Question 2

I decided to complete this question with my friend who I worked on my trailer with, therefore using the same video.

Film Magazine front cover

Ideas For Evaluation Made In A Group.

• Vlogging the response
• Using a two-camera set-up in the filming of the response
• Adding in examples of where conventions have been conformed or subverted to from the final product of the short film
• Use examples from real media products in contrast to how you have used the same techniques
• Podcast- question and answer from social media
• Google slides presentation
• Short film plot- example Sam Lapham’s kidnap situation for the evaluation response
• Voice over of clips and images from the short film and ancillary tasks

Question 1-In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and
conventions of real media products?

• Vlog- video response
• Two camera set-up
• Take breaks between filming- edit with transitions
• Add background music
• Act confident in front of the camera
• Answer the question directly

Question 2 -How effective is combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

• Add in clips and images to the video to compare them
• Visual illustrations and a voice over- showing examples
• Show continuation and consistency
• Visual bibliography

Question 3-What have learned from your audience feedback?

• Radio show
• Focus group
• Q + A
• Script it
• Mention ancillary tasks.

Question 4-How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and
evaluation stages?

• Vlogs with various transitions
• Pictures of the different forms of media technologies used
• Show progression
• Prezzie, featuring construction, Research, Planning.

Final Decided Film Poster

Final Film Poster Options

Option 1:

Option 2:

Deconstruction of Horror Film Poster 2.

The Women In Black 2 Deconstruction.

The movie poster contains standard poster features such as a picture, credit block, release date and the producer/director's name.
The main colours are red, white, black and brown. These colours are very dull and boring as-well as scary. The colours present and reflect the film genre, as they're very bold and dark which could connote the film to being a horror.

The genre's conventions in this poster are the dark and ''eerie' colours that clearly show this movie to be horror. Also the colours and themes of red, black and mostly white play an impact on this. The colour red is usually associated with blood, the colour black can symbolize death or pain, and ghosts typically are known and associated with the colour white. The teddy that the young boy is holding could also be another typical convention of horror films/paranormal effects, as items like this could be seen as possessed or artifacts of hell.
The poster reveals the release date, emphasising and building hype around that period of time creating tension and giving the target audience a burst of adrenaline as they're in excitement to watch the film after release, as-well as creating tension through small phrases such as ''she never forgives'', ''she never forgets'' and ''she never left''.

The symbols used are the figure/shadow that is standing tall behind the young boy. The figure stands out on the poster because it is presented as a bright/bold figure standing out as the key piece of information on this poster. Another key piece of information the poster offers is the little boy's teddy, the teddy seems to be destroyed or ruined, which could connote numbers of things giving slightly more information about the entire story. Lasty the by who is represented as a small child, although the way the poster has been designed could give the impression that he is being haunted by the demon or that he represents some form of evil himself.

The targeted audience are adults/teenagers ages 15+, from the cover of this poster I can identify that the poster is aimed towards this age group or aimed somewhat toward that age group, as well as focused more towards males as horror is more so viewed by the male gender however females do often view horror films as-well.

Deconstruction of Horror Film poster 1.

The film poster I am deconstructing is Sinister, my reasoning to this is because instantly I thought that I could write quite a lot regarding this poster, as well as being intrigued by what seems to be the protagonist in the bottom right hand corner.

To begin instantly I can see that the protagonist of the film is on the poster interlinking with the small yet powerful tagline under the title ''Once you see him nothing can save you''. This is a really deep and indulging tagline/image building lots of mystery around the character and questioning why he will take a life when you ''see'' him/her. The image of this monster covered in blood looks to be staring directly at the camera as if he is watching you.The theme of this is carried out in during multiple posters of sinister as well as this one as it forces it to seem like it is impossible to get away or escape him.

At the top of the page it identifies who the creator of the film is, this could mean that people may want to watch ''sinister'' for that reason as they enjoyed both ''paranormal activity'' and ''insidious'' previously. This gives a better advantage for trying to market the film as it has been produced/created by someone with good quality.

The title appears to be smudged but still easily readable, trying to create an eerie approach to the poster, giving emphasis toward the name, also possibly creating a mystery for why it may be like this. As said earlier the tagline beneath the title ''once you see him, nothing can save you''. tells me roughly what the story line. may be about, and what potential outcomes the film will have.

The colour scheme that is used, represents normal horror poster conventions as they usually consist of mostly dull, grey, black and white colours. The colors usually connote a sense of isolation, death, depression, bad thoughts, dread and possession all of these usually occur within the horror genre.

What resources can I take from this deconstruction?

From the ''Sinister Film Poster'' The one thing that stands out to me is the colour scheme, which edges to the theme of film giving an outcome of a spooky character haunting people. However every effect used for this poster has a purpose and plays a big part in announcing that it ids of the horror genre and is well produced.