Evaluation question 1

Evaluation Question 1:“In what ways does your media product use, develop or

challenge forms and conventions of real media products?”

Sophie Rippin

The trailer itself uses the forms and conventions of real media products by...

• Analysing existing professional media products looking at music, actors, plot, editing.

Music

• The lyrics often related to the storyline, featuring well-known songs.

Click the picture to play Alphabeat – The Spell

Click the picture to play Caesars Palace – Jerk it Out

Click the picture to play George Michael - Faith

Click the picture to play Hall and Oates – You Make my Dreams Come True

Actors

• The actors are well-known and recognisable for being in other films from a similar genre.

Plot

• Unrealistic and predictable.How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvhBt_XvHNY

Just Friends – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtTbq3_lPz0

Editing

• Fast-paced cuts to keep it interesting.Bridget Jones’ Diary –http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQdy98B1nf0

Our own product...

• We tried to keep as close to these conventions as possible, using the names of the cast in our trailer as if they were famous.

• We kept to a typical rom-com storyline.

• We looked at amateur teaser trailers which gave us a realistic idea of what we’d be able to achieve.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=a2+media+rom-com+trailer&aq=f

• Like Happy Gilmore’s use of a voice-over, we used title screens to help tell the story.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa0hSPPW1so

• We had some issues with copyrighted music, however managed to find a cover track of a well-known song.

Our poster uses forms and conventions of real media products such as...

Clearly states the actors’ names.

Incorporates different colours in the large title.

Features the main characters standing back to back.

Romantic background image.

Details of the film production.

Large, bold and clear title featuring different colours.

Clearly states the actors’ names.

Image of the two main characters.

Romantic background image.

Details to advertise the film.

Our magazine cover uses the forms and conventions of real media products by...

Bold large title of magazine – but well-known so can be covered by picture.

Title of film stands out in centre of page.

Red, white, blue and black theme, typical of a magazine cover.

Image of main character in film.

Magazine title stands out.

Follows a black, red and white theme.

Large image of main character.

Film’s title is large and clear.

Other feature articles.