EVALUATION : Question 1

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

I have used linear narrative as all the events in my story occurs chronologically. It starts where everything is fine and is going on very smoothly. Start of the day, the main protagonist going inside the shop. In the middle, the main events occur. This is when the main protagonist meets the love of her life and falls in love at the first sight. At the end, they become friends. All these events have occurred chronologically so the audience can understand the story very easily. 

I introduced the main protagonist of my film, Anca. However, you do not get to see her face, you can only hear her voice and see her from behind. This builds up the focus as the audience want to see who the main protagonist. We then see the shopkeeper. Her friendly behaviour towards Anca tells the audience that she is not a bad character. It also shows their relationship within the community. Near the end, we meet the hero of the film. Keeping him till the end creates anticipation in the audience to know if he is the love of her life is.

My first shot begins with the camera going upwards in the sky and shows the sunrise. It conveys to the audience that it is shot in morning time. I felt that showing the sunrise is a good way to start my movie. For the setting, I have used the borough of Barnet. I know this area very well therefore filming here is more easy. I have used the charity shop of Oxfam as my main setting in the film. I always go in the shop and know the people very well so they allowed me to use their shop for my film. The shop makes my film look very realistic. 

The sunrise shot creates a very warm and happy mood which suits the romantic genre of my film. The atmosphere inside the shop is very relaxed which again suits the romantic genre.  

The titles appear in red. I have chosen the colour red as it’s a colour symbolising love a passion to go with my romantic genre. The name of my film appears big n bold compared to the rest of the titles. This helps the audience see the title clearly and they get to know what they are watching. I have used normal ariel font so the audience can read my titles easily. 

For the beginning shot of sunrise, I have used soft and slow music which matches with the shot and my romantic genre. I have used some diagetic sound, when the main protagonist is entering the shop. Diagetic sound makes the shot look much more realistic. In the diagetic sound, we can hear the windy weather, people walking and normal conversations. The audience can relate to such sounds as these are everyday sounds.