1. Media Coursework Evaluation Film trailer, poster and magazine front cover for sweet dreams.

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

4. Real Media Products- Conventions of a poster example The main image is of the main character. This helps to introduce her to the audience. Her facial expression reflects her feelings The title is bold and stands out and helps to introduce the name of the film. Information about the production company and the director etc. The border of the poster is brightly coloured to catch the eye of the audience. The name of the main actress allows the audience to recognise who she is. A tagline helps to give a little bit more information about the film. A background image of some of the other characters helps the audience to see who else is in it and what they are like. The date of release shows the audience when they can expect to see the film. The poster overall has a bright appearance. Some of the images and the background appear to have been edited to look bright. This will attract the audience more.

7. My Media Product - Conventions of my Poster There is a tagline at the top which is catchy and inspirational. I think it is a good thing to have at the top above the main character. The dark pink makes it stand out. The title is below the main image. The colour blue makes it stand out from the rest of the poster. It has also been placed over the image of a cloud which makes it more interesting to look at, and to stand out. There is the name of the main actress and actor so the audience can familiarise with them. Their first names are small and the surnames big. In the film industry, actors are often better recognised by their surnames so these will stand out more. They are also in different shades of pink to stand out. There are stars around them as a decorative feature. The main image is of the main character so the audience knows what she looks like and can identify that the film will be about her. Form her pose and the smile the audience can also tell what the film might be about and what sort of character she is. The release date is on there so the audience knows when the film is coming out. It is underneath the title as I intended the top half of the poster to promote the film and the bottom bit shows any information that the audience might like to know. At the bottom is information about the production company etc and an age certification so the audience can recognise who made it and that the age is suitable for them

9. Real Media Products - Conventions of a Magazine Front Cover A bold title to draw the readers in. It is red so it stands out. A list of what is featured inside to inform the audience Main image to show what is featured in the magazine and to attract the audience. She is wearing a cheerleading outfit and has blood on her hand which suggests the type of film she might be in. She is also a big star and the audience will recognise this. Barcode for the sale of the magazine. Smaller images show what else is featured in the content of the magazine but as these are smaller they are aimed to be less attractive to the audience.

11. My Media Product – Conventions of my Magazine Front Cover There is a bold title to grab the attention of the readers. The background adds extra emphasis and makes it stand out. It is in a ‘bar’ so it separates it from the rest of the content and will be the first thing that the audience sees. Price, website, date and barcode for sales reasons. A list of content shows the content of the magazine so the audience can find out what is inside. The use of colours makes words such as ‘HOTTEST’ stand out. The font is consistent bust some words are in italic or bold to stand out and give it a more diverse appearance. The three films at the top show what is featured in the magazine, this includes mine. Image is of the main character of my film to attract the audience and stay consistent with my other texts. It is in the centre so it stands out. It is a wide shot as I wanted to create and element of mystery. I didn’t want the audience to recognise her straight away as she is a new star so they would want to read more about her. The white background makes the rest of the content stand out so it will catch the eye of the audience easily.

15. Stills of the trailer Still 1 is the opening scene of Annabelle waking up. It is very light which shows that it is morning and the fact she is in bed shows she has just awoken. She is wearing an eye mask which adds to the humour as it is bright pink and says Leave Me Alone. She sits up, rubs her eyes and falls back down to sleep. This scene aimed to attract the audience into watching more of the trailer. Still 2 is an image of the main character reading her work and a boy about to knock into her, this is another scene that I intended to be humorous. It also shows the change of location, from home to school and the audience can recognise where the film is set.

16. Stills of the trailer Still 3 is to show some of the transitions from scene to scene. This particular one is a repeat of the clip shown in still 2 following a clip of her getting paper thrown at her. I wanted the scenes to cut back and forth and thought that using this effect would make it look like each scene was sliding into place. Other transitions that I used included dissolve, blur and fade. Still 4 shows a close up of the character. This scene turned out darker than I had expected it to and time constraints and camera bookings meant I could not refilm it. I think it makes the trailer less attractive and does not fit in with the other scenes.

17. Stills of the trailer Still 5 is an over the shoulder shot of the main character Annabelle. I used a range of different shots throughout my trailer, and this is one of them. Others I used include close ups, mid shots, two shots and wide shots. Still 6 is to show the use of text in my trailer. I used a pink colour throughout in order to maintain the chick flick theme. It is used to tell the story of what is going on, which I thought would be more effective than a voice over as the audience would pay more attention to it. Still 7 is a mixture of film and text so the audience can see the name of the actress who plays the main character. They can associate the name with the face. In this scene I also used a dream effect as this is what Annabelle always imagines being like. I thought I should include an aspect of dream in the film in order to show that it is linked to the title.

19. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

24. What have you learned from your audience feedback?

32. How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?