Q1: In what ways does my media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Above are 9 frames of my film "Unwanted" in which I'm going to evaluate the conventions of media in each frame. Frame 1 shows the first shot of our film which is a panning shot of the playground. We decided to add a panning shot in our film because we wanted the audience to actually get a good look of our location. We decided to have it set in a children's playground because people wouldn't think that a children's playground would be a place where bad things would happen. Playgrounds are often used in horror films so this so this is a convention. The second frame introduces our first character, Isabelle. Isabelle is also the main character of our film and that is why we decided to have her name appear before our other character. We added a red tint to the shot to show time passing. We also added a ghosting affect to show that the characters were under the influence. Horror films often use ghosting effects so this is a convention. Frame 3 introduces Ruksana, our other character in our film. We decided to put Ruksana after Isabelle because of the fact that she dies first in our film. The same effects have been used in this frame that have been used in frame 2. Frame 4 shows an over the shoulder shot of the characters walking from the playground, into the forest. Because Isabelle is quite far from Ruksana, this indicates that she doesn't want to go further in the forest. As you can see, its going much darker outside and Isabelle has a feeling something bad is going to happen. Over the shoulder shots are often used in horror films. This is also a convention. Frame 5 shows Ruksana walking by herself, seeing that Isabelle has left her. The shot is trying to show someone walking behind her making loud noises and causing her to turn around. We leave the shot with her screaming. This is also a convention in horror films. We then turn to frame 6 which is an over the shoulder shot of Isabelle hearing Ruksana scream causing her to dramatically look back. This shot is used in many different horror films so it is a convention. Frame 7 shows the title of our film "Unwanted" which appears at the end of the opening sequence. The title takes up most of the shot and is larger than all other credits. We decided to to this because in horror films, the titles always appear larger than the credits to show the importance of the film. Horror films also have their title after the opening sequence. This is a convention. Frame 8 is a shot of Ruksana running  and looking back after she heard something behind her. This is a convention in horror films. Frame 9 shows Ruksana going through the forest. We did this as a close up to show the scared expression on her face. Many horror films also have close up shots of the characters faces to try and get the viewer to feel something for that character, this is a convention.