Evaluation Question 1

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

My Thriller Opening

Narrative
The establishing shot of my opening shows that it is a busy and running systemic city and not a rural city that has been deprived of human life that is usually considered when watching a thriller but mine is different as it is based on crime and how the youth are represented and how they are in real life gangs (with obviously a little cinematic charm to it).

Genre
My opening shows that it is a thriller as it as the classic long shots that create suspense and this picks up the tension. You can also tell by the way the music sounds - it is slow, deep and effective that at specific points picks up the tempo.

Camera, Angle, Shot Movement and Position
The angles that were used were mostly were eye angled, low angle and they were point of view shots, over the shoulder, long shots, medium shots. They were mostly still movements, there was a pan and a dolly
 (in the over the shoulder shot)
Continuity & Editing
My opening thrillers continuity was quite good as it followed the character and made sense while it did show what was happening around him. In the editing I used cuts, I didn't use any transitions. Where it may seem as I have where the the opening credits come on, but this has been done in Adobe After Effects CS5

Sound
For the sound I put in a soundtrack. My music was running for the whole duration of the opening sequence. Though in frame 6 I put in a mobile's ring tone for the message that the character received. I also lowered (not removed) the real sound from that clip of when he was sitting down and the cars were passing by.

Mise-En-Scene/Expressionism
I didn't edit any of the lighting or colour with the footage. This is because the footage that I had was perfect already for the mood I was setting, I wanted to show that it was a normal day but it is slightly different for this individual.

Typography
The type of text that I used was Times New Roman, I used this because it was setting the mood as serious and had a very subtle effect on the audience, I also used a glow behind the text to illuminant it and make it stand out.

Iconography
I have chosen to use the teenage character as my icon for this film. This is because he is the main actor and he will be the main story and of what happens to him though it will include others as well.

Enigma Code
The enigma code is kept in the mobile phone's text message. This is because it sets the story and creates a mystery for the audience and will make them want to watch it more.


Thriller Opening Films

I have chosen to do three different films and have 3 shots from each. The three films are:

• Green Zone (Frame 1,2 and 3)

1) It has the same style in which my production logo came in as this is based on a circle in this case the Earth and in mine a red light that makes the text in front of it to stand out.

2) This is similar to my shot of the trains as this is capturing something moving. In this case it shows that the bullet is moving to a person and in mine it shows that the train is fast and it is scheduled to be somewhere at a certain time.

3) In this frame it is similar to my over the shoulder frame as well, except in this frame the camera movement is none while in mine was dolly.

• Leon The Professional (Frame 4, 5 and 6)

4) This is similar to my shot of the character walking down towards the bridge. The difference is that in this frame is that the camera tilts towards the man standing while mine is in one position and the character moves.

5) This shot is completely opposite of my shot where I look at the vehicles instead. This frame follows one object while in my shot it watches all the vehicles pass by.

6) This shot is very similar to my shot where my character is out of breath and it is a low angle shot. The only difference is that the angle of this shot is eye level but they are both point of view shots.

• Lord Of War (Frame 7, 8 and 9)

7) This production logo is similar to my distributors logo animation. This is because I has the same quick framing as mine and it allows you to see if easily.

8) This frame is very similar to my credits framing's, the only difference is that mine has glow in the background and this frame doesn't. 

9) This frame has similarities and differences to my framing (the one of the train and vehicles going by with the ambulance), the similarity is that is shows the city and it is on the road and the difference is that in this frame the camera moves over the road with the credits and mine watches the vehicles going by and then there will be a next frame of the credits.