Evaluation 1

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

 

I have researched into many films trailers such as 'Fish Tank' and 'Cyber bullying'. In each trailer they use the title within the beginning of the trailer and then in the end they would show the release date. I thought id add the release date into the trailer so that it catches the readers eye so they become more interested in watching the new film. The font that I have used for both the title and release date is white, bold and clear. Which stands out on a black background. I have chosen this font as it fits nicely with our particular genre. Below shows a print screen of our title.

Our film trailer was based on a school student. This meant that we decided to film most of our clips within the school area. Any other trailers would film in and out of school to show as many different locations. But within our film trailer we wanted to make sure that it was unique. Below is a print screen of one of the clips. It shows two students (one which is the main character). Both of them arguing but in the mis en scene you can see the shot was located within school due to the computers and school work in the clip.

 

I think that my media production however breaks the convention of the use of costume and props. This is because in most media productions where they have include teenage bullying their characters are in school uniform. However in our trailer we didn't decide to stick to a dress code as we have based our students on sixth formers.

Within my film trailer I think that we had defiantly developed our camera angles. This is because due to our low grade last year we thought that we would use more creative transitions, camera work and editing. When we edited our trailer we use many fades in and fades out. However I also had chance to include a split screen. The reason for using this split screen was so that we were able to see to different characters within one shot. This was so we were able to see the clip from different point of views.  


 
 

Evaluation question 2

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

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Evaluation 4

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

The three main programmes that I used within my media coursework was Final Cut, Garage Band and Photoshop. Within last years coursework I had used these programmes which meant that I had more knowledge on how to use them for this year. I think my knowledge on these programmes had defiantly developed as I was able to use more effects on Final cut. For example fade in and fade out. When I created the film poster and magazine I was able to use the programme Photoshop. Where I was able to adjust the brightness and add effects and also add text. However when I did use Photoshop I did find it fairly difficult as the layout was totally different on the Apple Macs. This meant that I was able to gain more knowledge on how to use this programme and where the tools were.
I have used many programmes within this coursework such as Blogger. On here I was able to add texts, videos of trailers, research, and images. After constructing my trailer I used online socialising websites such as YouTube and Facebook. I used this so I was able to receive feedback on our film trailer.

 

 

Reseach on 'cyberbullying' trailer

Music ideas for our new trailer

As we couldn't use music that had already been made by artists we have made our own music. To do this I have used Garage Band.This piece of software allows you to create music using the different instruments and notes provided. It was fairly easy using this and it meant that I was able to create the music within the first few lessons during the time period of filming. To create this I have used the different instruments and dragged them onto the tracks. Here I was able to arrange the music in the composition I wanted. I think the music I have made works well with the storyline. However some of it could be seen as too repetitive. But again we wanted to make sure that it fit our chosen genre.

Plot idea for new trailer

Everything was going great for sixth form student Sahmeek until one day someone finds out her secret that she is gay. Sahmeek comes from an Islamic background which is why she had kept this secret. She confronts her friend Sara who was the only person who knew her secret. From this point she starts being bullied by people she though were here friends and she gets cyberbullied also. Once the bullying gets too much for Sahmeek she is faced with the option of the long process of counselling or ending her life. What will she do?

Title ideas

As we now have a new storyline for our film trailer, as a group we have discussed different title ideas that could fit the storyline. These are some of our ideas:

Unexpected

Complex                /

In a moment

Kept secret           //////

Betrayed

Complications     //

Misunderstood  //

After collecting audience feedback we have decided that 'Kept Secret' would be the best name for our trailer. This relates to our trailer as it is about a girl who is keeping something secret. It also doesn't give the story line away too much.

Changes

Unfortunately the clips we had already filmed for our trailer wasn't as good as we expected. We also had trouble scheduling times for myself and my group to film as well as relying on people to help us film our film trailer.
But as a group our final decision was to re-film and create a new story line where we could include students from our Media class. Myself and my group also wanted to improve our coursework so that we could achieve the highest grade possible. As a group we discussed storyline ideas, costumes, props, setting, camera angles and characters.  This meant that we would   scrap our original idea and start from scratch. 
During our media lesson we then created our new story line. This trailer would be based on a young girl who had got bullied by her so call 'true friends' who bullied her for her race. We then see at the end of the trailer her grabbing the scissors. This then leaves the story on a cliff hanger leaving the audience to wonder if the young girl committed suicide.
I thought this idea was fairly basic which meant that we could include more interesting ideas. Myself and my group wanted to base our story line on a true story.  When watching back at last years coursework we lost marks on the wind so within my trailer I wanted to make sure that I filmed in suitable weather conditions.
The location that we decided to film was and this was a very quiet area which suited our specific genre. We also filmed within our school because our trailer was based around childhood.
When recording our trailer we decided to refilm a few clips a number of times so that we knew that our filming was at a high standard and that we could achieve the highest grade possible. Within our trailer we used casual clothes and natural makeup. I think that our trailer was filmed fairly well but I think when it came to editing we had struggled to put the clips together as their was many parts which we needed to cut because it was very jumpy. But after having the knowledge of last year it meant that we were able to think of more creative ideas.

Film Poster design

Within my group we discussed the conventions of a film poster. We then decided that we would design our own film poster. I had drawn out some images that I decided that we would use for example an image of our main character croutched down onto the floor reading the texts messages. This would instantly tell the audience even from looking at the film poster that the film is based on a 'Drama'. It would also give an idea of what the story is about and you could clearly see that the film is based on a true stories as the theme of this trailer is 'bullying'.