Preliminary Task- Evaluation Questions.

1. In what way does your media product, use, develop or challenge forms of conventions of real media products? 

In our preliminary task we use shot reverse shot. The camera views the action from the opposite side of the previous shot, during a conversation between Amna (Prisoner) and Sophia (Visitor), it gives the effect of looking from one face to the other so you can see body language and emotion. You also get a sense of whats going on within each shot. This Shot is used instead of using a long shot or close up  because with these shots you don't feel the same effect meaning its not very interesting for the audience. Real Media products also use shot reverse shot for the same effects and develop on the shots in more detail.

     2.  How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Our film represents people who have been bought up without biological parents and are put into prison for doing bad things because of how society has taught them to live.

     3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

A media institution that may be interested in distributing our short film may be broadcasters advertising on teenagers in care or magazines to give an example of what its like to be in this type of situation. In an advertisement a company could use our short film and develop on it relating to the topic. In a magazine it would re-tell the film in text and pictures, making it clear for the audience to understand.

     4. Who would be the audience for your media product?

The targeted audience for our media product are people who have the same situation or know someone that does. A young audience can benefit from this because they will get to know what its like to be in this situation and how to improve on these types of situations. An more older audience could also gain knowledge on how to help these poor teenagers and give them a better understanding of society and how to live life in a good way.

     5.  How did you attract/ address your audience?

We used our space very effectively to gain a knowledge of whats going on within the film, for example we used a lift for the prison cell were the prisoner (Amna) sat in the corner upset, the audience could tell by the next shot that it was a prisoner because the guard (Zahra) aressted her. Also in every single shot of our film your always wanting to know whats going to happen in the next shot, by the time we reach the conversation (Shot reverse Shot) the audience can clearly address the situation.

     6. What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

I have learnt that producing a media product isn't as easy as i thought it would be, and especially for a 2 minute film it took us quite a lot of time to put it all together. There are many things you have to be aware of, for example: continuity errors, checking that the camera is fully charged, making sure your not shooting from the wrong angle. All sorts of technologies have to carefully construct their media product in order for film/advertisements to look realistic and effective. By the experience of producing this preliminary task our group have learnt to be aware of how much time we are given to produce our film and use our time effectively, and not leave everything at the last minute. When we construct our main task we will encounter all that we have learned and apply it to develop our skills and knowledge.