Evaluation Question 7

Looking back at your preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product?

When we did the preliminary, we had no idea what we were doing and had no experience with the software that we were going to use, so we had to get better with the software; practise makes perfect. When we completed the preliminary we only gather a minimum level of basic skills on how to use all of the programs.

starting our final production was a struggle as we were  limited with amount of editing we could do as we weren't able to use the features. Youtube was a big help as it gave use tutorials which helped make our production smoother and better, as we got the advanced skills needed to make to do this. we have come along way from the preliminary as we have learnt so much through editing,camera work, and other aspects of production.

I am now able to use many software programs:Adobe Premiere Pro CS4,Soundbooth and After Effects. and other types of equipment that we used throughout the production.  all of the features and aspects of these software and programs, i have been been able to gain advanced skills and knowledge on how to make  successful production.

When we did our preliminary task we were only subject to little amounts of camerawork, and now we have exposed to a huge range of them, this would also be the same for lighting and sound as we hadn't had any practise and had low knowledge of them; since then we have been able to consider these aspects and add them into our production making as good as we possibly can.

As you can the top image is a High angle of Me, and Joe this is an example of the different types of camera angles that we have been exposed, as we didn't know a lot about the different types of angles and shots. We have many other types of angles and shots that we didn't know about so this proves we have learnt new things and improve as media students, and basic skills that we have learnt throughout.

Evaulation Question 6

Evaluation Question 5

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Evaluation Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

This is Elle Marriott; she’s a 17 year old girl from Peterborough. Elle is a student studying her A-Levels at her local school where she has attended since the beginning of secondary school.

Throughout school Elle’s interests and hobbies have remained the same. She is a very keen dancer and very enthusiastic about sport. Being a dancer Elle listens to a wide range of music to suit her different dance styles. This would mean that Elle would be a fan of the music in our production. The music relates to our audience in the sense that it is a current song which is quite popular with many people, and it also has a lot of emotion behind the lyrics which can relate to teenagers going through similar problems.

In Elle’s spare time she likes to go out with her friends and chill out. Her friends share the same taste in music and films and always watch their favourite productions together.

Some of Elle’s favourite films range from loads of different genres. She likes comedy films like ‘Step-brothers’ and ‘the hangover’ but she also like Rom-Com’s like ‘John Tucker must die’. Elle is also interested in social films which represent class within schools for people similar to her age like ‘Mean Girls’ and ‘Angus, thongs and perfect snogging’.

Our media production is similar to the films Elle likes which is why we are targeting her as one of our primary viewers, other people with the same interests and hobbies as Elle will also be interested.

Evaluation Question 3

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

We all thought about different things we could call our production company and then we sat down and discussed which one was the best and that’s when we chose ‘Film Star Productions’. We wanted our production name to be a catchy one so it stands out to the right audience. We got our inspiration from big film companies like ‘20th century fox’. A production company is the one who produces the films. The more well known companies to produce your film mean more people will be intrigued to watch it. The money we would have raised for our film to be produced and distributed could be through promotions. Promoting our film to see if anyone is interested. We could do surveys in the street to get research on what the public would think to our film and what sort of films they would like to see, this is so we can make our film appealing to them. Our film is institutionally similar to other romance/comedy films produced by the ‘20th century fox’ because that is what we are aiming our production company to be similar to. It’s institutionally similar to films such as ‘Where the heart is’ and ‘John tucker must die’.

Evaluation Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

We have found a similarity to Gina in John Tucker Must Die. John tucker is a love rat who likes to play girls and can never stick to one girl. In the film the girls are trying to get him back and the only way they can do this is revenge. This links to our film because Gina dumps Joe and Joe then wants to get Gina back because she has dumped him for another boy. It also links because it is to do with being in a relationship with someone However, there are a few differences in this, these are that Gina is a girl and John is a boy. Also, the girls are trying to get John back because he went out with all of them at the same time, whereas Joe just wants to get back at Gina because she has found someone else while she was with him. But it still fits because it is about being in a relationship with someone and it not working out.

This film would mainly be suited for girly girls; this is because it’s all about romance and boys and stereotypically you wouldn’t really see goth/emo going to watch this film because usually they are not into love and ‘cute’ films, its more about a horror kind of movie. However in some cases this could be suited for boys if they were looking for some inspiration on what to do, meaning they could be in this kind of situation themselves. However most girls like watching them because they could also relate to them and because they enjoy watching them.

Evaluation Question 1

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of film openings)

Our opening sequence consists of a typical teenage lifestyle: young relationships, being upset, having fun and the typical home life. Ours start sequence is different to other romance/comedies because it tries not to give to much away it will give you the typical story line, but it doesn't tell you the whole story in the first two minutes. The title of the film comes up last in the opening because watching the 1st few minutes intrigues you but also leaves you hanging because you don't have any idea what the films called or about, but as the title comes up you can understand whats going to happen, without giving away the full story. The costumes we picked are made to be up to fashion so that the teenagers today can relate to these characters. We have used a minimum amount of edits in the opening sequence so it doesn't jump through the whole begining but gives enough edits to get the understanding across to the audience. The characters are introduces right from the start as Joe and Georgina (our main characters) are the 1st to appear on screen so you get the understandind straight from the start. Our genre is romcom and our opening clearly states that with the two being all loved up and then suddenly being apart, followed by our title later on 'Karma'.