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

In the beginning of most films a title sequence occurs. We up held this convention by employing the same methods in our sequence.

For this scene we tried to create tension and suspense by using a clock to show that there is a race against time. At this point we do not know what we are racing against, but we do know there is a time limit and this is already creating suspense. This is conforming to the convention of the thriller which creates drama.

We made this shot looking upwards and we only got the actor half in screen, this is to suggest there is something hidden about him and what he is doing. This conforms to the thriller genre especially exemplified by hollywood as you will often see the antangonist commiting or attempting a crime in the opening sequence.

We used extreme close ups of the bomb so the viewer can not fully see what is happening. By keeping most of the shots extremly close up we kept a sense of claustrophobia and brought the audience closer into the action. This reinforces the conventions of the thriller which aim to build a sense of tension in the opening sequence.

In this shot we revealed most of the subjects face but still kept it very close up to keep the same continuity the whole way through.

For this particular shot we tried to immitate the opening scene of the joker in the film The Dark Knight. This reinforces the thriller element to again build up a sense of tension.

This is the final shot we used before the main title. You only see half of the subjects face and he is looking for something. This conforms to the Hollywood style film.