Question 7-

Question 7 by Hannabee on GoAnimate

Thoughts about question 7-

I am now nearing the end of my evaluation.

Question 7 seems fairly simple as it relates back to question 6. I feel that this final question is very personal of what I have learnt over both the preliminary and main task and what my improvements for next time be.

Question 6-

Question 5-

Question 4-

Question 4 Research-

What does the 12A symbol mean?

12A means that anyone aged 12 or over can go and see the film unaccompanied. The A stands for 'accompanied'. Children younger than 12 may see the film if they are accompanied by an adult who must watch the film with them.

Uses of strong language in a 12 or 12A...

The BBFC's Guidelines state that there may be strong language (eg 'f***') at 12 or 12A, but it must be infrequent. The context of the strong language is important. Aggressive uses of strong language may result in a film or DVD being placed at the 15 category. There is some allowance for puns on strong language at this category.
There may be moderate language (eg uses of terms such as ‘bitch’ and ‘twat’ at 12 or 12A).

What sort of violence can I expect in a 12 or 12A ?

• At 12A, moderate violence is allowed but it should not dwell on detail. There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood, but occasional gory moments may be permitted if they can be justified by their context (for example brief sight of bloody injury in a medical drama).
• Action sequences and weapons may be present at 12 or 12A, and there may be long fight scenes or similar. Weapons which might be easily accessible to 12 year olds should not be glamorised in 12A and 12 works.
• Sexual violence, such as scenes of rape or assault, may only be briefly and discreetly indicated at 12A.

Can Horror and Thriller films be passed 12 or 12A?

Yes, some horror films are passed at this category. Moderate physical and psychological threat is permitted at 12 or 12A as long as disturbing sequences are not too frequent or sustained.

Is 15 really stronger than 12A?

15 works are stronger than 12 or 12A rated works and could include any of the following:

• strong violence
• frequent strong language (eg 'f***').
• portrayals of sexual activity
• strong verbal references to sex
• sexual nudity
• brief scenes of sexual violence or verbal references to sexual violence
• discriminatory language or behaviour
• drug taking

 

Question 3-

Question 2-

What Are The Social Groups in Your Product?

Step 1	What are the social groups in your product?	·         Criminal ·         Vulnerability ·         Gender
Step 2	What is the stereotype of those groups? (expectations)	Criminal- wear dark clothes Vulnerability- light clothes, fast pace music to show that character is panicking. Gender- Males should play criminals and females should play the victims.
	Criminals…	In Orphan, the girl is wearing light clothes in innocent scenes (going to school) and dark clothes when she is about to kill someone. She is a female ‘child’ both you would think are innocent. She also has strength of a male in mind and body. In my product the criminal  is female and also has strength.
	Vulnerability…	When you’re scared, you hide. If it’s in a house- under a bed, like in Taken. My product is set outside for the chase so my character would hide behind a tree or bush. To create tension fast music is played as the victim runs to a hiding place then the music becoming slower and quieter until the climax. This shows the character is alone, scared and vulnerable to harm.
	Gender…	Females are normally the ‘damsel in distress’ and normally call someone while they hide. In my media there is a female hiding but not calling anyone- I thought that it would have no difference to a real thriller if a phone call was involved. Males are normally the criminals and the hero’s, so I thought about changing it to female being the criminal making the character an anti-stereotype.
Step 3	The stereotypical criminal…	·         Male ·         Strength (mind and body) ·         Dark clothing
	The stereotypical victim…	·         Physically weaker ·         Light clothing- suggests being pure and innocent ·         Females and/or children.

 

Question 1-

Here is a PowerPoint of question 1...

Updated format choices-

I have now changed my formats for each question...

1. PowerPoint
2. Table (Microsoft Word)
3. Prezi (Mind-map)
4. Video
5. Poster
6. Audio
7. Go Animate

Problems With The Formats-

Looking into each format, I discovered a few problems with my original formats that I chose.
I found that Slideshare and PowerPoint is the same format
I also found it hard to plan with some questions on certain formats so I'm now changing them so that I will be able to plan and answer the questions given.

Formats-

                                                                       Question 1... (powerpoint)

                                                       Question 2... (mind-map)- Prezi

Question 3... (slideshare)

Question 4... (video)

Question 5... (directors commentary)

Question 6... (audio)

Question 7... (go animate)

My feeling towards the questions-

I feel like some questions are harder than others especially when each format of the answer to the questions must be different. Although I have had difficultly choosing what format for what question I think I'm now happy with my final choice.
I think that once I've started the evaluation questions I'll settle in more and be more comfortable with each question.

7 Question Evaluation-

The next few posts will be my evaluation or about it and research on the first 2 minutes of my film.
Each answer needs to be shown in a different way (meaning that none can be the same) they can be shown through a PowerPoint, mind-map (prezi), audio etc...

The 7 questions for the evaluation that need to be answered are...

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
5. How did you attract / address your audience?
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Final Product-

 

Here is my final product of Three's A Crowd...

 

 

Feedback from youtube-

On YouTube I have had over 80 views and 5 likes.
I have uploaded this on YouTube so that I can get a wider audience feedback from a range of people that I don't even know.