Evaluation Questions And Answers

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

      When we looked into our similar media texts, which was Drag me to hell, we used the same structure by having the protagonist begging on her knees just like me saw in drag me to hell. As you can see the camera angles are slightly different however we used the same concept which is making her feel vulnerable. Another example of how we challenged real media products was when in drag me to hell we see the women smashing the window, this is done by using a low angle shot. On our trailer, we see Tahlia smashing the pendant also with a low angle camera shot.

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

      The ancillary texts link well with the main product as on the poster and the magazine front cover, the protagonist (Tahlia) is the main subject image. This combines with the main product as Tahlia is the core character. As I am cameraman, I had to ensure my poster and magazine had similar images so it linked with the main product. As you can see the poster and magazine front cover, it shows Tahlia looking serious, this is what she is like in the latter stages of the main product.

3.      What have you learnt from your audience feedback?

       When asking my target audience on what camera angle they would like to see Tahlia in, they decided ‘Face on’. Therefore, I took my target audiences advice and captured Tahlia, using a face on camera angle. I believe this intensifies the poster and magazine as she is staring at the camera, this also defines the genre of the film.

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

      Throughout the construction and research, my group and I decided to use Skype in order to discuss important issues for the ancillary texts. We also used Adobe Premiere Elements 9 to create the main task whilst to produce the poster and the magazine we used Photoshop. Last year in AS Media we used tapes, however this year we used SD cards to make file management easier and simpler. All the camcorders that we used were HD quality ensuring the picture is as detailed as possible.