Evaluation: Question one

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

seeing other professional media institutes, it is clear to me that the quality of these products is impressive because of the time spent on them and the detail produced. Every media product would have to be created in this way to make them more eye catching and attractive to the audience.

One main media convention problems shown in media products is trying to keep your trailer interesting and not boring. Most trailers that are made in modern time either show all the best parts of the film in a trailer or shown barely nothing which makes the film look boring. So it was a task to try and make my film look like a real trailer, trying to keep enough scenes in to make the film but trying to not make it boring. Another problem that trailers is that the music in the background sometimes doesn't fit with the genre of the trailer, and i couldn't use a song that was already written so I decided to create my own soundtrack on GarageBand and i think that the music fits well with the trailer.

Finished Products

Recce of Location

these images are where film will filmed. The kitchen area as seen in this images are where we see most of our main character. The light in the actually film will be darker, which will then give us the dark feel to my film and trailer. The other scene was filmed outside as at dark it seemed more suspenseful and scary which would set the tone to my trailer.

Sketches of Institutional logos

This is the final version of one of my logos called river productions. I'm not sure iw ill use it though as i don't like the way it has turned out as me as a person couldn't take this serious enough. It just doesn't have a professional look about it.





This is the final version of River Productions. I like how this logo is more detailed then my last one and overall it's the more eye catching one.

Source the copyright free soundtrack

For the soundtrack of my film i was planning on writing a letter to a record label and seeing if they would give me permission to use their tracks, but seeing as we can't do that anymore I decided to create my own soundtrack using tracks that me and my band have recorded ourselves so i wouldn't need to ask anyone for permission as I have created it. Another way of making my soundtrack is using the program called "Garage-band" as some of the tracks that my band play are very rocky which might not fit in certain parts of the trailer so i could create some tracks in "Garage-band" so that it fits in with the genre of the film. "Garage Band" which allows users to create music. I see that using this program as a good opportunity as then i will have created everything in my trailer, I will have filmed it, Edited it, Directed it and then created the music for it. so i feel like i will have accomplished something by creating everything to do with the film .

Track 1


Track 2

Extra Planning

I decided to do some extra planning as the genre of my film trailer will a crime/gangster caper. Firstly I viewed the trailer above making note of how many different shots were used, like the uses of close ups, long shots, high angle and low angle shots. I also looked at how fast the editing was done for this trailer and it's quite fast with shots lasting no longer than 3-4 seconds long. The beginning and the end of the trailer has the companies titles, usually in big bold font so the audience can recognise it.
There's also non diegetic played throughout the trailer, even when the characters are speaking, it's just that the song is lower in the mix so the audience can hear what the characters are saying. Another thing I noticed is that theres a lot of freeze framing which happens when introduced to a character and it also features a title bold title by the side of the character with a name, presumably the characters name. The main point of the story is explained through dialogue and titles.

Proposal of Ideas

The narrative of my trailer will be set with the most important parts and segments that will give the audience an idea of what the movie is about. The genre of my film will be a coming of age film. Other films in that genre would be Snatch or Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels. The Films Genre aims at 15 to 24 year old as the movie is about coming of age which this age group will be familiar because they will be able to connect to the film better then people over the age of 30 etc. This movie wouldn't aim at people the age of under 15 or over the age of 24 as the viewers over that age may think the film is a bit stupid or they won't relate to the film like how the other target age would. Basically the trailer will be set in a linear motion so that audiences understand what is happening in the film, but i will not show a opening or a closing, it will basically so the audience the problem and how the character is trying to solve that problem. The problem will be told to the audience by 2 characters. the supporting character tells the main character what trouble he is in.
The poster for my film will be featuring the characters of my film in the clothing and props that are featured in the film. While the the title for the film will be in big bold font underneath the image of the characters and props. The background of my poster will have one of the locations mainly used on the film so that the audience can recognise with the film more then if they have seen the poster. The Magazine cover for my film will be similar to my poster. It will have some changes to the poster as the main character will be more focused upon and centred more with the titles surrounding the character to make him stand out more. with the other characters in the background showing being less important then the main character.