Evaluation Q1

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. film openings) Before editing.

After editing.

Most horror films use editing to show a difference between flash backs and real time.

We used a editing to keep with the conventions of horror using light to show what scenes are 'happy' and flash backs, we also slowed it down to make it look different to the reality scenes which are moving in normal time which also helps with suspence.

We were orrignially going to make the flash backs black and white as that is what most horror films use but the effect wasnt working properly so we had to use something different, although i think it worked out better because it shows its a 'happy' scene more as the better lit it is generally shows happyness.

Our titles of our film keep to the conventions of horror as well as some of the posters for films we looked at used red lettering which represents blood for gorey films and anger and dangour for other scary films so it fits well as in our film there isnt too much gore but there is a little bit and there is certainly lots of anger. We used american type writer which suits what we are trying to show as its simple and slightly old fastioned as its in the past.

This is the main killin scene for our horror film, it is very fitting within our genre as in most horror films there is the main murder in a feild or somewhere secluded and quiet where there is no witnesses!! In the horror genre this is usally the most stuck to convention and we followed it as it is one of the most important ways to tell if the film is horror or not, e.g if the victim died soundly in their bed it would be more of a drama sad film rather than a horror film.

This shot it a dutch angle shot and we used it to show Alison is dead, we also zoomed out from her face on this shot to show her surroundings and to create movement so the audience feels even less easy because dutch angles are used to create uneasyness.