In what way does your media product

use, develop or challenge forms of conventions of real media products?

Use forms of conventions

O Firstly, we researched other post-apocalyptic film openings and the way characters are portrayed as well as whether they reflect or challenge the stereotypes of the characters age and other representations. By looking at ‘The walking dead’ and ‘I am legend’ i was able to gain knowledge of the features used to reflect the genre.

Continued…O Most post-apocalyptic films which we

researched contained loneliness and a fight for survival. Therefore this helped with our storyline as we needed to create some sort of fight for survival so it would represent a post-apocalyptic genre.

O Their clothing in film openings highlighted the emptiness.

Challenge forms of conventions

O I think our film opening both related and challenged the forms of conventions of real media products.

O The similarities include the storyline and keeping the location the same as films of the post-apocalyptic genre.

O However, we challenged the forms of conventions as the protagonist in our film reflects the stereotype of a teenager but is still wearing similar clothing what would be used within a film of our genre.

Continued…O Also, the storyline related to ones

seen in the film openings of films within our genre. For example, our storyline includes a man thinking he is all alone but it later confronted by two other individuals who want something that he has and therefore becomes a threat to him- leaving him fighting for survival.

OriginalityO To make our film opening different to

other post-apocalyptic film openings we made the protagonist go through a hostile state- as he is held hostage by the two ‘bad’ men. This gave our film opening a slight edge which differed from the ones you would usually see.

The main events throughout our film

opening1.

This shot shows the ‘good’ protagonist and his home- indicating no other people around in a woodland area.

2.

From this shot we see the protagonist pick up a half eaten apple, this highlights his struggle for survival.

The main events throughout our film

opening

This point of view shot highlights that the protagonist is not alone and something is watching him.

This shot shows what is watching him and by the way they are perceived visually, it looks like they are going to do something bad.

3. 4.

The main events throughout our film

opening5. 6.

Shows the two villains hit the protagonist with a baseball bat- which creates a difference from other post-apocalyptic openings.

To create an edge to our film and add suspense we have the protagonist held hostage (tied to a tree).

The main events throughout our film

opening

This highlights the two men after something that the protagonist had- which could potentially be life saving.

7. 8.

This is the last shot within our film opening, it creates suspense and makes the audience want to know what happens.