- How does your product use or challenge conventions and how does it represent social groups or issues?
We wanted our characters to feel like genuine individuals in terms of representation. Because we decided to create a film combining both mystery and drama, we pulled many conventions from both genres without initially being aware we were doing so. In mystery films it seems that something usually goes wrong straight away and the audience must then work out what it is. We carried this out within our film with Dr Mueller's interview; as he states that his drug is deadly, this immediately sets the mystery tone. The audience knows that something is wrong, but at this point in time we do not know fully what this is.
In drama we incorporated slow zooms, serious tones and stillness so as to build tension. Drama films seem to have moments that feel substantial and we tried to convey this with lighting and the steady gaze of Dr Mueller; this helps build intensity and we thought that this suited the genre. Our change from convention takes place within the nature of the main character, Maverick; most drama films include a protagonist who has a dramatic background and a deep emotional history.
In our case, Maverick is merely an average individual with a regular history, no traumatic background and no underlying issue. We decided that Maverick would have an ordinary background because we want the focus of our story to be the problem and not necessarily Maverick; this therefore also fits into the aspect of mystery where you want the audience to focus on the issue at hand. We have also broken a mystery convention by not incorporating a 'mentor' figure. This is where the main character is aided in solving a mystery; here however Dr Mueller has no longer a reason to help Maverick and has taken his own life meaning that Maverick is to solve the problem alone and raises the stakes.
we wanted all of our characters to feel like real people. Maverick portrays a standard person, one who will rise to the occasion when needed. Maverick would then be able to relate to, and an audience may be able to feel sympathy towards such a character. Dr Mueller portrays the struggle and pressures facing scientists, and that one mistake will make millions suffer, we chose not to make Dr Mueller a 'bad' character but rather a person who has made one mistake and is unable to deal with the consequences. The interviewer portrays an everyday person who has a professional outlook towards the interview.
tomorrow I will explain what the process for answering the question will be like.
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