Evaluation for 2 minute opening sequence

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

The title of my film 'Changes Of Romance' conforms to the conventions of most real media products as the title relates to the film. My title explains shortly what the film is about and what the story line will be based on. It also makes the audience aware that the film will include romance however, the title does not show that the film is in the genre of comedy because of the word romance so it could be in the genre of romantic comedy.

The genre of my film conforms to the conventions of real media products, because a comedy type film must involve jokes which I included into the opening sequence such as the guy tripping over with popcorn and the girl announcing she wants to break up unexpectedly which was an idea taken from the romantic comedy Crazy Stupid Love. By creating a light hearted scene out of a situation, developed the conventions of a comedy film, as it is funny from the beginning which makes the audience aware of the genre of the film.

The props and costume choices of the characters conformed to the conventions of media products which will attract teenagers or maybe older as my film would be classified 15 because of the use of language. The costume used for the two characters were in fashion for teenagers which is likely attract teenagers as an audience.
The props such as the actors being on their phones and fighting over the tv remote reflect most teenage lifestyles which again is likely to attract teenagers as an audience.

The music I used in my opening sequence developed the conventions of a comedy film as I placed the music at the end to conclude an awkward moment which mocks the seriousness of the situation when the girl announces to her boyfriend that she wants to break up.

As the opening sequence was 2 minutes long, my aim was to show the audience from the beginning that the film is in the genre of comedy. I kept the camera shots pretty simple and made the funny parts reflect in their speech or actions. I also developed the conventions of a comedy film by using cuts to show how things happen dramatically such as when the guy was asking for the remote and then a cut was shown with the couple all of a sudden fighting over the remote. The use of cuts allow me to show the funny parts in just the beginning of the film to make the audience aware that the film is a comedy type.

From the making of my opening sequence, I was hoping to achieve the genre of my film which is comedy successfully to make the audience aware of what type of film it is and how it will reflect the whole film.
One of my main focuses were to make the opening sequence of my film a comedy type.