The film "A One Man War" uses, develops, and challenges conventions of real media products. It uses conventions such as including elements of comedy in a drama genre film, having a typical good vs evil storyline, and including titles and credits. The film develops conventions by using real life events and flashbacks. It also challenges conventions by having the macho protagonist defeated by teenagers and leaving the narrative open-ended. Costumes and props are also used to challenge conventions around how certain groups are usually portrayed.
4. Using the forms and conventions of real media products? Our group has used the convention of real media products by adding some elements of comedy in our drama film. This is done in many Hollywood films such as Tropic thunder. Our film is a 'War' genre blended in with drama. This uses the forms and convention of real media products as war based films are normally packed full of drama. For example the hurt locker. Music is frequently used to have an impact on the storyline as well as the audiences. This is a common convention which is found in drama films. I used the convention of a drama film by having a twist at the end.
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6. Developing the forms and conventions of real media products? We developed the convention of a drama film by using real life event to create a fictional story. Most drama film donโt use elements of comedy the way we did. This showed that we developed the convention of real media products. We developed the convention of a drama film by using different types of flashbacks. We used audio and visual flashback to reinforce the idea that he is an Ex-soldier.
