1. In what ways does the media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
During our filming we kept clear in our mind that the film was set to be a drama, and so had to follow certain features of that particular genre in order to appeal to members of the audience expecting a dramatic film and to qualify as the particular genre. We have used typical features of drama films in our film such as emotional music, close up shots to express or highlight the emotion felt by the character which would be shown by facial expressions and also by using voice-overs to explain the plot or the character’s feelings. This helps create a dramatic feel to the film as we are able to see the world the character lives in through his own eyes in order to possibly gain sympathy from the audience members for the main character, Sid.
Our film is similar to Inception or Avatar in the fact that the main body of the film takes place in a separate reality and the character’s mind is able to be affected through tampering of his body, this is where our voiceovers come in. We we’re able to increase the level of emotions within the film due to the theme of a struggle for life being present in the plot. The typical idea for the light being a symbol for life is present in our film as our character is given the challenge of reaching the bright light in order to regain consciousness and with that, his life. This representation of life through a source of light is commonly present in films which share a similar genre to ours as it is a recognisable feature to the audience meaning that there is a higher chance the audience will understand the importance of the light in the plot. In order to improve our film I believe our main focus would have to be on finding different ways to explain the plot or make it clearer. We had a few audience members who we’re unsure as to what was happening during the film. I believe that maybe adding more voice-overs or perhaps enhancing the role of importance of the symbolic light in the darker scenes could help us reach this goal.
On top of this I would have liked to re shoot some of the shots in the darker scenes that take place in the characters mind, whilst he is unconscious. We filmed this particular scene in a blacked out drama studio, we had trouble during the filming of this in this location due to low light conditions and bright ceilings that were unable to be covered up. Unlike most films, our media product challenges the idea of showing the title of the film at the beginning. We decided to present our title differently in order to develop a creative and original way of showing the title of the film. Our title “Mind Over Matter” Is shown hand written on the inside of a get well soon card from the character’s family. The shot zooms in on the words “Mind Over Matter” and then fades to white and then to the next scene. I feel this is an original and unusual way of presenting the title of the film and it worked out to be a huge benefit in other areas as it worked as an excellent feature of our product and it also worked as an effective fade to the next scene.
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