Evaluation - Question 1

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

-Emma

Audience Feedback

Examples of our audience feedback. The examples below range from videos in which we interviewed members of our target audience, asking for feedback to our peers via Whatsapp, voiceclips and written feedback.




Name: Lucy
Age: 17

Lucy said that all three of our products looked professional which was positive feedback as this is what we had wanted to achieve. She also commented on our use of camera work and this was varied in the trailer which made it look more professional. Lucy also mentioned that our trailer was conventional therefore did not reveal too much of the storyline in order to make our audience want to go and watch the film and all three texts worked well together in promoting the film. One improvement Lucy suggested regarding the film poster was that the white border wasn't particularly conventional of film posters and maybe would have worked better if the main image filled the entire page. Although we tried this we felt that the white border made our product more unique and was still inkeeping with the drama genre. We used the white borders to make the poster resemble a polaroid to give the film a more vintage and gritty feel.



Name: Brieani
Age:17

Brieani picked up on our storyline also. She said that she was intrigued to find out who 'The Others' were and mentioned that this presented a twist to the storyline of a sci-fi element which was effective in promoting the film because you had questions after watching the trailer in which you wanted to find out. She also mentioned the fonts used on the magazine cover were simple but effective as they weren't too distracting from the main image. The colour scheme was also quite feminine which was good because we wanted to have this throughout our texts to promote our strong female character. Additionally, she said that the galaxy background worked well on the film poster because it suggested an element of fantasy therefore this was consistent to represent our drama and sci-fi genres.


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From this feedback we learnt that our soundtrack definitely helped to convey our genre. This was enabled by the atmosphere it created to show the drama genre but also had an eerie element which hinted to the sci-fi genre to present our hybrid genre. Rasharn also pointed out that our camera work was good particularly the 360 shot around our female protagonist which added to the disequilibrium. Regarding the magazine and poster, the colour scheme was good such as the combination of blues, pinks and purples which created the fantasy element of our products linking back to the theme of our trailer. It was also commented that our products looked professional and worked well together in promoting our film.

This is an example of the written feedback we got. This was specifically for the completed cut of our trailer and commented on the improvements we had made and how this had worked effectively. For example, Laura liked the fact we had now included critics because it was conventional of the drama genre and the galaxy background added interest to the text. She also said that our use of sound was much better and helped to convey the storyline much better. The first thing she picked up on watching our new trailer was that there was definitely a sci-fi element to the film therefore the improvements we have made definitely helped to portray our plot better whilst still creating enigma and show our hybrid genre.

Final Magazine Cover

Final Poster

Audience Feedback

These are responses to the questionnaires Sam created for members of our target audience which we got them to fill out after looking at all three of our products.

Questionnaire for Audience feedback from samasmedia

Creating the Magazine Cover

Creating the magazine cover from samasmedia

Third Draft Magazine

Updated Magazine Cover

This is the final cut of the Poster as one of our ancillary texts using audience feedback to constantly improve the drafts until it was perceived to look similar to a real life media text.

-Samantha

Magazine Cover

This is the magazine cover created by Samantha. The purple and pink colour scheme coincides with our trailer and poster as purple is present in all of them. She has added the pink to give the magazine a more feminine feel, taking inspiration from independent magazines to focus on femininity and strength, a reason why we use a female protagonist. The central image is our main actor which is consistent with the film poster and a similar image.

Third Draft Poster

Updated Film Poster

This is the final edit of our film poster. From the feedback we received from our audience, I have only made slight alterations to the poster. For example, I made the "November 2016" slightly bigger and put it in a dark purple to make it stand out more. The quote at the top I have also enlarged and made slightly darker so it was more easily readable. I also made the title bigger as well just so it was more obvious on the page.

Editing the Film Poster

Film Poster - Draft 1

Mock Up Magazine Cover

Before beginning to create my magazine cover, I have drafted a template for the structure I will follow whilst creating the magazine. I plan to follow this mock up as a basis for structure, however this may change depending on if it looks professional.

-Samantha

Magazine Research

Create your own infographics

-Samantha

Audience Feedback - Magazine

As Sam was creating the magazine cover, she decided to carry out a survey to ask our target audience what kind of magazines they preferred. Below are the results:

Survey results from samasmedia

Editing the Trailer

This is how we edited the improvements into our trailer.

Final Trailer