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

2. Our product follows the basic conventions of British Social
Realism films including a council estate setting, unknown actors,
realistic lighting and a regional dialect
We felt it best to stick to these conventions as they are the key
aspects of the genre and wouldn’t have been as effective if they were
not followed

3. The issue of suicide and to a lesser extent, domestic
abuse, is represented in our product. These issues are
found to have a higher rate of occurrence in the lower
classes shown in the film. Our target audience of
teenagers/young adults can relate to the main
character’s issues as they are of a similar age and can
therefore relate and sympathise with her. Therefore we
are following the conventions of British Realism films in
showing an issue that that affects the general public and
specifically, those suffered by the lower classes

4. In o u r f ilm w e h a v e a n e m o t io n a l m o m e n t
n e a r t h e s t a r t a n d t h is c r e a t e s e m p a t h y
f o r t h e g ir l. S h e d o e s n ’ t a p p e a r t o b e
lik a b le a t f ir s t b u t t h e n t h e a u d ie n c e f e e l
s y m p a t h e t ic t o w a r d s h e r . T h is c h a lle n g e s
c o n v e n t io n s o f S o c ia l R e a lis m f ilm s a s
n o t m u c h a c t io n is s h o w n in t h e m t h is
e a r ly o n