Final Evaluation for 'Nick'

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? GENRE
Genre of our film is ROMANTIC COMEDY
Audience expectations
Characters need to be likeable so that the audience can relate to them
Protagonist is Nick
‘ Cheeky’ young male who females would find appealing
Can be seen in ‘Alfie’ and ‘John Tucker Must Die’
Set in bright lighting and/or around Christmas time
Matches light heartedness of film
Normally set outside whilst it is sunny
Featured scene where it had snowed (gives a sense of time moving on)

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? GENRE
Use well known pop songs and lyrics reflect story
Could not use well known songs due to copyright
Song that fit in well had French lyrics
Boy and Girl meet and fall in love after overcoming obstacles
Slight twist – surprise audience (CHALLENGES CONVENTION)
Overcome obstacles
Eventually Nick settles down with one girl
Audience are satisfied
Set in well known city
Many scenes of London to establish it is a
British film

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? TEASER
Codes and Conventions of teaser trailers that we used
Short in length (normally 30-60 seconds)
- our teaser is 1 minute 22 seconds probably due to opening scene
Features scenes that may not be in the film itself
Film name given at the end
Gives users an idea of what is going to happen in the film
‘ Teases’ them and prompts questions as to what obstacles Nick has to overcome

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? TEASER
Looked closely at ‘Alfie’ trailer:
Upbeat opening music
Scenes of main character speaking to the camera as well as voiceover
Slow motion of girls turning
Many scenes of the surroundings
Montage of images – smooth transitions

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? POSTERS
Looked closely at ‘Alfie’, ‘John Tucker Must Die’ and ‘Hitch’ posters as they are all romantic comedies
Wanted to use same codes and conventions for my poster so that it is as professional and appeals to my target audience
Analysed what I liked and disliked

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? WEBSITE
Looked closely at ‘It’s a Boy Girl Thing’ and ‘Music and Lyrics’ websites
Wanted to make sure I include all necessary features
Analysed what I liked and disliked

Website
Address
Advertisement
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? POSTERS
Actors names
Makes clear who is starring
Instantly recognisable
Film Title
Large font
Memorable
Tagline
Suggests character’s personality
Billing Box
Necessary legal information
Image of
Protagonist
Makes clear who is starring in film
Inspired by ‘Hitch’ poster
Release Date
Inform audience

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? POSTER
Chose not to include:
Quotes from magazines
Age rating
Copyright information
Challenged convention by
making film poster landscape ,
rather than portrait
- wanted to make poster more
unique
- image of Nick was not clear

Social Networking
Links
Increase awareness of film
Main Image of character
Teaser Trailer
Preview trailer
Copyright Information
Enter Site button
View more pages
Film Title
Large font
Memorable
Same font as poster
Tagline
Suggests character’s personality
Billing Box
Necessary legal information
Release Date
Inform audience

Chose not to include:
Quotes from magazines
Age rating
Award nominations
Sign up for E-news
Navigational menu
Should probably have included actors names

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?
Fonts
Used the font ‘Elephant’ for poster and website
Wanted to use it for teaser but was unavailable on Motion
Colour Scheme
Black and white
Pink colour to highlight certain parts
Imagery
Same image on poster and on website
Same clothing in trailer as in poster
Language
Tagline is quite typical of hedonistic young boys
Matches cocky language used in teaser

What have you learned from the audience feedback?
Presented to a Year 12 Media Studies class
Helped to gain feedback from people viewing teaser for the first time
Class was our target audience
Would probably have asked past Year 13 Media students instead
POSITIVES NEGATIVES Professional editing Transition between two songs could have been smoother A clear storyline that runs throughout the teaser Opening scene was filmed in an unrealistic location Good choice of music and used correctly depending on the scenes Scene at end did not make much sense

What I changed
Added a longer fade between two songs
Cut the scene at the end which did not make sense
Changed location at beginning of teaser
Why I changed these aspects
They are my target audience
Trailer must appeal to them in order to increase sales
Asked for feedback from 30 other pupils (there are only 3 people in our group)
What have you learned from the audience feedback?

How did you use media technologies in the construction of your research, planning and evaluation stages? PLANNING AND RESEARCH/EVALUATION
Blogger
Used to present work
Log progress
Can refer back to it
Embed items
Windows Movie Maker
Make Animatic
Insert images and adjust time of clips
Save as a Movie file

SlideShare
Upload presentations to display work
Embed code into blog
Microsoft Project
Made Gantt chart
Make time plan for project
Helps you keep track of different tasks and can clearly see what you need to complete
More professional way of planning for your project

Animoto
Make mood board
Present images to help gives users an idea of what inspired us
Visually exciting
Embed into blog

YouTube Website
Used to research film teasers and gain inspiration
Can embed codes into blog as well as presentations
‘ Jamendo’ Website
Used to download music for teaser trailer
Free and not copyrighted
Huge amount of songs available
How did you use media technologies in the construction of your research, planning and evaluation stages? INTERNET, WEBSITES, MUSIC

How did you use media technologies in the construction of your research, planning and evaluation stages? INTERNET, WEBSITES, MUSIC
Social Networking Buttons
Used to add interesting icons to match style of film
Allows for more people to become aware of your film
‘ Issuu’ Website
Used to present different poster ideas
Users can flick through a ‘portfolio’ of work online

Dreamweaver
Software used to make website
View split screen (efficient)
Add HTML codes
Embed videos
Photoshop
Software used to make:
Film poster
Green screen
‘ Coming Soon’ page
Website page
How did you use media technologies in the construction of your research, planning and evaluation stages? PRODUCTION

Vimeo
Website used to upload final teaser and animatic
Can embed code
Embedded onto website and blog
How did you use media technologies in the construction of your research, planning and evaluation stages? PRODUCTION
Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion
Software used to make teaser trailer
Import video and audio
Add video transitions/effects
Can look at two screens at once
Crop different clips
Choose specific times
‘ Nick’ animated title in teaser created in Motion
-Many more effects available
-More visually exciting

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Final Evaluation for 'Nick'

by lulubee on May 06, 2010

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