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

My film is quite similar to other media products from this genre, firstly the downbeat music is demonstrated in other films within this genre such as Kidulthood, Sweet Sixteen and Shifty. This creates a general atmosphere that is connoted through films in this genre, a sad, trapped type of feeling around the main characters.


I feel the use of jump cuts and extreme close ups links my product to other products of this genre, for example the opening of Kidulthood has extreme close ups of the spinning drill, and jump cuts of one of the boys running through the playground, this creates a uneasy, jumpy tension that subconsciously makes the audience want to know what is coming next. I tried to use jump cuts and extreme close ups to the same effect.









However I feel that I have slightly challenged the conventions of opening sequences by having lots of jump cuts, this is usually quite unusual, I chose to do this to make my film unique and stand out, to make the audience really want to know what happens next. It also connotes tension, and an uneasy but slightly exciting atmosphere.


I think my titles are quite similar to others from this genre, especially Kidulthood.

This is my title in comparison to Kidulthood's title. The bold, stark white writing on the black background represents the bold, stark  storyline. It seems that there is some irony in the combination of black and white because the films both have stories that deal with the conventional ideas of right and wrong and that things are not always as black and white as they seem.

There is a definite sense of enigma in my film, the audience don't know who this girl is or why she is important, but they want to know, they want to understand why this girl is taking drugs and why she seems so sad and alone. Because this creates a sense of mystery the audience are curious about what will happen and will therefore watch on.

I think the mise-en-scene is similar to other films in this genre for example Trainspotting has very similar locations.

The mise-en-scene in Trainspotting consists of mismatched, old furniture, weirdly decorated walls and drug related paraphernalia, the mise-en-scene of my film is very similar. I feel that the mise-en-scene in my film makes it seem more authentic and believable, this makes the film more enjoyable to watch because it flows better.