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

2. TITLING
Typical conventions: Our opening sequence to our
Typically the titling of the opening of horrors
film:
signify the genre and the storyline of the
Staying within the conventions of horror
film. Many horrors that contain a lot of blood
we also used a black background in
and gruesome scenes often have their titles
contrast with bright red writing, which
on a dark black background, with red writing
once again foreshadows the dark and
to signify the blood, and foreshadow events
gruesome events that will follow within
that may take place within the film.
our film. Just like “shining in Crimson”
our writing also reflects the eroded and
decaying text of the writing which shows
the erosion of the human race
throughout our film.

3. Framing of shots
Typical conventions: Our opening sequence to our film:
With the zombie horror of 28 days later Conforming to this convention, we felt that it was
they use medium shots of the zombies to important that we had a medium shot portraying
portray their full image, and how horrific the full image of our zombie. Wanting to create a
they actually look. This is affective tension and fear within the audience, as the
towards the audience as it gives them a actress is within such a short range of the zombie.
clear image of the horror of the zombies,
making the audience feel uncomfortable
and leaving them with tension and
suspense, on whether or not the
survivors are able to survive against such
monstrous creatures.

4. Mise- En-Scene
Our Opening sequence to our film:
Typical Conventions: However we challenged these conventions and decided
to start our film in a mysterious manner. We did this by
Usually with horror movies there is a series having the little boy sitting in the middle of a derelict
of events that lead up to the horrific street with a virus. This meant that the audience were
events. Such as in 28 Days Later it starts of intrigued to know how he got the virus? And why he
in pandemonium which shows the was sitting there? Were are his parents? By opening our
film in a mysterious way meant that floods of questions
background story to how people hit our audience. We felt that not showing any
contracted the virus, and how it spread. background information was more effective as it kept
Similarly within the film contagious we are the audience gripped to our film, as they are looking for
some sort of explanation.
also able to see were the deadly virus
comes from, and how it is spread. The
typical convention of a horror is to show
the back strong to the events, which
informs the audience of why events are
unfolding.

5. Sound.
Typical Conventions: Our opening sequence of our film:
Whilst conducting my research on Similarly at the beginning we have the
existing films, I found that they all Diegetic sound of a heart beating,
use a wide variety of either non showing fear and tension. Yet further
Diegetic, or Diegectic sounds. For on in the opening sequence you are
example in the beginning of Scream able to hear the non diegetic music of
5 you have the chilling diegetic a popular modern day artist, which is
sound of the phone ringing. appealing to many teenagers, drawing
Within the beginning of other in our teenage target audience.
horrors, as the opening progresses
the audience are able to hear the
non diegetic music, and then are
thrown into the mise en scene, of
busy every day life.