MEDIA EVALUATION

Question 1

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

Combining camera work, sound and mise en scene was all dealt with through one operation. This operation was I-movie on the Macs we were able to use.

Sound- Sound was one of the more difficult elements to deal with due to having to judge how far away to film, there was also the diegectic and non diegetic sounds to consider, for example the script played a large role of what genre was set so was accents, tones and words were picked carefully to enable the most suitable genre to be set.

There was also the non diegetic sounds for example when on of the character slaps another character we had to add in a slap sound due to it being a more realistic sound and much better timing.

Then we had to pick and add a song to the trailer once it was uploaded to I-movie, the song had to be perfect fit to the genre so it would match, so we had to consider the lyrics the soundtrack and the effect it had on the audience

Camera- We used a series of ways to film the footage, mostly with a tripod, the reason being is because it enabled us to use the shot types which were needed e.g. Panning in on a moving character was a much smoother transition which also gave it that more professional edge. Some times hand held following the character to add realism and effect to the genre of the trailer, yet again enabling a professional look to be created and a genre to be set.

As you can see from the screen shots Hollyoaks on the left has an over the shoulder shot so we inserted an inverse over the shoulder shot due to both scenes representing a serious matter with another person included, hence the over the shoulder shot representing someone watching

These two are showing the same shot types we used to our base soap, here is an A symmetrical close up of Tiff which is very very similar to the Hollyoaks shot type, these shots were used after an event had taken place to show the characters emotions and add to the genre.

Mise en Scene had to be taken into consideration when filming due to it being what is seen on screen. This means is plays a large role in creating the genre for the trailer which is important.

The first element we looked at was the lighting, we chose a soft natural light to help make it look as realistic as possible, also me made sure the light was coming from the correct and appropriate direction to get the best possible face shots meaning emotions could be detected easier.

Props were also taken into consideration, for example mobile phones so we could show it was a modern soap with topics which matched the common social trends for example relationships issues and conflict making the audience want to continue watching. We also thought about the frame props for example what props created the background, for example we used large T.V’s and vehicles giving it that more mature upper class theme all adding to the genre

In these to screen shots I am showing the similarities in the destinations of were we shot the scenes compared to what we based our soap or (Hollyoaks), as you can see it is public with an establishing shot showing the surrounding with a two shot of the characters.

In the screen shot I am demonstrating the props, as you can see Hollyoaks are using drinks as props which look alcoholic at first so we decided to use a pregnancy test to reflect on teenage life, allowing the audience to relate to the issues presented to them

Story Line

RelationshipsRelationships played a large role in Hilltop farm due to cheating and common problems being shown so the

audience could relate

Responsibility Responsibility was represented in Hilltop Farm also, this is when Tiff finds out she is pregnant and teenage pregnancy is a big problem in the real world at the moment

Murder Murder plays a role in Hilltop Farm due to a clip showing Joe grabbing Emma from behind with a scream, also Joe is in all Black showing colour conventions demonstrating crime

Family Issues Family Issues are shown through Hilltop Farm when Emma finds out her mother is not actually her mother, this is yet again relevant to the modern world issues so the audience can relate again