In what ways does your media

product use, develop or challenge

forms and conventions of real media products?

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.

To begin with…

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.

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 sta

nds 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.

Magazine…

The colours that i have used stand out to the audience. The red writing as the title draws the audience in to the main image and makes them wonder what it is about. The red writing symbolises death and a secret being bad. I think this is clear as when i got feedback people picked up on this.

The background image that i have used is different to the ones i looked at online and in shops. The background i made and designed so i was able to make it look how i wanted it too. I think the little pathway that i have added in makes the magazine look spooky, its like the path that can be used to get in or out. I think i did a good job on the background.

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.

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.

Poster…

Poster…

I made my poster as one of the first things. I think i did a good job with it. It took me a while to edit the photo and make sure everything in the background could be used. Like my magazine i had to edit the background as there was a building in the background again in the top right hand corner i added the trees and grass. I think it looks spooky and links well to my movie.

The positioning of my title was dont deliberately i put it there so that it gave the audience something to think about. I put it there because the secret is hanging above them. Adding the shaddow effect makes it seem more mysterious and like its always there even in their shaddows.

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.

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.

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.

Trailer…

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.