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

The title of our film represents our film well and outlines all of the action in just two words. It is obvious to the audience that kidnappings are going to happen so if they like crime films it will encourage them to watch it.

The black and white colour is a convention of crime because it stands out. The font represents crime because of the jagged edges and the faded areas in the letters as this makes it look rough. It is a typical crime convention to have this sort of title in a film.

This shot shows one of the locations in our title sequence as it is in a house and the boy is asleep on the sofa. This challenges genre conventions because a crime film is normally set in a rough suburban area or in a business area.

The costume we chose for the news reader is typical because every news reader on the television wears formal and smart clothes. Also, in crime films such as James Bond and The Godfather the criminals tend to wear suits so our costume is following genre conventions slightly.

This shot challenged genre conventions for a kidnap scene because it is shot in broad daylight and the mise-en-scene is very happy and summery because the grass is very green and she is wearing bright pink shoes. Usually in a kidnap scene in a crime film it would be dark and in a setting like an alleyway.

The second kidnapper in our title sequence challenges genre conventions because most kidnappers in crime films are strong men and our kidnapper isn't what the audience would expect. We have followed genre conventions by showing him waiting around corners for the victims.

The camera angle we used here is typical for a kidnap scene because it suggests that something is going to happen so it builds suspense. The audience could also think that it is a shot from the kidnapper's point of view.

This shot was filmed in the television studio on a green screen. We edited this so it looked like a proper news report by adding a background and banner at the bottom of the screen. We also added music that sounded like a news broadcast. This follows genre conventions because if we didn't it wouldn't look realistic.