Question 1:In what ways does your media product use,

develop, or challenge forms and convections of real media products?

After undertaking our preliminary task, myself and Grace decided we wanted our clip to be action so we each looked at a range of different film openings to know what to include in our film. These included different action/adventure films of different certificates. The films were films we really liked and were keen to look at what was involved in the first two minutes.

I found I needed to look at the camera work, Editing, Mise en scene and the plot and how they are used in this particular genre

The films I looked at for research were:Pirates of the CaribbeanThe GooniesThe A-TeamStar warsThese helped me with what i was going to

include in my clip.

I found out that in most of the films I looked at, the first shots after the establishing shot, often introduced the main character, which I decided to include in my clip. This gives the viewer a first view of who they are and to understand the character

I found out that Star Wars and the A- Team both included non diagetic music in the first two minutes which created tension and mood. I implied this in my clip but switched to more dull dark music towards the end, where it was building up. I felt this created a more tense situation, using the different tracks.

Like the Goonies, we used shot reverse shot between characters conversations to show there reactions and how they communicated with each other.

Looking at pirates of the Caribbean I found that male characters are usually the centre of the action that is taking place. I chose Matt to play the lead character as males are often involved in the centre of the action

Tracking shots were a common shot in the films I looked at. I used tracking shots in my clip to show the characters and their surrounding area. I thought these really added to the fast pace and action of the clip and went well with the genre.

I found from all of the films I looked at they involve a villain so I used this in my clip at the end to create tension and wanting the viewers to see more. Here we also chose to do a tracking shot around Matt, Martha and Emily to show how they were reacting when the villain was in their view.

In pirates of the Caribbean dull, dark non diagetic music plays as the villain comes into shot. I decided to use this towards the end of our clip to build up tension suddenly. I felt it added to the whole ‘Thriller’ side, which we wanted to try and put in.

In Pirates of the Caribbean, parallel editing is used between characters. I decided to incorporate this in my film to show how individual characters were reacting at different stages. These were quick shots which kept flicking back and forth to add to the whole running scenes.

I feel that this research helped me with filming and editing my clip as I gathered a range of different ideas which I wouldn’t of thought of without them. I thought I had chosen a wide range of different shot types and suitable music for the action/ adventure genre.