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

Me and my groups opening sequence incorporates generic conventions of a real media products as like many other opening sequences. It follows a traditional opening sequence as it starts with flashbacks of what has happened within the film, these flash backs are not in a linear sequence however they do show aspects of the story previous to what the audience would see as this give them background story for the rest of the film to come, giving them a better understanding. Also some of the flashbacks are from scenes within the film and this will give the audience an idea of what is to come and allow them to ask questions about what may come within the film which is what a thriller is meant to do to the audience.

My opening sequence challenges conventions as there is a lot of use of jump shots which is not as regularly seen as this may be seen to give away too much information. Usually the opening sequence of a thriller will be a long clip of a sequence as this will not give away too much information however the fact that a lot of jump shots have been used makes our opening sequence different also it can raise more questions as the audience will have a better understanding of the characters and question what may happen next and how it may happen next as it seems to be obvious however after the rest of the film will confuse and surprise the audience.

The conventions of our opening sequence and the clips used in our opening sequence do indicate what the sub-genre within the film is as the pictures used and the way the character portrays jealously makes it obvious to the audience that the sub-genre is love however this will trick the audience as they will assume that what is to follow after the opening sequence is predictable however they will bewildered.

This is a birds eye view shot of the stalker looking through pictures of the couple she is stalking frantically. This shot captures the emotion the stalker feels for the couple especially the girl which is an small indication as to what will happen in the feel.

This is a mid shot of the stalker view and plotting a plan on the couple which is another hint as to what is to come in the film.

It also highlights the power of her obsession and the extreme behaviour she portrays.

This is a close up of a picture that the stalker has, it indicates the other characters within the film and show the closeness and love in their relationship which is a key aspect of the film.

The opening sequence to Quentin Tarantino’s kill bill Volume 2 has heavily influence our opening sequence as there is flash backs of an incident used, which is very similar to the flash backs with in our opening sequence and also the use of black and white in the kill bill volume 2 opening sequence creates a eerie effect which is something that we had wished to portray in our opening sequence however we used a sepia effect instead of a black and white effect to show a difference and also to the sepia effect also creates the eerie atmosphere whilst at the same time showing and creating more of an emotion with the sombre effect. However there are differences, within the kill bill volume 2 opening sequence there is a lot of talking and background noise throughout, within our opening sequence there is no background noise and simply background music which creates suspense as the music gradually builds.