Evaluation of AS media portfolio

1. By
Sam
McDowall

2.  The
opening
2
minutes
to
a
teen
comedy
 Introducing
character
 Enigma
through
these
characters,
how
do
they
know
each
other,
what
are
they
doing
 Typically
following
the
conventions
of
comedy

3.  Introducing
character
and/or
narrative
context
 Use
of
enigma
–
this
is
the
mystery
which
makes
the
audience
want
to
find
out
more
 Titles
 Cross
cutting
 Here
are
some
examples
are
of
how
my
titles
have
followed
the
typical
conventions:

4.  Set
in
or
around
high
schools
 Relationships
 Social
groups
 Typical
stereotypes:
The
Geek/Nerd,
The
Rebel

5.  I
feel
that
my
media
product
does
not
challenge
any
typical
conventions
for
its
genre.
 It
uses
common
forms
of
conventions
of
real
media
products.
 It
uses
a
cross
cutting
technique
which
is
conventional
for
my
genre
 Cross
cutting
also
creates
enigma,
by
how
these
two
opposite
characters
are
related,
where
they
are
going
and
who
they
are

7.  My
media
product
stereotypes
the
main
two
characters
 One
being
a
typical
geek,
the
other
traditionally
a
rebel.
This
matches
typical
conventions
of
a
teen
comedy.
 Usually
the
youths
of
today
are
portrayed
in
a
negative
way,
such
as
hoodies
and
anti-­‐social
behaviour
 Below
are
two
examples
of
my
characters

8. ‘Geek’
from
The
My
character,
Breakfast
Club
Reggie.

9. Teens
and
fans
of
teen
comedies.

10.  The
primary
audience
for
my
product
would
be
primarily
teenagers,
the
16-­‐24
age
group
who
are
the
biggest
cinema
audience
 They
would
be
able
to
relate
to
the
young
characters
in
the
film
and
also
it
gives
of
a
friendly
atmosphere
and
vibe
 Fans
of
comedy
films,
such
as
‘ The
Breakfast
Club’
and
‘Step
Brothers’
 Also
fans
of
TV
programmes
such
as
the
‘Inbetweeners’
and
‘Skins’

11.  I
have
attracted
an
audience
by
trying
to
create
a
product
that
would
personally
appeal
to
me,
as
I
am
in
the
main
target
market.
 Music
which
is
fun
and
upbeat
 The
style
of
fonts
 Opposites
of
characters
 The
way
in
which
it
is
edited

12.  During
this
process
I
have
learnt
about
a
lot
of
different
technologies
 These
include:
 Celtx
 LiveType
 Final
Cut
Pro

13.  This
programme
was
used
to
create
my
script
and
call
sheets,
also
script
breakdown

14.  In
this
programme
I
put
all
of
my
clips
together
to
form
my
final
film

15.  A
programme
used
for
creating
titles
and
effects
to
make
the
titles
look
more
smooth

16.  I
feel
that
I
have
learnt
a
number
of
things
from
the
original
preliminary
task
to
the
final
product.
 Your
preliminary
task
here
 Main
task
 Such
as
:
 Camera
work
 Editing
 Research
skills
 Titles
 Adding
music
–
finding
the
right
music
(fade
in/fade
outs)

18.  I
have
used
a
varied
selection
of
angles,
such
as
a
high
angle
and
low
angles
 In
my
preliminary
task
I
had
1
shot
size
and
an
unsteady
camera
 Also
a
good
mix
of
shot
sizes,
here
are
a
few
examples:
 Close
Ups
 High
Angles
 Point
Of
View
Shot
 Extreme
Close
Up

23.  When
editing
my
final
film,
I
added
cross
cutting
and
jump
cuts
 Compared
to
my
preliminary
task
I
have
learnt
how
to
make
the
following:
 Subclip
 Insert
music
 Insert
titles
over
my
footage

24.  When
researching
all
different
genre’s
I
decided
on
comedy
because
it
was
the
most
appealing
to
me
 After
looking
at
a
number
of
different
opening
sequences
I
quickly
saw
a
pattern
in
the
conventions
 This
made
me
want
to
make
my
own
comedy
 During
this
process
I
also
felt
more
confident
using
the
camera,
tripod
and
editing
the
film

25.  My
titles
are
made
to
give
off
a
fun
and
not
to
serious
film
 I
experimented
using
LiveType
 I
then
completed
them
on
Final
Cut
Pro
so
that
I
could
insert
them
directly
into
the
timeline
 Below
is
an
example
of
a
film
I
have
compared
my
titles
too

26.  When
adding
music
to
my
film
I
had
to
make
sure
that
I
was
breaking
any
contract
rules,
so
I
used
the
Free
Music
Archive

27.  Ideally
Universal
would
distribute
my
product.
 I
feel
that
it
fits
into
their
genre’s
 Also
their
general
conventions.

28.  In
reality
my
film
is
more
of
an
independent
 This
is
because
of
my
low
budget
 Also
because
of
my
unknown
actors
 Therefore
it
is
more
likely
for
my
film
to
be
distributed
by
Revolver