Task 1 - In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

When finishing our editing process we decided that we wanted to you a method of fading the credits into the sequence so that it did not cut up the sequence and make it jolted, we wanted it to be smooth and subtle to emphasis these characterizes which are present in our character. This also kept the momentum of the thriller going to increase the intensity of the moment. Furthermore to keep the focus on the action at hand we placed the credits in the corner of the frame. This allowed us to keep the same tempo of music and not add length to the sequence which was not necessary. For example this screen grab of the sequence, shows that the credit does not distract away from the intensity of the moment.

This conforms to the convention that what the film is trying to portray is of the most important and nothing should distract away from this too much. Furthermore the use of two layers in the credit makes the contributor to the film stand out but doesn’t take all of the focus, due to the smaller font making it a less aggressive attention seeking aspect of the shot.
This idea conforms to other conventions of this genre as what is on the screen is supposed to grab the attention of the audience and keep them entertained, which this shot of lungs and heart upholds and the gore is more intriguing than the credit.

We continued this convention to the film through having a bold title at the end once the sequence was over, and we wanted the audience to look at the bold title.

These smooth credits shows the contrast between the fast editing and allows the sequence not to feel to jerky and rushed but to still build tension. This also reflects again on the mental stability of the man as the smooth credits show a certain saneness and certainty, compared to the sharp cuts and the aggressiveness of the act being done. This gives of the impression that this man is obviously mentally unstable as the composition between the credits and the editing gives of the impression that he thinks what he is doing is right, when it is clearly wrong.


Our character conforms to the stereotype of the tall, dark scary man, which is so often played in the thriller genre as it is seen to be menacing and dangerious. An example of this is Michael Myers in Halloween.



Our sound slightly challenged the normal conventions, as instead of using a “spooky” score we made our own through making an underlining sound of day to day noises and just emphasising them when the pace increases. We also added in overriding sounds when there is a big impact, to keep the audience on edge.

For example when the heart slammed down there was a sudden boom to made for a more dramatic effect.