Evaluation Question 1

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

We challenged most traditional opening title sequences by incorporating handwritten credits into our title sequence, as most crime thriller don't contain that.However, we still incorporated the traditional or more common, digital credits, which conform to tradition conventions of a crime thriller.

The formal black text with white glow is used to connote that it is a crime thriller, and is very similar to real media products.

The quick flicker and blink effect is used to create enigma codes, (empathized by the sound), as you don't clearly see the image and due to effect, the audience we be suspecting who he is and what has got to do with film. This effect used frequently in horror movies, even though this isn't.

We added filters onto our footage to create a dark and serious tone to our opening title sequence creating enigma codes and connoting the genre of the film.

We also embedded the credits into the props. This used in other films, like comedic films in the past and famously used in 'Napoleon Dynamite'.

A flash effect is used as a transition and which creates pace and enigma codes. This is commonly used in crime thrillers and thrillers like 'Se7en'.

The flash effect in correspondence with the sound effect is used to give an effect that there is a picture being taken.

We used this filter to create a black and white effect on the map, which in a sense blurs out the audience can see of the map. Where it is of and so on, even though it is made obvious. this is an effect which has been used before but not always in the way with have used.

The quick, snappy movements and close ups, in correspondence with the sounds effects, are used for effect; to create enigma codes and mystery but key information. In addition other filters are used to create enigma codes to, this commonly used in thrillers, however develop the usual effect with putting added filters to furthermore blur the audience from the information and pictures displayed.

The synchronous sound, a drum sound, in correspondence with the the shit getting closer onto the picture is used for creating enigma codes and suspense. This is used i thrillers however it also used in horror's as well.

View the pop up video below where it explains this in correspondence with opening title sequence itself:

Evaluation Question 2

How does your media product represent particular social groups? 

Evaluation Question 3

What institution you want to distribute your media product?

I want Film District to distribute my opening title sequence. Film District are very well known institution, and have distributed many high grossing films of different genres. However, the Thriller movies that they have distributed, some are of the highest grossing films out of the rest they have made. For example, ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ is a 2013 American action thriller film, starring massive actors Morgan Freeman and Gerard Butler, had a high grossing of $161 million (96 million pounds). This shows that Film District marketing for this film was very successful alongside the film which has had good reception. This film is an American action thriller; my opening title sequence is going to be a Crime thriller set in Los Angeles, so there are strong similarities. So Film District was successful with that Olympus Has Fallen, I couldn’t see why they wouldn’t with mine, if they were distributing it.

Evaluation Question 4

Who would be the audience to your media product?

When looking at the factors about the  audience, there are two ways in which I can explore, the demographics of my audience and psychographics. 

Demographics: the things about the audience which don't change these are factors such as 
Age 
Gender
Culture/ethnicity
Ability/disability 
Sexuality 
Class (socioeconomic -  class and status, NRS Grades)

NRS Grades 

My audience will be people aged from late 30's and onwards, mainly middle aged men. They might range in classes, but it is mainly middle and upper class, who fall in the A B catogry in the NRS grades.

Above shows what think my opening title sequence, average audience would be. 65% of the audience would be males because crime thriller usually appeal more to men than they do women. Therefore 35% of the audience would be female. 45% of the audience I think would be of upper class, because crime thrillers usually appeal to a middle class (who I think will be 30% of the audience) and upper class audience.  However, 25% of the audience I think would be lower class, which actually isn't a low percentage. I think the ethnicity of the audience would vary.

Upper class male, would make up most of the audience

Psychographics - this is things about the audience which change such as hobbies and interests.

For my media product, the hobbies and interests of my audience would be a very large consumer or crime dramas and crime thrillers. Furthermore, who tend to watch detective documentaries and factual cases in past and present.

Evaluation Question 5

How did you attract/address your audience?

There was different ways in which I attracted and addressed the audience. one of these ways was through You Tube. Where me and my partners video was posted online, on You Tube for millions to see.  

This shows that the video received 21 views
and 3 comments, one of them shown above. Even though this is very small feedback this still shows that people have been interested in the opening title sequence, and 1 one of them, leaving a positive comment and one of them liking the video. 

Another way in which I attracted addressed my audience was through the use of surveys. I used surveys to collect information about my opening title sequence. Below is the link taking you to the example of the survey itself.

Click here to take survey

From the results I have found 92% of the people liked the opening title sequence, 95% were urged to want to watch the rest of film and found the really interesting, but needs small improvement and 82% rated the opening title sequence 5/5. Overall, I see the opening title sequence as a success. 

Evaluation Question 6

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

Evaluation Question 7

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

Evaluation Planning

There are different methods I am going to use to address and answer the 7 evaluation questions.

For question 1 which is: In what ways does your media product use develop of challenge forms and conventions of real media products

How I'm going to evaluate this: Im going to create a 9 key frames of my opening title sequence. Analyzing each frame and making inter-textual and conventions links and differences to other crime thriller opening title sequences such as Se7en. This is going to be presented on Prezi. 

For question 2: How does your media product represent 
particular social groups

How I'm going to evaluate this: I'm going to represent the social groups through screenshots of the opening title sequence which represent different social groups. I will also use animation to represent social groups as well.

For question 3: What institution you want to distribute your media product?

How I'm going to evaluate this: I'm going to create a VLOG and an info-graphic explaining why I have chosen that institution. 

For question 4: Who would be the audience to your media product?

How I'm going to evaluate this: I am going to speak about the demographics of my audience (which are the things about the audience which don't change). This includes their age, gender, culture, ethnicity, ability, disability, sexuality, class (socio economic, NRH Grades). I am going to speak about the psychographics which are the things that change (what they are interested in; Hobbies and Interests).

How I am going to present this: I am going to use Blabberiser, Inview and video people on the green screen and animate the background.

For question 5: How did you attract/address your audience?

How I'm going to evaluate this: I'm going to explain how my media product attracted and addressed my audience. Using conventions and code. Furthermore I am going to do a Survey on Survery Monkey and I am going to make a reaction video of people of different ages and gender react to my video.

For question 6: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing the product?

How I'm going to evaluate this: I am going to explain how I have dealt with using technologies in that particular time. Therefore i am going to put this information onto the timeline. This is going to be in correspondence with a diary.

How I am going to present this: I am going this through using Glossi and Timeline.js where I am going to have an interactive timeline explaining what I have learnt. 

For question 7: Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel that you have learnt in the progression it, o the full product?

How I'm going to evaluate this: I am going to do a side by side comparison using screenshots and audio explaining what I have learnt since the Preliminary task.

*Note: In the actual evaluations themselves and did't go fully by my plan