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1. IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE,IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE,
DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONSDEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS
OF EXISTING FILM OPENING SEQUENCES???OF EXISTING FILM OPENING SEQUENCES???

2. Ways in which our opening sequence
conforms to horror conventions
• One way in which our project is similar is through allowing the
audience to meet the protagonist first and experiencing some of her
day-to-day life, and also her accomplices life. They need to be
introduced and established first in order to make sure the audience
empathise with them both through out the film.
• Another way in which it develops conventions of horror is through
taking something from the media and developing it into something
a little more terrifying e.g. Ebola. The concept of the scientist
creating a zombie is similar to a life treating disease, in that the
disease the zombie carries could potentially wipe out the human
race.

3. More ways in which our opening sequence
conforms to horror conventions
• We used lighting and camerawork to our advantage by using yellow
gels over our lights to give the laboratory a eerie feel, this helped
exemplify to the audience that the setting was not safe. Also the use of
camera angles helped to create suspense during the attack and just
before the attack.
• We had the character wear specific costumes to help establish the
narrative genre and setting. One of the scientist wore a hazmat suit,
this would make it clear to the audience the work they were doing was
dangerous. Both characters also wore masks and google to prevent
further contamination.

4. Ways in which our opening sequence
differs from horror conventions
• One way is which our project is dissimilar is through
the way we start our film, many horror films start in the
middle of the action normally a chase scene. Where as
we decided to set the beginning in a safe setting to help
establish our characters and the narrative.
• The beginning of the opening scene would not suggest
its genre immediately in that it is set in a experimental
laboratory with two scientist conversing about there
social life.

5. Opening sequences that are similar
to our opening sequence
• An opening sequence that would be deemed
similar is ‘ 28 Weeks Later’. The opening scenes
share similarities in that they both start in the
everyday life’s of their protagonists and then the
equilibrium is disrupted by the attack of a zombie.
• Dawn Of The Dead opening scene (link)

6. Opening sequences that are similar
to our opening sequence
• An opening sequence that would be deemed
similar is ‘ 28 Weeks Later’. The opening scenes
share similarities in that they both start in the
everyday life’s of their protagonists and then the
equilibrium is disrupted by the attack of a zombie.
• Dawn Of The Dead opening scene (link)