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

The director of the film is mention in the opening titles as the film was his "creation", and he is behind the running and on set all the time. so it is important that his name is mentioned in the opening titles. The name of the director is in the same style as the rest of the credit cards with a black background and white writing.

The production company would be mentioned as they are the company who are in charge of 4 out of 5  of the stages of production, they are not usually involved with exhibition. They work on the film from beginning to the end they are funded by the distributor in this case it is Vertigo Films. we named the production company "sirated"

The distribution company would be shown in the opening titles as they invest the most amount of money so if the film makes a loss they will be the biggest losers so they are at the most risk, they fund most of the and they are behind the advertising of the film and they bring it to the audience choosing the right distribution company can make or break a film, the promotion budget is usually allot more than the production budget, as you can make a great film but if no one knows about it its not going to make any money.

The title is white writing on a black background this connotes the school film of the thriller the white writing being chalk and the black being a background the style of writing is messy as it sows the instability of the characters and themes of the thriller, the main title card comes in after an initial opening sequence as the title is aftermath so it makes sense to have the title "after" an initial event. by separating the title card it has more of an impact on the audience.

seb is doing a video confession to the camera and putting it on youtube, video confessions on why the shooting took place is a common conception, seb looks slightly dark and his black t-shirt coming through the white school shirt shows his dark inside is coming through his Innocent exterior, also in the back of the shot there is a heavy metal band poster this connotes his dark and aggresive side this type of music is commonly associated with dark types and dark individuals are associated with high school shootings commonly.

The shooter unoconvetianly has a gilfiriend with challanges the high school shooter stereotype that they are distanced from normall highschool/college life.The shot choice It is meant to signify the fact that although she is the narrative figure, she is telling a story from a subjective point of veiw, whcih creates suspense and is one of our thrillers usp, the story will keep going back to the interview room location much like the usual suspects.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

The detective is shot up at from the over the shoulder as he is meant to be more powerful as he is in the stronger position but to signify the gradual turn of power to kate the angles will gradually change and put kate in the power position as the story un-folds.