Here is the info covered in class for the contents of the evaluation. This is in your booklets, but I am guessing some of you have mislaid them...
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
- consider HOW you have used the conventions of the genre, eg music, camerawork, etc.
- in terms of challenging conventions, have you combined genres to work in a hybrid genre?
- have you incorporated eements from the beginning or the end of the film into the opening sequence? does this go against the conventions of narrative?
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
- consider the sub cultures, ages, genders, class, etc. Are the characters themselves conventional and expected as part of the genre?
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your product and why?
- think which films fit your chosen genre or sub genre, and investgate the companies involved with production and distribution of the films, then consider if they would be suitable for your product. always go for the British option first!
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
- think back to your questionnaires - some of you may have targetted certain age groups as these were your primary target audience. Profile your ideal audience, and remember to put lower and upper age ranges on them. this does not mean people outside of these ages cannot watch your film, just that they are not part of the audience you have targetted specifically!
5. How did you attract/ address your audience?
- think about any techniques/ elements included specifically for a target audience. consider too age, ethnicity, gender, etc.
6. What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
- what have you learned in terms of technology? think of cameras, edit software, blogging, etc.
7. looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the finished product?
- here, consider group work, communication skills, time management skills, etc
- what about how your skills in camera operation and set up? have these improved any?
- Consider too your knowledge of the rules of filming - 180 degree rule, match on action, etc
- it is all about your application of knowledge and lessons learned to the end of your major product.
- don't be afraid to highlight what you need to improve either - your editing skills may be weaker than others, or your time management skills held you back. this is classed as learning, just as much as things you have improved on!
these need to be ready in bullet point form for the first Monday back as i may call on you to be recorded.....
happy holidays!!!
