Film Opening Evaluation

Danielle Tipping, Lauren Askey, Grace Wright and Asia Wray

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

Stock Settings

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Stock CharactersReal media product

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Themes

Narrative

Todorov

Equilibrium

Disruption

Resolution

Restored order

New equilibrium

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Iconography

Our product Real media product

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Representing Social Groups

• From our film opening we wanted to highlight the main character as being a geek named Mary Watkins, who is in love with popular jock Scott Williams.

• However, we could have developed these social groups further by using more teenage representations to contrast the social groups present .i.e. including a popular girl or a groups to the background setting.

• Also, we believe we should shown a clear contrast in terms of costume worn by the characters to exaggerate the geeky nature of Mary further.

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

Paramount Pictures logo

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Our research questionnaire

Strengths School setting Teenage characters Typical character traits Catchy song Simple but easy to follow narrative

Weaknesses Slightly unobvious costume Not enough background characters/examples of social groups Not enough of the setting explored

How did you attract/address your audience?

Research questionnaire part 1

Research questionnaire part 2

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

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

preliminary task video