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

Conventions:

• Sound: Mandolin - rarely used for film scores. More background music than dominant and central to the point of the visuals. Creates a mood and atmosphere as opposed to relating to the plot.

• Editing: Reversed plot timeline (starts at the end scene and then goes back in time). Slow shots when the character is on his bed show that he is thinking about his plight. In contrast to the triplets - not seen often, and gives the sequence a more upbeat rhythm, showing that he is happy.

• Cinematography: Zoom in at the beginning - shows the central character, getting closer to him shows the relationship the audience will have with the character. Walking into the character happens at the end - meaning that the plot has gone full-circle.
  

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• Mise-en-scene: Pathetic fallacy used when character is walking to work - captures his positive mood at that time. Untidiness of his room mirrors the untidiness of his mental well-being after he lost his job.

• Plot: Unconventional, yet current and newsworthy topic is being discussed in this film. Because of the unconventionality of the film, it is highly likely that it would get substantial news coverage.