Evaluation Question 1

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

The opening sequence is the main and most important parts of a film because it needs to draw and attract the audience and gain their interest in the storyline (narrative). It needs to provide a sense of mystery as well as giving clues and hints about whats about to happen. To make sure that our opening sequence fit in the genre of "Thriller" we had to use style and conventions to achieve this.

Our Opening sequence consists of codes and conventions of title sequences by:

Starting of the narrative - A killer has gathered together a range of photographs of his targets and starts off by watching them and then following them giving hints and clues along the way.
To gain the audiences interests - By setting up a storyline that's not giving much away to the audience and only the victims are seen with some slight hints at the stalker.
Opening titles and actors names - To display the title and names of people starring in the thriller
Suitable music - To create a atmosphere and draw the audience in and to create tension
Prologue - The opening sequence acts as a prologue which is very common in films for example the opening sequence of "Seven". Both openings are very similar providing clips of past victims was taken from the opening of "Seven".
Speech - No speech is used which again is common in opening sequences.


Our opening sequence conforms to the codes and conventions of Thrillers by:

Fitting into a sub genre - Crime/Action
Clear story - which features detectives searching for the killer this again is common in thrillers
Establishes a story - which could include large and violent set- pieces.
Creates Enigmas - Identity of the killer, the killers actions, who are the victims and what will happen to them?

Our Opening Sequence challenges the codes of conventions of actual openings and Thrillers by:


1) Use of Teenage characters -You would find that adults would play these types of roles to make it more realistic and believable.
2) By not introducing a protagonist- the characters are victims of the killer, the protagonist would be a detective trying to stop the killer however they are not seen in the opening.
3) Not revealing the identity of the villain- Thrillers are about stopping a villain rather than uncovering who they are like in a murder mystery.