Task 1- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and coventions of real media products?

The tittles in our film conform to most real media products by having the production team first. This is a feature of Hollywood films.

We also show the directors name as is the norm in Hollywood films. But unlike Hollywood films, these are the only opening credits as we wanted to keep the wording to a minimum so as to keep the audiences attention.

Our sequence challenges most real media products as ours are just one continue tracking shot. Whereas most films now use an edgy and fast cutting style when editing. The main point of focus in the sequence is the diary so the camera stays on the diary for a number of seconds before moving on; this shows its importance to the audience so it becomes an Enigma code for the film.

In this part of the sequence it conforms to most real media products openings as it shows some of who the character is (the pictures on the wall) but does not give it all away. The mise-en-scene of the room conforms to that of a horror film.

We have tried to subvert what the audience think is going to happen, as the camera tilts down the rope then comes onto the head of a doll rather than the head of a person.

At this point of the sequence there is a long tracking shot across the floor which conforms to most horror films with blood and gore. The way ours challenges most media products is our film uses dolls rather than people. This was an artistic choice as well as the fact that we had a limited budget.

This point subverts most Hollywood films by technically giving away the story at the start of the film. But we feel that this will still build tension throughout the rest of the film because the audience will not know who or why this person has killed themselves. This is called an Enigma code as it makes the audience want to know more about why that has happened, which builds interest and tension.

The title of the film comes up at the end of the opening sequence conforms to most media products. As it is the name of the film and the style of the font conforms to most horror films.