Task 1 - In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

This is a close-up shot of our main actress Lou. We took this shot because it shows her made-up dark eyes. We made her eyes look dark because it is very stereotypical in a horror/thriller for a girl who is on ‘the bad side’ to have dark eyes. An example of this is the girl from The Ring.

This is a Birds-eye-view shot. We took this shot because we wanted it to be our establishing shot. Our film conforms to the convention of Hollywood films because of the credits; which are written in the bottom left-hand corner. This is how most Hollywood films presents their opening credits.

This is a mid-shot to show the gag of the film; the pentagram. This shot also show the audience that they are looking into a two-way mirror of an interrogation room; like the shot from the Dark Knight. This, like the above, conforms to the conventions of Hollywood Thriller/Horror genres.

This is another mid-shot to show who the production company was. Also is an indication of what the room looks like. We made it look as if it was a rustic setting; so that it would add to effect of the genre and themes of the sequence.

We like this shot because it shows the pentagram and the three faces of the police. The lighting of this shot could develop the conventions of the genre, because it is a non-naturalistic blue colour. This could convey an eerie setting which represents the girl as being on ‘the dark side’.

This is a close up shot of Lou writing GPS coordinates on the mirror. It is another shot which I think conforms to the conventions of Hollywood filming, because you can see the reflection of the rustic brick room and the black top she is wearing. The black top adds to her dark mysterious character.

This is a close up shot of both Lou and one of the police. In this shot it shows that she is in the light; which could represent her being ‘spoken to’. Whereas the policeman is an observer from the other side of the glass and from outside the light.

This shot is similar to the Birds-eye-view shot in a way that it conforms to the conventions of Hollywood cinema, by having the credits written in the bottom left-hand corner. It is another representation of how the Hollywood industry presents their credits.

This is our title card at the end of our sequence. We used the pentagram which is an important element of the film. Also what the film is based on the five point on the pentagram lead the police to where the trouble is about to hit. We chose the colours of the pentagram to be black and white because it is simple and the black also represents the colours of the girl; dark eyes and shirt.