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in what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of media products?

OUR  MEDIA PRODUCT DEVOLOPS FORMS OF EXISTING MEDIA PRODUCTS BY USING JOINT GENRES RATHER THAN IT STICKING TO JUST ONE WHICH WAS A THRILLER. WE MIXED CRIME INTO THRILLER BEAUSE THAT WAS WHAT SUITED OUR GTOUP BEST

WE MANAGED TO GRASP BETTER IDEAS  BETTER WHEN OUR PROJECT WASNT DIRECTLY STUCK ON THRILLER. CRIME IS A VERY POPULAR GENRE WHICH HAS BEEN SLOWLY MAKING A BREAKTHROUGH ON TO TV SHOWS LIKE LUTHER AND CSI WHO HAVE HIT TOP VIEWS WHEN AIRED SO THATS ANOTHER REASON WHY THE THRILLER/CRIME ROUTE WAS SO INTERESTING

CONVENTIONS OF MEDIA PROJECTS AS A WHOLE IS A DIFFICULT THING TO GET YOUR HEAD AROUND, ESPECIALLY IF THOSE CONVENTIONS CAN RUIN THE PRODUCT ENTIRELY E.G REPRESENTATION.

 

AFTER A THOROUGH RESEARCH LESSON ABOUT HOW DIFFERENT GROUPS IN SOCIETY ARE REPRESENTED IT MADE US REEVALUATE  OUR WHOLE STORY BOARD AND CASTING BOARD. WE COULD'VE MADE THE FATAL MISTAKE OF OFFENDING A GROUP WHICH WOULD BE AN AUTOMATIC FAIL WHEN IT WOULD COME DOWN TO DISTRIBUTING

BECAUSE WE WERE FILMING IN THE SCHOOL FOR SOME SHOTS WE HAD TO BE AWARE THAT IT IS A CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL. IN CERTAIN AREAS THE ROOMS HAD CROSSES AROUND WHICH WE HAD TO MOVE OUT OF THE SHOT/CHANGE THE AREA FOR THE SHOT BECAUSE WE NEEDED IT TO BE RELIGION NEUTRAL, THE CONSEQUENCES OF IF WE LEFT THESE RELIGIOUS SYMBOLS IN SHOT WOULD NOT BE SO FATAL BUT IT MAY IMPLY CORRUPTION IN THAT RELIGION WHICH COULD BE INTERPRETED FURTHER IMPLYING HATRED TI THAT RELIGION WHICH IS SOMETHING WE DONT WANT

WE ALSO CHALLENGED MEDIA PROJECTS AS OUR FILM WOULD ONLY BE  AVAILABLE ONLINE AND WON'T BE DISTRIBUTED OUT TO CINEMAS

WE USED OUR SURROUNDINGS TO OUR STRENGHT KEEPING IT A MORE 'HOMEMADE' FILM RATHER THAN OTHER MEDIA PRODUCTS THAT HAVE BEEN STYLED PARTICULARLY AND PURPOSEFULLY. 

OUR STILLL CAME OUT WITH THE SAME EFFECT 

THE STORY LINE FIT THE GENERIC THRILLER MOTIONS OF A VILLIAN WITH A TWIST AND A TWIST BUT OUR THRILLER ENDED WITH THE SAD FINISHER WHICH WAS THAT BOTH CHARACTER DIED (OF COURSE THIS WASNT SHOWN IN OUR OPENING SEQUENCE BUT IT WAS HINTED THROUGH OUR ADVERTISEMENT

HOME MADE BEGINNING SEQUENCE TO REMIND THE AUDIENCE OF CLOSE EFFORTS RATHER THAN BIG RECOGNISABLE MEDIA COMPANIES LIKE UNIVERSAL

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