Task 1

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

(i.e. of real film openings)

Production CompanyOur first frame is our production company name in our title sequence. We made this using live type , we used the live type software as we found it an easy program to use and convert all our titles onto final cut and then finally add them to our title sequence. We did make all of our titles on live type and we made sure that we made them all the same color and roughly the same size , so they did’t look out of place and un professional. We choose to use white text as on the black background we chose it made it stand out and look bold for our audience , this is because these two colors contrast.

Opening of sequenceOur opening of our title sequence when we used the green screen to create the news like effect represented the genre because it had the story like underneath which reads “ three teenagers have been taken” , so this automatically shows the audience what our title sequence is about and an idea that it is part of the thriller genre. When we did this we wanted to make sure that our news reporter scene look as realistic as we could so to do this we researched other news channels. We looked at news channels like the BBC and fox news channel. The bbc we found rather inspirational because of the world spinning around in the background . We decided to make our frame this way because we felt like we needed to show the audience that this news was important as it is known world wide and is a professional company , so we wanted ours to look similar.

We also decided as a group that we wanted our news reporter to be sitting behind a desk , we felt that this helped make it look more professional as they do it on the BBC and make it look a lot more realistic then just standing up.

Title

This frame introduces our audience to the title of our film. We all as a group decided on the title of ‘Thr33’ , this is because it represents the number of teenagers that get taken in our film so gives off the idea at the very beginning of what its going to be about. Our title for our film was inspired by the title of the film ‘Se7en’ I liked it how they used the number 7 instead of some words , as it is very unique and makes it stand out. We made our title using the software of livetype.

Setting and CostumeIn this frame it shows one of the teenagers sitting on a park bench , in open surroundings , which are not very busy at all and theres no one else in the mise en scene. We can see this as there is only grenery surrounding her and the kidnapper. We wanted the costume for the teengers to be keept basic and simple , so just like what a normal teenager would wear every normal day , so we went for the idea of jeans, a top and a black blazer. The costume we decided for the kidnapper , would be all black as it would show the mystery and danger of the character. We made sure that the kidnappers face was covered throughout so that it was just a constant mystery so that it added tension and suspense for the audience. We finally decided on the kidnapper wearing an oversized hoodie and leggings as we wanted the kidnapper to be male , and I was actually play the role so we had to disguise my figure and my face to hide the true identity.

Special Effects and propsIn our title sequence we used a lot of special effects. For this shoot we toke we found it hard , because the cigarette really blended into the bench. To Solve our problem we had to make the cigarette look more clear , and we did this by playing around with the enhance and contrast effect to make it look as effective as we could get it. We used the cigarette as a prop as we felt that it is something that a teenager could be using , and then when they get taken it could be left and signals that they have been taking and its just left behind. We zoomed in on the prop to make it look more effective and really hightlight whats just happened in the frame.

Credits

This frame shows one of the many credits of our title sequence .Our credits are which tell the audience who did what in the task and who played what in roles of characters. This frame was also produced in live type , and we used the same font for our credits through out to keep our title sequence as professional as we could get it . The white and back really contrast well together and stand out to the audience.

Camera Work

This frame shows our camera work and also again our special effects that we used. This is a close up shot of one of the teeenagers mobile phones , and again she leaves it once shes been taken so it signfies whats just happened and that her mum is trying to find out where she is. We used special effects on this frame to make it clear to the audience what was being shown on the screen , and zoomed it in to show that it was her mother calling her.

Location

This frame shows one of the locations of where the kidnapper takes one of three teenagers , which was located in a woodland area. We can see in the frame that it is in a woodland area as everything that surrounding her is just trees and leaves which are covering the floor. This also highlights to the audience what type of season it is , which is fall.