Question 1

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

 media products?

Our title is positioned in the bottom left of the screen on a black background. The reason we have chosen to have this is that based on similar films from the action genre they do this. Fast and furious 6 have their title at the end of the opening and have a black screen in which in bold they have written the title; this is in the centre of the screen. Our title is also a bold font which is why it is similar to action openings.

The sound used within our opening scene helps to suggest that our genre is action however, the main give away is the generic conventions that can be seen on the desk when the villain is in the office. In this frame, you can see that there are drugs and a gun on the table which are two generic conventions of action as it connotes violence and illegal activity. The character is wearing a dark suit which conveys a dark personality which helps the audience to identify that he is the villain in our film. Like most action films for example, Spectre, ours features these types of generic conventions as these are what an audience would expect to see within an action film. Generic conventions help to set up the viewers expectations of the film and these expectations need to be met, that Is why we have included common conventions.


This is the main establishing shot that features in our film as it helps the audience to identify the type of location that the scene is being set in, with a zoomed out image containing the majority of the room.

There are two characters that feature in our film opening, these consist of  hero and a villain. The villain is the first character that is seen in our film opening and this character is presented using  a tint that created a darner effect on the scenes that he features in to reflect on his character. On the other hand, we left the original footage of the hero character as it was originally as it creates a more innocent feel to the scene and also helps to indicate to the audience that this is the good character and that they should trust him.

We have chosen to use this font because it is a bold heading. Most action films tend to have titles like this as they stand out. Furthermore it is clear. Our titles are all positioned in different places but on the bottom of the screen because therefore it does not intervene with any content on screen.

This shot features in the opening and it helps to establish the story and what is happening. The shot shows a government agent looking through some files while other props are seen on screen like the drugs and the gun. This shows he might not be any normal government agent. The shot also features him rushing in order to clear the drugs out of the way as someone knocks on the door. This signifies the fact he is doing something wrong