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

Distributor

The distributor (in our case Vertigo Films), takes the biggest financial risk in terms of the success of the film, therefore they are mentioned first in the title cards,  upholding the traditional form of most opening sequences. My reason for announcing that it is the distributor that plays a key part in the film's success, is due to my knowledge that, the distribution deal is what creates the film's apparent value.

Producer

 The chronology of our title cards is upholding the film convention of mentioning the producer second to the distributor, due to the fact that the producer possesses a postion of secondry importance to that of the distributor in the films intergration. As a result of the fact that the name seems to fit the genre of the film without conforming to the mundane conventional spelling of the word 'serrated', by choosing to name the production company 'Sirated'. The distributor holds the responsibility of putting together all aspects of the film, such as research, development and the final cut of the post production. The production company is typically presented in the title cards, due to this importance in the impact they have on the life of the film.

Director

It is the director's concept and their artistic vision on which the film is constructed around. Giving reason as to why we have placed his name in the title cards, once again sticking to the codes of convention. However without the presense of the distributor and the production company, it would not be possible for the film to be made or recognized in the industry.  

Title

After the initial opening sequence and not alonside the opening titles we have chosen to include the actual title of the film. The purpose of this is to give it a greater sense of significance and impact on screen via the seperating of this main title card from the crediting title cards and also to keep the concentration level and attention of our audience alive, hence why there are no lenghty title shots during the opening sequences, which we can establish as conforming to a modern convention of film.  An instability of the characters and themes of the thriller is indicated by the writing style in which 'Aftermath' is written, and a further acknowledgement of a school society and life can be depicted through the chalk board style background.

Two different frames of narrative from Kate is presented from this angle. It signifies she is re-telling the events from a subjective point of view, although she is essentially the narrator in this scene. This shot may prompt and encourage an audience's perspective that Kate may not be telling the truth. This can be classified as considerably conventional to 'Neo Noir' style films.