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

Here is a wordle I created showing a few of the conventions you are most likely to find when watching an Action/Thriller. 

Here are some examples of how my product uses some of these conventions compared to other film openings.

The image above is taken from the opening title sequence from Skyfall. This is a great example to show how Action/Thrillers include guns and weapons. My production also consists of this convention as it is a major part of mise-en-scene when it comes to action movies.The image below is taken from Loanshark, it is a shot which shows our use of props (the gun).

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Above is a screenshot taken from the opening of Quantum of Solace. A convention I found in many Action/Thrillers is that the titles are usually white (or another light colour) against a black blackground or moving image. The use of this gives a dark and tense atmosphere. We decided to use this convention however we developed it slighty and gave the text a metal look instead of a solid colour, representing technology, machinery and weapons. 

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This image shows how the convention of cars is used in an Action/Thriller taken from a James Bond film, Quantum of Solace. My production challenges this form as it does not contain any vehicles. Reasons for this is because Owen Grey is a average working man who cannot even afford to pay rent. As we wanted a realistic storyline and character, having fast cars wouldn't have worked as in real life Owen Grey's character wouldn't even own a "flash" car. 

Above: A Wide shot of Owen Greys house taken from Loanshark - No car/vehicle in sight. 

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Death is a convention found in Action/Thrillers. This screenshot above doesn't physcially show death but represents it in a creative way in the opening of Skyfall (Moving image of a grave yard).

Above are two screenshots taken from Loanshark. We decided to challenge the convention of death in a creative way just like Skyfall. We challeneged it by not physcially showing the death. The moving images consists of a shot with Owen Grey aiming the gun at his victims. As you hear the gunshot a jump cut is used to show a flashback shot from Owens life, of him and his wife. This represents Owens memory and the reasons why he kills the loansharks. 

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Another convention used in Action/Thriller films is the use of mystery. 

To the left is an image taken from the Skyfall opening title sequence. The image portrays mystery as only half the face is shown, making the audience question and wonder about this character and his mission. Our opening sequence does contain mystery but not within the character. We wanted our film to be a realistic Action/Thriller as you don't get many therefore we challeneged the convention. Owen Grey (the main character, shown in the image to the right) is your ordinary man therefore he doesn't have the mysterious trait of an action/thriller hero. 

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 The image above represents our character, Owen is realistic. The obvious conventions for a character in an Action/Thriller would to be either in a suit of some kind, whether it be a casual suit (James Bond), or a suit to portray a certain character (Thor - hammer, cape etc), which is shown in the images below. The reason for this is the same for many, we wanted our film to not be your typical Action/Thriller but to create a piece of realism which the target audience can relate to.