Q1 Evaluation

Q1 - In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

These are 9 frames of my horror opening, Ominous. To analysis these frames, the bottom row shows the victim in my horror film and the setting location of where she is attacked, it would make the audience know that she is outside alone at night. The middle frame in the bottom row shows a close-up on the victims face and it is clear that she sees what the audience cannot see, but she is looking at the camera so the audience would be portrayed as the villain . The frame on the right on the bottom row, shows the special effect that I added while editing my film and it is a clear view of the villain’s perspective and that he is watching the victim run away.
 

The middle row of the frames, shows the opening of our horror film, and that it starts with our production company 'prey productions' and it shows a few establishing shots to set the scene to introduce the character. The middle frame has ’prey productions’ at the bottom of the frame so it would not fully distract the audience as our long shot of the victim and the tube station needs to be recognised by the audience also. Then the frame on the left in the middle row shows the end of our film opening and it ends with the title of the film, to show that it is the end of the beginning and how the film title defines what happened in the opening sequence. The title of the film is in the middle of the screen to get the audience's full attention and it is in white so it could contrast the dark background. 

Furthermore, the middle frame on the left shows the victim walking from the light into the dark, indicating that she is heading to danger and it is not safe and making the audience aware that she is in a dilemma.
 

The top row shows 3 frames that are commonly related to horror films, the first image shows the victim being threatened by a weapon (a big knife that is famously used in the horror movie scream by Wes Craven). The second image on the top row shows a clock. Clocks are a useful prop in a horror movie as the sound of a clock ticking could be very superstitious (it was used mainly in Insidious). Also, the last image on the top row shows the victim being blacked out with a bright background, showing that she is entering a dark place where it may be unsafe and where she is more vulnerable.