Question 1: In what way does your media product use, develop of challenge forms and conventions for real media products?
This film is a psychological
thriller about a boy who has psychological problems. For example throughout the
opening the audience is given the impression that he is being watched but we
never actually see who is watching him because there isn’t actually anything
there. He feels he is being possessed by the ‘spirits’ that are keeping him
company and they make him do the things that he does. When the door slams shut
this signifies that the boy has completed what the ‘spirits’ want him to do so
they leave. Even though something is watching him, he doesn’t seem to mind
which suggests that he expects or knows that he is being watched.
My production company is called
‘KAC-TS’ which stems from the combination of my groups initials. The logo
design is based on the name as Kac-Ts is pronounced cactus so it contains
images of black cacti on a green hilly terrain with a sun in the top left
corner. Our logo is designed to replicate somewhat of a dessert setting as that
is where cacti are typically found. Our logo sting gives the production logo a
light hearted feel as it is uplifting, short and sweet, it is also parallel
sound that is designed to follow the movements of the sun. We have decided to
use bright, saturated and vivid colours so that the logo will be remembered as
it allows for our logo to stand out from another.



In the beginning of the opening
we get a few long length shots and zooms of the house and stairs. For example
the zoom in to the front door and then it slowly fades to a slow pan up the
stairs to the boy’s door. Once we get inside the room there is also a slow pan
around the room to show the posters and drawing that are up on the wall. This
was done to establish the location and give the audience an idea of what the
location looks like and where the film is set. It also allows them to start
making judgment of the character based on what is being shown such as the
poster on the wall. Therefore, when the character is properly introduced they
will already have a general idea of what he is like and this will in turn help
them to get to understand the general concept of the movie much quicker. On the
other hand, toward the end of the opening the cuts start to quicken and the number
of fade that we used start to lessen, for instance during the sequence where
the boy finished his drawing and begins to put them up on the wall as the door slams
shut. This was done to create climatic tension and capture the true essence of
a thriller without revealing too much of the narrative. During post-production
we added filters that exposed the colours of the scene as opposed to filters
that create a monotone colour effect that is typically seen in thrillers. This
was so that that the audience will get the impression that the character is a
child so it bears the implications of childhood innocence.
The extreme close up of the
scissors on floor are used to connote danger and foreshadow future events that
would take place in the opening, such as the part when the dolls hair is cut. The
colour of the scissors, red, embody and signify danger which is effective as
the main character is a child and the scissors are like a child friendly
version of a knife or weapon. The next
extreme close up is of a doll head during the pan which suggests that it is
linked to the scissors. This prop is though provoking for the audience as it
makes them question his personality and childhood innocence. The fact that it
is a doll head puts emphasis on the possibility of him having a psychological
problems because of the way he uses toys for physical company or to embody the
‘spirits’ that are controlling him.
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