1) In what ways does my media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products

My title sequence is based on a number of different real media products, within the Action/ Thriller genre. The use of props and camera angles, alongside the appropriate music soundtrack, all collide to make my product seem more and more like an actual movie. Of course the quality of the product cannot compare to that of blockbuster movies, however the basics are all very similar.
An action/thriller movie must have essence of enigma and proairetic codes, and I have done my best to show this in my text, through a wide range of shots and angles, such as close-ups and low angle shots of objects such as a bloodstained knife.
In title sequences of common thrillers, the theme is constant throughout those few minutes of the movie, in which many relevant events occur, and this theme is expected to reoccur throughout the rest of the movie, and acts as a way of setting the tone for the rest of the film, and allow the audience to see that each part does relate, making it more enjoyable for the viewer to watch.
From the pictures I have located from the internet based on a thriller-related search, there are many films that contains similar aspects to that of mine, for example knives, secrecy and suspicion. My title sequence contains a knife, provided as an insert, then a prop that is handled by the main character. The suspicion can be found in the shots with both the main character and the body of the dead man, as the audience is uncertain whether he really is the murder, or he could be a witness and he's just cleaning his house after the incident. this is all left to the imagination of the audience, until later in the film when the situation will most likely be explained. The secrecy is the fact that the main character has obviously made no attempt to contact emergency services, whether its for an ambulance for the man, who may not actually be dead, or the police as it is quite obviously a crime scene, indicating that he is in fact the killer.

Little information is given about the 2 characters, allowing minds of the audience, who are interested in and frequently watch thriller-based movies, to feel as if events like this can occur everyday, in any household, for any valid reason of excuse to kill. The viewer wants to continue watching to find out the reasons and be informed about scenarios where similar events could happen in real life, projecting fear and suspense towards the viewer, which is the overall aim of the thriller genre.

Many action/thriller plots include a hero, not like Superman, but an 'ordinary' individual who has the ability to see a task through and solve the problem that the plot has created, e.g. Harry Brown. My title sequence does not answer any questions for this very reason, as there could be absolutely any possible idea for a plot to follow the first 2 minutes, that the audience will wish to stay seated and find out what happens.
In many cases, the 'good guy' does not win, in fact it is a common nature of thriller texts to actually make the 'bad guy' succeed, as it is unexpected when compared with films from most other genres. This can reflect real life, and it brings in the debate about justice. I wanted my title sequence to reflect this aspect of real media products, as it could be an example of the 'bad guy' winning, who in this case would be the main character, and the dead body could be a 'good guy' who has already lost.
This leads to another possible outcome of what the actual film will be about. Perhaps it is a flashback, and the events leading up to it are what the film basically it. This could be seen as a development of the thriller genre and general media products, as it contains aspects of many different areas of the fictional world of the text, with lots of possibilities for what the outcome will be.