Evaluation Preparation

Here are some brief notes I have made for each evaluation question: 

Response from Showcase Evening

At the showcase evening on Monday the 14th of March, we were able to gain some feedback from the students that attended it. It gave us an insight into what their opinion of our opening was and what they liked/didn't understand. 

We had a good feedback about the drone shots, it being one of the most popular camera shots in our opening. Our audience also really enjoyed the scenes in which the 'demon' appears. 

Screenshot for Showcase Evening

We have chosen this screenshot to be used on our questionnaire as we feel it is the most memorable moment in our film opening and one that the audience will be able to remember. 

Finished Film Opening

Our finished film opening:

Narrative

If our opening was to be made into a feature length film I believe it would follow the story of a supernatural being (in this case being a demon) inhabiting the bodies of innocent people. In order for it to be resolved, someone will need to act upon these strange occurrences and try to solve what has been happening. I also believe that there should be multiple 'demon' like people as it would create a sense of mystery as to who they are and where they have come from. To add to that, the masked antagonist will add to the mystery of the whole film.

Film Opening Update Vlog

In this vlog we gave a brief summary of what we have done and what we now need to focus on. We have completed our opening and uploaded it onto YouTube so that people are able to view it. A few days before we uploaded it, we were able to acquire Mr Coopers help with the voice over, which we have now layered over our footage to come up right before the title of our opening appears. We feel that it helps with the narrative of our opening and allows the audience to understand what they are about to see. 

Evaluation Questions Mark Scheme

Level 4 16–20 marks 

• Excellent skill in the use of appropriate digital technology or ICT in the evaluation. 

• Excellent understanding of issues around audience, institution, technology, representation, forms and conventions in relation to production. 

• Excellent ability to refer to the choices made and outcomes.

• Excellent understanding of their development from preliminary to full task. 

• Excellent ability to communicate.

For the other levels, 1-3, change the word 'Excellent' for:

Level 3:  'Proficient'

Level 2:  'Basic'

Level 1:  'Minimal'

7 Evaluation Questions

The questions that must be addressed in the evaluation are:

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

2.  How does your media product represent particular social groups? 

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

4.  Who would be the audience for your media product? 

5.  How did you attract/address your audience? 

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

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

Left or Right?

I found this particular article rather interesting and it stood out to me as I could easily relate it back to our own footage. The article discusses how the direction your actors move across the screen affect the outcome and how your audience perceives what is about to happen.

 

 

This footage was shown to a group of participants who responded that watching the actor go from the right side of the screen to the left made them have more negative feelings than the footage in which the lateral movement went from left to right. The article said that our brains have been programmed to think this way as our culture views left to right movement as an indicator or progress. It is still not officially determined as to why we think this way but the study from Cleveland State University aims to figure it out scientifically.

The reason that I could relate this back to our own footage was that the shots in which we were walking from right to left, the 'demon' would appear on screen. The beginning shots which shows us walking from left to right give a false sense of protection and independence, which changes to vulnerability when our movement is in the opposite direction.