Evaluation Question 1.

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

Our film uses many conventions of the shaky found footage sub-genre of horror.  For example, some shots are almost identical to the Blair Witch project and [REC].  For example, we have a close up or Rachael's eye that pans out, which is developed from the Blair Witch projects out of focus close-up in the opening scenes.  This gives the audience an idea of our inability to use the camera and naivety on how easy it is to produce a film.

However, we did not challenge any of the main aspects of the genre, as we wanted the film to look as realistic as possible to add to the realism of the footage.  We also wanted to get across the point that it was a shaky camera piece quickly and by using classic, well-known conventions of the genre, we believe this was achieved.