The document discusses how the author's media product uses and challenges conventions of real media. The author researched genres to adapt their work. Their trailer, poster, and magazine were designed to appeal to their target audience while challenging real media forms. Feedback indicated the work succeeded in looking professional and appealing to the intended viewers. Some elements could be improved further for an even stronger product.

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

2. To begin with…
When thinking of the initial idea for my media product I spent time researching
into the genre I was portraying and I tired to adapt my media product to make it
feel like a real media product. I think my media product challenges real media
products because my finished media project I believe is appealing and it looks
like something my target audience would watch.
I tried to make sure that I kept to the conventions of a real media products when
I was producing my media products individually. I think I managed to do this
and I feel that I managed to create a good piece of media work. I think the
feedback that I got from my target audience proves this.

3. Magazine…
Through the research I did into the magazines that appealed to my target audience there
were certain traits that I thought I could use in my magazine to appeal to my target
audience. I made sure that the colours I used matched the theme of my movie and poster.
I wanted everything to link together. I used black, red and white throughout my movie and
the poster. I deviated from these colours on my magazine, only to a golden orange, this
was only because the image that I had created sucked in the red colour and it didn’t stand
out as much as my poster. I think the golden colour stands out and is eye catching to the
target audience I am appealing to.
The research I did allowed me to see the images and the poses that other magazines that
advertised film used to appeal to the audience. The first time I did my magazine front
cover I went wrong with the image as the actors that I used were all dressed in different
colours. This didn’t add continuity to my magazine at all. I took the photos on a plain
black background, this didn’t make the girls stand out at all. I think changing the
background image was the only way I could go on. The image that I have used now I
edited the background. There was a building in the background but as you can see I edited
it out. I think the path I added in adds extra continuity to the movie.

4. Magazine…
I used conventions that are typically found on a magazine, the rule of third I
used. This means that all my writing was on the left side of the magazine front
cover. This means that the target audience I am appealing to would see the
flashes on the left side and it would appeal to them. I think the magazine does
challenge real media products because I think it looks like something my target
audience would buy. It matches my movie well and stands out.
Looking at magazines that i found on the internet i liked some of the images
used. I found it hard to encorperate all of my characters. When looking at
magazines i noticed that there was normally only one person on the front of the
cover. I had four people i needed to make sure that i had on the front cover. I
wanted to make the magazine have different dynamics. I made sure i had
different levels in the poses that the girls were doing. I think this gave my
magazine i unique look.

5. The colours that i
have used stand out
to the audience. The The background
red writing as the image that i have used
title draws the is different to the ones
audience in to the i looked at online and
main image and in shops. The
makes them wonder background i made
what it is about. The and designed so i was
red writing able to make it look
symbolises death how i wanted it too. I
and a secret being think the little pathway
bad. I think this is that i have added in
clear as when i got makes the magazine
feedback people look spooky, its like
picked up on this. the path that can be
used to get in or out. I
think i did a good job
on the background.

6. Poster…
I spent a long time looking through media posters for films that I thought looked
different and appealing to the target audience that they are appealing to. I think
the conventions that I used clearly link to the real media posters which I looked
at. I used the same types of conventions and I think this appealed to my target
audience.
I made sure that I used a similar layout to the posters I was looking at. I wanted
to make sure my poster was different and it stood out. I liked the idea of it being
quite simple yet stand out. I added the title into the poster so that it was clearly
seen and people could be drawn to it. I put it so it was above the girls because its
called “One Secret” and the secret it hanging over them. I thought that it would
be a little more deep if I put it here. I makes the audience think about the
placement and I think it looks really good. The fact the writing it red, links to my
movie and over all colour scheme, but it also reflects danger and something being
bad, which the secret that they are hiding from everyone else is. I think the place
I put my title stands out and challenges real media products because of the
messages and reasoning behind the placement of my title.

