Your Evaluation
In effect, you can choose how to evaluate your film. Your evaluation must be of your finished piece, not a draft version. Your evaluation MUST contain an element of audience feedback.
NOTE - NO POSTS SHOULD BE TEXT ONLY, EVEN IF ON PREZI/POPPLET/EMAZE etc - you MUST include images/ video in EVERY answer.
The specification states that in your evaluation you must answer the following questions:
- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
What are the conventions of a) a thriller, b) an opening sequence? Give examples of each convention in a range of real texts then explain how you used each convention. (You should have a post at the beginning of your blog that states what the conventions are.) Don't worry about developing and challenging conventions (unless you particularly made that decision before starting).
- How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Look at each character. Which social group do they belong to? How are they represented via mise en scene, sound, camera, editing etc? Do they fit or break with stereotypes? What messages did you hope the audience would understand from your representations?
- What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Research distribution companies for low budget British films. Be careful not to choose a production company. Explain why this company/these companies might be interested in your film. Include facts and figures about the company and the films that they have distributed.
- Who would be the audience for your media product?
Who watches thrillers? Who might watch your film? Give a demographic descriptions of your audience. Think about age, gender, class, interests, personality. Find facts and figures about relevant audiences - make sure these are official and not taken from another student's work.
- How did you attract/address your audience?
What did you do to attract your audience? Did it work? Get some audience feedback - interview some people, record it and put it on your blog. Reflect on what your audience say.
- What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Think about the different technologies you have used (camera, Adobe, Fireworks? Photoshop?) For each explain which functions/tools you used and how effective your use of them was - be specific!
- Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Explain your progress clearly with examples from both pieces of work
IMPORTANT NOTES
The evaluation must be presented in electronic form. This must include some visuals (as a minimum) as well as text, but should also include short video and audio clips and hyperlinks to relevant material.
There are marks available for creativity for your evaluation, so use different formats for the questions.
Within your answering of the questions, you can add stills or clips from your video to support the points that you have made.
Another possible way of doing this is via a director's commentary onto a second copy of your film. A problem with this might be that your need to answer all of the questions within two minutes! You might need to add pauses into the video.
If you have another suggestion for your evaluation, speak to your teacher
There is no word limit in the new specification. However, the evaluation in the previous specification was about 2000 words, so you need to write a similar amount. Remember to ask if you are struggling!
Whichever way you choose to evaluate your work, you must draft it first, for marking, then submit a final copy before the deadline.
In effect, you can choose how to evaluate your film. Your evaluation must be of your finished piece, not a draft version. Your evaluation MUST contain an element of audience feedback.
NOTE - NO POSTS SHOULD BE TEXT ONLY, EVEN IF ON PREZI/POPPLET/EMAZE etc - you MUST include images/ video in EVERY answer.
The specification states that in your evaluation you must answer the following questions:
- In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
What are the conventions of a) a thriller, b) an opening sequence? Give examples of each convention in a range of real texts then explain how you used each convention. (You should have a post at the beginning of your blog that states what the conventions are.) Don't worry about developing and challenging conventions (unless you particularly made that decision before starting).
- How does your media product represent particular social groups?
Look at each character. Which social group do they belong to? How are they represented via mise en scene, sound, camera, editing etc? Do they fit or break with stereotypes? What messages did you hope the audience would understand from your representations?
- What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
Research distribution companies for low budget British films. Be careful not to choose a production company. Explain why this company/these companies might be interested in your film. Include facts and figures about the company and the films that they have distributed.
- Who would be the audience for your media product?
Who watches thrillers? Who might watch your film? Give a demographic descriptions of your audience. Think about age, gender, class, interests, personality. Find facts and figures about relevant audiences - make sure these are official and not taken from another student's work.
- How did you attract/address your audience?
What did you do to attract your audience? Did it work? Get some audience feedback - interview some people, record it and put it on your blog. Reflect on what your audience say.
- What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Think about the different technologies you have used (camera, Adobe, Fireworks? Photoshop?) For each explain which functions/tools you used and how effective your use of them was - be specific!
- Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
Explain your progress clearly with examples from both pieces of work
IMPORTANT NOTES
The evaluation must be presented in electronic form. This must include some visuals (as a minimum) as well as text, but should also include short video and audio clips and hyperlinks to relevant material.
There are marks available for creativity for your evaluation, so use different formats for the questions.
Within your answering of the questions, you can add stills or clips from your video to support the points that you have made.
Another possible way of doing this is via a director's commentary onto a second copy of your film. A problem with this might be that your need to answer all of the questions within two minutes! You might need to add pauses into the video.
If you have another suggestion for your evaluation, speak to your teacher
There is no word limit in the new specification. However, the evaluation in the previous specification was about 2000 words, so you need to write a similar amount. Remember to ask if you are struggling!
Whichever way you choose to evaluate your work, you must draft it first, for marking, then submit a final copy before the deadline.