IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR

CHALLEGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?

THE OPENING CREDITS IN MY FILM APPEAR IN THE SAME ORDER THAT IS USED IN ALMOST ALL COMMERCIAL FEATURE LENGTH

FILMS:

1. Name of the studio that is distributing the film.2.    Name of the production company responsible for making the film. If an investor financed a substantial portion of the movie, they will usually

be credited alongside the production company with “In Association with.”

3.    Starring (this is optional or can be paired with the first cast member’s name), followed by the names of all principal actors.

4. Producer’s Name5. Directors Name

6. Film Title

ORDER OF CREDITS

TITLES THAT FIT INTO THE SHOT

THIS BREAKS THE CONVENTION OF FILM. IT’S CALLED BREAKING THE FOURTH WALL – WHERE THE ACTOR LOOKS AT THE CAMERA. IN MY FILM OPENING THEY ARE INTERACTING

WITH THE CAMERA AND SPEAKING INTO IT.

THE OPENING BEGINS WITH A QUESTION WHICH IS DIRECTED TO THE CHARACTERS. THIS QUESTION IS VERY IMPORTANT AS IT AIDS THE WHOLE INTRODUCTION AND

ALLOWS THEM ALL TO BE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING WITHOUT IT BEINGWEIRD OR OUT OF CONTEXT.

THE QUESTION ALSO ALLOWS THE AUDIENCE TO KNOW

WHAT ITIS GOING ON.

TALKING TO THE CAMERA/CHARACTERS

IN MOST ROMANTIC COMEDIES SWEARING IS INCLUDED AND IS NOT BLANKED OUT HOWVER I

CHALLENGED THIS CONVENTION BY BEEPING OUT GIRL 4’S SWEAR WORDS.

THE AIM OF THIS WAS ONLY TO EMPHASISE HOW OFTEN SHE SPOKE RUDELY AND BY BLANKING OUT IT

TELLS THE AUDIENE THAT SWEARING IS NOT ALLOWED IN THIS CONTEXT AND EMPHASISES THAT THIS

CHARCATER DOES NOT CARE!

BEEPING OUT SWEAR WORDS

MOST ROMANTIC COMEDIES INCLUDE STEREOTYPES. THIS IS IMPORTANT SO THE AUDIENCE CAN MAKE A

QUICK UNDERSTANDING ABOUT THE CHARACTER BASED ON THEIR OWN PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE.

I USED A LOT OF STEREOTYPES AS THE OPENING HAS A LOT OF CHARCATERS SO ASSUMTIONS ABOUT EACH

ONE NEEDED TO BE MADE QUICKLY SO THE AUDEIENCE COULD KEEP UP AND UNDERSTAND.

USE OF STEREOTYPES

I USED A BACKING TRACK FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL CHARATER AS ANOTHER AID TO HELP THE AUDIENCE

LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM IN A SHORT SPACE OF TIME.

ROMANTIC COMEDIES USE TRACKS TO ESTABLISH CHARACTERS SO HERE I USED THE WELL KNOWN

CONVENTION.

BACKING TRACK

THE COMEDY IN THE SEQUENCE IS CHARCATER LEAD, AND THEREFORE IS SUBTLE AS THEY ARE SIMPLY

MADE FROM THE ACTORS ACTIONS.SUBTLE COMEDY IS A USEFUL CONVENTION AS IT

ALLOWS THE AUDIENCE TO ACKNOWLEGDE IT THEMSELVES AN DCAN ALSO HELP TO MAKE A FILM

INTERESTING THE MORE TIMES YOU WATCH IT AS YOU NOTICE SOMETHINGS MAYBE YOU DIDN’T HE FIRST

TIME. COMEDY IS VERY SUBJECTIVE SO BY NOT MAKING AN

ATTEMPT AT COMEDY OBVIOUS THIS HELPS WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL MAY NOT FIND ONE PART FUNNY, BUT

ENJOYS ANOTHER PART.

SUBTLE COMEDY

MOST FILMS IN THIS GENRE HAVE QUICK CUTS BETWEEN SCENES, WHICH I ALSO INCORPORATED IN

MY OPENING SEQUENCE.I ALSO ADDED OTHER TYPES OF TRANSITIONS TO MIX UP THE SEQUENCE AND PLAY WITH ITS DYNAMICS. AN

OBVIOUS TRANSITION THAT I PUT IN WAS THE FAST SPIN FROM ONE SHOT TO ANOTHER:

RANGE OF TRANSITIONS

DUE TO THE MULTIPLE CHARACERS I HAVE I HAD A LOCATION FOR EACH OF THEM. THIS GOES ALONG WITH THE CONVENTUON OF A ROMANTIC COMEDY

BEING SET IN TWO OR MORE DIFFERENT LOCATIONS TO START WITH AND THROUGHOUT THE FILM THE

LOCATIONS END UP AS ONE AS THE COUPLE END UP TOGETHER.

RANGE OF LOCATIONS

EVERY FILM INTROUDCTION HAS TO HAVE SOME SENSE OF AN UNANSWERED QUESTION OR MYSTREY

TO IT TO KEEP THE AUDIENCE INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT THE ANSWER.

IN MY FILM, THE MYSTERY IS THE TRUTH ABOUT ‘RORY STEEL.’

AN UNANSWERED QUESTION