In what ways does
your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real
media products?
There are many
conventions within a film trailer that make the film successful and have many audiences.
Within my research I’ve learnt that every trailers that I have watched for
inspiration and knowledge is that they all have a green screen at the beginning
of the trailer which also tells you the age rating of the film where it makes
the audience aware if the film is suited for them or not. With this I also
added a green screen at the beginning of my teaser trailer. In addition,
typically the first part of a film trailer has the production logo to which
brings in the audience as if they previously watched a film from “Disney” and
enjoyed it they would have the thought that the film will also be good to
watch. I also added a production logo called “perfect motion” within my trailer
and I designed it on adobe after effects will the help of YouTube to guide me.
Sound
It has been found that successful film posters
follow certain conventions in order to appeal to audiences, provide
information, and display the genres and themes of the film, etc.
One person commented on how well the film trailer could be received by the audience. They said that it was easy and clear to understand. But, the vast majority of people stated that the plot should have had more to it by adding more footage to my film trailer. So if I were to remake it, I would try add more footage to my teaser film trailer to fully satisfy the audience although it was meant for the audience to not gain a lot of content of the story line in order for the audience to have the urge to want to watch it.
There was also positive feedback towards the idea of the story line of my teaser trailer as they said they feel mysterious and want to find out what the film is all about. Below are some of the feedback the audience gave me;
Blogger:
One
of the media technologies I had used was Blogger as it is a free online
platform in which we use to publish all of our coursework on to a
digital/online presence. By doing so, it allows us to keep track of all of our
research and planning. This is useful as I can easily edit any of the posts at
any time but it also provides a much easier way for my teachers to view all of
our work quickly and in one place. The ability for both teachers and peers to
leave feedback on any of the posts is also helpful as it may shed some light on
what I have to do in order to make each post to the highest standard possible. Overall,
the use of the Blogger has allowed me to add a real structure to my research
and planning but also allows me to present my work in a professional looking
way.
During filming my
trailer and production of the ancillary and main tasked I was given a camera to
use. As I don’t have a camera that is high quality, the academy was offering
equipment’s. The camera that I used was a Canon 1200D that the media department
gave the class to borrow. I was able to both record and take photos with the
camera and it was very easy to get the hang off.
There are many
conventions within a film trailer that make the film successful and have many audiences.
Within my research I’ve learnt that every trailers that I have watched for
inspiration and knowledge is that they all have a green screen at the beginning
of the trailer which also tells you the age rating of the film where it makes
the audience aware if the film is suited for them or not. With this I also
added a green screen at the beginning of my teaser trailer. In addition,
typically the first part of a film trailer has the production logo to which
brings in the audience as if they previously watched a film from “Disney” and
enjoyed it they would have the thought that the film will also be good to
watch. I also added a production logo called “perfect motion” within my trailer
and I designed it on adobe after effects will the help of YouTube to guide me. Sound
Within my teaser
trailer, I have added sound that is part of the conventions of any trailers. I
have included both diegetic and non-diegetic sounds. As within my trailer I
have risers which makes the audience anticipate and builds up tension. Near the end of my teaser trailer I wanted to
fright the audience this was done by having a diegetic sound. I adding a female
screaming towards then end where it wasn’t suspected and this will make the
audience jump.
Teaser poster
I had designed my
teaser poster and ensured I was following the typical codes and conventions of
a poster.
I made sure I had a
large film title displayed in order for it to be eye catching towards the
audience as in my research I had realised a lot of the posters had a large
title placed.
Torodov equilibrium theory
Todorov in 1969 produced a theory which he believed to be able to be applied to any film. Todorov’s narrative theory mainly states that most stories or plot follow the same pattern or path. He believes there are 5 steps in this pattern which are;
Todorov in 1969 produced a theory which he believed to be able to be applied to any film. Todorov’s narrative theory mainly states that most stories or plot follow the same pattern or path. He believes there are 5 steps in this pattern which are;
1. Equilibrium (everything
is as it should be)
2. Disruption (by an
event)
3. Recognition of
disruption
4. Attempts to repair
disruption
5. Return to
equilibrium
What have you
learned from your audience feedback?
Audience feedback is really important in order to find
out what the audience liked or disliked. The audience’s expectations are based
upon the media product to show to them. Presenting my coursework to my peers
has helped me a lot as they have giving me excellent feedback on what I've done
and what I could improve on.
I was also complimented on the sound effects that I
chose.
One person commented on how well the film trailer could be received by the audience. They said that it was easy and clear to understand. But, the vast majority of people stated that the plot should have had more to it by adding more footage to my film trailer. So if I were to remake it, I would try add more footage to my teaser film trailer to fully satisfy the audience although it was meant for the audience to not gain a lot of content of the story line in order for the audience to have the urge to want to watch it.
There was also positive feedback towards the idea of the story line of my teaser trailer as they said they feel mysterious and want to find out what the film is all about. Below are some of the feedback the audience gave me;
Magazine
“I really love the effect of the title especially
as it goes behind the main image” Rebecca Shaw
“The colours of the film magazine I do really like
as it not over the top, its colour coordinated however could add more to it.”
Evin Bezginsoy
Poster
“Absolutely love the film title effect at the top
of the page!” Howjen Altan
“The main image seems so perfect, it gives a
mysterious look which I really do like” D’andre Steel
Trailer
“I think the sounds suit the film trailer very
well” Leanne Hayes
“love the transitions of the fades and the
different scenes however I think there should be more scenes in the film
trailer” Sabrina Yasser
How did you use
media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation
stages?
During the research
and planning stages I used a number of different programmes and websites.
Blogger:
YouTube:
YouTube is an online
video based media sharing website; and was one of the main online products that
I used in order to conduct my research and planning. Ultimately, I had received
a lot of inspiration and help on watching teaser trailers on YouTube. We also
used YouTube to upload our
final music video.
final music video.
During filming my
trailer and production of the ancillary and main tasked I was given a camera to
use. As I don’t have a camera that is high quality, the academy was offering
equipment’s. The camera that I used was a Canon 1200D that the media department
gave the class to borrow. I was able to both record and take photos with the
camera and it was very easy to get the hang off.
The media department
allowed me to borrow a tripod, golden light screen and hand held monopod. I
used these for my film magazine and the production of my trailer.
The equipment that I was
given by the department helped me ensure that the camera achieves better
framing of the scenes and images.
How effective is
the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?
When making my
trailer, poster and film magazine cover I would try to link all three together
as much as I could. The mixture of the trailer and my ancillary text is
effective as my film poster gave away the main location of the film and gives
ideas to what the trailer will be like. I wanted tp keep the same genre
throughout and keep the style consistent. The theme I followed was a thriller
atmosphere which I did follow
Within my teaser
trailer I made sure the actress had the same outfit that she has on for the
main film poster so this doesn’t cause any confusion.
I believe that due to
the use of conveying conventions for each product and using a continuous genre
and look, my media product and ancillary text is effective as it reaches out to
my target audience and keeps them in suspense in wanting to go watch the film
in cinema through my ancillary texts and this is very popular throughout
thriller films in particular.
