CONVENTIONS FROM REAL MEDIA TEXTS

DIRECTOR'S COMMENTARY (SCRIPT) 

PRELIMINARY TASK
In the middle of year 12, we were asked to construct our own preliminary task whereby we had to include the three concepts to maintain continuity editing throughout the video.  

These concepts include the 180 degree rule,which refers to the idea that there must be an imaginary line drawn across the room, cutting it in half. This is to ensure that all shorts are filmed from the same side of the line. if the line is crossed, the character all appear in swapped positions disrupting the sense of realism and causing the audience to be disorientated. This was displayed during the conversation between Aidan and Shane. We were successful in not breaking the 180 degree rule.  

The second concept used to maintain continuity editing is the match on action shot which refers to the cutting between two shots that shows that no time has passed between them. Specifically, it is when you cut during an action to another camera angle but showing the action from the same point in time that you left it from the previous shot. Match on action was showed when Aidan was walking out of the toilets. It was also shown when Aidan looked at his reflection in the window and continued walking towards the sixth form block. 

The last concept needed to show that we had complete understanding of continuity editing was the shot-reverse-shot. this is when two characters are conversing, the shot shows the character looking to where we imagine the other character to be without actually seeing them and reversing this to the other character and alternating when the director feels it s necessary for the audience to see that characters current emotions or when they are actually speaking. This was primarily shown during the conversation of Aidan and Shane.

THRILLER OPENING
Overall we were extremely happy with the final result of our thriller opening. We made some clear comparisons between our opening and other thriller films and found a clear similarity between the main actors. The character of Ethan can be clearly compared to that of Ryan Gosling's character in 'Drive'. We can note a similarity in composition between the interrogation scenes in our opening and in 'Gone Girl'. finally, there is a similarity in frame in 'Skyfall', as we see the black silouhettes of the characters on the right side of the frame in each product. 
our production and distribution logos were self-made and inspired by a number of other distribution and production companies, like 20th century fox, warner bros and pixar. throughout the whole opening, we used sinister suspenseful music incorporated through post-production. this is a clear convention of the thriller genre and it really helped to create atmosphere. the ambient sound of the rain creates a very silent and mysterious atmosphere to the scene which is another way in how we tried to incorporate the area of sound to out advantage in following the conventions of thriller films. 


We also used many images manipulating the light and shadows to add to the conventions of thriller films. through this the audience is able to become fully immersed in the opening as they can see the darkness of the surroundings and begin to feel as if they are in the film themselves.