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

While planning our product we were inspired by many other real media products. As the first scene of our opening sequence was a dream and we wanted the audience to realise this as soon as possible we made the scene to be similar to Alice in Wonderland. To do this we set it it in a forest which adds to the feeling of a dream. The theme of Alice in Wonderland was also shown through the use of the colour blue which is one of the main colours in Alice in Wonderland and the

main colour Alice wears. On top of these we used props like clocks and a small present which adds to the surrealism of the film.

Another film that influenced us was Memento. It made us understand the effect of close-ups and helped us make our own close ups more effective. Our choice of casting was similar to Memento as we used a young male that looks

innocent and harmless. The credits in our film were also influenced by the ones in Memento and other films of the thriller genre as they are blue and in capital letters.

Like Memento, Dexter (an American television drama) has also influenced our use of close ups. Dexter’s opening sequence shows a montage

of the main character doing everyday activities like getting dressed, shaving and preparing breakfast. This opening sequence is meant to show the audience everything about the character in the first few minutes which we tried to put across in our own product. Our opening sequence was also influenced by Dexter as it helped us improve out ideas within our house scene. We tried to replicate the sinister feel to each close up by using similar angles, timing and movements as Dexter as well as trying to get a similar soundtrack to create a matching atmosphere. We posted our product on Facebook to get feedback and relieved comments that it reminded them of Dexter.