Question 1

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

Reflecting our genre with specific Conventions. 

Key Conventions of Film openings: 
In terms of general conventions of film openings, we have overall reflected them rather than challange them. We created a list of these general conventions:

Ident:
A film opening will always show identification of the production company/companies involved in creating the media text - in our case 'GHK Productions'. Idents are used so that the audience can set their expectation for the film; if an audience was to see an Ident of a large, popular production company, a big budget block buster may be expected. 

Titles:

This conventions is designed to tell the audience the people involved in the making of the film. Doing this, is acts as an acknowledgement for these people. This convention helps to attract audiences, especially if a famous actor/director is involved. Our film opening involved the titles:

Director.

Filming. (We decided not to used the word Cinematography, as it was too long to fit out Titles format).

Editing.

Narrations:

This convention is designed to involve the audience straight away, in the film opening. It allows the audience to access background information, of what has happened prior, or is happening at the start of the film. It may also give an insight as to what type of characters are involved. In our film opening, apart from in the flashback with her parents, Molly is the only person that we see. This reflects the narration technique as it helps develop the idea that Molly has been deeply effected by her parents death. The voicemail that is involved is also a narration technique, that tells thew audience where Molly is now planning to go - to get Grandparents house.