Evaluation

For our evaluation, Chloe Connell and I split the questions we would answer.

Question 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?



For this particular question I uploaded screenshots of our horror opening, onto www. powtoon.com. Each screen shot is accompanied with a brief description, that explain whether our opening meets typical conventions of real media products. Overall I found that our horror opening held similar forms and conventions, to other horror films.


Question 2: How does your media product represent particular social groups?



For the second question, both Chloe and I decided to work together. We filmed ourselves mimicking an interview. Chloe set up the camera and played the role of the interviewer; while I answered the question regarding the role I played within our horror opening. We then uploaded it onto Final Cut Pro and edited it; the finalised video was uploaded onto YouTube by Chloe.


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

A media institution can be defined as being an organisation, which gains profit through things such as entertainment services. There are various media instsititions which may distribute horror films, such as Lions Gate. This is a large entertainment company which distributes films of various genres, including horror.

Below is a collage of four horror films which have been distributed via Lions Gate. There is also an image of the Lions Gate ident, which is specifically used for their horror films. Lions Gate may be interested in distributing our horror product, as it contains similar aspects to their films. For an example within 'House of 1000 Corpses', the victims become trapped within a house. This is similar to the narrative of our product, as the victim gets captured by the antagonist with no means of escape.

Another institution which may distribute our horror product could be Fox Searchlight Pictures. This institution is responsible for distributing independent and British films, specifically of comedy, drama and horror. This institution may be interested in our product as it is British, as well belonging to the genre of horror. An example of a British horror film distributed via Fox Searchlight Pictures could be '28 Days Later'. This is a British horror film, as is our media product.  Below is an image of the Fox Searchlight Pictures logo, as well as the poster for '28 Days Later':

Question 4 & 5: Who would be the audience of your media product?
                             How did you attract/address your audience?

Chloe answered the two questions above, by creating a wix website. The link is shown below, as well as a screenshot of the homepage:

http://connc002312.wix.com/horrorevaluation

Question 6: What have you learn about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Chloe answered this question via a prezi, which is included below as well as the link:

http://prezi.com/ssf3qrisis2u/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

I answered this question through a powerpoint; and included images and screenshot of the preliminary task, as well as our finished prouduct. After having done this Chloe uploaded it onto SlideShare.