Thursday, 18 April 2013
Sunday, 14 April 2013
Evaluation Question 7
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the product?
From our Preliminary task to now, there have been various skills we have learned and developed.
From our Preliminary task to now, there have been various skills we have learned and developed.
Evaluation Question 6
What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Throughout the process of constructing this product, I have learned how to use different types of technologies.
We learned to use hardware such as the digital camcorder. I enjoyed learning how to use this. I found it tricky to hold still in order to gain a still shot. Thankfully, we also had a tripod. This made it a whole lot easier for us to film. Another piece of hardware technology we used was the microphone. We did not use this in our product but in our preliminary task.
We mainly used one software throughout the production of our product - Final Cut Express. This was used for editing filming and to help post our storyboard on YouTube.
We also used different websites. For example, we used YouTube to upload all of our videos. We uploaded videos such as our Preliminary task, our behind the scenes footage and our final product. We also used websites like Survey Monkey to take surveys for our thriller and to gain information.
I have learned a lot overall. I now know how to record a film and upload it on to YouTube with the help of software such as Final Cut Express. I also learned how to record from different angles and which angles are best suited to certain scenes.
Throughout the process of constructing this product, I have learned how to use different types of technologies.
We learned to use hardware such as the digital camcorder. I enjoyed learning how to use this. I found it tricky to hold still in order to gain a still shot. Thankfully, we also had a tripod. This made it a whole lot easier for us to film. Another piece of hardware technology we used was the microphone. We did not use this in our product but in our preliminary task.
We mainly used one software throughout the production of our product - Final Cut Express. This was used for editing filming and to help post our storyboard on YouTube.
We also used different websites. For example, we used YouTube to upload all of our videos. We uploaded videos such as our Preliminary task, our behind the scenes footage and our final product. We also used websites like Survey Monkey to take surveys for our thriller and to gain information.
I have learned a lot overall. I now know how to record a film and upload it on to YouTube with the help of software such as Final Cut Express. I also learned how to record from different angles and which angles are best suited to certain scenes.
Evaluation Question 5
How did you attract/address your audience?
Our thriller opening has all the conventions you would expect to see in a thriller; this is what makes it so interesting and eye catching. For example, the building drama towards the capturing of Sarah is what mainly holds the audiences attention. The audience will want to know why they should care about her losing her phone and who the mysterious man is that called her.
After the opening has ended, the audience will want to carry on watching; this is because the ending of the opening is a huge cliffhanger. The audience would be curious to know whether or not Sarah made it out alive or if the reason for her capture would be revealed.
I showed the thriller to my friends and family and they all enjoyed watching it and they wanted to watch more; this shows that the opening was really good and captured the audiences attention and interested them.
Our thriller opening has all the conventions you would expect to see in a thriller; this is what makes it so interesting and eye catching. For example, the building drama towards the capturing of Sarah is what mainly holds the audiences attention. The audience will want to know why they should care about her losing her phone and who the mysterious man is that called her.
After the opening has ended, the audience will want to carry on watching; this is because the ending of the opening is a huge cliffhanger. The audience would be curious to know whether or not Sarah made it out alive or if the reason for her capture would be revealed.
I showed the thriller to my friends and family and they all enjoyed watching it and they wanted to watch more; this shows that the opening was really good and captured the audiences attention and interested them.
Thursday, 11 April 2013
Evaluation Question 4
Who would be the audience for your media product?
Here is a link to participate in the survey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/MSGKF5T
As you can see by looking at my results, the opening of our thriller seems appealing to people of the ages 14 to 29. This shows that generally young people would enjoy watching our thriller.
It is understandable that the younger majority of the audience would enjoy thriller like this. It is fast paced and action packed, which is something they would tend to find rather suiting to their taste. I believe that the reason the older majority of the audience would not find this thriller as appealing is because they tend to enjoy more joyful or gentle film genres such as Comedy, Romance, or even documentaries.
It is also understandable that younger majority of the audience(ages 10-13) might not enjoy it because they are simply too young. They might find it too frightening to watch due to their age range and in comparison to what they would usually watch, i.e. Children's Comedy, Adventure/ Fantasy, Animation etc.
Thrillers generally have a limited target audience mainly due to age; however, another factor is gender. It would appear that males are more interested in thrillers than females. Males tend to enjoy watching violent, action packed films, whereas females generally enjoy watching romantic and gentle films.
I believe that the majority of the audience of our thriller would be males. This is because our thriller has the content that will catch the attention of the males in the audience. This content such as; a dark night, good looking females, nice clothing, violence, suspense etc.
To summarize, I believe that the type of audience our thriller attracts are males from the ages 14-29. This because that males enjoy content like violence and attractive females, and people around their age range enjoy a suspenseful and frightening thriller.
As you can see by looking at my results, the opening of our thriller seems appealing to people of the ages 14 to 29. This shows that generally young people would enjoy watching our thriller.
It is understandable that the younger majority of the audience would enjoy thriller like this. It is fast paced and action packed, which is something they would tend to find rather suiting to their taste. I believe that the reason the older majority of the audience would not find this thriller as appealing is because they tend to enjoy more joyful or gentle film genres such as Comedy, Romance, or even documentaries.
It is also understandable that younger majority of the audience(ages 10-13) might not enjoy it because they are simply too young. They might find it too frightening to watch due to their age range and in comparison to what they would usually watch, i.e. Children's Comedy, Adventure/ Fantasy, Animation etc.
Thrillers generally have a limited target audience mainly due to age; however, another factor is gender. It would appear that males are more interested in thrillers than females. Males tend to enjoy watching violent, action packed films, whereas females generally enjoy watching romantic and gentle films.
I believe that the majority of the audience of our thriller would be males. This is because our thriller has the content that will catch the attention of the males in the audience. This content such as; a dark night, good looking females, nice clothing, violence, suspense etc.
To summarize, I believe that the type of audience our thriller attracts are males from the ages 14-29. This because that males enjoy content like violence and attractive females, and people around their age range enjoy a suspenseful and frightening thriller.
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