Q1: Conventions of real media products

Below is a link to my website on conventions of our movie.
http://jiidguy.wixsite.com/conventions

Props

Props/Costumes

• iPhone 6-Character uses it to look at time
• Stabalizer- Used during filming
• Carrier bag- Object character is holding
• Knife rack/Knives- Weapon character may use
• Sweet wrapper- Evidence left behind by Stalker
• Gloves- Adds to the anonymity of the Stalker

The main character(protagonist) will wear a normal hoodie and jeans. This is average everyday wear and will show the audience that the character is normal. The other character(antagonist) will wear darker clothes. This will give off the impression of evil or darkness which is what the villain will represent. These dark clothes will add to the dark and grit of the sequence allowing the audience to differentiate who the bad guy of this sequence is. Throughout the sequence the antagonist will not show his face which will also add to this effect.

Learning Comment

I learned that props are very important to the mise en scene you are trying to portray in the film. Props have as much effect on the mood as anything else and can also help indicate what's going to happen next. This would make the audience more intrigued and put more thought into the movie, forcing them to pay attention.

Typography Task 18

While looking for typography these were our best choices when choosing from the horror category. We decided that none of these would fit our movie properly as it is a psychological thriller and would require more grit/edge in order for it to really stand out. These fonts would be more suitable for true horror movie which our movie will not be.

 After searching the fonts we came to a conclusion that one of these two would be used as our title font. These fonts show more "roughness" than the others and we think the title name looks good in them. Another thing which made us choose this font is how much it would stand out. The title is supposed to catch the audiences eye and these two capture how the title should look to a major extent.

These fonts were other fonts we liked and we have decided to use them as our fonts for the rest of the typography that appears on screen. One will be used for the directors names and actors and the other will be used for the "less important" typography we will include in our opening sequence. We decided the more bold of the two should be used for the directors and actors names because in most movies this is what the producer does in order to help them stand out and keep the audience interested. These fonts will be good as they are in bold letters and will help the audience be able to read them better as it will stand out from the background of the movie. If the font didn't stand out the audience might miss the opening credits and not know what type of movie it was going to be.

Learning Comments

From this task I have learned that the style of font is very important as it should reflect the genre of the movie helping the audience partially know what type of film it will be. We found that more serious story lines have more "normal" typography but as our movie has a hint of horror we chose a slightly different font for the title typography.