In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge

forms and conventions of real media products?

The title of the film

The Title we chose was The Wake. We have chose to put the film title near the end because we have put no diegesis into the last scene and have made it flow all the way through to the main title of the film. This will create suspense and terror and creates a climax to make the audience think what is going to happen in the film.

Setting/Location

This scene in the film opening shows where our location/setting will be. We have chosen this location because it brings the feel of loneliness in a house and can show suspense. This is a typical location that is used in most horror films therefore it will appeal to the audience more.

Costume and Props

One of the main props we used was the mask that the killer is wearing. This mask symbolises the horror genre we are getting across. The reason why we used a white mask because if he has all black clothes and a white mask it will make the killer stand out when you see him in the opening.It also makes the killer more mysterious because we won’t know who the killer and this will keep the audience interested.

Camerawork and editing

We chose to put the title sequences such as directed by and produced by at the beginning of our film opening is because it follows the conventions of a film opening giving the audience information about who was involved in making the film. We put the titles over the scenes in the opening which informs the audience quicker than just putting them on a black screen.

Title font and Style

The title we chose for our opening is a scary, bald font. We chose this type of font because it matches the storyline in our film which is scary and tense. We also chose the colour white so it stands out and shows the title sequences in our film opening more clearer. Another reason why we chose is that it also matches the colour of the mask that the killer wears which also makes the killer stand out in scenes.

Story and how the opening sets up

At the beginning it shows Tony the protagonist running then it shows the killer walking the same way. This shows that the killer is after him and makes the audience feel that something bad might This is a typical convention because it keeps the audience on edge.

Genre and how the opening suggests it?

The first scene shows a shot of Tony’s legs running away then the next scene shows the killer walking. The way you can tell it’s a horror is from also the sound because we play tense but not the over the top music so it shows that something will happen and It will build up.

How characters are introduced?

The main character is introduced of him running away from the killer. The killer is introduced the next scene shows him walking towards him but we don’t show his face to make the opening more mysterious but at the end we show what the killer looks like. We chose to show his face at the end to end the opening on a cliff-hanger.

Special effects • We used effects in our opening such as transitions to make our film opening more

realistic to a typical film opening. We used transitions to show what two different characters were doing at the same time. For example we show Tony running then we used a transition and then showed the killer this creates tension because it shows that something will happen because the killer is close to Tony when he's running which suggests he wants to catch him.