Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
Lindsey Harley
1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or
challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
My film magazine uses conventions of real media
products as it follows the structure of the layout.
Real
media
My
product
product
• My film poster challenges
conventions as generally, My product
the release date is at the
bottom, but it is in a bigger
font or different colour so
to stand out from the other
credits.
• However, I kept it the
same colour and just
made it bold. This was
because I felt it still stood
out, but didn’t attract the
audience’s attention away
Real media product
from the rest of the poster.
I felt that the picture and
tagline did a better job of
promoting the film itself,
than the actual release
date – which wasn’t
important for my initial
aim.
• My trailer uses conventions of real media products through the structure – in which it has a
equilibrium, dis-equilibrium and some form of resolution that gets the audience to think.
This was incorporated in my trailer by starting it showing her at home - i.e. falling out of bed,
locking the house up etc, then introducing the 2 sub main characters – both of which are seen with
Kate in different situations i.e. with Steven she was clumsy and constantly embarrassing herself,
whereas around Tom she was more herself and let loose - dancing. Towards the end I then had
an argument for the dis-equilibrium, as it shows confrontation and it highlights things are getting
too much for her. I then ended the trailer with an unsolved ending as this would encourage
audience members to watch the movie so they find out who she chooses – it leaves them wanting
more.
Equilibrium
Dis-equilibrium
Resolution
• My trailer begins with the
institutions. By doing this, it
introduces them to those
involved and allows the audience
to relate to other products they
have made. This also is a good
way of encouraging them to
continue watching.
However, this was a technical hitch where the Mac used wouldn’t allow
me to change them. Given the chance, I would have used lighter colours
– maybe a white on the background, with the red to highlight romance.
How effective is the combination of your main product and
ancillary texts?
• Both the main tasks and ancillary texts fit as a whole package
as they are all different forms of media. Because of this, I am
able to ‘spread the word’ and promote my film on a wider
basis.
• I used an Apple I-Mac to edit the trailer where I was able to: add in fades, smooth
transitions, cut certain parts of the filming and add credits, etc. Here my skills developed
as normally I would use Windows Movie Maker.
• Research and planning: used secondary sources via the internet to research into
existing products. i.e. wikipedia, imdb etc. I also used youtube to view and post trailers
onto my blog.