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

When we decided to have our film tell the story, we decided on a non-linear structure since it doesn't stay in the present day, but is explained with flash backs of the protagonist and slowly unravels throughout. It uses the conventions of a psychological thriller in that it follows the same narrative. In the beginning of the film the first thing that is seen by the audience is a low angle which only shows two people legs, this shot was used as it keeps the audience guessing for a few seconds and it doesn’t establish characters immediately unlike most conventional films. Most films establish the character with their faces straight away but we wanted to make sure that the voice over was heard first so that the audience would want to put a face to the voice, making it much more mysterious and make the audience connect to the protagonist

 This is a similar shot to our film again it makes the audience very curious as you can't see the characters face, but only there legs. So the only thing the audience have to judge the character are his/her shoes. 







We really wanted the audience to feel as though the protagonist had a long journey, which they were on with him so we thought that the corridor could represent Darren Walker long untold ordeal. Also to make it feel as though it was Darren Walkers judgement day. The shot shows that Darren Walker is a prisoner and that he’s been escorted down a long plain corridor 

We really wanted the audience to relate to Darren Walkers story so we decided an establishing shot of him driving in to his drive way as if it was just a ‘typical day’ and try make it as normal as possible. We used a pan to establish the street and his house and to show Darren Walkers home and to make it look very homely. We really liked the idea of representing as middle class man who people could relate to him. We also used a blur around the frame this was to show that it wasn’t happening now, but to show the audience that it was a memory. We especially wanted to make the blur noticeable as it really made the audience focus on the centre of the whole screen.

I really liked how Tim Burton represented a suburban neighbourhood and how it looked friendly and boring so we tried incorporated this into our film. No one expects a murder to happen in a quiet neighbourhood, murders usually occur in ‘rough’ estates. Also, Tim Burton really represents the community and it really draws the audience in and makes the movie more relatable.

 We thought that it would look good if the title looked like a ripple in the water which could represent drips of blood from Lucy, it also connotes Darren Walkers like how one bad thing can effect everything like a ripple effect. It also represents the water running when Lucy dies in the shower.

We also made the writing long as it makes it very noticeable and the font really works as it looks as though it has been written by a type writer which associates with late 1900’s doctor notes or suicide   notes.

 The title sequence music is very different to the usual conventions it was a piano being played but in reverse this symbolised that the story was going to be told backwards also it really worked well to set a mysterious vibe, which would make the audience even more intrigued and make them carry on watching.