In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of film openings)

Title of the film: We decided to call our film "detainment". We felt that this was a good name for our film because it fits in well with the story line of the film. The story line is to do with a character being detained in a room when the killer attacks him or her.

Setting/location: The location that we decided to use was on school grounds. The room is in an old science block. We chose this location because we felt that it is a scary/ spooky location. The that we chose to film was on a cloudy rainy day which set the scene for something bad to happen.

Costumes and props: Shaun who is the main character is wearing normal clothes just like an ordinary teenager would wear( jeans, T-shirt and a coat). The teacher is wearing a lab coat because he is a science teacher, he is wearing smarter clothes compared to Shaun this is to show the difference in authority between the two characters. Finally the killer is wearing black trousers, hoodie and a lab coat. We decided to have the killers hood up so that he can hide his identity from his victims.

Camerawork and editing: We decided to use basic shots like over the shoulder shot when Shaun is having a conversation with his teacher, also used is a high angle looking down on Shaun which shows that he is inferior. long shots, mid shots and close ups have been used during the killing scene. We tried lots of different shots so that we could see which one would be the most suitable for our film. With editing we made sure that there is continuity throughout the film. When it is getting closer to the killing scene we decided to use short quick cuts between different angles to show that the tension is building and also to make the audience feel UN easy and wanting to see what happens.

Title font and style: The font that we decided to use for our title is a basic font that stands out to attract the audience. The font colour we chose was red because it contrast blood.

Story and how the opening scene sets it up: The story is like an other horror, there is a killer who goes around killing Innocent people and it is left up to someone who's best friend had been killed by the the killer. The opening scene sets up the rest of the scene perfectly because there is already a death which will make the audience want to carry on watching to see what happens. Also it shows the main character who will be featuring a lot during the film "the killer".

Genre and how the opening scene suggests it: The genre that the group has chosen is horror, we felt that this would probably be the easiest genre to attempt compared to comedy's, action and adventure films. You can tell that our film is a horror from the opening scene because of the non diegetic sound that we have chosen. There is also flashing lights, quick cuts between the shots.

How the characters are introduced: Shaun is introduced as a normal teenager. He is impatient because he does not like waiting round. The teacher is shown to be a young new teacher that is really learning. The killer is shown to not have any emotions.

Special effects: We didn't really use any special effects. We amplified the sound of the board projector being lifted up. We also used a fade when the killer is walking up behind the victim.