Kotlin Multiplatform & Compose Multiplatform - Starter kit for pragmatics
A2 Evaluation 3
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4. For the most part, my trailer follows the
codes and conventions of other psychological
thriller trailers.
There is a clear main character/protagonist.
There is obviously dramatic conflict.
There are a variety of appropriate shot types,
chosen to convey meaning to the viewer.
I based the structure of my trailer loosely on
those I analysed (slow start with building
tension).
There are dark themes associated with the
thriller genre (death and revenge).
The soundtrack is appropriate to the genre.
I included captions.
5. However, I did break some codes and
conventions.
I chose to put no dialogue into the trailer,
instead opting for a character voiceover.
Despite this being inspired by the Jacob’s
Ladder teaser trailer (in which there is a
voiceover and very little dialogue) it is rarely
seen in trailers, so is unconventional.
I also included no idents on the post title
screen shot. This was a conscious stylistic
decision – I didn’t like the way it looked when
I tried, so I decided to omit them – as there is
an ident at the beginning of the trailer, there
is still a company present in the trailer.
6. I tried to stick closely to conventions with my
magazine cover.
It features a conventional layout, with a
title, headline, puff, barcode, price, issue
number and date and several coverlines
present.
There is a single large picture on the
cover, which is conventional.
I used a palette of black, yellow, light
blue, red, white and grey – although a rather
large palette, it is not out of the ordinary for
movie magazines and is, in fact, quite
conventional.
7. I broke convention slightly with my film poster.
The thriller posters I looked at were either
monochrome, showed a person in a clear state of
distress or were minimalistic in approach.
I chose a different route and created a teaser
poster featuring a close up of a character with an
ambiguous expression. There is a stormy beach
in the background. Although this poster is unlike
any of the ones I looked at, due to it’s colour
scheme and picture layout, I deliberately chose to
make my poster ambiguous in order to add to
the sense of mystery – it could spark discussion
about what sort of film it would be, much like the
film Cloverfield did upon the release of it’
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9. All three of my products share certain traits and
attributes.
The beach is a running theme, appearing heavily
in the trailer and also in the background of the
poster.
The main character appears on/in all three of my
products; he is the only character on the poster
and magazine and he has the most individual
screen time in the trailer.
All products feature some sort of dark imagery;
the dark background on the magazine, the
stormy beach in the background of the poster
and the violent imagery of my trailer. For these
reasons, I believe my trailer and ancillary tasks
work well together and that the combination of
my main product [trailer] and ancillary tasks
[poster and magazine cover] is effective.
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11. I received a couple of forms of audience
feedback; feedback from questionnaires and
feedback from my peers and teachers.
This feedback often spurred me on to make
necessary changes to my work and also
showed me that it is important to create work
that appeals to a wide audience, not just
myself.
The type of feedback also differed; I found
that those who answered the anonymous
questionnaire’s were more brutally honest
than my peers.
12. Feedback towards my final
product was generally positive –
earlier feedback that led me to
change my product improved my
product overall.
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14. I used various media technologies to carry
out and document my research.
These include:
Google Search, Microsoft PowerPoint and
YouTube, Mictosoft Word, Microsoft Excel and
Vimeo.
15. Microsoft PowerPoint has been used
throughout this project to document my work
in an attractive, concise manner.
16. Microsoft Excel was used in conjunction with
Microsoft Word to construct graphs showing
the results of my questionnaires.
17. I used Microsoft Word to document my
questionnaires and their results.
This is the easiest and most advanced word
processing programme I have on my
computer, so it made sense to use it above
anything else.
18. Vimeo allowed me to watch the work of
previous media students so that I could get
an idea of the quality of work I was to
produce.
It also allowed me to watch the work of more
professional, independent people, which
enabled me to get some idea of what made a
good trailer.
19. I used YouTube, a video sharing website, to
view existing, professional movie trailers.
Viewing trailers was necessary for my
analysis.
YouTube also allowed me to print screen
shots in order to talk about them more clearly
in PowerPoints.
20. Google allowed me to quickly locate relevant
information, which was ideal.
As such, my research was made far
easier, and I could easily reach images that I
could analyse (e.g. Magazine front
covers, move posters) in order to get a better
understanding of codes and conventions.
21. Media technology was vital for the
construction of my products.
The programs I used for construction were:
Photoshop, iMovie, GarageBand and InDesign.
22. Photoshop was used in the construction of
my poster, magazine cover and trailer.
Due to the advanced photo editing properties
of Photoshop, I was able to airbrush the
photos I used, as well as adjust the levels,
brightness and contrast and add textures.
Photoshop also allowed me to add text and
edit it with strokes, glows and shadows.
23. I used InDesign with my poster and
magazine.
InDesign was used to make the completed
products look more ‘professional’. Using
InDesign, I added bleed marks and other
printing paraphenalia to my document.
24. iMovie was used to construct my entire
trailer.
I chose iMovie for it’s sophisticated but easy
to use software.
iMovie allowed me to edit my clips
appropriately.
I used iMovie to add effects, edit clips
together and to add music and voiceovers.
