Evaluation: Question 1

In what way does your media use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
My first thought to challenge the conventions made me decide to use a woman in the opening sequence, this is not usually used in a British crime thriller as it is very rough, so is usually linked with men. I feel this was effective and made the film interesting. She is easy to relate to and you feel involved with the film by using a female. This is also a good idea as males are the dominant gender of audience that watch British crime thrillers, which means using an attractive woman would draw more audience.
To develop our crime thriller I used the usual gangster conventions such as suits, money and alcohol. This also makes the audience more comfortable as they are used to these conventions, so it isn’t all something new. This gives the audience something to relate to as they have seen in before.
I also used a very British song in the film. The heavy bass, but chirpy music made the film seem humorous, but only for British viewers. It is very repetitive so it doesn’t take the attention of the film just runs alongside it. The only time you notice it is when it stops half way (also a convention) to show humour, it also helps the storyline, making it portray the character of Tony, as stupid, not knowing what he is doing with an awkward silence.