Evaluation and final check list. All must be completed by: Tuesday 13th January 13th 2012

As part of your evaluation, you wil need to explain your answers to the following questions using a PowerPoint presentation.
You must refer to evidence in your production,planning and research stages.

In the evaluation the following four questions must be addressed:

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts( film poster and magazine)?
3. What have you learned from your audience feedback?
4. How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

 You will be marked out of 30 and you need to give specific examples of where you were involved.

This will be due on Tuesday 13th January 2012.

Don't forget the following also needs to be completed:

1. Story Boards in neat and uploaded onto your blog.
2. Magazine cover
3. Film poster
4. Refeclection on your filming questions.
5. Editing your trailer.

Good luck, I will be looking forward to seeing the final products, and will  be checking your blogs to ensure you are on task.
Ms S.

Filming your Trailer: Reflection questions. Due Wednesday 14th December 2011.

How did you work together as a group?

What was you responsible for doing?

What locations did you choose and why?

What props did you use in your trailer?

How did you create a realistic atmosphere.

Were there any difficulites you faced whilst filming? (People walking into your shots?) How did you resolve this issue?

Storyboard Planning for your Film Trailer: Deadline Wednesday 30th November 2011.

Planning your storyboard for your film trailer.

Research and Planning.  Completed by Wednesday 30^th November 2011.

What inspired you to make your trailer in the location that you chose?

How did watching the trailers for ‘Wrong Turn’ 'The Wilderness' and ‘The Hills Have Eyes’ inspire your production?

How can you apply some of the trailer conventions to your trailer?

Who were the institutions for ‘Wrong Turn’ 'The Wilderness' and ‘The Hills Have Eyes?’

How did they use the following codes and conventions in their trailer to appeal to the targeted audience?

o   Size / length of product

o   Use of camera, shot types, framing and movement – where applicable

o   Edits – style, transitions, pace

o   Mise en scene: setting, lighting, costume, props, characters, colour

o   Genre / Narrative suggested

o   Sound

o   Text

What representations have they shown in the trailer and how will you use representations in your trailer?

Please find below the links to the videos.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naUUyD-_oPc (Wrong Turn)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpxI-VKN-DI (The Wilderness)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O76m3kpgPTQ (The Hills Have Eyes)

Film Trailer Planning list.

1.    What is the plot of your trailer? (Beginning, Middle, End) Linked to Tzvetan Todorov

2.      What aspects of the story board are you contributing to? (Sketches, Camera Angles, Script, Sound effects, Mis-en-scene)

Once your storyboard is complete, please submit for scanning.

Checklist. 18.11.11 Have you completed the following?

Please ensure the following are completed:
Film trailer research
Film poster research
Magazine research


Questionnaire results are analysed and written up.


Photgraphs are taken for your magazine and poster.
Consider the images, location, lighting, mise-en-scene.


Please have this ready for Friday 18th November 2011.

Questionnaire Analysis.

The questionnaire I conducted resulted in the majority of the participants being ages 15-17 years old. Consequently, on reflection I wanted my production to be targeted to this age group effectively. This has helped me to consider how many horrific scenes I am able to show to this age group without it being inappropriate for their age.  

Magazine Planning Questions

Please answer the following questions to plan your Magazine front cover.

FRONT COVER PLANNING

1. What is the title, price and frequency of the your magazine (weekly/monthly)

2. Where will your title be? (Font/position/size/name?)

3. What the pictures will you use? What will they suggest?

4. What information will you give about the magazine’s contents?

5. How will this information be given? (gimmicks, quotes)

6. How will you appeal to your target audience? (Gender, age, type of person)
7. Overall, conclude, how effective you think your front cover will be.

Magazine Front Cover research

Please answer the following: Deadline Wedensday 16th November 2011

FRONT COVER ANALYSIS

1. What is the title, price and frequency of the publication  (weekly/monthly)

2. Denote the title (Font/position/size/name?)

3. Connote the title suggest? (what do these words imply)

4. Denote (describe what is factually there) what the picture suggests?

5. Connote the pictures (what might the meanings be behind the

pictures)

6. What information is given about the magazine’s contents?

7. How is this information given?

8. Who do you think is the target audience? (Gender, age, type of person)

9. How does the cover appeal to the target audience?
10. Overall, conclude, how effective do you think this front cover is.

Research and planning The Omen 2006.

Use both film posters and trailers to discuss the comments below.

How did analysing the film trailer to Omen 2006 help you to think about the conventions of the horror genre?
Discuss the following:

How does this

fit into the horror genre?

What are the

typical conventions?

How does this attract the targeted audience?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuU7WpoPE3Y (Trailer 1)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqworUizlLk&feature=related (Trailer 2)

EXT: How does this conform to Tdorov's theory?

Advanced Media Portfolio A2. (Out line and timeline)

Media Studies: Advanced portfolio.

Coursework.

Three areas to cover in your coursework:

·         Research and Planning

·         Construction

·         Evaluation

The four questions that must be addressed in the evaluation are:  

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

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

3.    What have you learned from your audience feedback?

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

Your outcome:

·         A promotion package for a new film, to include a trailer, together with two of the following three options:

·         a website homepage for the film;

·         a film magazine front cover, featuring the film;

·         a poster for the film.

Timeline

Blogs and research – explain your analysis of existing posters, film trailers and your target audience questionnaire.  (Tuesday 8^th November 2011)

Planning, locations, casting, storyboard (Tuesday 29^th November 2011)

Complete filming (Tuesday 13^th December 2011)

Complete editing (Tuesday 10 January 2012)

Final presentations / evaluations (can be filmed and added to trailer as director’s cuts / voice overs)-Feb (v. short month) (Tuesday 24^th January 2012)

Blog address: http://mediastudieshabe.blogspot.com/

C.Stewart.