1) In what way does my media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
I have made a storybroad of the key scenes from my final media product. In this storyboard I have discuss, the title, mise-en-scene, sound, camera work and editing. I have also talked about how this product resembles conventions of real media product:
2) How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Our media product didn’t directly go out to challenge or represent any particular social group we wanted a feel of this could happen to anyone, however if you had to argue how it represented a social group i would say it represented the lower class in a negative light however it does aim to make you see things from their perspective.
3) What kind of media distribution might distribute my media product and why?
I would say that the film product that we made would be from an independent film company, because we worked to a very small budget (just like most independent companies do). Evidence to back up for why we had a low budget is the prop scheduler. The main props we used were a phone, car and furniture (from someone’s house).
5). How does my opening scene attract/address my audience?
The opening scene was very important for us as it is designed to captivate an audience and get them 'involved' in the film. We thought if we had a dramatic, somewhat mysterious opener we would encourage verisimilitude as quickly as possible. As said it was designed to be dramatic, confusing, mysterious, energetic and sinister.
6). What have I learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
I have learnt about all the tiny technological details involved in making a film, from making sure angles don't look dodgy by implementing specific angles to the arduous logistical plans so that everything comes together as smoothly and efficiently as possible. My video editing skill has certainly improved.
7) Looking back at my preliminary task, what do I feel I have learnt from the progression from it to the full product?
The Preliminary was very basic and therefore simple, I have learnt that in order to make something a bit more interesting you have to think bigger and be prepared for the unexpected. This certainly applies for the outside scenes, clouds come and go, shadows move, birds start singing. Factors such as those are by-passable when filming inside as we did with our preliminary
Through the process of making this film I have learnt a lot about making a film.
