In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
In our study of film openings, we were able to research different openings of films to get an understanding of how we can put together our work.
When we were researching a range of films openings, it was clear to me that they all had opening title sequences. The main information that the audience could see were, the name of the title, director, producer, main stars, production company and distribution company. An example of this would be the musical "Grease" which includes all of the jobs which are stated above.
For the introduction of mise-en-scene, I wanted to make clear of the where? when? who? elements so the audience can make clear of the narrative. The where element was in a school, we conveyed this by having the main character being bullied and locations of corridors which relate to a school. The when element is shown through two people. The film revealed that Jess (the leading role) was thirteen through voice over and then showed her at the end being a different person as she was older. This gives you a brief idea of when this was set; which I hope is in the present because I wanted the film to be current. The who element is reasonably easy because our opening film is emphasised on just the one person. This is done by the camera always focusing on her and the audience start to grasp an understanding of who she is through the voice over.
When researching different films, there was one film which I particularly thought showed clear mise-en-scene. It's set in America which we establish through dialogue, in a high class suburb which you understand due to the houses. There is a close-up of a poster showing a Halloween party which covers the when element and for the who, you are introduced to a strange character (because we first meet him sat in the road next to a sharp corner), which we follow through the beginning of the film so you know he is the main character. His name also being the title of the film contributes to this; "Donnie Darko".
In "Cold Mountain" which was one of the films we researched, we were introduced to two main characters with one not being visable. The film started with a woman on a voice over so you then know that she has an important role. We are then lead to a man in the world war (as he is in a trench) , who is looking at a photo of a woman and without no one actually saying the evident, you know that the woman and man are in a relationship.
We only have one character that is the focus, therefore the audience understand the identification of her having special powers which they can follow through the development of the narrative. The early awareness of the antagonists are distinguished which allows the audience quick views of realising who the good and bad people are.
This provides us with early relationships in "Rejected" (our opening film) and "Cold Mountain" from what I have said above. It is important to identify the relationships between different characters at the beginning of films because you can follow with less confusion. This may apply more towards higher classification films because they have a more profound meaning and cause more confusion. However, with this you could argue that once you are getting older, you should realise and understand the meaning and story lines of the film.
In "Six Feet Under", the music is a brilliant example of creating mood for the audience. Through the music, the audience can expect "Six Feet Under" to be mysterious as the music is slow and has a strong beat to keep you alert and interested. The music has to contribute to the whole film along with the text on screeen that you see at the beginning. With the moving images of death and the hands parting at the very beginning conveying the thought of death once more, the music has to relate to this which is successfully achieved in "Six Feet Under".
In "rejected" our music has a relaxed element and also mysterious indication for the audience to hear. The audience are following Jess to a cluimax where we find out why she is bullied and acting isolated. Because the audience wouldn't find out until the end, it was a mysterious mood we wanted. Therefore, I think the music should have a less relaxed element to allow the audience to only keep this feeling of what is going to happen.
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