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

Mise en scene:
Our thriller opening used good use of props, costume, lighting and location as they all linked up to a thriller convention. The location of the movie opening was in Shorditch which was a good urban London area which Londoners can relate to as it is a setting of a normal everyday life. We used props to make the actor look smart as well as appealing, for example a glittery bag high heels, tights and a fur coat. As another prop we was going to use a knife in her bag to show that she’s a secret killer but we thought that it will too classic and give away the whole point.

Camera:
At the beginning of the title sequence we used an establishing shot to show the location and the area which was conventional as it sets the scene. We used a variety of different shots such as long shots, low angle, high angle, close up, tracking shot etc. The use of different shots made the opening movie more professional and linked up as the audience sees every detail of what they are meant to see. As we wanted our movie opening to be clear and professional, we did not use any zooming as we filmed because we didn’t want to lose any marks.

Editing:
We edited our movie on final cut pro on Apple Mac computers which helped us to match cut our movie and we found a good variety of different types of edits. We added transitions (e.g. fade) in few places of our movie to link up the clips and add a smooth texture. The movie was edited as fast pace but it slowed down towards the end as we wanted it to be stronger as it was the main part which left a cliff hanger.

Credits:
We added the credits from Live Type with an outstanding and clear font, the colour of the font was white but only changed two letters to red which relates to the romantic and thriller convention. I think this made a strong effect as its eye catching and appealing.