the film which was that one of the actors was still wearing a student lanyard which made our production look slightly unprofessional. This was partly my fault as I was also acting and could’ve informed the other actor about it but I didn’t realise at the time.
- 12. Queston 1: 9th Picture The mid shot used in this part of the scene showed power as the inspector in the room and the inspector out of the room (who you can slightly see which was intentional) both stare at the protagonist which creates a tense atmosphere in the audience and also shows to the audience the roles of power in the film. This scene also follows the code and conventions of a thriller film as it has a score that creates tension. The diagetic sound also creates a tense and mysterious atmosphere within the audience as they cant tell whether the protagonist is being truthful or not as no1 knows what is happening.