Evaluation 1:

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

Above are the shots our group decided to use for this evaluation. The first shot shows a low angle shot which shows the scene and introduces the first character, you can only see her back and but her brightly coloured back stands out from the whole scene showing that the main character is a female. The low angled shot shows the gloomy scene that we filmed in giving it an eerie setting. As it is the first shot of the opening scene we didn't want to give to much away because the audience may be able to guess what is going to happen. It gives the effect that the audience don't know where she is going or what is in her bag as that is the main thing which stands out in the shot, where as in reality the opening two minutes doesn't really focus on her bag that much. If we had to go back and change something as a group that is one thing we probably would change - we could make the bag more of an object in the opening tow minutes. There is a clear view of the surroundings around Charlotte (the victim) creates a scary and negative atmosphere.

The next frame shows a close up of the victim, the audience is shown the victim scared and vulnerable. This would bring her age into this as it is obvious she is a teen and she is more innocent and prone to being taken rather than an independent older women who may be harder to kidnap. the close up is showing the audience the emotion of the character and showing the fear in her eyes. At this part of the opening two minutes you can see Charlotte is not impressed by this stranger walking past and barging into her. This is is shown in her facial expressions as it connotes anger but also confusion to why he had to walk so close to her even though there was more than enough room for him to walk next to her without touching her. The audience may also be confused to why this has happened. 

In the third frame, we used match on action. To make the technique effective we used three different close up shots of the victim putting headphones in. This would cause the victim to become more vulnerable as she cannot hear what is going on around her and the audience would stereotypically from other horror films think she is taken now. This was a successful shot, although the victim was a little shaky as it was quite cold and she was shivering. If we were to film it again we would get the victim the practise this shot so she knows what she is doing.

The fourth frame was one of our groups favourite shots as it was most successful. It shows a high angled shot where the person filming at the time went behind a tree to create an eerie atmosphere as it may suggest she is being watched as she walks. It also made the background have a shallow depth of field which made the victim to be out of focus which conforms the to the conventions of a horror film as it suggests the victim is weak. 

The fifth frame is showing an over the shoulder shot, which allows the audience to see the setting of the opening scene. Our setting is based in a evil looking forest where the victim cannot call for help as there is no one around her, suggesting she is all alone and is at her most vulnerable. By using an over the shoulder shot, the audience are given the opportunity to see what it is lie to be the victim and what she is seeing. This will give the audience an idea of what she is feeling and how scared she must be looking in the distance and seeing nothing but have the feeling someone is there if she turned around. 

The sixth frame is one of the most effective scene and the one that fits mostly to the conventions of a horror film as we are introduced to the antagonist, as it shows his scary personality. We are hoping that this shot is the one that is going to bring most shock to the audience and hopefully increase the thrill factor. The antagonist is shown in the distance wearing dull colours so he blends in with the dreadful, dull weather. The dull colours should connote death as people generally wear black when its a sad or dull occasion.

The eighth frame shows of our action shots where the antagonist meets the protagonist. It shows to the audience that the male is very dominant which fits stereotypes this can include everyday life and also in horror films. The girl screams which also fits stereotypes as she is fitting to the innocent teenage girl she is but also in horror films the victim is generally dramatic to show her emotions. When we edited this we used two shots to film this action shot, one medium shot from side on and then a low angled shot to show the victim trying to get away and falling over. 

The ninth frame shows a long shot of the victim running away, the long shot is used to allow the audience to take in everything around the scene. The audience are also giving the chance to have the idea that the victim has been able to get away and she is going to receive help from someone. 

The tenth frame is a close up shot of the victim screaming, the reason we chose to do this as a close up is because it will confuse the audience to why she is screaming and the only thing the camera is focusing on is the girl screaming and it brings out her emotion. But the audience can't see anything else but her which causes tension and may cause the audience to become nervous and on edge. 

The last frame, frame eleven shows the title of the film 'Follow your tracks' this has been done in white font and has the black background which gives it a mysterious effect as it does't give anything away to the audience.