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

2. Setting/Location
We used a long shot to establish the location; most
opening sequences usually use an establishing/extreme
long shot to show the location. The location is a normal
public place, which in realistic films is usually the case,
which is why we filmed in a park; to give our opening
sequence more realism.

3. Costumes and Props
We chose to have normal, everyday costumes so that it
emphasised the realism of the opening sequence. This is what
some film openings have their characters wear at the beginning
to show how normal they are before events happen to them. We
used a mobile phone to move the story along which is typical of
some film scenes.

4. Camerawork and Editing
In most film openings, they start with simple
editing techniques which allow the audience to
learn a bit more about the character and won’t
confuse them as the film is continuous. This is
what we did with our film. The camerawork
reflects this as basic shots are used which can
help portray the character as being quite
normal.

5. Titles
The titles fit with opening sequence conventions as
they show the production company and the film
title. The production company title fits in with the
film genre as it is a silhouette. The film title, when
played, has been created to give a typing effect,
possibly showing that the secrets will be revealed
throughout the film.

6. Story
The storyline is set up through a small amount of
dialogue, but mainly through the onscreen footage
like other films e.g. The Tourist. We also moved the
storyline along through a recurring device: the
mobile phone, which also kept the character in
contact with others. The opening sequence doesn’t
give everything away, but hopefully interests the
audience as they want to find out who the male is,
and what the two phone documents contain. This is
a convention of opening sequences as you want to
make the audience interested enough that they’ll
keep watching the film until the end.

7. Genre - Thriller
The genre is set up through various methods, one
of which is the story. Little bits of information are
given away, but not everything which creates
interest and makes the male mysterious as no clues
are really given away about who his, except that he
wants to help the female. Many thrillers start with
unanswered questions, so the audience will want to
watch so they can find out the answers, which is
what we did by the phone prop and creating
untitled documents on it.

8. Characters
The main character is shown to be the main one
as she is the one the camera follows, and also
has a shot from her point of view. This is typical
of an opening sequence. The male is implied to
be the one who sent her the second text as he
says that he knows about her.