Conventions

TITLE

We Used the colour Red because red represents danger also the font we have used would give people and idea that the film is going to be a thriller we have also put it in the middle with a good size font so that it stands out. It is also a different style to the title sequence to make it stand out.

TITLE SEQUENCE

This is the production company again we have used red on the black background used in films such as godfather. But it is in a different font (STENCIL) again it also shows danger and creates tension.

LIGHTING

As you can see in this shot you can see that we have used natural light we didnt really want to tamper with it so we could make it look natural.

In this shot it is a lot darker but we are till using natural light. natural light is typically used in crime films so it gives an effect of realism we have made it darker so it looks scary and spooky.

CHARACTERISATION

As film makers want to make the beginning of the film exciting and want to make the audience keep watching they use a small amount of actors in the opening sequence so the audience want to find out more about what is happening. Using two main actors in our film helped make the chase sequence even better as the audience know that no one is around to help Katie as everyone has gone home. We made Mr Williams seem creepy and not quite right so that it gave the audience a sense of realism also during the chase katies facial expressions just gets the audience even more interested and involved.

This is another screen shot. It is an over shoulder shot of the teacher looking over his three students that are in detention. 







CAMERA ANGLES

In our Project we used a variety of different camera shots which use conventions of real media products as we have wide shots, mid shots, two shots, panning shots and shots filmed from high angles. By using all of these shots we are keeping the audience entertained. We also achieved good quality shots which we were quite proud of. A good range of camera angles and shots achieves this.


Screenshot from a high angle. This angle we also had it panning downwards following Mr Williams chasing Katie

EDITING TRANSITIONS


With our visual effects we used the same transition every time to keep the continuity we were very pleased 
with the result of this. A Transition like this is easy on the eye and nicely fades into the next shot.
Below is a screen shot which shows the effect of the fade.
















GENRE

Our genre is a college crime thriller and our opening sequence suggests this as within our opening sequence a chase sequence takes place. Our genre can also be identified through the font style and colour which has been mentioned previously. I believe that our font shows clearly the genre we are trying to use. Our font is red to symbolise danger. I think the chase sequence is the main Shot of the opening title sequence because it more or less shows what our film is going to be about.