In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

We use a typical production company, for the type of film we made. I think this shows we conformed to real media and that we used our knowledge wisely to make our film seem as professional as we possibly could. We also used touchstone at the very start of our trailer, which is what we had seen in all the other trailers we had observed. This also made our project very professional looking as the structure was on point with all other professional trailers.

We already knew that all trailers had to be U ratings, so they could be shown on television before the watershed. So I think we made a smart, and conventional move when we added this to our trailer. This rating card starts at the very begging of most trailers. It made our work look very professional and very suitable to watch.

Not many films that we found used quotations from magazines or newspapers. I believe this challenges convention because we really wanted something such as a review to make our film look at good as we possibly could. I think this was a good move on our part as it showed we wanted to go that little bit extra for our film and push the boundaries a little.     

This scene is perfect to attract the audience, as it creates drama effortlessly. Straight way when you see it you immediately want to know what is going on and why. This also create suspense in our trailer as you’re not too sure where it links in with the story until you find out she is pregnant.

I think the camera work here really speaks to the audience here as the it is completely level with both of the actors no one is being spoken down to. This in this emotional situation is very important. The location of this is very picturesque and secluded which is what we wanted from this scene. The prop used in this is also very effective, we used a umbrella to make the friends stand closer together and to make the conversation seem more private. This also gave our audience a main force point.    

 

Film poster

When making our film poster we stuck to a lot of convections.We made the title bold as we could because we wanted it to be a main focus point.

The quotation ‘‘only one person to depend on’’ was also something that was highly convectional on a film poster. With all the other film posters we had reviewed we saw a pattern of small quotes on film posters.We also did a billing block which is seen as very conventional. There a little problem with the font but nothing that I would consider to challenge convection.   

Film magazine

When it came to our magazine we chose to go with Total Film. We chose them as they seemed to be the most conversional film magazine. We followed Total Films media convections very closely. We used the main character on the foreground of the very front. Then in the background we used a rainy scene for representation of what is to come for young Chloe. The main characters on Total Film usually have expressionless faces, and also stare into the distance. We used a lot of advertising for other films on our magazine. This was to make our magazine look really professional.