After we had chosen our genre we closely looked at a specific opening scene that suited this genre and took a note of the genetic conventions of this genre, these include:
- low key lighting, this helps add to the tension because the lighting is very dull and dark and it creates and eery atmosphere which keeps the audience on edge.
- characters, the characters in the opening sequence are not fully introduced, we just get a glimpse of these characters but do not learn a lot about them, this sets up enigmas which keeps the audience hooked.
- editing, the editing is very quick or very slow which brings a sense of tension followed with immediacy and so keeps the audience on edge as they are waiting to see what comes next.
- non-diegetic sound, these sounds don't actually appear in real life situations because they have been edited to be put in the background, non-diegetic sounds adds to the tension because these sounds are usually fast moving.
We hope to include all of these in our opening sequence to help make our product as close to a real life production as possible. We think all these factors will help us do this.
Amy and Hayley
1 comment:
Hayley and Amy, I'd like to see some anlayses of clips from your chosen genres to clearly identify the expected codes & conventions. Try to include a couple of clips or you could use some stills when discussing MES or lighting etc. You need to back up what you've siad here with evidence from actual texts. (Mrs Abell)
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