QUESTION 1: IN WHAT WAYS DOES YOUR PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS.

In all of these shots I have used forms and conventions to convey the genre of sci-fi and indie film. For all of the shots I have carefully chosen each piece of the mise-en-sene to portray the genre that I have chosen. I have also used stereotypes to reinforce these conventions in my film, I used a young teen as the actor because teens stereotypically challenge rules and ideas to explore as they grow older. I also made sure to have my actor wear a comic t-shirt to show that he is a fan of comics and stereotypically a very intelligent.

FRAME 1.

For this shot I only captured my actors bottom half because the genre that I was aiming for was sci-fi and I wanted to leave the mystery of his identity because this is used in sci-fi a lot as a way of grabbing the attention of the audience. For the costume I chose to have my actor wear a comic book t-shirt and joggers because I wanted to portray a fan of film and sci-fi comics that would also give more reason for the main character to question time and learn about time travel. This is conforming to the forms and conventions of the genre and I have developed it to suit my idea of sci-fi and mystery because in many sci-fi films like Tomorrow land that uses the same stereotype of a young fan of comics and science fiction.

FRAME 2.

For this shot I focused on the watch and hand because I wanted to emphasize the importance of the watch in the story to help show the theme of time and time travel. I chose a watch that was yellow and black because these are colours that are associated with hazards and danger and this is because the idea of time travel stereotypically has many hazards and dangers. I chose to use the beach as the location because stereotypically people take long walks and contemplate things, also it is a wide open expanse of unexplored sea that could represent the massive expanse of space and time.

FRAME 3.

For this shot I chose to use a medium close shot because I wanted to make the actor look small against the expanse of the sea that is a massive and he is a small, I used this to show the contemplation of the character. I wanted the actor to wear a hooddie and tracksuits because I wanted him to look like him and his family are middle class and so stereotypically he would be wearing these clothes.

FRAME 4.

In this shot I changed the iso of the camera to get more of a cool colour because stereotypically cool colours are used to show sadness and melancholy. I used this as a end shot to show that he is still contemplating his future and it adds a narrative enigma to the end before the theoretical film starts.