Evaluation Question 1

Evaluation question 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products in relation to both my main product and ancillary texts?

     

This is my first Evaluation question which answers the question of; In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products in relation to both my main product and ancillary texts.

Magazine Cover

Outlining Magazine Features

This video outlines features present in the magazine cover. 

Tickets for Premiere

This is the final ticket we had created on Photoshop for our premiere and below is the ticket in Photoshop during the construction process. 

Front Cover Target Audience Feedback

This focus group shows audience feedback from my magazine cover.

Individual Contribution

Summary:

In terms of individual contribution in regards to the trailer, I was more involved with the filming process opposed to the editing process. When filming shots for our trailer, I made significant suggestions, most of which were included in the final trailer product.This would include the scenes where the Bible appears to be flickering by itself (to reinforce biblical references within the trailer), the chanting scenes of Bible verses and peep hole scene where the villain appears at the door. In terms of filming, I suggested filming the road-side scene where the main character is visible in the middle of the road and a whip-pan leads audiences to see the villain positioned behind her.This was an effective jump scare scene which is conventional within horror trailers. 

In terms of editing, I created the ending credits sequence which features all the cast and crew members. I used a professional image of credits to increase levels of professionalism to our trailer. In terms of sound within the trailer, I was looking for an effective sound transition to mark the end of the equilibrium and start of disequilibrium; to do this I typed keywords such as "demonic screaming" into YouTube and also looked at successful existing trailers to gain background research into what sounds scary and effective. 

When constructing the magazine cover, I had a significantly important role as I edited this media text piece. I made a list of fonts to choose from to gain a wide idea of what theme I was going for. Moreover, when making significant changes to the text piece, I actively consulted members of my team to gain a second opinion on decisions I had made. With regard to the construction of the poster, I had made a plan which  consisted of layers of both text and images in photoshop. This in turn made the process easier for my team member who then created the final piece as she knew the layout and then added in elements like the photo, masthead and credits. 

Below is a Soundcloud outlining my individual contribution the both the main media text and ancillary text.

Poster Features

Below is a Soundcloud clip featuring the reasons for why I had included the poster features I did and for what reason.

Summary: 

Point one highlights a small review placed at the very top of the poster. This is done to enable viewers to understand how established critics feel about the film and whether the movie itself is worthy of watching. 

Point two shows the tagline which is in-keeping with the Christmas theme of the film with a sinister twist which is fitting for the horror genre. This is coloured the same hue of red that is the villain face, I thought this fit well with the poster and tied all elements of colour together.

Point 3 highlights an image which has been placed in a circular format to resemble that of a peep-hole that features on doors.The sides of the image fades out into black which is the same colour of the rest of the poster. the peep hole element was an idea I had thought of as it links with our trailer very well. 

Point 4 shows the cast and general production list of those involved in the making and editing of the trailer. This was done with aid from an existing poster in order to retain professionalism. The very bottom of the poster include logos from universal studios- this was done to further the element of professionalism. Next to this features the date of the film release into cinemas which is coloured in red to draw attention to it as the rest of the poster is significantly dimly lit. On the far right side features our logo "House of Shadows Productions". 

Point 5 circles the BBFC age certification of the film, this is a convention followed by all major film posters; this signals to the viewer the levels of horror, violence, sexual references and strong language.