1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or

challenge forms and conventions of real media

products?

• In our film the stock narrative was a rookie fire fighter who wanted to do something that his father done which was to become a fire fighter. The stock setting is a city of Cincinnati Ohio. Stock characters are fire fighters showing the viewers a normal day at work. Iconographies for fire-fighters are sirens, fire fighter clothes in which they get into when there at work and it is an emergency.

Repertoire of elements

• Next slide is a repertoire of elements where it has info for each stage eg stock narrative , stock setting , stock characters and iconography. In each of these it tells us what characters are included , where it is set in, what the whole film is about and what sort of equipment is used to make this film.

Stock Narrative: Murder: This is an element that we will not be

undertaking-Explosions: This is an element that we will not be undertaking

Car Chase: This is an element that we will not be undertaking however when researching we found that the film Taxi used an cliche car chase http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0316732/

Quick Pace of Events: This is an element that we will be using, for example in the scene of the main character George cooking eggs (breakfast) quickly

Stock Setting: Cities: This is an element that we will not be

undertaking, however when researching we found that New York City was an iconic city used in World Trade Center http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0469641/ 

House: This is an element that we will be using, for example in the scene of the main character George waking up in his home

Street: This is an element that we will not be undertaking

Stock Characters: Business Men: This is an element that we will not be undertaking-Firemen: This is an element that we will be using, for example the main characters job is a Fireman Washed Up Policemen: This is an element that we will not be undertaking Depressed Woman: This is an element that we will be using, for example the main character George, his girlfriend is depressed and set in her ways Gangsters: This is an element that we will not be undertaking, however when researching we found that the film The Godfather used a variety of components to make the gangster society obvious to the audience http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/

Iconography: Guns: This is an element that we will not be undertaking-Briefcases: This is an element that we will not be undertaking Sirens: This is an element that we will be using, for example in one of the last scenes in which the fire bell/siren goes off to indicate that a fire has occurred. This is true in the film Under Siege as there are Policemen involved which use sirens http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105690/  Suits: This is an element that we will not be undertaking Sunglasses: This is an element that we will not be undertaking