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

One of the shots which we had used in the trailer included used in the trailer was the long shot of someone running on a roof. We had done this at a low angle because it made the figure look dominant and cause the audience to feel intimidated. In order to get it steady and safe from the running figure, we placed the camera onto the roof. The intimidation the audience feel increases as the figure is running closer towards the camera lens, this is the kind of tension we was hoping for when the trailer is watched as it causes more interest into the film. This allows one of the conventions of a thriller be met due to the antagonist being hidden from everyone causing mystery and wonder on who it is and what is going on. We used the clips before the pace of the shots had increased because it allowed the tention to be build before the kidnap takes place. The use of the clip causes an instant atttraction towards wanting to see the film that the trailer is of. Another clip which has the same effect was a close up of someone running around on tree stumps which were hidden and small, the reason it was used in the same way as the previous shot was because of the way it also helped with the tention buld up. These two shots I have mentioned both hid the characters face meaning they would only find out who it is by watching the film and also what he is doing as they have only currently been shown in small amounts such as just their feet.  

 

The image of the phone shows that the friend 'Jane' is trying to call her kidnapped friend 'Beth', as shown in the shot on the right, due to being concerned for her wellbeing which leads to her looking for her later on. The close up was used to show the audience that during the kidnap, the phone was dropped and left meaning that Beth had no way of contacting or finding any help, making the audience have worry and concern for her making the tension be high and wondering gain more and more gradually as it continues on from the kidnapping. The low angle shot shows that she is an average person trying to find answers as she is level with the audience casuing them to feel a part of the film and experience the emotions behind the girl that has been kidnapped. This worked well for a thriller convention as there is sometimes something that is found before the person is either looked for or found.

The aim of these two shots was to cause the audience to think that she was either trying to run from someone or that she has found something and is trying to find her way to her friend. In the left image, the camera is a long shot and mid-shot as it is to show that Jane is still amonst the woods showing she is somewhere unsafe at this moment because she is still where her friend was when she got kidnapped. The idea that she looks both ways causes the audience to ask questions such as 'What is she looking for?' or 'What is going on? Has she seen something?' and other kinds of question causing them to wonder and be jubious as to what is currently occuring within the film meaning they would go and watch it in the cinema to get the answers for them questions, or would they?! The shot to the right shows she is running off down a pathway on the edge of the woods, this again would cause questions as they dont know why she is running and why she is still in the woods and hadnt left the woods yet, this also could get them thinking that it is a big woods and she could be in danger as the sun is now setting and the kidnapper may be anywhere within the woods if they have not yet left with Beth.

Below is the appearance of the title, this appears after the audence has seen Jane run down the path with the sun shining at her. The reason for putting the title after that clip is because of the sun shining linking with the transition we have used to show what the film is called so that the audence know and can watch it when it is realised. Its font is made clear and readable to ensure that all kinds of views are able to read what the film is called due to it not being read out to them with a voice-over as there is no talking apart from around the kidnapping scene.