Draft Evaluation
- 1. Film Trailer Evaluation By Chris Bossons Templates Provided by www.presentationmagazine.com
- 2. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? In my media product, several aspects of current media within the industry are used to compete effectively against similar trailers. Aspects such as pauses, visual comedy and awkward silences are used, similar to that of other comedy trailers of past and present. Because the challenge of an action-comedy trailer was set, both action and comedy had to be present within the trailer. This was a challenge because of how perfectly timed both aspects needed to be within the trailer. Humour was a main concern, as different people have a different sense of humour; it was struggle to find humour that could appeal to the target market.
- 3. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts? Both the main product and the ancillary texts are linked together effectively to keep the project as a whole seem to work together. The ancillary texts include images of the main characters that are present within the trailers. These characters are wearing similar clothing as within the film to keep them both similar and related.
- 4. What have you learned from your audience feedback? I have gathered a lot of knowledge from feedback given by the target market and peers. With their information and views on the product, it allowed me to create a product that matched the criteria required to be popular by the target market. Feedback suggested improvements that could be made on all products. Feedback was taken during each stage of the product. For example, feedback was given during planning, by suggesting the storyboard to peers to get their view on it. During production, after each update feedback was given on what can be made to improve the product. These improvements where then made, and the overall quality of the product was increased.
- 5. How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages? A wide variety of different software and media technology was used in all stages of the project. During the research stage, internet websites where used to view existing trailers, and then allowed me to compare them. Microsoft PowerPoint was used to create animated and interactive evaluations of trailers. During planning the stage further new software was used: Macromedia flash MC 2004 to create an animated story board for the trailer; Macromedia Fireworks MX 2004 was used to create mock up movie posters; Photoshop Elements 8.0 was used to create titles for the trailer and Spoof Company; Photoshop Elements was also used during mock-ups of the movie poster. During construction, more technology was used: Digital camera was used to record footage for the film; The footage was taken off the camera using pinnacle studio 12; The footage was then edited together using Sony Vegas; Different sites such as Vimeo and YouTube were used to upload the video. Due to the schools website restrictions, YouTube was not accessible on school computers, therefore, it was only used for minor updates to the product, and Vimeo was used for grand development.