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Monday 19 April 2010

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

Title:
The first two frames are of the opening shots. It consists of the production company "Playground Productions" and the title. We used LiveType to create them and kept the blue colour scheme to match our company logo. For the title, we felt that the white font against the black background would give it a more sinister effect.
Having the "R" reversed, it reflect the title and is a unique way of presenting it.

Setting/Location:
The setting for the movie was our local children's park and one of our group member's houses.We felt that this would be an appropriate setting for the storyline whilst also being practical for us to use.

Costumes/Props:
In frame 4, we can see the two characters, Amber and Izzie, in the park. The prop here would be the swings that they are sitting on. You see Amber wearing a blue hoodie with jeans and Izzie is seen to be wearing a grey hoodie with jeans. We chose this to be the overall look for the two characters as this would be what teenagers would 'typically' be thought to wear.
In frame 7 we include a camera as part of the props to be seen with the 'stalker'. We felt that this fit in with the stereotype of being a stalker.

Camerawork/Editing:
We used a variety of different shots throughout the opening of our film and these are shown in frames. The film starts off with a close up of the back of the stalker's head with the girls in the distance on the swings. This would raise questions for the audience and make them ask who this person is and why they are watching the girls. A series of long shots then follow, allowing the audience to establish the relationship between the different characters. The final frame is a close up of the music box. This leads the audience to once again question what significance the music box has to the rest of the story.

Title font and style:
The font used for the titles was Times New Roman. We decided to keep the use of this basic font as we wanted to make it creepy and make it seem powerful without having to try too hard with different styles and animations.

Story and how the opening sets it up:
I feel that the story is set up through the first shot; a hooded figure watching the girls on the swings. This links into Roland Barthes' theory of action and enigma codes as it directs the audience to question what is happening and make links throughout to try and guess what the story is about.

How the characters are introduced:
The characters are introduced through their association with each other and how they behave. There is no direct introduction and the audience are able to make their own interpretations of how the characters are perceived.