FINAL: EVALUATION

Final: Trailer and Evaluation
MWE
22/04/14

EVALUATION

NOTE: WE ARE AWARE THAT OUR EVALUATION IS 18 MINUTES LONG. THEREFORE, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD POST THE TRANSCRIPT UNDERNEATH TO HELP YOU MARK IT.

TRANSCRIPT:

                In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Our character of Jordan Sumner and his alter-ego George Carter subverts the shallow “jock”/ “pretty boy but dumb” stereotypes protagonist” -conforms to the Freudian Psychoanalysis and Levi Strauss Binary Opposites 

Built context on the “damsel in distress” portrayal of maturity subverted assertion of the “blonde stereotype” in Jane.  – We used the male gaze to give an air of sophistication and maturity within the character, reinforced by our use of the colour red- it gave an expression of potentiality for corruption and the girl as a sexual being. Therefore subverting the presumed naivety. The use of the showbiz-like dress table in the misc en scene and reflection suggests ambitious vanity and so between the impenetrable character of Jordan Sumner and glimpse of Jane’s corruption, it becomes difficult for the readers to judge the characters and where morality is for it’s blurred. Therefore, urging the audience to be attentive, to actively decoding the text

Yet our text does not fully conform to the male gaze as we insert grotesque shots of Jordan’s uncanny behaviour. Therefore,the growing sexual tension is disrupted and diffused and replaced by awry and twisted atmosphere, purposely making our audience feel uncomfortable as they sit watching two discordant scenes. Thus, subverting the typical teenage romance.Furthermore, we actively mock and criticise the male gaze. In projecting this dissection of the meat alongside the sensual shots of Jane we are challenging their lutful view of the female, as though to say "You are looking at this girl as though she is a meat yet you are repulsed by the open flesh". In effect, we forcefully make our audience aware of their perception of the character; snapping them out of their desiring stupor.  

                How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

We kept an ongoing motif of ego and alter ego in our texts- idea of reflection and “other self” – the symbolism of the mirror and water.  

There are rare shots in which we film the characters directly free from the reflection and mirrors. The shots are either of the character’s reflection or the camera as the mirror- emphasising this layer of concealment of the characters true personality- This message is constant in both the main product and ancillary text.

The colour scheme was consistent in all texts

The two ancillary tasks showcased our main characters, therefore fits seamlessly into the genre: Thriller/Horror

                What have you learned from your audiences feedback?

                 

 The trailer attracts different groups of audiences for different reasons

1.    Successfully pulled adolescents in through the use of the male gaze. Jane due to the pretty shots became an icon for teenage girls to aspire to, their representative- aspire to be beautiful and so attracts the audiences, sensual shots of the female and the angles in which an aspect of male gaze’s effect – curiosity towards the boy

2.    Adults were repulsed and threatened – frightened for the girl-  for their children

We learned that tight cuts are crucial in maintaining our audiences attention and helps build the tension to a climactic end

We learned that simplifying the narrative is effective in constructing our trailer, as intricate details can be confusing

We learned the importance of character development, particularly for our main protagonist to kindle some emotion and curiosity towards his actions. As a result, drawing them in.

              

  How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

YouTube Tutorials – For the ancillary task, we studied various magazines to study their structure. We looked at past A2 projects as well as legit magazines and posters. YouTube was useful in teaching us what to include in the magazine as well as providing us guidance on how to use photoshop

Iphone apps – There are iphone aps which were for editing photos (e.g. lock magazine), magazine layouts where we were given ideas about how we wanted out magazine to look like.

Flood lights and lamp improvisation- We were limited in terms of lights in our filming. So we had to improvise using floodlights  

Movie inspiration: Carrie, Jennifer’s Body, Prom Night, The Roommate – we looked at how the trailer for each text was constructed and used it as guidance

Other Texts: Wuthering Heights, Dorian Gray inspired us to create a character with Gothic roots.

Final cut pro- getting to grips with the new editing software which proved to be relatively similar to imovie. We combined the help of other media technologies such as Youtube whilst using final cut pro to construct and mimic how they used titles etc.