Carla's Shadow Horror Film Products

IN WHAT WAY DOES YOUR MEDIA PRODUCT USE, DEVELOP OR CHALLENGE FORMS AS CONVENTIONS OF THE REAL MEDIA PRODUCTS

[object Object],The target audience for my trailer was 15+. This allowed me to have a good idea of what I wanted in my trailer and that it has a wide target audience. I made sure that my trailer followed some forms of conventions to keep up to date with my target audience. However I didn’t want to copy other trailers in the media, due to copyright, and that if I had of copied other trailers that are in the media because my audience, would have already seen it before. In my poster there are many different conventions. This includes, the title having a shadow, this is also quite ironic because the title of my trailer is called shadow. The picture could also draw people in because they would want to know what happens in the trailer, this will catch the audiences eye. I took some ideas from other media posters, by using the small writing at the bottom of the poster showing the casting and directing of the film, also I have added a comment and a rating to show the profession side of it. The colour scheme that I have used works quite well with my story line and the genre of my trailer. Although I don’t have much colour in my poster, i think that it works quite well, the red on my title could show that it is a horror trailer. I feel that people would want to see my trailer by seeing my poster, because they would want too see what happens. I think that a conventional horror poster would include, having the title quite bold, to make it more appealing and eye catching to the target audience. Another typical convention would be having a main picture that would also grab peoples attention. I think that I have achieved some of these typical conventions that would be seen on a horror poster, by adding a main picture that catching the audiences’ eye, but also having a relatively eye catching title, so that people could identify the film easier.

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HOW EFFECTIVE IS THE COMBINATION OF YOUR MAIN PRODUCT AND ANCILLARY TEXT

[object Object],I think that I vital part of selling the products is having an eye catching title and picture, and to keep them all relatively similar. This allows the audience to remember the image on each product. Therefore the audience will know what they are look for when they go to buy one of the products or to watch the film, as they will be able to remember the link between each one. The colours that I have used throughout my products have a link, because although there isn’t a lot of colour, they are relatively the same, being black white and red. This will also allow the audience to make that link and be able to find each products easier. The black in the products give it a more mysterious feel to it, but also to contrast with white because it stands out better on a dark background. The red in the products gives it a horror type feel. The products that I have designed were done in macromedia fireworks. This allowed me to keep the similar links between all my products, for example my picture Is the same throughout, and my text is similar in each one. This again allowed me to keep the links between them. In fireworks I was able different tools to dark my picture and turn a regular picture into a silhouette.

WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT FROM YOUR AUDIENCE FEEDBACK

[object Object],One thing I learnt from my feedback was how to suit the needs of my audience by, asking what they found eye catching when looking at different products and what they look for in a good horror film. From this feedback I was able to understand how to improve it better and therefore improving my own knowledge in the film industry. They told me that by experimenting with different fonts and pictures, I would be able to see different aspects of how my products could look. They also said that by looking at different soundtracks it would help me to understand how different soundtrack fit better, therefore I was able to improve all 4 of my products better by experimenting. I found this good feedback, but sometimes I found it hard to see what looked and sounded better. However after keeping at it, I was able to then see what suited and went together well. After having feedback for my trailer, I found that the soundtrack that I choose suited better, because although it isn’t a typical horror soundtrack, I think that it works well with the rest of the trailer and the footage that I filmed. The feedback from my products was that to make some of them looking more professional, I should add things such as a barcode and price on my magazine cover. After doing these changes I felt that they did look more profession and that it was more eye catching and easier to identify. From all this feedback I have leant that it is vital when making a film and products to go with it. If I didn’t get feedback, I think that my products would look like they do now. They helped me keep a link between my products and show me how to make it more professional.

HOW DID YOU USE MEDIA TECHNOLOGIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION AND RESEARCH, PLANNING AND EVALUATION STAGES

I have used different technologies while doing my media. I think that by using different types of technology, I have expanded my knowledge about the different software available to use. When finding my research to make my products, I used different websites to find magazines, posters and DVD covers, rather than going out and looking in shops, I found that finding them on the internet was easier than going out and find them. I thought that this was the best way to do my research as it allowed me to keep going back and looking over them rather than either going back to the shops of carrying them around with me. Also by doing this I was able to zoom in to different parts and take a more closer look at things. When It came to researching my trailer, I also found it was easier to do thins online, I used a site called trailer addict, this allowed me to look at different trailers, new and old, whereas going this in the real world would be quite difficult to do. This website was easy to use, and enabled me to copy the link and post it to mu blog. It allowed me to look at a verity of different trailers, whether they were new or old. You could either type in the type of genre you were looking for, or a certain type of film. This gave me a good idea of what I wanted to put into my trailer, it also helped me with what I should put at the beginning of my trailer.

[object Object],When making my products I used macromedia fireworks, this allowed me to keep the similar links between all my products, for example my picture Is the same throughout, and my text is similar in each one. I found this program easy to use, because everything is straight forward. A program that I was going to use was Photoshop, but I found that fireworks suited me better and that it was easier to use when making my products. By using fireworks I was able to make pictures darker and ground different photos together to make them look like one picture. I was also able to choose my canvas size to suit which product I was making. Each of the tools I needed, I found easier to use than Photoshop.

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