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

I have targeted my product for a specific genre and therefore the film would not perhaps appeal to a wide audience as most films do but the film still establishes itself as a media product. In the opening 2 minutes i did not give a huge deal away and attracted the viewers the attentions with what i did produce.

In the opening two minutes i did not give the storyline away, this is what a lot of other films do as well as the storyline builds itself up. I used a number of different titles in the opening clip, i only wanted to include a few important titles as 'A D.C Media Production', 'Starring Danny Craske' and 'Danger Dream', in many films you'll find this is the case, i did not put too many titles into the opening as it may have caused a distraction for the viewer.




In the opening sequence i used a variety of different camera shots, i used close ups, wide shots and mid shots. The close up was used to show emotion of the character, where as the wide shots were used to set the location. In the opening of the film you are able to see several shots which shows the locations which the film is based, in the very first two shots you see the character walking past the Wymondham High School sign followed by the Wymondham Leisure Centre sign, immediately this has set seen as to where the film is based and the viewer is able to know where it is as well.

In the later part of my clip, you see him getting changed into his basketball kit. The props and costume are able to give the viewer an understanding as to what the character is really about. In the opening of the film he's walking around in his school uniform and this makes the audience know that he's a school pupil, at this stage you don't really know much about him as he's seen as the same as everyone else. But then, when he changes into the basketball kit you are able to understand more of what he's about- basketball. The fact that he's changing and shooting alone represents something about his personality, he's important and has his mind focused on the task set infront of him. However this also forshadows later events, the fact that he becomes isolated.

By adding special effects and transitions it can create an effective piece of work. In many media products they use special effects. In my product at the ending when he's shooting i slowed the clip down to make it go in slowmotion, this creates a very effective piece of work. I did this by reducing the speed of that part of the video from 50% to 25%. Editing makes the difference from the product being a good piece of work to a bad piece of work. By cutting the clips to the right length and adding titles in the right places it can make the product flow really well.