Evaluation

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

My media product uses follows the codes and conventions of the thriller genre, this is done by using a stereotypical background scene, as the scene is set in a dark house on a dark night. The storyline is also of a stereotypical thriller genre, as there are many typical sequences that is in my media product which would also be in a thriller film.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My target audience for my media product is for teenagers at the age of 15-20, the teenagers will be able to relate to the characters in the film, this is because of the age group targeted most likely will have similar interests to the characters in the films.

My media project represents teenagers as stereotypically socially active as they are going to their friends house, the characters shown in the starting film however are not the main characters

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

Media institutions that might distribute my media product includes

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Audiences for our media product are teenagers at the age of 15-20, this is because this is the range of audience that we have selected for our target audience, we have done this by making the characters easy to relate to from the teenager’s perspective, the main characters are also stereotypical teenagers of similar of the audience’s age, this would also appeal to the teenagers as the teenagers will be know what to expect of the film.

How did you attract/address your audience?

The media product attracts the target audience by setting up a stereotypical thriller film, this attracts my target audience as most people of my target audience’s age (15-20) are interested in thriller films. The film is also based around the target audience age group as the characters of the film are the same age as the age group this product is targeting.











What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Using final cut pro, I have discovered a lot of technologies related with editing, and some things really amazed me, the cutting and cropped of clips was fundamental and I learnt that quickly, however, the ability to actually manipulate the image on the screen was truly fascinating to me, the colour corrector allowed me to change the brightness of the clips, which meant that despite filming in the very dark nights, we did not have to worry about the picture being so dark that it could not be seen, as the brightness could simply be increased. The pen tool combined with the ability to turn up the volume in sections of soundtracks was also brilliant, as this allowed me to put in many transitions of sound into the film, this was very useful as for a film with the thriller genre, many sound transitions are needed. The ability to be able to speed up or slow down the clip also was a great help to our film, calculating the exact times we needed, we modified the speed of the clips which also increased or decreased the length of the clips, which help us to reach a much better time for the film. The advantages of Final cut pro are endless, but I also learnt about some disadvantages of Final cut pro, such as the lack of text control for displaying titles, from such a well known and expensive editing software, I expected to be able to animate my titles and make text on the screen scroll in any shape I wish it to, however, the limit on the text animation was indeed very frustrating.

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

My preliminary task was film very unprofessionally, as the camera was not on a tri-pod, and the panning shots were very jumpy, the preliminary task also felt very basic and there was no meaning in the clips, and the clips were put together poorly. Although I am not very happy with the preliminary task, the preliminary task did teach me the basics of film and setting up a shot, also helping me learn basic editing skills such as cropping and cutting. The final film would not be same with out the experiences I learnt from the preliminary task.