ASSIGNMENT 2-OTS CONVENTIONS TASK-

PENNY DREADFUL

BY ZAIN ZAFAR, JACK MELTON, CONNER HARLING, IHAB SAEED

IDENTIFY THE OTS CONVENTIONS

• SCORE MUSIC• CREDIT ACTORS• CREDIT CAST MEMBERS• ENIGMATIC • ESTABLISH GENRE• ESTABLISH THEME

WHY DOES THIS OTS HAVE THE CONVENTIONS YOU NAMED IN NUMBER 1

• SCORE MUSIC- THIS IS USED TO CREATE THE ATMOSPHERE AND START TO ESTABLISH THE THEME OF THE FILM/TV SHOW

• CREDIT ACTORS- THIS IS USED TO ENTICE THE AUDIENCE INTO WATCHING THE SHOW AS THERE COULD BE A FAMILIAR ACTOR IN IT WHICH HAS A GOOD REPUTATION FOR EXAMPLE BILLIE PIPER

• CREDIT CAST MEMBERS- THIS IS USED TO GIVE THE CAST MEMBERS THAT HAVE WORKED ONTO THE SHOW TO GIVE THEM CREDIT.

• ENIGMAS- THESE ARE USED TO MAKE THE AUDIENCE ENTICED AND MAKING THEM WANT TO SEE THE NEXT EPISODE OF THE SERIES.

• IDENTIFY THE GENRE- THIS IS USED TO LET THE AUDIENCE BE AWARE OF THE TYPE OF SHOW THEY ARE ABOUT TO SEE SO THEY CAN IDENTIFY TO CERTAIN FEATURES OF THE SHOW AND IT COULD APPEAL TO THEM.

• IDENTIFY THE THEME- THIS IS USED SO THAT THE AUDIENCE CAN IDENTIFY THE SPIRITUAL OR GOTHIC SCENE THAT MAY ATTRACT CERTAIN VIEWERS TO BE MORE ENTICED.

CONNOTATIONS OF THE CONVENTIONS

• OPENING TEXT IS MIDNIGHT BLUE • CREDIT TEXTS ARE WHITE WHICH STICKS OUT AND IS JUXTAPOSED WITH

A BLACK BACKGROUND.

HOW DOES IT COMPARE TO ONE OF THE OTS'S THAT WE WATCHED?

• ALL 4 OTS'S REVEAL GENRES AND THEMES ABOUT THE SERIES. FOR EXAMPLE IN PENNY DREADFUL IT REVEALED THE THEME AS SPIRITUAL THROUGH THE USE OF THE CRUCIFIX AND IN WALKING DEAD THE USE OF CONSTANT EMPTY BUILDING AND USE OF BLOOD SHOW THE THEME OF ZOMBIES.

• SCORE MUSIC IS SIMILAR IN THE WALKING DEAD TO PENNY DREADFUL DUE IT BEING A CLOSE RELATION IN THEME OF GOTHIC AND SUFFERING.

• PENNY DREADFUL IS THE ONLY ONE TO SHOW REAL PLOT COMPARED TO THE OTHER OTS'S THAT WE SAW.

WHAT CONVENTIONS/PURPOSES ARE NOT APPLICABLE AND WHY?

• TO INTRODUCE CHARACTERS WHICH CREATES MYSTERY THEREFORE IT CREATES A ENIGMATIC ATMOSPHERE

• CREDITS ON THE BLACK SCREEN, THE CREDIT FONTS ARE WHITE AND MIDNIGHT BLUE WHICH IS IN CONTRAST TO THE BLACK BACKGROUND SCREEN, THIS MAKES IT STICK OUT MORE.

• PREVIEW OTHER FILMS/ TV SHOWS IS NOT APPLICABLE DUE TO IT NOT BEING IN THE OTS.

ARE THE CONVENTIONS IN YOUR OTS TYPICAL IN FILMS IN THE SAME GENRE?

WHY OR WHY NOT?

• YES THE CONVENTIONS IN OUR OTS ARE TYPICAL IN FILMS OF OUR GENRE AS THE MUSIC AND CREDITS AND IMAGES COMING ONTO THE SCREEN RELATING TO BLOOD AND DARKNESS AND GOTH TO MAKE IT TENSE FOR THE AUDIENCE AND CREEPY.

EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE OTS

• THIS OTS IS EFFECTIVE AS IT GIVES US ALL OF THE NECESSARY CONVENTIONS THAT WE EXCEPT FROM A OTS. IT ALSO GETS US READY FOR THE SHOW WITH THE GENRE AND THE OVERALL THEME WHICH IS EFFECTIVE

THANK YOU FOR LISTENING