7. Poster…
The image that I used matches my overall look of my movie. It stands out as it
looks different to the images that I saw on the posters I was researching. The
image is the whole background, this is because its not like a magazine it needs to
just be focused solely on the film. I think I managed to create a really good
looking poster, that I know my target audience would be appealed to. The
conventions of my poster that I used stems to the writing at the bottom. The
credits that I put at the bottom I tried to match the writing that is commonly
used throughout all DVD blurbs and film posters. I think I matched this well. It
was hard to see what I was writing because the font is a hard font to read but I
think overall it makes the film poster look more realistic.
I do believe that my poster challenges real media products because its eye
catching, relates well to my media project and overall looks a little more different
to other media posters.

8. Poster…
I made my poster as
one of the first things. I
The positioning of
think i did a good job
my title was dont
with it. It took me a
deliberately i put it
while to edit the photo
there so that it
and make sure
gave the audience
everything in the
something to think
background could be
about. I put it there
used. Like my
because the secret
magazine i had to edit
is hanging above
the background as
them. Adding the
there was a building in
shaddow effect
the background again
makes it seem
in the top right hand
more mysterious
corner i added the
and like its always
trees and grass. I think
there even in their
it looks spooky and
shaddows.
links well to my movie.

9. Trailer…
For my trailer I wanted to make sure that I kept the secret from the audience but
make sure that I was at the forefront of the story line. I think through the use of
camera work and overall mise-en-scene I managed to do this. I think that my
trailer stands out and I think its appealing the target audience that I am attracting
it to. I tried to vary the camera angles enough to make the trailer link and move
well and look interesting to the audience. I think the close-up camera angles that
I used add a dimension to the film of it being more personal. The close up shots
were used when the girls got their letters, its so the audience can read it but feel
some kind of emotional connection to the characters. I think this was portrayed
through the use of camera angles that I used.
I also used a lot of establishing shots, so that the audience could establish where
the characters were, through the use of these shots I was able to show the
spookiness of the setting and it made sure that the continuity was still there.

10. Trailer…
Throughout the filming I tried to make sure I varied the camera angles because I
know the conventions of a good movie trailer use a variety of camera angles. The
camera angles that I used match my film trailer genre well and it makes them
stand out and look more detailed and more interesting to the target audience that
I was appealing to.
I also made sure the costume that I used in my trailer matched that of my
characters personality. I wanted to make the characters more personally
appealing to my target audience, I wanted the audience to choose who they
believed where the good and the bad. I gave them all a personality to convey, I
think they did this well, it also helped through the use of costume. The different
personalities that my characters had to portray gave them more depth and it
made the audience form more of a bond with them. I think in real media
products this is done professionally and I think I did well to spend time matching
the costume to the character. I think this appeals more to my target audience as
the costume I put my characters in were very girly to match my genre, and this
made them look like they shouldn’t be up to anything bad like they are.

11. Trailer…
The setting of my trailer matches real media conventions and challenges them as
I made sure that the settings linked to my movie theme. I made sure that if it was
the individual scene that my character was in an environment that matched their
personality. I did this by choosing the setting that best suited them. I think I
managed to match my settings really well to the type of scene I wanted to create.
I was pleased with the outcome on all my settings. I think that the trailer would
appeal really well to my target audience.
I do believe that my trailer appeals to my target audience and challenges real
media products that are out there already, I made sure I did extensive research
into my genre and made sure I tried to portray it across in a good light.

12. Altogeher...
I think altogether i have done a good job on my media piece of work. I think i
was able to make three elements that all complement each other. I like the look
of all three elelments and i think that they clearly appeal to my target audience.
From the feedback that i got it was on the whole positive and it made me realise
that what i had produced was good enough to be shown on the big screen!
Some of the feedback that i got helped me see where i had gone wrong and what
i could do in the future to imporve it. I think that i could have doen somethings
differently in order to make sure that my film trailer, movie poster and magazine
all looked even better to my target audience.