Evaluative question 7:Looking back at your preliminary task, what have you learned from the progression from it to your final product?

This is a video I made outlining the main things that I have learned in progression from my preliminary task, in overview, the main things that I have learned are how to portray an appropriate message through the use of mise en scene, sound, editing and camera and how to edit sound effectively so that I can create the correct atmosphere and aim for realistic foley.

Sorry for mumbling (and the background squeaking)

Evaluation question 6: What have I learned about technologies from this task?

I created my evaluation question 6 on pixton however the technology let me down so I have had to post it as a screenshot.

Evaluation question 5: How did you attract/address your audience?

The first time we addressed our audience was when we delivered our pitch to the group explaining what was going to happen in our drama piece, it was useful to do a pitch as it allowed us to immediately see who our target audience should be by gauging peoples responses to the idea of our film opening. Furthermore it was helpful to deliver a pitch as it allowed us to receive feedback early on in the creative process so that we could stem our ideas from the suggestions from the group, when we delivered our pitch we got rather good feedback from the majority of the class, all saying that the film idea sounded promising and engaging. 

When we showed our class or product it was in an unfinished state, with the sound effects not completed and the titles not put in, however we still got valuable feedback from the group, saying that the whole piece should be in black and white as the transition from coloured to black and white was confusing and it would add to the mood of the piece having it without colour.

We also showed our piece to a more primary audience (16 year old male) who said that the out of focus sections are effective and that the change to black and white was disorientating.

Evaluation question 4: Who would be the audience for your media product?

Evaluation Question 3: What type of institution might distribute your film and why?

Evaluation question 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our media product represents modern youth as a social group, this group is already portrayed in a rather negative light by the media and our product definitely conforms to these conventions. the modern media portrays youth as being reckless and loud, overall a nuisance, if not a threat. this can be seen in such films as Kidulthood, where the main characters (a group of London youths) are often seen committing violent acts, attacking people and other socially frowned upon acts.



Our media product conforms with this stereotypes as within it young people are shown dragging someone into a boot and at the end of the piece a gunshot is heard, implying that someone has been shot.

Not only does our product represent youth as troublemakers and a nuisance, it develops this stereotype even further, displaying them as criminals and murderers, which I think is a shocking image to viewers and creates quite an impact upon the audience.

Evaluation question 1: In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?