Question 1

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

To answer this question I did a voiceover over the top of my final production in order to explain my answer.

Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

I answered this question in the form of a powerpoint.

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Question 3

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

To answer this question I did a video blog.

Question 4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

I have answered this question through the form of a powertoon.

Question 5

How did you attract/address your audience?

We attracted and addressed our audience by the use of, editing, sound and camera work.

We have used the use of sound to help attract/address our audience of the horror genre which our film is based on. This was achieved by using music that was dark and suspense building. This was because  the tension needed to be high seeing as our genre is horror. Music like this is typically used in horror films in order to build up tension as well as allowing the audience to realise something bad could be about to happen. We felt as a group music is an important part of our opening sequence as this is what attracts and keeps the audience interested.

We also attracted our audience by researching a couple of horror movies and found out what was most popular and common to be included in these movies. For example something small going wrong which foreshadowed the crisis there would be later on, appeared very often. This is why we decided to have our main character trip over and lose the dog, which led to her finding the abandoned house.

Furthermore, something else that was very popular in horror movies was some sort of cliffhanger that would leave the audience asking questions and wanting to find out more. For this reason, at the end of our opening sequence left it with the girl entering the abandoned house and the door slamming shut on her on its own. We left our opening sequence on this cliffhanger to build suspense and tension for the rest of the movie.

The use of editing also helped to attract and address our audience. This was because at the beginning of our film we kept the cuts very slow and had long takes as the girl was walking the dog. However, when she trips over and loses the dog, the cutting rate begins to increase which highlights the panic of the situation. Moreover, it foreshadows how something bad is about to happen and sets the audience on edge as they can sense this as well. When the girl follows the sound of the dog barking to the abandoned house the camera work is judders frequently to display how something is not quite right with the house and to frighten the viewer even further.

In conclusion, we have attracted and addressed our audience our audience through the use of, editing, sound and camera work. We also used research to ensure that we were addressing the correct audience otherwise there would have been a lot of confusion. Furthermore, this ensured that we had a good understanding of the different features of horror films and so be able to attract our audience correctly.

Question 6

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

I answered this question in the form of a powerpoint.

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Question 7

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

I answered this question in the form of a video blog. 

Evaluation questions

In our most recent lesson we have begun to talk about the seven evaluation questions that must be completed after the filming of our opening sequence. In order to do this I must have a good understanding of what each of the questions mean and what they require me to say in my answer to them.

Question 1:

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

- Give examples of clips researched to explain why you've used something or why something is the way it is.
- Director's commentary (have opening sequence playing and explain why things such as camera shots/location/props are used and what it was used to achieve. As well as where the inspiration for the methods used has come from.

Question 2:

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

- Explaining why you have picked the character that stars in the opening sequence.
- Addressing stereotypes and how your character fits the genre of the opening sequence.

Question 3:

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

- Which producers would take on your film depending on which is most appropriate and why it is or may not be.

Question 4:

Who would be the audience for your media product?

- Address importance of audience and who your audience is targeted to.

Question 5:

How did you attract/address your audience?

- What's the best form of promotion to attract viewers?

Question 6:

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

- Identify different technologies you used and advantages and disadvantages to using them.

Question 7:

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

- Area's you have improved and things that can still be improved.

In conclusion, it is very important that I have a deep understanding of each question in order for me to be able to answer them accurately and on detail.  This way I will not have misunderstood any of the questions and can answer them well.