End Of Coursework Statement

It has been quite a lengthy year and this is my final post on this blog. I have learnt a lot through this AS Media year, things which i can be able to implement on my exam and the A2 year. I have really enjoyed this year. Aside from learning various techniques and terminology, i have been able to do what i enjoy the most which is; filming, editing and working with computers. I have learnt the value of teamwork and i can honestly say my knowledge has increased and developed from what i knew at the start of the year.

Evaluation Question #7

Looking back to your preliminary task, what do you feel that 

you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Evaluation Question #6

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of 

constructing the product?

Final Cut Express | Create Infographics

DSLR | Create Infographics

BLOGGER | Create Infographics

Evaluation Question #5

How did you attract/address your audience?

I found it easier to address my audience by putting them in front of the final product. In this case i decided to ask my brother and sister-in-law to be in this reaction video. At the end questions were asked to see what they truly felt of the final product. It shows enjoyed it and are willing to watch a full feature film based on it. But the reason i choose them its because they fell perfectly in the target audience for this specific film. They are in their mid 20's which is the right age for this film. The opening sequence is sophisticated and was the typical style they witnessed while growing up. Due to this it made them the perfect candidates that would tend to enjoy such a film that had a slight edge of their times. Even so it was said my brother that 'I have not seen something like this in a long time', which shows they are quite eager to see this style of film.

Evaluation Question #4

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Evaluation Question #3

What kind of media institution might distribute your 

media product and why?

Evaluation Question #2

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Evaluation Question #1

In what ways does your media product use, develop or 

challenge form and conventions of real media products?

Final Edit Of Opening Title Sequence - Grifter

This is our groups final edit of our opening title sequence "Grifter". I can honestly say we have put in 100% effort into our work trying to get the best out of it. We kept going over it trying to fix minor issues and constantly looking for ways to improve our opening sequence. I am very pleased with what we have been able to create with in this time as well as not falling behind but meeting the deadline. As a grope we worked together well and did each of our part to create the opening. There were some extra bits added that took much more time then we expected but we managed to get though it. Now that this is complete i am able to now answer my evaluation questions and see what and how i have developed over the period of doing this coursework.

Evaluation Planning

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

For the first question i plan to use the 9 key frame analysis. Reason being to use this is because it breaks up the film in 9 individual frame and allows me to go in depth with each one. As well as showing my analytical skills, it displays the main parts of the opening sequence and show's the emphasis it has with forms and conventions.

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

For the second question i plan to use a website called www.powtoon.com I find this website to be very professional and interactive. 

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

To answer this question i have decided to make a vlog, other wise known as a video blog.

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

To answer this question i have decided to use Voki. I like using this software because it is quite a different style. With it we can see a basic outline of what the character may look like. 

5.  How did you attract/address your audience.

To tackle this question i have decided to make a reaction video. The way i would do this is i will place some of my desired target audience in front of a camera and show them the opening title sequence. Then i will edit this as Picture In Picture (PIP) to show the reaction and the opening title sequence playing at the same time. This gives a nice effect and show's how my target audience actually feel about the opening title sequence.

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

For this question i plan to use the website http://infogr.am/ to create an infographic. Reason for this is because it allows my work to look more creative and overall making it aesthetically pleasing.

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

Personally i feel this may be the strongest question in the whole evaluation set of questions. So for this it occurs to me that i may have to do something special as it may be the last question i answer. The way i would answer this would be set up as a fake interview. I would play both roles one as the interviewer and the other as my self. A few questions will be asked in regards to the preliminary and opening sequence and seeing how far i have transgressed.

Evaluation Questions

Today we were told about all the 7 evaluation questions. This is the first time we have properly seen the evaluation questions and initially they look very simple to me. There are 1 or 2 questions where i thought of how i would answer them, but originally i was thinking of all the different techniques of the way i got present each question.

As we looked at them we decided to put them in a specific order, starting with the most significant all the way to the less significant.

The reason for choosing the first question where it is because we see it to show a big significance in the way we progressed. The idea of re-calling the day of the preliminary task shows how far we came from our first official piece of work.  From there everything goes down until the least significant. In this case; 'What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why.'
Either way i do see all the questions significant. As in order to achieve the marks all the questions must be answered.