A2 Media Studies Evaluation

Zanab .S. Mahmood

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

  Camera work and editing • Crosscutting for suspense sequences• Faster cutting for violent action- we challenged this as we did not cut over the knife and blood scene • Hand help shots for chase scenes

Characters• Cross over for suspense• Innocent girl• Psychological damaged adults- we

challenged this by

making it a damaged teenager instead

Film influences: The Ring, The Grudge. How I

developed, or challenged these?

Font styles and colours• Structured • Clear ( mature)• Serious- eye contact• Scary font• No voice over

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

mis-en-scenee clothing, hairstyles, props, dark atmosphere, isolated setting (woods)

Age of female actress ? gender?  • why we choose to do what we did

Narratives • The supernatural haunting an individual /picture falling• Unfinished business with a villain coming back for revenge- challenges this by a mother coming back for revenge • unexplained events- picture falling

Icons • Blood • Gore knives• Shadows darkness• Ghosts• CandlesMusic and sound • Atmospheric suspense music • Screams• Loud bangs and crashes/challengedthis as did not do it, had music to reflect it

•Same texts used? (Font)

•Colour font•(all 3/4colours reflect our teaser)

•Featured actress on both ancillary

and main

•Wood scene featuredin both

•Both show featuredmain actress

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

•Both show close up• of eyes

What have you learnt from your audience feedback?

Q1

0% 8%8%

42%

42%

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Unsure

Agree

Strongly Agree

Our poster was successful in creating interest in the film

Q20%

4%

13%

41%

42%

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Unsure

Agree

Strongly Agree

Our poster compares well to professional posters

Q3

5%

5%

14%

27%

49%

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Unsure

Agree

Strongly Agree

Our magazine front cover would encourage you to buy the magazine

Q4

0%

5%

9%

18%

68%

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Unsure

Agree

Strongly Agree

Q5

0%

5%

10%

45%

40%

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Unsure

Agree

Strongly Agree

Our magazine front cover is as effective as professional magazine

front covers

The poster and the magazine front cover would influence me to watch the

film?

Our teaser trailer is professional

Teaser Trailer

Q1

0%

0%

0%

32%

68%

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Unsure

Agree

Strongly Agree

Q2

0%

0%

11%

11%

78%

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Unsure

Agree

Strongly Agree

You want to watch our film from watching the teaser

trailerQ5

0%

0%

10%

29%

61%

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Unsure

Agree

Strongly Agree

Our music added to the effect of the teaser trailer

Q6

5%

0%

0%

29%

66%

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Unsure

Agree

Strongly Agree

Q7

0%

0%

0%

28%

72%

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Unsure

Agree

Strongly Agree

Q8 0%

0%

0%

22%

78%

Strongly Disagree

Disagree

Unsure

Agree

Strongly Agree

The camera shots helped to create a scary atmosphere

How would you rate the teaser of 5?Five

being highest

The poster, magazine front cover and the teaser trailer linked in

well together

How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

• Blogging -polls

• Facebook – Feedback on film names (got feedback from different age groups)

• YouTube- feedback of trailer, looking (researching others trailers (teasers)

• Adobe premiere- in the construction

• Video editing software- in the constructing

• Photoshop- construction of magazine front cover

• Youtube- to find music - planning / researching

• Camcorder- when constructing teaser

(all 3 of our tasks)

Conclusion Throughout my journey in creating my teaser and ancillary tasks I have found it be a fun and enjoyable

experience, I have acquired many new skills which I feel I can take with me and use in the future.