Question 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Creation of Magazine cover

Creation of Poster

Todorov Narrative Theory

When making our trailer we tried to use Todorov narrative theory. This meaning that we must show a state of equilibrium, then the disruption this state followed by a new equilibrium. However it is important to keep the audience guessing we won’t show the new equilibrium to a certain extent that the audience know what is going to happen towards the end of the film. 

Feedback for 1st work productions

Trailer 1^st draft – feedback

Positive –

• The symbolisation of the flowers
• Music in the background very affective
• Voice over for the parts of the trailer
• Clear to see what is going on in the trailer
• Shot at train station

Negative –

• Too much like a film, mix the scenes around perhaps or take some out
• Drown out all noise while voice over is on
• Music at start of trailer, should be after the rights screen

Poster 1^st draft – feedback

Positive -

• Immediately catches your eye
• Original, not very common
• Good lighting for the main picture
• Nostalgic and relations
• Good use of colour
• Good information given

Negative -

• Writing at bottom is unreadable unless concentration
• Release date not too clear
• Quote font not too visible

Magazine Cover 1^st draft – feedback

Positive -

• All the writing is easily visible to the audience

• Eye catching
• Incentive into buying the magazine
• Good detail of what is inside
• good masthead name – stays in your head
• audiences know what genre the film is straight away

Negative -

• Movie title fonts are amateurish
• Lighting on the actors
• Missing Date and bar code
• Price not visible
• Font of title to plain

Trailer - 1st draft

below is a link to my first draft teaser trailer
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4f-9-J1PIc

Magazine Front cover and Poster- 1st draft