Evaluation question 1

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

There are many different conventions of a teen film opening which we have conveyed in our opening of our teen film 'Trials and tribulations.' We have used a number of conventions to show our teen film is similar to a typical conventional teen film. we have used all key conventional aspects such as mise en scene, camerawork, editing and sound and compared it typical teen films that have been released in the past and found out that our teen film is similar:

camerawork- for this shot, we decide to use and over the shoulder shot, but at a slightly high angle. This is to show that the main character Jerome has a lower status than Omar who plays the "thug" type character.

In comparison, the thug is shown looking down on his victim at a slightly high angle over the shoulder shot.  This represents his incredibly high status.

Mise en scene- for mise en scene we used a few of the aspects like setting, costume and make up, and staging in order to really let the audience into our film opening. 

Setting: we decided to set our film opening around the Highbury and Islington area as we were trying to create a gritty type of teen movie and we thought Islington would be a great place to do so. 

 Costume and make up: as our characters were not too different from who we are in reality (with the exception of Akbar "Omar") finding costumes were not too hard to do.

Here are our costumes with a bit of insight into the characters: http://prezi.com/5otallupurfm/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Staging (movement and performance): we used quite a lot of action in our piece so staging was very important, as it allowed our characters to express feelings and thoughts through the use of body language and facial expressions.

As for the sound, normally in a conventional teen film opening there a numerous amounts of sounds used to either represent the specific character or there is a suitable soundtrack that goes under the film. in our teen film we used quite a few sounds, such as: a gunshot, hype music and calming music.

Editing: in conventional teen films there are normally fine cut edits used in the opening to switch between the characters so that the audience do not get bored of watching one character simultaneously. 

There are also many other conventions besides the main four which occur in the opening of a teen film such as:

• Travelling and arriving 
• Titles
• Introduction of main characters 
• Sets topic
• Sets genre 

Evalation question 1

I created a timetoast timeline on the order of my groups conventions.  Following the strict sequence of the titles made it easier for the audience to identifty who took part in the film opening even though majorioty of the names were made up. 

We slightly made some changes in our film opwening due to the sequence we were told to follow. Although most popular films tend to go with their own sequence which is a little altered.

The purpose of having conventions such as the production and distreibution company makes the audience aware of what companys created the film and to gain popularity as the audience many not be familiar with the specific one chosen. 

Evaluation question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

What is representation?
The definition of representation is the portrayal of something or someone in a particular way. E.g. a gangster being represent with black clothes , broken English etc. Representation can be different depending on the specific conventions which are changed or altered. The main four components that define representation in films are:

• Sound 
• Editing 
• Mis-en-scene 
• Camera work

Evaluation question 2

Stereotypes


Here are a few common stereotypes identified in our teem film opening. Technical aspects such as mise en scene reflects back on the characters appearance and behaviour. Correctly playing the role of that stereotype wasn't as difficult as we expected as we were easily able to play them due to some of our teen friends being like that. The characters stated in our teen movie are clearly shown. Although the character of Jerome is portrayed in both positive and negative way.

Evaluation question 3

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

Evaluation Question 1

Here is our film opening in which we have stuck to the title order which is:

1. Production ident
2. Distribution ident
3. Actor 1
4. Actor 2
5. Actor 3
6. Actor 4
7. Film title
8. Casting by
9. Costume by
10. Music supervisor 
11. Music by
12. Edited by
13. Production designer
14. Director of photography
15. Executive producers
16. Written by
17. Director

However, not all films stick the exact same order but you will be introduced to these titles in the opening credits. 

Evaluation Question 1

For Question 1, I decided to create a time toast timeline of the order of my group conventions.  By following strict and precise order of titles it makes it much more easier for the audiences identify who was part of the film and took part in the film opening even though majority of the names were made up. 

However we did make small changes in our film opening. This was required of us; this was because we were told on what order the sequence should run. Although a majority of the popular films do use the same sequence of the order of titles.

The purpose of having conventions such as the production and distribution company is to make the audience aware of who has created the film and also to gain popularity. Also it helps to promote the company as a certain audience may not be familiar with these companies.

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