evaluation question 7

evaluation question 6

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

Below I have included the Emaze document that I created explaining the different technologies that I found in the process of creating my opening title sequence. 

evaluation question 5

Question 5: How did you attract/address your audience?

evaluation question 4

Question 4:  Who would be the audience for your media product?

evaluation question 3

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

To complete this evaluation question i worked with Robyn Marshall-Dawson and used exam time as a web tool.


Flash Card Deck created by robyn marshall-D with ExamTime

evaluation question 2

Question- How does your media product represent particular social groups?

I worked with Robyn Marshall-Dawson when creating this slideshare document answering evaluation question 2.

evaluation question 1

Question- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? (i.e. of film openings)

In terms of how my media product has used forms and conventions of real media producvts is the structure of the film openings, we attempted to use tg=he same structure as originally used for most real life OTS'S.

Textual Analysis OTS

As a group we looked at the OTS for the film seven. I felt the tension and atmosphere which was created through the titles included elements which I felt would be a good style to use in our OTS as we want to give off the same effect. The typography used is key to the impression the film gives off its simple but for people viewing it gives a slight insight to what the film may consist of. In that way our OTS Is to be a lot like this but at the same time the sound etc. is not the type of thing we are looking to use in ours the sound in this is very much sci-fi like where ours is not going to be like this.

The camera work in this OTS is simplistic as it is mostly close-ups of hands, in comparison to ours where we are aiming to use a variety of different shots. The editing is mostly fading in and out of each scene with each title leading on to the next. Lighting is mostly dark not high levels of it at all, the titles are mostly all monochrome colours mostly dark, black and grey. I feel that their were very few locations as to where it was filmed
it seems to be inside and ours will be filmed in various locations outside and in.

Overall I feel that the typography and the atmosphere created is something we are looking to take on and apply to our own OTS. Although saying this we want our OTS to be original and not as similar to the extent people are clearly aware we were inspired by this OTS.

Narrative Theorists

Narrative Conflict  Claude Levi-Strauss (20th century theorist) suggested that all narratives are moved forwards by conflict and that this conflict is caused by opposing forces for example: rich and poor, love and hate etc. Also opposites within a storyline are extremely important in a successful story, as drawing two different worlds or characters together inspires conflict and interesting narrative. 

Roland Barthes suggested that there are codes within a film which serves to engage audiences. These codes are as follows:
The Enigma Code generates and controls what information a viewer is aware of within a narrative and holds their interest throughout the film. It introduces problems or puzzles which must be solved as well as mysteries which must be uncovered.

The Action Code refers to events that occur which the viewer immediately can identify with as being significant to the development of the narrative. Resolution may also be achieved through action.

Propp Narrative Devices:

Vladimir Propp also proposes narrative structure which is similar to Todorov's, but slightly more detailed and complex:

• Preparation - Introduction to the story.
• Complication - Keys or clues to the direction of the story.
• Transference - The donor events.
• Struggle - Dealing with complications.
• Return - Back to 'home' however there are still issues remaining.
• Recognition - Loose ends are tied up.

Propp's also looks at character theory which identifies more character roles than the previous antagonist and protagonist. Propp identifies seven main roles:

• The villain
• The donor - Prepares the hero or gives them a magical object
• The (magical) helper - Helps the here throughout the quest
• The princess - Object of the heroes desire, sought for during the narrative
• The princess's father - Rewards the hero
• The dispatcher - Character to send the hero off
• The hero (victim/seeker) - Reacts to the donor, weds the princess, completes the quest
• The false hero, usurper or anti hero

Evaluation of Preliminary task

During the Prelim task we learnt alot about how to film and edit. We filmed and got too grips with the basics of shotting a short film. Wev