In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms of conventions of real media products?
The Logo that we chose to use is overall an impersonation of the main
character that I used throughout the entire opening sequence. The fade in to
the production logo is used to allow the audience to focus solely on the screen
and slowly ease them into the world of the film, diverting
their mind completely from the real world. The production logo
itself represents the main character in the film. The suit is something that
the main character is known for, the audience are not aware in the opening
sequence but the main character wears a suit every single day. The hands of the
body show the confidence that this character contains and the pill as the
head represents the complete other side of the character that the audience are
able to slightly make out from the opening sequence. For the opening shot
showing the production logo, we chose to use the complete opposite colour to
the colour of the logo. A white background was placed behind the mainly
black logo. This was done to portray how the character that it represents is
also something that stands out from the crowd as the logo does. The same effect was
placed on every single shot in the opening sequence; the
redness was lowered on every frame in order to make the whole sequence
look as though it has a lower key lighting which helps to foreshadow bad things
that may be yet to come.
A fade in was put at the beginning of the establishing shot
of the buildings so that not only would it match the music that was playing in
the background but also that a climax would begin to be built. The
establishing shot that was placed at the beginning of the sequence was inspired
by the opening sequence of the movie “Panic Room” whereby there are many shots of the tops of
buildings of a city. This was used to show the audience that this is set in a suburb of London. The tilt
down of a single building focussed mainly on the bad state of it; showing the broken windows and the
worn out painting of it and is used to show the audience the run down area that
it is set in. The credits used un this shot are placed along the right hand
side of the building, similarly in every shot, the credits have been placed in
a clear area of the frame, a place where they would not get in the way of the
action on the screen or distract the audience. We wanted the audience to focus
clearly on the run down area we are trying to show. The long shot showing
another block in the distance before the pan leading up to a medium shot
showing specific trees
is used to show the everyday surroundings of the people who live in this area (the
main character included). The use of many different shows of buildings was used
to show how the entire area is the same and the low key lighting used to create
a gloomy effect on the audience and to show that this is quite a dual and miserable
area. The music that is used at the end of this show is placed here
in particular as a climax is able to be built leading onto the next show as the
next shot of the swing is very significant in the opening sequence.
A heavy beat is dropped on the
long shot of the swing and this is to show that the swing itself is significant
as it represents a large part of the childhood of the main character. In the background
of this shot there are people casually walking past, this has been purposely
done as a representation of the feelings of the main character. The swing is
moving yet no one is on or around it which is something that is not normal
because no one appears to have been pushing it, it is swinging by itself. This
portrays that no one in the main characters childhood ever acknowledged
his existence. The mix that is then used to merge the next and
the zoom-in of the goal again interlinks with the past of the main character. The
rainy and dual day helps portray the misery that the area itself contains.
The fade out of the zoomed in close up of the goal and fade
in to the road separates the life of the main character`s (who is soon
introduced) childhood and life currently. The trees in one of the previous shots
contrasts with the fades that were used in the sense that this is his new life however
parts of his past are still with him and have an impact on his life currently. The pan of
the long shot showing the more established houses that this boy is now
surrounded by shows the difference in the standard of life he is living now and
then.
The continuity shots that are used when the boy enters the
house are used to show the direct
journey that he has taken when he enters;
he doesn’t stop to go into the living room which is something that people would
normally do when returning home. This is an abnormal thing
to do and therefore leaves the audience suspicious
as to why he has just walked straight upstairs and may also foreshadow
something that is soon to come. The over the shoulder shot shows the large
amount of ranges of drugs that he is stocking also the show shows the perfectly laid
out gloves next to this range and makes the audience wonder why he has so many.
His next action of reaching for a specific drug and retrieving the gloves again
makes the audience wonder what he is planning on doing with these contents. He then
closes the cabinet leaving the audience with the thought that he does not want
to leave any traces with whatever it is he is planning on doing.
The medium shot of the character sighing allows the audience
to see that he is reflecting
on something but his continuation of movement after this then shows the audience
that despite his thought he will still
continue with his journey. The continuity of the high angle shot
showing him walk back down the stairs allows the audience to clearly see the
drug and gloves in his hand. He has not put them away which may suggest to the
audience that he is planning on using them soon for something. The over the
shoulder shot of the phone ringing, leading into a sharp cut showing him
continuing his journey without the phone in sight shows the audience that he
had ignored the call that could suggest that people are trying to contact him
however he is choosing to ignore them.
The final fade out at the end leaves the audience wondering what
he is planning on doing next; a climax
has been built but has not been answered. The blackout
that leads to the title of the film gives the audience a little time to attempt
to answer or possible think of more questions that they have thought of after
what they have just viewed.
A light beat is dropped before the title of the film appears
so that the audience are taken by a slight surprise, the title “Feel No Pain” then comes up on the
screen. This is the title of the film as the main character chooses to conserve
himself despite his rough childhood in the area that was shown at the
very beginning of the sequence. He instead chooses another way to get rid of
the feelings he has inside. The scratched background of the title shot
represents the past of the main character. The dark colours that have been used
continue to add to the dark aspects being
carried out through the entire opening.
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