Mark's Evaluation

Introduction
 Our as task was to create a media product that
appeals to our targeted audience of teenagers.
After weeks of planning and filming we have got
feedback from our targeted audience.
 Our genre is teenage comedy. This is because we
enjoy movies like American pie and 21 jump street
etc.
 In my group I worked with Jayesh, Krishan and
Shyam.

Production timeline
Planning Filming Rough cut editing

Final cut improvements Audience feedback
 The Planning include things like the synopsis, script and setting.
 The Filming includes to fine a day in which the location was free to use.
We also had to get a camera that was good enough for filming.
 Rough cut editing is just putting the clips together that we filmed so we
have a rough idea of the final piece.
 The Audience feedback is playing the rough but to our targeted
audience and getting feedback from them.
 Final cut improvements is just improving our rough cut so it looks good
with affects.

Research
 Our research consists on opening scenes of
similar genres of what we chose.
 We took surveys from our targeted audience.
 I had to analyse the opening scene of Anuvahood.

Surveys
Before getting started-

According to our survey, people enjoy
comedy films more than drama films.

Surveys
Feedback on An Educated Sentence-

Most of our audiences was male. People thought our product was
funny, entertaining, well-
acted, exciting and it has
interesting settings.

Comparison
 Location - School  Location - School
 Clothing - t-shirts, low  Clothing –
trousers, trainers and a hoodies, ‘badman’ like
bag. clothing, ‘geeky’ clothing.
 Character – camera  Character – camera
follows character. focuses on character.

Differences
 Takes place in the  Takes place in class
corridor. room.
 Uses tracking shots.  Zooms into main
 Close-ups of his character.
loneliness.

Social Groups
Teenagers (mix genders)
 It is teenage related.
 Every teen comedy has teenage social groups.
 The main character is an Asian nerd

Stereotypes of Social
Groups
Positive
 They are students
 Asian person as a smart person

Negative
 They do not care about school
 They get bad grades
 They bully the lonely person
 Black person as the dumb person

Poster Production
company name

Movie title

Main character

Release data Film age Rating
alone with
production
website address

Comparison
 Main characters in the middle
 Film title big and bold
 Plain background
 Audience focuses on main character
 Product details in small print

Differences
 Superbad has two main characters
 An Educated Sentence has age
ratings
 An Educated Sentence has little small
prints

Related films
American Pie Shaun of The Dead
 Teenage characters  Teenage characters
 Sarcasm and jokes
 Taken place in
 Aimed at teenagers suburban areas
 Taken place in school

Superbad
21 Jump Street
 Targeted at teenagers
 Targeted at teenagers
 Teenage characters
 It is a comedy
 Jokes

Genre
Why we chose Teen Comedy-
 We enjoy comedy films
 We have seen many comedy films
 We had many ideas

Conventions
What we used- What we didn’t use-
 Voice overs  Conversations
 Up beat, fast paced  Editing (shot reverse
music shots)
 Camera shots
(establishing shots, pan
shots, over the shoulder
shots)
 Teen like clothing
 Technology (mobile
phones)
 Stereotypical views
(Asian kid as a smart
person)

Research and Planning

Synopsis

Shot List


Script


Props

Media Institutions
The types of media institutions that would distribute
our media product would be-
 Warner Bros
 Universal Studios
 20th Century Fox
This is because-
 It is teen related
 Our product is teen comedy

Distribution
I think our media product would be distributed in
Britain as well as international because-
 It relates to international audiences
 It features international teen like behaviour
 The main character is an Asian nerd
 The black person is not a smart person

Distributing our Product
Our product would-
 First released in cinemas
 Advertisements (billboards, fan pages, T.V adverts)
 Trailers on the internet as well as television

Targeted Audiences
Our targeted audience would be-
 Teenagers
 Male audience
 Students

What attracts our
audience
 It is teen comedy
 It is taken place in school
 We have a teaser poster
 It related to teenagers
 The main character is a Asian nerd

Mise-en-scene
How Mise-en-scene attracts audiences-
 The ‘badman’ wears ‘badman’ like clothes
(Jeans, hoodies)
 The nerd wears smart clothes (Shirt, tie, etc.)
 It is taken place in school or in a classroom

Technologies
What I have learnt-
 How to use a camera properly
 How to edit (shot reverse shots, etc.)
 How to make blog posts

Technologies
Developing the skills-
 I can easily make a blog post
 I now find it easy to use mac PCs
 I can edit a clip
 I can film things easily and properly

Technologies
What I need to improve on-
 Using iMovie with all features
 Using wordpress with all features

Preliminary Task
Link to our Main Task Final Cut of Final Grade-
Click Here

What we had to do-
 Create a scene for 2 minutes
 We have to do this before the Main Task

Genre-
 Teen drama/horror

Final Product
Link to our Main Task Final Cut of An Educated
Sentence- Click Here

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