Evaluation preparation

For my evaluation videos i am planning on making the majority of my evaluations on prezi and including a voiceover to talk through them in order to present a visual representation of what i am talking about so it can hopefully be fully understood. However, i don't want them all to be the same so i will also create some vlogs to talk through a few of my responses with some overlaying videos to present my points as i am talking.

However, before i begin planning how i am going to record them i need to have strong plans of what i am actually going to say. Therefore i am going to construct 7 in depth plans of each evaluation question so i can think through my response and present it as confidently as possible.

Evaluations mark scheme

Level 4 [16-20 marks]

• Excellent skill in the use of appropriate digital technology or ICT in the evaluation
• Excellent understanding of issues around audience, institution, technology, representation, forms and conventions in relation to production.
• Excellent ability to refer to the choices made and outcomes
• Excellent understanding of their development from preliminary to full task.
• Excellent ability to communicate.

For levels 1-3, the word 'Excellent' changes to:

Level 3: Proficient
Level 2: Basic
Level 1: Minimal

Evaluation questions

The questions that we need to address in our evaluations are:

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
4. ho would be the audience for your media product?
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

Showcase feedback 4

Izabell, Kira and Ms Foster

The main points they mentioned:

• They found the time lapse a clever way to establish her mind
• Bringing in "old footage" in terms of flashbacks was clever
• They liked the incorporation of Macbeth themes
• They thought they laughter was a good technique to add the eery effect
• They would watch it if it was made into a full length film

Showcase feedback 3

Julia and Lucy

The main points they spoke about:

• liked that it was character driven
• psychological theme made them feel uneasy watching it
• the flashbacks and laughter brought forward the idea of her "memory playing tricks on her"

Showcase feedback 2

Jade

The main points she spoke about:

• The imagery
• The cutting between blood and no blood
• She would've liked more flashback scenes of the two girls
• The creepy laughter built the atmosphere

Showcase feedback 1

Rachel, Katie and Ted

The main points they spoke about were: 

• the blood on the hands scene [macbeth style]
• the introductory time-lapse 
• the 'drilling type' sound in the background

The showcase evening

The showcase went very well and we was able to get a lot more feedback from a new audience. Ms Foster put together a questionnaire and left one on each seat to make sure we could gain as much feedback as possible.
The questions included:

1. What did you understand about the narrative?
2. Did it fit the chosen genres conventions?
3. How did the ending make you feel?
4. Any suggested improvements should we film the opening again?

As a group we are going to collect our responses and make it into data that we can work from to develop our self analysis.

Showcase preparation

The media department are hosting a showcase evening which is opened up to anybody who wants to attend on the 20th March. All the AS groups and A2 groups are going to show their film openings/ music videos. Our group are going to give a brief description to introduce our film opening before we play it to the audience. We will include a brief synopsis and future plot developments, should it be turned into a full length film. We are going to mention how the characters mental health appears to be deteriorating as this is one of the main themes of our opening.

Trapped - final film opening

After many reviews and additional changes, we have completed our film opening. So here is our final and official film opening, "Trapped":