Evaluation Question 6

Our response to the evaluation question 'What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?'

Evaluation Question 7

Our response to the question 'Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?'

Evaluation Question 4

This is our Evaluation Question 4 on our media products' target audience. For this question we were asked to explore what our target audience would look like, where they live, what books they read, are they sporty etc. We decided to create a visual bubble map/brainstorm  of all the features our target audience would include, through the use of pictures and obvious iconic logos. These pictures and logos help to dig deeper into the specific things that our target audience is influenced by.

Evaluation Question 3

Our answer for the Evaluation Question, 'What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?'

Evaluation Question 5

Below is a video response to the evaluation question, 'How did you attract/address your audience?'

Evaluation Question 2

Evaluation Question 1

This is our response to Evaluation Question 1, 'In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?'

Final Film Opening

Our final film opening of 'The Splintering' is below.

Difficulties encountered when editing

Film Distribution

We decided to distribute our film to Film4 productions. This is because our target audience are teenagers so by distributing it on this channel, it means that we are more likely to reach our target audience because they do not have to pay to watch it as it is on one of the main TV channels. Also, we looked at the Film4 website and they distribute films similar to ours so it seemed suitable.

Choosing a film name

We have had many issues and disagreements when coming up with a name. We wanted to find a clever name that explains our narrative in a few words. Here are a few options:

The Splintering

The Heist

The Get Away

Shatter

Fracture

In the end we decided on The Splintering as it represents the group of criminals breaking away as they got older. We feel this name had a metaphorical meaning which is why we chose it. 

Editing Equipment

After filming our footage for the opening, we decided to edit it on iMovie using my MacBook Pro. This made it a lot easier as it is portable so we could edit it anywhere rather than being restricted to the media suite at school. Especially with February half term taking up a lot of our editing time, if we did not use my laptop, we would not have been able to do any editing over the half term.

Timelapse

As part of our feedback, it became obvious to us that we did not have enough establishing shots to make it obvious to the audience where our film was going to be set. Therefore, after listening to our feedback and taking on board ideas from our teacher, we decided to include a time lapse shot in order to help set the scene and also to help create a sense of anxiousness and waiting. An example of a time lapse shot is below.

First Draft and Feedback session

On the 25th February, we had to show our first draft to our class and some year 13s. Due to our filming problems, this meant our opening was not close to being finished. We had some sound issues as well as the cuts not being as quick as they could. Afterwards, our class and the year 13s gave us feedback using forms which helped us to improve our opening. Our first draft and the results of our feedback forms are below.