AS Opening Sequence- Evaluation 1

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

-Does it compared to a conventional opening sequence?

The opening sequence in our clip is in my opinion very conventional to any opening sequence to a film, however there are some unconventional aspects to the media clip. In general the opening sequence is far more conventional to unconventional.

-What are the conventional opening sequences elements that we have used in our opening sequence? 

The conventional aspects of the opening sequences are there is opening credits signifying who is involved in the film. When the opening credits are rolling the opening shot is all one long take; many films do this such as Back To The Future as they give clues on the surrounding of the openings scene to answer binary opposites such as whether the location is big or small, crowded or empty, busy or isolated, dark or light and night or day. Our opening sequence identifies the location being a lighting shop,with only two people, a dark day, busy location with the cars but quite remote in the shop with only two people.

-What are the unconventional opening sequences elements that we have used in our opening sequence?

The unconventional aspect of the opening sequence dose not however show the title of the film till the end of the opening sequence, few films for example the James Bond franchise do not show the title of the film till after the opening sequence. The reason we did this is because one of the aims of our clip is to have as many narrative enigmas (Who is the teenager with the gun?, Will the killer find who he is looking for?, What does he want to do the one he's looking for?).

-What are the conventional elements of our genre (Thriller.)?

The opening sequence has very conventional elements to the genre of thriller. Many thrillers such as Se7en have the lighting that is very dark locations which is done throughout the shot in our opening sequence. Many thrillers are also quite violent for example The Counsellor has many violent scenes resulting in death. Our opening sequence similarly is violent with the end having a shot fired from a gun.

-Have any conventions elements in our genre been challenged in our opening sequence?

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013) PosterRoboCop (2014) Poster  Finding conventional elements of our genre being challenged is more difficult to find, as the genre thriller can be under many films which might be seen as far different for example The Hunger Games and RoboCop. However our title of the film "Dealers Atonement" is shown in black with yellow font, a very unconventional element for a thriller. The

     reason for the colour is yellow is very clear and yellow can be associated with police tape or police file.