The first evaluation question I was set was to look at our short film and ancillary tasks, my postcard and film review. I then had to state whether develop or challenge forms of conventions of a real media product.
I first looked at my short film Synchronicity. I selected 16 screen shots from my film and made a grid to show them all in. Below I will explain whether they challenge, follow or develop media conventions.
My 16 screen shots can be seen below:
1. The first shot I have chosen follows media conventions. This is because we have put our titles at the begging of our film. This is where generally you would expect to find titles in a film either over shots all on in one go like our group has done. This was common in many of the short films I watched before we began making Synchronicity.
2. The second shot shows the name of our film. This follows conventions as you would expect to see the name of the film you are watching at some point at the begging of the film. This was common in all the short films I watched for examples.
3. Shot three uses forms and conventions of real media texts. This is because it sets an establishes the scene for the audience. For example the audience will see the house when the camera pans round with Isabel skipping across the patio and be able to locate to the location.
4. Shot 4 challenges real media texts conventions as straight away the audience is thrown into the storyline and usually you would get the main characters story built up. But in Synchronicity Isabel's story is built up as the storyline goes on. You can see a two shot of Isabel and Lisa the followed by shot-reverse shot when there is dialogue.
5. Shot 5 shows Isabel being ignored by her father Simon. This challenges conventions as you would usually expect to find parents playing with there children. But in Isabel's case you can clearly see she is being ignored. This links to the story when she eventually destroys the train set.
6. Shot 6 does follow conventions of real media texts as it shows the main character Isabel isolated from her parents as she is shut away to play in the living room with just a train set and teddy bear. In my research I did I found out the main character usually has a problem and this usually relates to the overall message of a short film.
7. Shot 7 shows the clock that links each scene together after Isabel has been turned away by her parents. This challenges real media conventions as you would no usually expect to find something like this in a film but it clearly links each scene together very well and is easy for the audience.
8. Shot 8 shoes a close up to Simon's reaction after hearing that his train case has gone down down the pan. We have used conventions by showing a close up of Simon. This is because you would usually show someones reactions by using a close up shot.
9. Shot 9 shows Isabel playing with her train set. We are following conventions by showing Isabel is being ignored by her parents and the train set is showing that Isabel has had it for a long time and is continued to be ignored.
10. Shot 10 is showing the clock-face. It showing a different time to shot 7 and we have followed conventions by using the same shot size and used a cross dissolve to show the differences in time.
11. Shot 11 shows Isabel throwing her teddy bear at the train set. We have filmed it from under neath the table and the train set for effect. This challenged conventions as it was a difficult and dangerous scene to try and film.
12. Shot 12 is showing Isabel pulling the train set of the table. We have followed conventions by using a medium close up to film this. In other examples of short films such as Wasp it showed mediums close ups to catch important parts of the films so audiences do not miss them and it is clear to see.
13. Shot 13 shows a two shot of Simon and Lisa watching the T.V screen. We have followed conventions with the two shot and also with the shot-reverse shot when they are talking in dialogue.
14. Shot 14 shows a close up on Lisa to show her reactions to Isabel going missing. We follow conventions by using a close up to show her reactions.
15. Shot 15 shows Isabel hiding in the shed. We have not followed coneventions by not using any light or gels. But with her reactions we have used a close up which follows conventions.
16. Shot 16 shows our credits. We have stuck to conevntions by having them all at the end of a film. This is usually where you would expect to find them. This is common to all other short films I have watched for examples.
Film Review:
Below I have re posted my film review. I will explain below how I have used, developed or challenged forms and conventions of real media texts.
I decided to base my film review like an article from the Sight & Sound magazine we looked at when researching into film reviews. It was important when making my film review that I stuck to conventions in order to achieve a good mark for it.
I stuck to conventions by using the big picture of Isabel at the top of my film review. This adds visuals for the reader and in any film review you would expect to find a picture of the main character or a key point of the film. I also used conventions by placing other film reviews on the side of the page. In the article we looked at you had other film reviews down one side of the page.
An area where I have broken conventions and challenged them is with the overall text in the film review. Sight & Sound is a very formal magazine for people who are in the film industry. With this in mind I was finding it very difficult to write one for my short film in this style. I decided to break conventions as my film was a short film and you would only expect to find feature films in Sight & Sound. So I decided to base my article as a short film special page and write it out in my own style.
POSTCARD:
I have re posted my postcard and below it I will discuss how I have used, challenged or developed forms of conventions.
FRONT:
BACK:
I have stuck to conventions on the front of my postcard by having a main picture of the protagonist (Isabel). In the research I did in Post 16 I found out that you would usually have a main picture of the main character on the postcard. I decided to stick to conventions with this. The picture also was intriguing and this would make the audience be interested in watching the short film. I have also stuck to conventions with a slogan on the back and small synopsis along with the cast list an production logo.
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