6.What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Here is a short video (3 minutes 10) outlining how we represented the social groups of caucasian English teenagers (male and female).
1.In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media?
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media?
The title of the film:
The film title of our media product features the name of the female love interest of the movie. This is a little ironic as the film follows the character of Brody- the male protagonist- and his life before and after the sudden tragic death of Luna. The use of the female love interest in the title is similar to (500) Days of Summer's title. Summer is the female love interest of Tom and the movie follows his point of view also. '(500) Days of Summer' was a major inspiration for the development and production of our final piece.
Setting/location:
The movie takes place in a seaside town. The seaside offers many romantic opportunities such as long walks on the beach, skipping stones or watching the sunset- if a bit cliche. These activities could be seen to tie in with the genre of a Romantic-Drama like 'Luna'. The seaside location has been used countless amounts of times before in Romantic movies- more recently, in Richard Ayoade's 'Submarine'. 'Submarine' was also incidentally an inspiration for our final media product. The setting changes throughout the sequence to implicate that the relationship lasted a long time- throughout all four seasons. Due to this, our film challenges the forms and conventions as most Romantic-Drama movies take place during one or two seasons and rarely all four.
Costumes and props
In our movie, we relied mostly on the way that the characters dressed to suggest their personality traits. For example, we purposely dressed Brody in smart clothes to hint at the character being rather intellectual. Upon viewing, many people believed that Brody was a writer due to the way he speaks in the voice over, the way he looks and this further incorporates with the typewriter font used in our final product. We also used books as props to give the movie an even more 'indie' feel. Luna and Brody are suggested to the viewer as well-brought up, middle class intelligent teenagers by the way that they look and act. We changed our clothing depending on the setting of the shot. For example, in slide 4 (far left middle), we were cosy indoors so we decided to clothe the cast appropriately in onesies. The use of this could further imply a time change to the rest of the opening sequence. By wearing this allocated attire, it can suggest that the time of the scene is during the winter season. Winter has been used before in romantic comedy movies a countless amount of times- such as, 'Submarine', 'Love Actually' and 'The Holiday'. We do however challenge this form by dressing appropriately for the different seasons. In Slide 3's scene, the cast dress lightly which suggests that the particular scene is meant to be set in the Summer- despite being filmed in November Winter.
Camerawork and editing
Our camerawork is rather dramatic and captivating. The first and seventh panels show a wide shot. We decided to use these to create a certain emphasis or importance on the events taking place. Slide 1 displays Brody looking particular solemn but emotional as he gazes on the sea in a reflective manner. This scene takes place after Luna's death and has great significance within the plot as the chronological order of the opening sequence is muddled and the scene in particular is repeated later after Luna's death and where it should be chronologically. This reflective scene is similar to the opening sequence of '(500) Days of Summer' where the two main characters are together after they have separated. This method isn't generic of the genre but it supports the forms and conventions when compared with "(500 Days)…". The use of "Day 1" in the seventh panel is also similar to the days method used in '(500) Days of Summer'. However, the days recur throughout the entire movie whereas in our final piece, this method of reassuring the audience of the chronology is only used in this particular instance. We decided to change the framing of some of the shots to differentiate the 'montage' scenes from the other shots- the coffee shop and reflective beach scenes. We included typewriter typography to further insinuate the idea of Brody being an intellectual teenager and even an avid writer. The editing is fast paced in the montage shots but slow in the other two scenes to intensify the significance of the situations in question. These two differences in pace are used incredibly regularly in movies to make sure that the viewer knows what shots or scenes are particularly significant opposed to some others.
Title font and style
The title font and style is rather bold and in a typewriter font (Prestige Elite Std.) which is used to insinuate Brody as being a writer or of having a keen interest in literature. All the typography used is lower case except for the "Day 1" heading. The use of lower case is seen to be "indie" or "hipster" in some subdivisions.
Story and how the opening sets it up
The opening of the movie is introduced in a non-chronological overview of some of the later romantic scenes of the movie. It foreshadows the death of Luna by displaying Brody looking emotional and overwhelmed. This scene is used to keep the viewer speculative about why Brody is feeling this way and what happened to him. Foreshadowing is used rather commonly in Films and TV but not particularly often in Romantic movies. However, '(500) Days of Summer' begins with the two main characters after they have separated. In this case, genres and conventions have been retained in our movie despite not being used often in our movie's genre.
Genre and how the opening suggests it
Our genre is fairly apparent in that the two characters are seen sharing a few intimate moments throughout the montage sequence. The couple are seen holding hands, reading together and playfully running in between beautifully lit water fountains. These three activities are used quite often in movies of the Romantic genre- the latter being used less often. However, fountains have been used countless amounts of times in different manners to how we used them. The opening suggests the genre by displaying these romantic activities. Our media product uses the forms and conventions that have been used previously in other movies of the same genre.
How characters are introduced
The characters in our movie are introduced in different ways. Brody is introduced in an emotional manner in the opening shot of the movie and Luna is introduced initially in the voice over at the beginning but later seen physically in the montage sequence. It is unusual for one of the main characters to be introduced in a foreshadowing scene but it has been done before- such as in '(500 Days) of Summer'. In this case, we develop the forms and conventions of the Romantic genre and make some of it's features our own.
Special effects
Being a movie of the Romantic genre, we didn't need to use many special effects to enhance the narrative of the film. However, Ellie decided to make the titles of the movie reveal themselves in a quick fashion as if they were being typed by someone using an old-fashioned typewriter. This gave the movie an even more 'indie' feel to it and benefited the production as a whole. I don't believe that this effect has been used before but the font style certainly has so therefore our movie develops the forms and conventions of movies that have used a typewriter font before like 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower'.
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