Plan a detailed response to the exam style question following.

"Sometimes working within constraints produces the most interesting work" (Branston and Strafford) How have you used real media conventions to produce interesting or effective coursework productions?"

• what does the quote mean and do you agree or disagree?

-the quote describes how conventions followed gives the cornerstones for producing media
-by addressing the conventions of a media piece you can easily target an audience and know how to move     them
-with media productions put together, comparing them along the same conventions helps to see which ones address the genre more successfully
-by working via conventions previously set specific for a type of media it means that by sticking to it will be a sure way of creating an impact


-I agree to a certain extent as there is the opportunity to create interesting pieces of work via amplifying conventions as it's the conventions itself that give an essence of how something should present itself


-I disagree more as people are constantly demanding change with what they see and now with so many sub-genres of film and TV there is a need to break free from conventions to create new interesting work
- true inspiration doesn't come from a pre existing convention. Someone's creativity maybe hindered by the acting of conforming to conventions
-want to start fresh and address a new audience
-breaking outside of the box and offering a fresh media product can only be done by contradicting conventions

conventions from my Foundation Portfolio

• The use of flashbacks
• The use of obscuring a characters facial features
• The use of music to create a feeling of tension
• Adding a twist in narrative plot

conventions from my Advanced Portfolio

• Creating a relationship between the audio and the visuals
• Using the notion of looking 
• Using an image motif
• Intertextuality within the music video