1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
2. Inspiration & Outfits Inspiration Our Media Studies
Opening used, developed and challenged many different forms and
conventions of the Crime/Comedy genre. When coming up with ideas
for our opening, we looked for inspiration in films like 'Snatch'
by Guy Ritchie, and '30 Minutes or Less' by Ruben Fleischer. By re
watching the opening sequences and key scenes from these films, we
finally came up with an idea that would fit perfectly into our
genre. Outfit We made sure the outfits we used covered our
characters faces, as they would do in a crime film to hide their
identity. However, they are wearing hoodies, white reflective
glasses, and one of them is even wearing a beanie with a bobble on
top. This is the comedy element that we tried to incorporate. These
choice of outfits try to emphasize the fact that these characters
are in fact still just teenagers, and even though they try to be
professional with their disguises and weapons, there's still a hint
of childishness.
3. Music When searching for music, we tried to find music that
would completely seem out of place. We used a heavy and upbeat
track that you would probably see in a fast paced, professionally
done montage, with special rooms dedicated to planning, matching
outfits and blueprints strung up on a wall. Location We decided to
set our opening on a balcony outside of an apartment and in a
garage. This reinforces the idea of the characters not being
professional. When coming up with this opening idea, we thought
back to the scene in '30 Minutes or Less' where the two characters
start spray painting two fake toy guns black, which is what gave us
the idea for the almost 'last minute' preparation stage, where we
just stepped out the apartment door and suited up. Weapons When
taking a hold of the weapons, you can see them laid out on a garden
table. This again reinforces the comedy element, in which we got
inspiration from the film 'Pineapple Express' where two characters
start gearing up in a rundown house, from guns that were hid behind
a painting on the wall, and there is a montage of them holstering
the gun, and pretending to shoot them.
