Evaluation

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

Our product uses, develops and challenges forms and conventions of real media products:
In order to make sure that we made a good final product we researched films of crime/detective genre's to gather idea's and to help us understand the different conventions used which we could apply to our film. We were inspired by filming techniques and idea from other films mainly relating to crime and mystery Eg. Sherlock Holmes and Pink Panther . The conventions we used relating back to these films were flashbacks the character of a detective, the long continuous roads which allowed us to perform long shots allowing people to identify the location.

2. How does your product represent particular social groups?

Within our product the representation of particular social groups is conveyed through the use of generic conventions and micro-elements such as mise en scene as through the costumes use the audience is able to identify the social groups the characters belong with. For example the Business woman's clothing represent she has a good job as she is dressed smartly however the young boy associated with being a teen as he has his ipod on and his shirt is all untucked.

3. What kind of Media institution might distribute your product and why?

As films like Sherlock Holmes and Pink Panther are mainstream our film could be out in mainstream cinema's and could be distributed in mainstream distributers like Fox,Universal and Columbia.

4. Who would be the audience for you product?

As the characters are a mix of male and female, this film could appeal to both genders as both genders are able to relate to the characters.
Also as it is a crime film it is not really recomemded for children as they would not follow it as easily and it could be scary for them to watch. So we believe the film would be suited for 15year olds and upwards.

5. How did you attract/address your audience?

We researched two types of conventions; crime and mystery, that had a positive impact on the audience. So the conventions that had a good impact on the audiences were flashbacks,and the cliff hanger on the end which allowed the audience to think about who was the killer. We also used editing to help attract audience such as the non-digectic soundtrack.

6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

As a group we have learnt how to use 'imovie HD' effectively in order to produce a high standard opening sequence. Also how to use basic equipment like a tripod and camera. It has enabled us to learn how to extract just the audio from a section of footage and place it in as a voice over. We where also able to learn how to add in specific transitions that reflect our genre.

7. Looking back at your prelim task what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

When we looked back at our prelim task to our finished opening sequence we have learnt how to control the camera more steadily and how to effectively produce a reverse shot. Also our editing skills have developed emensily as we have learnt how to edit in words and transitions within our sequence. We learnt that it is important to have an acurate plan before filming so that it is easier to construct. Lastly we learnt to film a little bit before a scene started and also after it ended so that when it came to editing we were left with a longer scene so we could edit it more accuratlly.