2. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
The main forms and conventions that are used in horror films are usually a female victim, a male 'monster', night time and a feeling of solitude. We conformed with 3 out of these 4, but decided to challenge the 'darkness' convention. This was mainly due to it being difficult to make the film dark but still keep the quality of the footage.
We went with the girl victim one her own as this makes the audience feel like something will happen as she is very vulnerable. This convention has been used in many films, including Halloween.
Liam