EVALUATION ACTIVITY 1

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

Frame 1: Title of the film ->We chose 'CHASE' as the title of our opening sequence, because it relates to itsaction/adventure genre. This title is reflected in all the run and chase scenes during the film.After the dream scene, the title appears suddenly in this shot, with a jumpy and shaky effect, as if it was coming out of the gun. The sound of gun fire symbolises action and fear.

Frame 2: Setting/Location ->
In this frame, the main character appears in a normal classroom. We included the teacher, some students, a whiteboard and some other school materialsin the frame, so that the audience would recognise where the action took place.

In the 8^th and 9^th frames you can also see two other main locations, the school’s exterior and the street.

Frame 3: Costumes and props ->
We used a lot of props such as guns, computers, and earphones; all related to the genre. The main character was not supposed to wear a costume, just casual clothes, as her cover is looking like a normal teenager. However, the antagonist was wearing all black clothing as a symbol of evil.B.O.B. wears big glasses and geekylooking clothes.
In this shot, the protagonist is taking out her gun to shoot the antagonist, as a convention of the action/adventure genre.

Frame 4: Camera work and editing ->
We used a variety of anglesand techniques, such as ‘shot-reverse-shot’, 180º rule, and ‘match on action’. We also used different types of shots: over the shoulder shots, extreme close-ups, close-ups, medium shots, long shots, establishing shots... In this frame, you can see a close-up shot of the protagonist’s hand pulling the door. Then we matched it with a medium shot of the protagonist opening the door and with another medium shot from the other side of the door, according to the ‘match on action’ technique.

Frame 5: Title font and style ->
Our main title was over a black background, with ‘CHASE’ written in the middle of the screen, in a large font, generating a suspense feeling in the audience. We chose a specific font for all the other titles, because we thought that it was appropriate for the genre of our opening sequence. They are all written in white, so that they stand out over the shots.

Frame 6: Story and how the opening sets it up ->
Our opening sequence introduces the main characters to the audience and creates an atmosphere of intrigue and drama which I believe sets the mood for the action of the rest of the film very adequately.

Frame 7: Genre and how the opening suggests it ->
We chose an action/adventure genre for our opening sequence. We decided to include some chase scenes in the opening of the film to immerse the audience straight into this fast-paced genre, as they constitute one of the main conventions of action/adventure films.

Frame 8: How characters are introduced ->
After this shot, the antagonist is introduced in a close-up of her face looking at the protagonist with an evil smile, expressing that she is not afraid of her. This expression suggeststo the audience that something interesting is going to happen.

The protagonist is introduced with an extreme close-up of her eyes opening, after she had fallen asleep in class.

B.O.B. is introduced working on a computer, which suggests seriousness, although he is drinking a pineapple juice and is dressed like a geek.

Frame 9: Special effects ->

We just used a few special effects in our opening sequence. In this frame we included a slow motion run with a ghost trail/walk effect to give this action the intensity needed to maintain the emotion of the film.In the first scenes, we applied a blurry effect to suggest to the audience that it was just a dream. We also increased the contrast of all the scenes so that they seemed more professional.