Evaluation

Evaluation

Ryan Bedson

PosterFirst Draft

Final Draft

I liked the first draft of my poster because it follows all the typical conventions of a horror poster. Which are a dominant image in the centre, the title in bold, cast members and other details about the film a the bottom. The reason that I made another draft is because the image isn't my own I put it their to see what it would look like with an image that I had in mind.

This is the final draft of my posters I have kept the colours the same

because I think that they represent a true horror film black and red I

decided to rearrange the title and the cast members because I think

it looks more sophisticated with the title at the top. The image is my own it is the killer in the film

because he is the main character in the film and it gives possible

viewers an idea of what the film is about at a glance.

DVD

This is my final draft of my DVD it consists of the DVD front, side, back and disc.

DVD CoverThis is the final draft of my DVD Cover I have used the typical conventions of a DVD horror with a main image that dominates the page the title positioned at the top of the DVD and the age certificate at the bottom right corner. I have decided to add a little slogan at the bottom “enter at your own risk” to give the viewer a little inside scope of what it is about now they no that something happens if they enter. The colours that I have used are also conventional (black and red). The black indicates that it is a horror film because it is dark and scary, and the red indicates danger and blood which you would expect to see in any horror film.

DVD BackThis is the final draft of the back of my DVD. I have also used all the typical conventions that you would expect to see in any film, which is a blurb which is a little bit of information about the film to get people wanting to watch it. Also I have used pictures from scenes in the film so people get an indication of what the film is about. And also all the other details about the making of the film like directors editors sound people etc. also the logos of all the companies that are involved in the making of the film and the age certificate.

MagazineThis is my final draft of my film magazine I have followed the usual conventions of magazine covers which is have title of the magazine at the top and an image dominating the page. The convention that I have not followed is having a splash I have decided to locate it on the bottom of the page. I will go into more detail on this over the next three slides.

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

• I have gone for the conventional look for all of my products that you would expect to see in real media products of horror films.

This is my poster it follows typical conventions of other real media products like for example, an image that dominated the page usually a main character, in this case I have decided to use the killer of the film. However a convention that I have challenged is having the title of the film at the top of the page so people are instantly aware of what the film is called most posters in real media locate their title near the bottom of the page so the image is the dominate one on the page. The last convention that I have used that you would expect to see in all real media products is the cast members at the bottom of the page because certain people only watch films for the people that are in it like for example Richard Curtis always has Hugh Grant in his films.

This Is an example of a poster that is similar to mine as you can see they have decided to have the convention of a main image in the centre of the poster pretty much taking up all of the poster. However I challenge the conventions because they have put the title at the bottom of the page and added additional text like director etc.

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

This is my DVD cover. On this I have also followed the typical conventions of real media products. Some of the examples of this is a main image dominating the cover. The title at the top of the screen, the age certification located at the bottom rightcorner, and cast members at the top of the cover. I have also added a slogan or phrase at the bottom of the page to give possible viewers an inside scope of what the film is about. I have used a conventional colour scheme for a horror film using the colour black for my background to represent darkness and fear, and the colour red for some of my text to represent danger and blood, so people instantly know that it is a horror film.

This is an example of a real media product that is similar to my product it follows the typical conventions that I mentioned earlier, like for example main image dominating the page, title at the top of the page and the colours black and read.

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

This is my magazine advertising my movie. I have followed the usual conventions of real media products which is having the title at the top of the page and an image dominatring the page. I have also made it clear on what it is I am advertising. However I have not done this is the most conventional way usually the splash goes across the centre of the page but I have decided to put it at the bottom of the screen

This is an example of a film magazine that follows the same conventions that I have followed. Even though this is not advertising a horror film it still follows the conventions. Like for example main title at the top of the screen, image dominating then page and a splash. However there splash is located in the conventional place which is through the middle of the page, whereas I have put it at the bottom

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

LocationIn my film trailer I have used the location of a field with an old shed on a farm. I have

used this theme on my Disc cover. I have done this to show that they are related with each other.

FontsI have ensured that through all of my products that I have used the same fonts this is to

show that all of the products that are related. It is key that I use all of the same fonts to make it look professional and sophisticated.

Colour SchemeMy colour scheme is the same as my fonts I have ensured that I have used the same

colour schemes in all of my products to make it look professional and to show that they are related. The colours that I have used are the conventional colours that are used in most horror films which is black and red.

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

• DVD feedback- after constructing my DVD cover I printed off nine copies of it to give to the rest of my media class to give me inspiration of things that they would change and I also asked on things that they really liked

Likes• I like the colour scheme for all your products you know it’s a horror.

• The consistency of all your products is good.• Looks very professional like a real media product.

Dislikes• Picture on DVD and poster could be of better quality.

• The font of your title “no entry” is to plain needs to be more horror themed.

Poster feedback- after constructing my poster I printed off nine copies of it to give to the rest of my media class to give me inspiration of things that they would change and I also asked on things that they really liked

Likes• I like the colour scheme really fits the horror criteria.

• Not to much detail so the poster really describes the film just by looking at the picture.• It follows conventions of real media products so it looks professional.

Dislikes• Picture could be of better quality

• Title could be a bit bigger as it doesn’t really dominate the page enough.

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

Magazine feedback- after constructing my magazine I printed off nine copies of it to give to the rest of my media class to give me inspiration of things that they would change and I also asked on things that they really liked

Likes• I like the colour scheme really fits the horror criteria.• It follows conventions of real media products so it looks professional.

Dislikes• Picture could be of better quality• Needs more detail as it just looks like a poster.

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages.

• Whilst constructing my DVD Cover, Poster and magazine the main media technology that I used was the software Fireworks. I used Fireworks to construct my products putting them all together and editing different pictures to make it look more professional and sophisticated. This is a screenshot of the software Fireworks.

How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages.

• When I was making my film trailer there was two main media technologies that I have used to make my trailer. My video camera and windows movie maker. The video camera as allowed me to go to my location and film all of the scenes for my trailer. Windows movie maker as allowed me to put all of my footage onto the software and put it all together and edit it to make it look like a real media product. This is a screenshot of windows movie maker to show the software that I have been using.