Evaluation question 1

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

Our opening sequence portrays, develops and challenges the forms and conventions of real media products through including key features usually found in a real opening sequence. We feel that the main purpose of an opening sequence is to capture the audiences attention, and appeal to the correct target audience. We have successfully accomplished this,  through relating it to our horror theme by using flashing images, dark colors and creepy sounds. In an opening sequence you normally find features such as the Production company logo to begin, followed by the title introducing the audience to the name of the film.  We included both these aspects in our own opening sequence because this tells the audience the title of our film ‘Awaken’ and our production company logo ‘Twined studios’. We produced both using ‘Motion’ app, which is designed to create titling for film and video production, it allowed us to choose from a variety of fonts and graphics best suited to our film genre, e.g. the main color scheme of Red and black, due to this representing danger as seen in real media products e.g. Red letter studios (a company that specialises in horror movies). Another important feature normally seen in real media products is the introduction of Actors/actresses, directors etc. to give credit to people responsible for producing the film. This is done through presenting their names on screen. We included our actors/actresses, directors and editors names in our opening sequence, again through using ‘Motion’ app. Sound became an important aspect in our opening sequence, as we feel it helped to create the tension needed to portray our horror genre. In many real horror films, you will find dark, distressing sounds such as drones and disturbing lullabyes, which we have included in our final opening sequence. 

Here is an example of the type of costume we used in our opening film sequence to portray the horror genre. Our actor who plays the haunting young girl in our clip wears a white robe and dark scary makeup to emphasise her creepy character. It helps to suggest that this film will be based on horror, and creates a spooky feel for the audience. This character remains in this costume throughout the whole film, creating a signature look for the main character.

Here is an example of how our characters are introduced to the audience. We created this using Motion, and used the same font as the film title. It appears in between clips that show the characters to help the audience identify which actors are playing what part. We also used this style to present the directors and editors of the film, again using the same font to keep a consistent style throughout the sequence.