Coursework Evaluation: Question 7

What have I learnt in the progression from looking back at the preliminary task to the full production?

Evaluation Q1~

Our media product 'CHANGE' uses a variety of form and conventions such as Titles, Music, Travelling/Arriving and an Introduction to characters. 

Conventions are elements that are common to use in movies. They aligned in a strict order in order to attract and engage the audience to watch the rest of the film. 
I compared conventions from my teen opening with that of a real movie 'BOYZ 'N' THE HOOD'


Examples:

IDENT~
Idents are used at the start of the film to introduce the list of production/distribution companies with their logos used.  

BOYZ 'N' THE HOOD~ their ident is Columbia Pictures Logo because they are the producers of the movie.

CHANGE~We decided to use the college's made up ident for our distribution companies 

TITLES~ The titles are used to introduce the name of movie and potential give a hint of what the storyline might be.

BOYZ 'N' THE HOOD~ Here is the title of the movie

CHANGE~ This is the tile of our movie, I think where our title is positioned is important because the meaning of the title and the muse-en-scene where it is position is a juxtaposition. This makes it more interesting for the audience and it draws them in wanting to know why it was positioned there.

INTRODUCTIONS TO CHARACTERS~

BOYZ 'N' THE HOOD~ Had no introductions to characters but i am going to compare our movie to another movie that has a similar storyline. 

        STEP UP 2~ After the title, usually follows up the cast list and extras and that's where the introduction of characters comes in. The importance of this to engage the audience and give a first impression to what the characters might be like in the rest of the movie.

CHANGE~ Here is one of our characters from Change. From the mise-en-scene of the character we can tell that she might be a stress-out and worried character.

Travelling/Arriving~ This is important in teen movies because it shows different ways in which teenagers usually get around on their on daily lives. Sometimes, the social class or personality can affect the transport of the characters.

 BOYZ 'N' THE HOOD~ The first Travelling/Arriving scene is by walking

CHANGE~ In change, the travelling scene is by train which was useful because it was a symbol of the transition from the hood life to posh life.

Evaluation Q2~

Media~

Using Animoto, I have showed the different types of representation there are in TV drama.

Media representations are the ways in which the media portrays particular groups, communities, experiences, ideas, or topics from a particular ideological or value perspective.

In ‘Change’ Ashely (protagonist) walks up to his friends to spud them. And in the society today for teen social groups, a ‘Spud’ can be seen as something negative but the way we approached it came out positive although the rest of the film is going to negative.

Evaluation Q3~

Evaluation Q4~

Who would be the audience for your media product?

This is a Facebook Page: 

Email: AA89295@student.candi.ac.uk

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An example of our target audience; her name is Chyna Banks, 17 years old from New Jersey.

For our teen movie 'Change' our audience age is ranged from 13-19 so anyone was liked Kidulthood or Juice will definitely love watching our movie. 

The USP of our movie is something influences the main character to CHANGE. In the majority of most teen crime life movies, the bad character never changes his ways but when he encounters a huge situation, he starts to have regrets and it’s always too late.

However, in our movie, the character realises his mistakes on his own and at the start of the movie. Corrects himself by involving himself with good people in a new environment. It is more unique as it is less cliché. It also make the audience curious about his past life making them want to know why and how he CHANGED

Evaluation Q5~

The opening of our film appeals to the target audience (teens from 13-19) in various ways such as mise en scene. Ash's costume  (hoodie) can be appealing to males and also the location of the movie. If any of the audience lives in a similar area to our settings; they would be able to relaate to thr situation. The characters in our movie can even have a big influence on the audience because they have a similar personality or are/knows someone going through the same dilemma.

There will be a 10% discount for students watching our movie. If it was cheaper then it would to appeal to more students and it will also help spread the true meaning of 'CHANGE' more to teenagers because teenagers don't like to spend a lot of money for a movie.

How did you attract/address your audience?

Evaluation Q7~

what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?