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

2. Similar films
For our film we
wanted to create a
teen film that was
similar to the films
in the Scream
Franchise as those
are the films we
took the most
inspiration from.

3. Example
In the kitchen scene where Alex is buttering
toast, we decided to show the knife and the
scrapping of the knife on the toast as a creepy
sound to make the audience cringe, but also had
connotation of pain, and the red plate showed
blood and death to the audience. Much like
Scream for with the girl holding a knife similar to
the one she would soon be killed with.

4. Narrative
I think we worked our narrative well as we
portrayed the first scene as a dream and the
whole ‘premonition’ side without having to
actually verbally tell the audience what was
happening, and did it all through images on
screen, like the one above.

5. Camera Work & Continuity
Perfect part of our film to explain this would be
the very first clips shown, where we have
extremely quick shots of a character running,
which creates a fast paced, on edge atmosphere
for the audience. We also used some unusual
angles like from the floor and diagonal to show
something was wrong in the first scene.

6. Sound
The music for the dream was very fast paced to create
the right atmosphere. The music used in the scene
after the dream was mellow and slightly happy, to tell
the audience everything is okay for now, with an
underlying presence. We didn’t use much silence as,
apart from between the music and the alarm between
scenes to make the audience jump.

7. Mise-en-Scene
Locations were picked
out specifically so we
could get the right
atmosphere, for
example the woods
were perfect for the
start. Costumes,
specifically Sam’s, was
chosen careful to create
contrast between the
blood and the white
dress and also to
present her innocence.