creativity journey of media

When we started our first real media task (the childrens film) we used our own creative inputs throughout the time given to us, for example we decided what costumes and clothes the actors should wear and encooperate a narrative through it. Although the narrative was creative we followed a tv programme the queens nose in order to gain knowledge and ideas for our product.

The second media task we had to do was to produce a opening thriller sequence. we used our own creative minds together to make a thriller sequence which copied all the typical conventions through the costume and setting. we used creative camera work to show a narritive.

the final peice of media that i had helped produce was that of a music video. we had specific guidlines and genres to follow. whether we followed or ultured the typical conventions of that genre was up to us. we created our own characters and dressed them in costumes we felt suited the genre and that would follow the narrative.

conventions from real texts

Thriller Project

In our thriller project last year we used typical conventions of that genre in our product, we looked at the conventions of a typical thriller movie and tried to in cooperate the ideas into ours. the conventions we used were typical of the thriller genre for example the mise-en-scene, for example we dressed the characters up in dark clothes to represent a sense of the unknown. we filmed in a forest as we thought that a forest was very typical of a thriller as many successful thrillers have a forest setting in there film. another typical convention we used was the whole theory of the unknown, making the audiences question whats actually happening in the film to what the producers (us) chose as our narrative. we tried to give as little as we could of our film in the trailer without telling the storyline or narrative. we enticed our audiences into watching the trailer and giving us feedback on what they thought were the positives and negatives of our film and how we can change it for the good.

Childrens Film

In our childrens film we used typical conventions of this genre throughout the project. for example we used a plain but effective narrative and gave it an easy and understanding monologue to it. we understood that the films audience was children of a specific age and tried to make the narrative suit that age group. the mise-en-scene we used in our project was that of a typical childrens film. we dressed the characters in no confrontational clothes and with props that suited our narrative. we followed the narratives of a childrens program called the queens nose ( commonly played on CBBC channel). fair enough it wasn't a childrens film but the narrative suited the genre of a typical childrens film. the setting was very light and happy to follow the narrative we used easy camera shots to show its simplicity throughout the project. 

Music Video

our music video was that of a typical rap/comedy genre. we used typical conventions of that genre throughout our product. the mise-en-scene was a