Evaluation Question 1

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

In many other films, people use very similar forms and conventions in their pieces. This is because it is a developed way of making a film and it has made some big films and interesting plots. We have decided to go against this conventional idea as we felt we could make a more gripping and exciting thing if we changed it around and went with our own ideas.

We did this by putting the ending of our film at the start so the audience could get a glimse of what is going to happen in the film without knowing the plot or anything else that has happened. This is unconventional because not many films use this format of producing as it is hard to create the rest of the film if the main ending has already been shown.

We use some conventions of modern day filming when we use some over the shoulder shots and movement in unison. These both help because it adds effect and correctness to our piece so it is not all jumbled up and messy.

We developed some of our characters from the film, 'Die Hard 4'. This is because the storyline is similar to ours and the main character, John McClane, is represented by Gavin in our film. This is because his girlfriend in the piece gets captured and he has to go and save her. This adds depth and to our piece and is similar to modern day conventions and films.