3. QUESTIONS.
1) In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
2) How effective is the combination of your main product and
ancillary texts?
3) What have you learnt from audience feedback?
4) How did you use media technologies in the construction
and research, planning and evaluation stages?
4. QUESTION ONE.
IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR
MEDIA PRODUCT
USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE
FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF
REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
5. IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
CONVENTIONS OF EXISTING SOAP
OPERA MAGAZINE.
STAR.
THE STAR ON THE COVER IS
HEADER. FILLS THE PAGE AND HER
THE LETTERS IN THE EYES ARE IN THE TOP 3RD
MIDDLE OF THE WORD OF THE PAGE WHICH
FABULOUS ARE COVERED INSTANTLY ATTRACTS THE
BY THE STARS HEAD, BUT READER AND DRAWS YOU
WE STILL KNOW WHAT IT IN.
SAYS.
COLOUR
ANCHOR.
THE TEXT THAT IS THE SCHEME.
BIGGEST SIZE (BESIDES THE STAR ON THE COVER IS
HEADER) ON THE PAGE IS FILLS THE PAGE AND HER
RELATING TO THE ARTICAL EYES ARE IN THE TOP 3RD
ABOUT THE STAR. WE OF THE PAGE WHICH
KNOW THIS BECAUSE IT INSTANTLY ATTRACTS THE
USES HER NAME. READER AND DRAWS YOU
IN.
6. IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
MY SOAP OPERA
MAGAZINE.
7. IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
EXISTING SOAP OPERA
BILLBOARD.
8. IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
MY SOAP OPERA
BILLBOARD.
9. IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
SOAPS MY TRAILER COMPARES TO.
10. IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
DEVELOP
MY TRAILER:
THE COSTUME WE HAVE
CHOSEN FOR THE
CHARACTERS SHOW THEM
TO BE QUITE
I USED A VARIATION OF GLAMOUROUS
SHOT TYPES RANGING CHARACTERS FOR
FROM OVER THE EXAMPLE THE GIRLS ALL
SHOULDER TO CLOSE UP WEAR SHOES WITH HEELS.
SHOTS OF THE WE ALSO HAVE COLOURS
CHARACTERS. THAT ARE INDIVIDUAL TO
EACH CHARACTER AS
THESE COLOURS
REPRESENT AN ASPECT OF
THEIR PERSONALITIES E.G.
GREEN FOR
JEALOUSY, WHITE FOR
I CHOSE A LOCATION THAT INNOCENCE ETC.
THE DEMOGRAPHIC THE PACE OF THE MUSIC I
AUDIENCE COULD RELATE USED SPEEDS UP TO
TO, E.G. A RESTAURANT, A REFLECT THE CHARACTERS
HOUSE. EMOTIONS.
11. IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
MY TRAILER CONSISTS OF TWO MAIN STORYLINES IN ORDER
TO CREATE AN AUDIENCE INTEREST BUT NOT COMPLICATE
THINGS:
STORYLINE ONE
STORYLINE TWO
12. IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
DEVELOP
• Does the combination of sound and
images tell the audience how to feel?
The song I chose to use
on my trailer is Guilt by
Nero.
We felt this song suited
our trailer as it helped
convey the emotions
we wanted to put
across.
13. IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
DEVELOP
• Does the combination of sound and images tell the
audience how to feel?
GUILT LYRICS
Sometimes I don’t know where we're going
Sometimes I feel you should be crawling back to me
Time is ticking by without us knowing
Before you know it, it will be too late to see
You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all
You try to fake it but you’re breaking every rule
Right from the start you've always made me feel a fool
The guilt you hide will come between us after all
You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all
Sense at all (9x)
14. IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
• Does the combination of sound and images tell the
audience how to feel?
GUILT: THE NAME OF THE SONGS REFLECT THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE
MAJORITY OF CHARACTERS IN TRAILER ARE BASED ON LIE WHICH CREATES TENSION
AND GUILT.
Sometimes I don’t know where we're going: DESCRIBES THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN SAPHIRE AND THOMAS’ RELATIONSHIP BECAUSE OF THEIR ARGUEMENTS.
You try to fake it but you’re breaking every rule: THIS RELATES TO SAPHIRE AND
THOMAS’S UNHAPPY RELATIONSHIP BUT ALSO HOW PRESTON IS CHEATING ON
PANDORA AND BREAKING HER TRUST.
The guilt you hide will come between us after all: THIS IS REFERING TO THE BREAK
DOWN OF PANDORA AND PRESTONS RELATIONSHIP WHEN SHE FINDS OUT ABOUT
HIS INFIDELITY.
15. IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
USE
Does the editing connote the emotions
shown in the trailer?
We begin the trailer with slow paced filming and shot types so
the audience can establish the storyline and the relationships
between the characters.
Once this has been established and the tension builds up in
the trailer as we get closer to a dramatic ending with each
emotion from the beginning being intensified the editing
changes from slow to fast paced.
16. IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
DEVELOP
Do the edits matching the beat of the
music? WE EDITEDTHE BEATSTO ENSURE THATTHIS IS A DEVELOPED IDEA
MATCHED
THE CLIP
OF THE MUSIC,
THE SLAM OF THE CAR DOOR
FROM SOAPS SUCH AS EASTENDERS WHICH WOULD NOT USE MUSIC
IN THIS WAY.
WE ALSO EDITED THE
MUSIC SO THAT ON THE
MAJORITY OF OUR SCENE
CHANGES IT CHANGES ON A
PARTICULAR BEAT OR
CHANGE IN THE MUSIC .
17. IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
USE
Do the lighting, props, locations and costumes
reinforce audience expectations about your
programme?
I USED LIGHTING TO CREATE A MYSTERIOUS
MOOD AS WE WANT THE AUDIENCE TO BE
INTERESTED IN FINDING OUT WHO THE
SECRET SENDER OF THE TEXT IS. THE DARK
LIGHTING HELPS TO CONVEY THIS AS WE
OFTEN SEE DARKNESS AS A CONNENTATION
FOR MYSTERY AND DANGER.
18. IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
USE
What messages do your costumes and locations send
to the audience about the class and status of the
characters? THE CHARACTERS HAIR AND
MAKE UP WAS GLAMOUROUS
TO SHOW THE CLASS OF THE
CHARACTER.
THE CHARACTERS CLOTHING
WAS SMART AND CLASSY TO
SHOW HER STATUS.
WE ALSO GAVE THE
CHARACTERS INDIVIUAL
COLOURS TO REFLECT THEIR
PERSONALITIES.
19. IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
DEVELOP
Non-diagetic sound- does the sound track add extra
meaning? Are sound effects used appropriately?
WE USED A NON-DIAGETIC
SOUND OF A CLAP TO MAKE
THE SOUND OF THE SLAP
ACROSS PANDORA’S FACE WE
DID THIS BY HAVING AN
OFFSCREEN ACTOR CLAPPING
AS THE “FAKE SLAP” TOOK
PLACE. THIS ADDED DRAMATIC
EFFECT TO THIS SCENE AND
MAKES IT FEEL MORE
REALISTIC TO THE AUDIENCE.
20. IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
USE:
SIMILARITIES BETWEEN MY TRAILER
AND OTHER REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS:
MADE IN CHELSEA: THE EDGE (MY TRAILER):
THE TWO SOAPS ARE SIMILAR IN THE WAY THE ACTORS ARE SHOWING AN AFFECTION
TOWARDS EACH OTHER. THIS SUGGESTS SOME KIND OF ROMANTIC RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE CHARACTERS. ANOTHER SIMILARITY IS THAT IN BOTH TRAILERS THE
CHARACTERS ARE WELL PRESENTED AND DRESS WELL WHICH SUGGESTS CLASS/MONEY.
21. IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
DEVELOP.
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN MY TRAILER
AND OTHER REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS:
MADE IN CHELSEA: THE EDGE (MY TRAILER):
THE TWO SOAPS ARE DIFFERENT IN THE WAY THE ACTORS ARE INTIMATE WITH EACH
OTHER. THE CHARACTERS IN MADE IN CHELSEA ARE HAPPY AND LOOK LIKE THEY ARE
CONNECTED WHEREAS IN THE CLIP FROM THE EDGE THE CHARACTERS LOOK
UNCONNECTED AND DISTANT FROM EACH OTHER.
22. IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR
CHALLENGE FORMS AND CONVENTIONS OF REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS?
CHALLENGING REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS:
WE CHALLENGED CONVENTIONS
OF PROGRAMMES LIKE MADE IN
CHELSEA AS ALTHOUGH THEY DO
HAVE A COSTUME FOR THE
CHARACTERS, WE TAKE THIS ONE
STEP FURTHER AND HAVE GIVEN
THEM A COLOUR EACH SO THEY
ARE INDENTIFIED WITH THE
COLOUR THAT EMOTION
REPRESENTS E.G. RED = LUST,
DANGER ETC.
