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

Selected frames from our film.

1.) This frame shows the title of the film, it also gives the audience extra clues about what the film is going to be about. The fact that is called 'Chapter 4' suggests that the film may be about or related to a book, and that this plays a major role in the plot of the film. Also, the font of the title is similar to handwriting, which also emphasises the fact that the storyline is about a book.


2.) This camera shot introduces the location that the film  is set in, it is a fairly modern house with other past owners. This allows the audience to easily relate to the characters of the film, which will make them more likely to have a greater interest in the film.


3.) This frame shows some of the props and the costumes that our characters wear. These costumes are typial of a young normal couple that have just brought their first house. This also adds personal identity to our film, so the audience can relate and picture themselves in the film.


4.) This shot shows some of the various camera shots that we used in our film, this one is a POV  shot of the shadowy figure in our title sequence. This will give the audience an idea of what she is doing, and how it will relate to the rest of the film.


5.) The font and style of the titles in the title sequence also, like the title of the film, give the audience clues about what genre the film is, and what it is about. We chose the titles to have the same font and colour as the main title of the film because it shows consistency throughout the whole title sequence. 


6.) This camera frame opens the film, and directly says to the audience that it is a horror film. It does this by showing the strange figure in the mirror and the main character being scared by it, because the fact that it is there is unexpected in itself and it surprises her. This frame will hopefully also surprise the audience, because it is so unexpected, leading them to anticipate the rest of the film, after seeing what happened in the first scene.

7.) This frame could suggest that the film is a horror/thriller, because it is so dark and mysterious. The frame gives little information about what is actually happening, so the audience will want to know what is actually going on. This will also encourage the audiene to watch more of the film, because they know so little about what is happening, but they know enough information to give them an idea.


8.) The characters are introduced right at the beginning at the opening scene. It shows a young couple who have just moved into their new house, it also shows a stereotypical view of men, sat down and watching TV when he should be doing work. A stereotypical view of women is also shown by the fact that she shouts at her husband shows that is the more dominant one in the relationship, this, however, is also a countertype of what women are usually portrayed as in horror films. They are usually the weaker out of the group of people that is being attacked by an antagonist, but this scene shows her to be powerful and fearful.

9.) This shows some of the special effects that we used in our opening sequence, this was done to create tension and suspense through the title sequence, so the audience will anticipate what is in the rest of the film. It also helps the audience understand that it is a horror film, because of the slow transition and the low key lighting that is present.