In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of film openings)
Scene 1:
This is the opening scene of our film Old Habits Die Hard a social realsitic thriller. It's a story that follows a character through his bad drug addiction, which leads him into several tricky situations.
This first shot is a long shot of our setting and the character Toby, the shot itself helps layout the scene for the audience. The gloomy sky and derelect biulding suggest that the film isnt going to be one of a happy nature, but more of a dark one because these are the conventions of a social realistic thriller .The costume Toby is wearing is rather casual and incognito because he is a socailly akward character who doesnt like to stand out but blend in, hence his Kaki jacket; the jacket itself also blends in with the woodland background which helps hide Toby's anxiety.
Scene 2:
Here we see Toby walking into the shot of our setting, a derelect biulding. The graffiti adds great emphasis to the plot because it suggests the setting is in a rather sketchy area, somewhere out the way where a drug deal can go down without anybody knowing. This shot is more of a closer long shot, we wanted this shot because it collaberates the setting with the character, which helps build up the plot of the story. During this shot there is some thrilling music playing over the top, the music itself fits the genre conventions of a thriller film because it's suspense filled with a climactic build up.
Scene 3:
This is a key scene to our film because it introduces both of a characters fully. This nice two shot helps introduce our characters for the film, Toby & Creegan, form this shot we can see Creegans personality straight away because of his posture and clothing, his casual clothes suggest he doesnt really care about what he looks like and his posture suggests that he has a bit of attitude. The build up of the music finishes at this piont of the film when the two characters meet, which fits the conventions of a thriller because when the main character begins dialogue the music cuts out before he/she speaks.
Scene 4:
This is my favourite shot in the film, where Creegan pins Toby up against the graffiti covered wall. This camera shot is a mix between a mid shot and a two shot because it shows the upper half of the two characters, but at the same time keeping them in the same shot, this helps convey their emotions to the audience. The best part about this scene is in the editing process where we added a motion smoothing effect to edit out the wobbley camera angle as it pans. The shot itself looks amazing in my opinion because it feels like your part of the film as the camera pans around the characters, its a convention used in some thrillers that i've seen e.g. Elysium.
Scene 5:
This is the penultimate scene before the big chase scene. It's a nice shot because it shows both the characters in the shot in their costumes, whilst showing the setting of which Toby follows to his escape. I would say this shot is a zoomed out two shot because it has both characters in frame with the whole setting in the background. The setting as the camera shot suggests is very ruggid and beatenup because of the graffiti, walled up windows and the flakey paint on the railing. It also shows the escape route for Toby to runaway because the railing channels his escape to one way. The setting also suites the genre convention of a socail realism because that genre likes to cement the location and setting used so the story can flow easily.
Scene 6:
Another one of my favourite shots in the film, this is when Toby slips on this bit of wood attempting to escape from Creegan. It's a nice close up shot of Toby's legs whilst he slips, the shot itself puts great emphasis on how desperate Toby is trying to get away from Creegan, because cannot keep his footing, he is so desperatete to escape. This shot also lays out the setting very well once more because the litter and overgrown weeds in the background suggest how run down the area is, this helps fit the conventions of a social realsim because that type of genre likes to add certain things to cretain shots to make the audience remember the setting of the film throughout.
Scene 7:
This is another close up shot of the characters legs as they run, but with a neat bit of editing added to it. As Toby rins past the title for our film fades in behind him but as Creegan runs past behind him the title fades away amongst his legs, a very cool effect that adds great emphasis to the story because it adds an element of suspision to the story, like Toby the title just appears but within a short amount of time it's gone again. As you can see the setting changes to a woodland scene, this helps add suspense to the plot because the woodland is a rather lonely setting, which means the characters are the only ones there; their problems only involve themselves and nobody else. Creegan in this shot has trousers that are too small for him, which may suggest that he has a poor background because his clothes are too small for him, a genre convention that is often associated with social realism films.
Scene 8:
This is the Vlogging part of our scene where Toby talks to his webcam about the things he has done. Here you get to experience the character that is Toby and how his addiction has lead him to do things that he doesnt't want to. The setting of this is Toby's room, the kaki theme is relayed into this scene because it helps convey Toby's anxiety, and that he likes to blend into the background, and because the curtains are shut suggests that he likes to be alone and away from the outside world. We used this Vlog shot because it suited the conventions of a socail realism because it lets the audience get to know the character on a more personal level, thus helping them understand the film better.
Scene 9:
This is the final sequence of our film where Creegan grabs Toby and says how "the balance has changed forver". Thios is a rather nice POV shot from Toby's piont of view, it gives the audience the feeling that they're actually there and apart of the film. This shot ist hat makes the movie old habits die hard what it is because of Toby's bad addiction he has ended up in quite the tricky situation of which he may not get out of, which is forshadowed by the name of the film and all the settings and camera/editing at the opening of the film before this key scene.
