Evaluation.

My evaluation has been filmed today finally. Now that I have done this i can assure myself that I am using a range of new media technologies in my coursework.
Unfortunately due to technical issues I wasn't able to show my hyper links I tried before the test but they wasn't working. I thought I would place this post as I can still prove that I have used hyperlinks. The touch screen wasn't letting me scroll and sometimes it would be hard to close them, which is why I thought it would be more easier to leave them out.

My products in accordance to MIGRAIN.

M- I used a range of media including magazine, posters and teaser trailers each of these have their own codes and conventions e.g camera angles, colour schemes, institutions etc.

I- The ideologies behind my products conformed to that of the psychological thriller genre. Heart beat lines and red hand prints were used in order to create suspense and build up tension. Additionally another common convention used within this genre is the idea of black backgrounds, as most negative things tend to happen in the dark e.g. murders and GBH.

G- The genre of all three of my products was psychological thriller. A sub genre of the thriller genre. I looked at professional products within this genre and Incorporated these into my own these including, sinister and freaky slogans. Like most psychological thrillers i've focused on the plot of what my antagonist going to do instead of the main characters unlike other genres.

R- Representation, through a range of techniques used including camera angles colour schemes, pictures, visual affects, audio affects etc.

Audience- Six Form students aged 16-18.

I- I choose to select paramount as my institution for my film, as it is paramount that has had a large number of successful films within this genre. This can be seen on my blog. In regards to the instituion for my magazine I would most likley use Bauer as I did with my AS coursework.

N- Narrative again the codes and conventions that i used. Colour scheme. And how I got my ideologies across nice yet disturbing images etc.

Progress so far.

In regards to what has been completed, I have done and finished my trailer, which shall be uploaded Monday as is it currently on Media Data, my magazine and poster.

What's left:

Currently I'm just finishing of my evaluation, in which i have addressed all the questions set and mentioned more. Within my evaluation I have used different media techniques and it is not just a usual powerpoint, it shall have hyper-links, films etc imbedded, images and many more.

In relation to how I will voice my evaluation, I will either do one of the two options;

a) Present the evaluation in front of a camera with an projector.

b) Have the slide show with relevant voiceovers.

As the deadline is Monday, I will be doing option B anyway in case their is a shortage of rooms & cameras etc.

Final version of Magazine.

Stages of Magazine

These are the stages of my magazine, more in depth ones will be included within the Evaluation.

Free commodities, plus I noticed from my consumer/ marketing research that most people within my intended target audience are going on holidays with peers.
Again, other free commodities, this would also make people go to see the film, as it is potentially free. Win has been highlighted and emphasised with an exclamation mark.
Execulsive- only with the magazine etc.
The development of my magazine. My magazine, was done on photoshop, this was tricky at first, but I really liked the way it layered each different aspect of the cover, this was really helpful when wanting to edit individual things on my magazine.
This was the basis of my magazine with out hardly any cover issues and other titles, I could use this as a foundation to build upon from.

Final version of poster

More detail of this along with analysis and comparison to professional ones etc will be included in the evaluation.

Magazine photos.

One of these shall be my magazine cover image, I decided to take it in a forest as most of my teaser trailer mis en scene is 'forestesty'. I thought I would have a model look/effect going on going on this could easily be created with a designer jumper (interestingly a British make, i was attempting to make my film as British as possible as most are usually American these days) and combats. I really liked the photos that I took, and am glad my brother could do the poses he done in order to create a professional affect, hence mine can resemble professional magazines. Also all of these are long shots, which is what most magazines tend to use.

In relation to my idea of what I shall do with these pictures I was thinking I could either:

* Have the forest in black and white and the character in colour to make him more significant and prominent.

* Or possibly the other way around making the character seem out of place and non-related to the backdrop.

Although I think that the first choice is most likely what I will go with.