The document discusses how the media product uses, develops, and challenges conventions of real media. It states that the film incorporates genres of social realism, teen drama, and action films. The poster leaves topics ambiguous with simple pictures and coloring reflecting the genre. The review is positive and reflective like real products. Feedback benefited the film and poster by influencing them to be serious and focus on objects rather than faces. Media technologies, especially iMovie, were researched and proved crucial to the successful production through their editing, sound, and effects features.

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

2. In terms of using the codes and conventions of real
media products, I would say that my film definitely
meets these forms and sticks to its genre quite well
whilst also incorporating elements of other genre’s
into it. My overall genre is unquestionably Social
Realism, but at the same time integrates
components of Teen-Drama and also Action films
too. My poster is also a fairly true expression of the
conventions of existing posters too, because the
picture is very simple and leaves the topic
ambiguous, and the colour scheme reflects the
genre and gives the audience a slight idea of what
could be coming. Again, my review is also true to
real products because it is positive and also
reflective and advertising of my film.

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

4. I think that the combination of my film and
ancillary texts is rather effective and I feel that
they will have the impact that I want them to
have on my target audience as well as other
viewers and possible audiences. Taking on board
my feedback, I would say that my products are
entertaining while also being educational, and
this was my aim from the beginning.

5. What have you learned from your
audience feedback?

6. My audience feedback has been extremely beneficial to
the overall outcomes of my main product and ancillary
texts. Before I constructed or filmed any part of my short
film, I asked my peers about how they thought I should
portray the topic of drink driving. My expectations were
met and they all said that I should go about the topic in a
serious manner, and this absolutely benefitted my film
and allowed it to reflect the true codes of conventions of
existing media products. While creating my poster, I
worked with some more peers and asked for their advice
about whether I should focus on a moving object or an
actual face as the main focus of the poster. I tried it both
ways, but recognised that my peers were right in saying
that I should focus on an object rather than a face, and
my poster definitely looks better and is truer to
conventions of Social Realism posters this way.

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

8. Having a wide knowledge of different media
technologies is absolutely crucial if you want to
succeed in the production of coursework projects,
and so I had to do a large amount of research into
different software and programmes that would help
me in the production of my outcomes. The most
helpful programme I used in the production of my
short film was absolutely Mac’s iMovie. The
outstanding speed editors, sound system and
features and different effects meant that creating,
altering and putting my film together was quick,
easy and actually really fun and interesting.