1 In what ways does the media product use,
develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
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We kept in mind when filming
that if we did not keep our film continuous then there would be flaws in the
plot and from one shot to the next which would make it flow less smoothly,
especially if these continuity errors were noticeable as we know that
continuity is a major factor in film making. Because we tried to avoid errors
in continuity however, we were unable to use a few clearer shots which had been
filmed before the editing stage as the main character was wearing jewellery in
his unconscious state and in the shots which were mainly used he wasn’t. Our
film sticks mainly to the conventions of drama as a genre, in that it focuses
on a struggle and shows you different emotional stages of the character through
the challenge, however, it is more abstract than some typical dramas as it
focuses around an area which is only inside the protagonists mind and uses
voice over’s from the world around him to try and narrate what has happened to
him. Music that we chose as well as camera angels also make it apparent that
it’s drama as there are a lot of close ups which show how the character is
feeling at the time and when these are combined with the voice overs of the
character in the restaurant scene they make an emotional contribution to the
film. The film makes a pastiche to Dark Souls where light represents the soul
and humanity can be trapped, this is used in our film where the main character
has to reach his “light” to regain consciousness and carry on. The film tries
to make the audience feel for the character and his pain and struggle, I think
that during the work we could have made this better by using better camera
angles and explaining more of the story through
dialogue as it’s happening rather than attempting to hint at the story
after the character wakes in the hospital. This is similar to films such as Inception and Shutter Island where the majority of the story is based in the characters head, however it is closer to Shutter Island where he is entirely confused and trapped inside a separate reality.
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