2. 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
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4. Within those films we found out that the film openings include some sort of violence to both draw the audience in and also to raise the issue straight away. We therefore decided to add violence into are film opening for the same reasons.
5. Another common convention among British football films is that there is a main character and this character is also male. Many people stereotype football with men which therefore makes it a common convention. We chose to stick to this convention to make sure that we made are audience happy. It is a big risk in a films over all success to change an element many people expect to see when watching a British football film.
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8. However are media product takes the pace to a new level. For the first 1.5 minutes the character is running somewhere with great speed. Quick sharp shots along with quick cuts between shots means that speed is always increasing. This creates the idea that there is a climax to all this madness and also helps the audience understand the rush the character is feeling.
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11. It is a common convention in British football films for the violence and main action to take place among adults. However we wanted to show that these problems do occur among teenagers too.
12. This may also help the teen audience to relate and understand the media product more.