Danielle EagellEvaluation of foundation portfolio.

Opening 2 minutes of a new feature film

Strangers

The Genre of my film is

Romantic Comedy

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

Follows conventions-Boy meets Girl is a conventional story line for a typical Romantic Comedy or Romantic Drama

The wedding singer (1998) When Harry met Sally (1989)

Going the Distance (2010) 500 days of Summer (2009)

Romantic, slow music is mostly conventional in romantic dramas, I have put it in my opening because it is unconventional and by doing

that I am challenging the conventions of a romantic comedy

It is conventional in romantic dramas and romantic comedies for an obstacle to be placed in the way of the

two main characters, as I have done in my opening sequence with the introduction of the third character.

In another romantic comedy “Going the Distance” like all romantic comedies there is an

obstacle in the way

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

My media product represents…

• Different social groups-male and female• Teenagers, average teens• Different dress code• More down to earth clothing and characters

These are average teens and what they wear, I tried to make my

teens dress similarly I have tried to make my characters look like normal average teenagers

through the costume choices.

These are two of my characters, they are both young representing average teenagers

Casual clothing which average teens wear

Average everyday clothing which average teens wear

This is how the actors in the romantic comedy “Easy A” dressed, The main character as you can see is dressed not how most people dress to attend school

Very glamorous clothing, not very everyday, average school girl look

What kind of media institution might distribute your media

product and why?

• The same distributors who distributed Closer as they seem to distribute the same type of films which is Columbia Pictures

The same distributors tend to distribute similar types of genres, these are both romantic comedies and are both

distributed by Warner Bros.

P.S I love you A Cinderella Story

Who would be the audience for

your media product?

Mostly 16-24 year old male and females will be my audience as

that is the age which mostly go to the cinema and view films

My audience would be…

• Mostly women, yet still males as it is a Romantic Comedy

• Ages which commonly go to the cinema which is 16-24 year old romantic com fans

• People who have seen the film closer as it has a similar idea

I did a questionnaire to see what peoples favourite genres were and these were the results. I asked 20 people and out of those 20 most people preferred

Romantic Comediespreferred genre

Romantic ComediesHorror FilmsAction FilmsRomantic Dramas

How did you attract/address your audience?

I used young actors because that would attract the audience I am

aiming for.The boy meets girl at the beginning of the film is typical of a romantic

comedy so that will attract romantic comedy fans.

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of

constructing this product?

I learnt…

• How to use a digital film camera• How to edit my film using Final Cut

Pro• I have learnt how to edit sound into

my film

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have

learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Camera work

• In my preliminary task we learnt 3 film riles relating to the position of the camera;

• 180 degree rule• Match on Action• Shot Reverse Shot

camera work

• In my final project I also learnt how to;• Use tilts and pans with the camera• How to frame a shot properly• How to set up a tripod and any equipment I

needed

I learnt…

• Editing software• Continuity editing• The more shots I shoot first the easier it is to

edit• More use of different size shots is needed

Editing Software

• In my preliminary task I did very basic editing• In my final task I also learnt how to add on

sound and use slow motion which is in my final project

This is a shot from my preliminary task.As you can see I have used lots of wide shots

In my final piece I used more close ups