Media EvaluationHanna Jimale.

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

1MUST. Resembles other films in the teen-comedy

genre Rivalry, Cliques, Stereotypes Language Mean girls, Easy A, Glee and Not Another

Teen Movie.

1SHOULD. Camera work. (hand-held for effect) Breaks stereotypes to make it relatable Suitable setting to make it realistic.

1COULD.

It also differentiates to some teen comedies as my sequence breaks stereotypes just like real media products. My sequence is similar to films in our chosen genre of teen comedy like ‘Means Girls’, ‘Easy A’ and ‘Not Another Teen Movie.’ To make a successful teen comedy, we used the conventions needed to make it relatable, like setting it in a high school, using main characters that are found in every high school (e.g.; popular, average, jock, nerd, ethical.)

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

2MUST Showed social groups stereotypically. Cast (nerd, jocks, popular girls.) Who we did not use.

2SHOULD Nerd loves gossip, surprisingly

confident. Popular girls are stuck up and vain Jocks date populars.

2COULD. Glee; Jacob bin israel is similar to our

character ‘Nathaniel’ (interview episode.) Teen-com ‘Mean girls’ research Research to perfect cast costumes and

attitude.

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

3MUST Paramount Pictures Institution that distributed teen comedy

‘Mean Girls.’ I think that Mean Girls is very similar to

our product. Paramount used trailers, posters , apps for

iPhones and iPod touch and games.

3SHOULD. Distributed internationally Every high school has cliques and conflict

that my sequence includes Product would be successful Relatable to our target audience of

teenagers.

3COULD. Best way to distribute is internet first. Chosen target audience would not bother to go

to the cinema to watch it when they could find a pirated version online.

Beneficial to the distributors and the audience to put it out on the internet first.

Then cinemas.

Who would be the audience for your media product?

4MUST target audience are teenagers ages

between 13-18. Satirical humour will appeal to this age

group most. More females than males. Our research shows teenaged males we

interviewed usually like more action packed movies.

4SHOULD. Positive feedback from target

audience.*ENTER VIDS OF AUDIENCE FEEDBACK*

4COULD. Secondary audience; teenage males. Could’ve added sports related

intertextuality Some sort of action

How did you attract/address your audience?5MUST. We attracted the audience by using a suitable

setting, a high school. The main cast were in costumes best suited for

their roles E.g.; Jock, popular and Geek.

5SHOULD. Good response from audience feedback They understood what we were aiming

for. They would go to the cinemas to watch

the product.

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

6MUST. More comfortable and confident in

using the Macintosh. iMovie features

6SHOULD.o I have learnt many shortcuts.o Saved me lots of time in getting the

work done, o E.g.; select all, copy and paste, print

screen.o Camera techniques.

6COULD. Organise better. Timetable. Make sure the setting was perfect Time keeping

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

7MUST. Timetables. Group meetings Cast meetings Time keeping/deadlines given within the

group.

7SHOULD. Record more than needed. Using a tripod is very important for

steady scenes Range of shots. (Add shot list.)

7COULD. Improved the use of features. Added themes and non-diegetic sounds