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

On average our media product conforms to the genre of our choice , however there are a few things that are very conventional of the thriller genre.

Our protagonist lived in a big detached house set in Surrey , although the location isn't stated.This is quite conventional of a protagonist to be reasonably wealthy , and the choice of house shows this.The two cars  in the drive way also show of their wealth.These things tells us quite a lot about the character introduced in this shot.This shot is the first one in the opening two minutes, which gives the audience the idea that this character will be the protagonist.The character introduced has blonde hair which is very stereo typical for the protagonist ,however through the choice of clothes  you can clearly see she isn't very girl because of the choice of colour black- this subverts from the stereo-typical character.We chose to go with quite a traditional choice of font for our titles , this was because we felt they best fitted the genre and any other style would of looked tacky.We used a sophisticated font which we felt conformed to the genre.Thriller movies are aimed at the older audience so something tacky and young looking wouldn't of been attractive to the target audience.Fonts which are round or abstract are normally aimed at the younger audience as they come across as more attractive and interesting. we chose to use a high angle shot to make our character seem vulnerable but it also gave a really good long shot of the location , giving our audience a lot of information about the character introduced.

First of all , the choice of locations we used were pretty conventional choices as we used the stereo typical location of the woods. Conventionally in thriller films they are used to scare the audience and is normally the location at which the drama happens, however in our opening two minutes we used this to add tension and keep the audience on their toes. Conventionally the woods is a good location because they are known for being a dark , gloomy and normally an isolated area , which would make sense to use for an abduction scene. Although we just used this location for the running scene. The type of shot we used was a long shot, this was done so the audience was fully able to see where it was set. It also made it look more creepy with the twigs right in-front of the camera ,however this was mainly done to make it look as if someone was watching her from a distance.In this shot she is shown on her own, this is stereo typically done to show the  vulnerability the character is in.

Our new character  appears from the trees of the protagonists driveway , giving the audience the idea that  he is our antagonist as he seem to be intruding. with our antagonist we dressed him mainly in black conforming to the dark , scary character. However his clothing was pretty casual witch doesn't conform to the genre , however we didn't want it to be really obvious he was the antagonist , because if someone saw him , he would be very suspicious and obviously he doesn't want to be caught.A long shot is used to show the whole character and were he came out from making it easier for the audience to follow. at this point in the opening two minutes , it gets darker making it seem creepier.  Later on in this shot he walks towards the camera , which shows a close up of his face , making him  seem dominant and in control.

we used two close-up shots of the antagonist and protagonist to show the juxtaposition between the two characters.the antagonist with big hands and short stubby nails conforming to the stereo types and petite vulnerable looking hands. Hands are a very personal thing and the use of showing someone's hands is very effective with the audience.

When filming in the our protagonist  room , we tried to make it look like a teenagers room by making it un-tidy , having pictures on the walls and reasonably girly , we did this to make it seem realistic.We only really used one prop , which was the protagonists soft toy , this was used for the antagonist to smell trying to get an essence of his victim. This has been done before because its very scary looking however its not necessarily conventional.The light in the background highlights the pictures on the wall showing his victim.

This shot is made to look likes its from the perspective of the antagonist , hiding under the bed.This will draw the audience as it gives a sense of interaction with them as they are seeing the view form the antagonist. The darkness also makes the scene seem scarier.The titles fits very well on the background as it makes it stand out because its on a dark background, this title also shows the most important part of the crew.

The close up here is used to show the confusion of the character , it also makes the audience feel for her, which is the aim.The way she holds the stuffed toy also shows the innocence of the character-this conforms to the stereo types of this type of character.

I chose to use the last shot as it tells the audience the name of the film, Intrusion. we chose to use the same font as the titles to show a clear flow. Although we made it significantly larger so we were able to differentiate and to add a emphasis on the word. we used the  low shot again to give the idea of the him watching her. Her bare feet shows vulnerability, pureness and creates enigmas.





The first character we introduced was the protagonist , we then introduced the antagonist. We introduced the protagonist first so the audience could get to know her and empathise with her.This meant that when the protagonist was introduced the audience what knew he was going to do or be. Quiet a lot of the time this way is used but the order changes depending on the storyline.