Evaluation Task Question 1

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



In this video, we discuss the ways in which our media product uses, develops and challenges forms and conventions of real media products. The use of specific editing techniques help to assist the 'thriller' genre, with connotations provided by the red titles, red bag and the knives used at the butchers. With the titles being in a typed font, the thriller genre becomes more obvious, as well as being a suitable font for the name 'anonymous' as it increases the secrecy. By using well-known locations in the sequence, it allows the audience to feel more involved with the film and gives the impression that atrocities, such as the murder, can happen anywhere. Sound also helps to challenge and develop the thriller genre along with the mise-en-scene described. We use non-diegetic background music to give off a suspense filled atmosphere, latching the audiences attention throughout due to our shots cutting on the beat in time to the music. Sound-effects are added to the sequence both in the butchers (e.g. meat sounds- chopping, knife sharpening, being thrown on the table) with the titles and the zipping up of the bag. This helps to give the piece a more realistic feel, accentuating the original sounds given when filming and further enhancing the importance of the moments when the sounds are needed. We develop the thriller idea by constantly giving the audience something to think about, not answering the questions, this leaves them wanting to know more information and therefore watch the rest of the film. We challenge the genre by using a bag as the 'main character' rather than the obvious 'bad guy' and 'good guy' shown in thriller movies. By doing so, we are able to focus in on the bag and involve little attention on other characters, shown by the highlighting of the bag's colour, and including a greater amount of people to show the vast amount of demographics and agents involved in the murder.