1)In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Before making my magazine,I researched into similar media to familiarize myself with the layout, codes and conventions and how the products are presented. After doing the neccessary research, I found it much easier to create my products as I had inspiration from other products that are on the market today. I tried to add the codes and conventions on my products that are found on the real media ones.
For example, for my trailer I used the different use of shots to resemble a professional film trailer. I was also inspired with the different techniques that are used on a trailer, like using a narrator/voiceover or the use of texr for example. All the convnentions used on my own were inspired from a particular trailers from the film entitled 'The Strangers'.
For my poster, I had to look at other film posters and anlyse the conventions that they show, depicting the ones that are more succssful. I then had to use this techniques on my own products including the magazine front cover. This helped to develop the professionalism in the tasks making them resemble to real media products today.
2) How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary tasks?
I made sure that I created products that linked together so they could be instantly recognizeable to the audience. For example, the mask in my trailer is the trademark for this movie, so I made sure that this image was found in all 3 products in order to link them together. I made the magazine front cover and the poster hold a very dark undertone which portrayed the genre of the movie. I think when combined, all three products were successful as they all conveyed the same messages.
3) What have you learned from your audience feedback?
When in the process of making all my tasks, I asked for audience feedback through surveys. This helped me to make the appropriate changes to my work in order to not only seem more professional but also be more successful. I learned to take positive criticism and use it effectively on my work. Recieving the feedback from the audience also helped to see new creative ideas to use in my work that I have not used before. This helped to explore new techniques and gain the knowledge on how to use them in further tasks.
4) How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?
For the construction of my media tasks, I used the new HD camera's that were available which made sure that my work was produced in the best quality. It also meant the clips that I filmed were easier to upload. Also to makes the ancillary tasks, I used a recent version of Photoshop which meant that my products were very easy to edit and came out the best quality that I had planned to produce.
