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

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

Soundtrack

This is our non-diegetic sound for our opening sequence, that was created by using Garage Band. It includes ominous piano chords that builds into crescendo at the end, which builds suspense and tension. The gentle melodies represent memories or symbols from the protagonist's past, with a haunting tone.

ROUGH CUT 2

Cast selection

We carefully selected our characters so that the young girl and the teenage girl looked very similar, this is so that the audience understands that it is a flashback and that it is the same person, making them wear the same coat makes it more obvious. So, although those two are not related they look like they are in the film and the teenage girl and the mother are related, so also look similar. 

Certification

The certification for our film will be a 15 as it will contain threat (the dark figure that seems to be haunting the child) and possibly violence later. There won't be any discrimination or reference to drugs and it is unlikely that there will be any strong language. It is unable to be a 12 or 12A as the horror sequences will be frequent.

ROUGH CUT

This is the first cut of our opening sequence and we got feedback from a few people. The main comments were:

• Some shots are shaky so need to be reshot.
• We need to carry on working on the diegetic and non-diegetic sound.
• Some shots need to be cut down or taken out to reduce the time of the opening sequence as it is too long at the moment. 

                                            

Filming process 4

Reshooting previous shots that were shaky or shots that we needed to add in.
- Sunday 29th January 2017

The first time we filmed the shot below it was very shaky, so this one had to be reshot. We had to make sure it looked the same in the different days we shot, so we went at a time of day that would have very similar lighting to before. 

These are the final shots of the girl seeing the unusual toy in the tunnel.