Evaluation Questions Draft

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Our Thriller opening sequence develops the thriller theme by adding conventions that state this genre. Conventions such as darkness and suspense. The suspense is trying to work out what is going to happen next and this leaves the viewers wanting to continue to watch the film.

2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Our character represents how even people with authority of the law can break the law, in this case drug use.

3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
A filming studio would most probably produce our kind of media institution, for example a Hollywood studio. A top studio like this would produce this film as Thriller is a popular genre and a lot of money could possibly be made.

4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
The audience would most likely be people ages over 12 or 15, these are the estimated certificates I would put on this film. It is possibly for the audience to be more for the male gender.

5. How did you attract/address your audience?
By showing violence and the suspense involved in the film you could attract your audience, possibly attracting the male gender.

6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product?
That filming and editing are not as easy as it comes across. Every little detail must be thought about, such as lighting, positioning, props. There are so many editing ways that it takes ages to get the perfect shot.

7. Looking back to your preliminary task, what do you feel that you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
That everything takes time and nothing should be rushed as people can tell and mistakes will be apparent. Planning is a must as this will act as a sort of diary for everything that takes place.