Evaluation Question 4

The forth evaluation question is - how did you use media technologies in the construction of your research, planning and evaluation staged?

Evaluation Question 3

The third question for the evaluation is - what have you learned from your audience feedback?

Evaluation: Question 3 from AmyBraud16

Evaluation Question 2

The second evaluation question is - how effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

Evaluation Question 1

The first evaluation question was- in what ways does your media products use, develop or challenge forms and conventions forms and conventions of real media products?

Final Draft of the Poster

This is the final draft of my groups poster:

Poster - Audience Feedback

I asked a few people about what they thought of the first draft of the poster and wrote down what they said.

 

I was happy with the feedback I received as most of the people I asked said it was eye catching and realistic. However, I realised that the poster looked a bit plain as some of the people I asked said I should put something else in such as a quote or star rating.

First Draft of the Poster

Even though Sarah did the research and planning for film posters, I made the film poster while the other's worked on finishing the trailer. I was able to do this as Sarah's research enabled me to understand the codes and conventions of romantic drama film posters. We made this decision as our deadline was soon as we didn't give our selves enough time to be able to finish all of it as a group. 

This is the title and the release date I put on the poster. Making the title fit in with the films genre was a struggle as I couldn't find the right colors. However, in the logo-studio in SerifPagePlusX7 where I made the poster, I was able to mix colors to give it almost a mystical look; but by adding in a harsh black shadow and outline, I still managed to keep it a bit more serious to add to the drama aspect of the movie. 

This is the first draft of the poster. The image we decided to use is effective because of the way she's holding his tie. It highlights the romantic lust in the movie as it implies she "wants him". I added the white fog to the bottom on a site called iPiccy as it allowed me to overlay the hard colors at the bottom of the original picture so the title, release date, small print and logo would be more visible. 

Analysis Film Posters - The Last Song

- Made by Sarah

Codes and Conventions of Film Posters

Sarah did all of the poster research while I covered magazine covers and Amy and Celyn started editing. We realized we had to split up the work because we were running out of time before our first deadline. 

Second Draft of Magazine Cover & Audience Feedback

We asked a few people what they thought of our first draft and this is the feedback we got:

 

After assessing what everyone has said, I then tried to redo it and add extra parts. However I wasn't able to change the background colour as I realised we would have to re-do the whole picture. This is the second draft.

 

 

We will get some more feedback of our target audience and then assess our next steps into making it look better.



First Draft of Magazine Cover

I did the research of the magazine cover and ended up doing the first draft while the others worked on editing the trailer. We were running out of time so we thought this was the best decision because we wouldn't have had enough time to finish everything by the deadline. 

We decided to call our magazine cover "FUSION" because it's the same as our production company. By doing this, we emphasized the fact our film was done by a big production company that can afford to have it's own magazine. 

We had a bit of Mufaro's head covering the title as it will be a well known title that everyone can recognize. 

This is the first draft of our magazine cover. I kept the color scheme quite plain but wanted to match it to the color of her dress. The main image of the magazine cover makes Mufaro's character look more dominant then Sarah's as he has both hands around her as if he's protecting her. The direct code of address from Mufaro's character is quite strong making him look like he has a lot of powers but Sarah's expression look almost scared. 

The main article featuring on the magazine cover: 

By putting "their" it makes the cover seem more personal and would make readers want to know more about them. Similarly, we underlines and highlighted "Dirty" to imply they will be spilling all their "naughty" secrets so readers would be more intrigued. It also goes along with the theme of our film as the relationship between the teacher and sixth form student is deemed wrong and "dirty". 

Analysis of "Entertainment Weekly" Magazine

MAGAZINE COVERS - Terminology

Terminology for magazine covers:

• Typography: font
• A Masthead: the title in the main typography to make readers familiar with the magazine they are reading.
• Main Image: typically the main person(s) or object in the feature article. 
• Selling line/Strap line: seen as the introductory headline below the masthead describing the magazine.
• Pug: the "ears" of the magazine. Normally in one of the top corners of the magazine cover. The prices, logo, or even freebies are put there to catch the readers eye. 
• Tag: the word or phrase used to engage a readers interest in the story by categorizing it. For example. "EXCLUSIVE" or "SENSATIONAL"; this showing the magazine has high compliments. 
• Cover-lines: the essential articles inside the magazine are stated through the cell lines, and are regularly seen on the right hand side of the cover.
• Left Third: The left third contains the main feature article (Exclusive interview), as this is the core part of what may be inside the magazine. It also includes the main artist or band situated within.
• Top and Bottom Strip: These are the strips below and above the magazine that give further information to what may be included in the magazine. Mostly being the interesting parts of the magazine.