Margaret Ansu

A2 Media Advanced Portfolio G324

OCR Media Studies

Evaluation 1: In what ways does media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products
Our task for Unit G324 Advanced Portfolio was to create a 5 '!e tea t!at * was +art of drafted inute s!ort fil of eit!er one of or a to t!e

cross "etween an# of t!e following genres$ Ro antic% Co ed#% &ra a% Action% '!riller or (orror) an# ideas and in t!e end we +resented eac! of t!e class so t!at we could get tea ore of an un"iased o+inion as to w!ic! stor#line sounded t!e "est and idea and genre we would +roduce) As a a"out an a"usive fat!er and !is ot!er% res+ectivel#) inute dra a fil

was t!e "est) '!is in turn aided us into deciding w!at fil we decided to +roduce t!e s!ort 5 daug!ter% w!o

are going t!roug! t!e grieving +rocess of t!eir late wife and

Setting/location '!e locations t!at were used wit!in our fil wit!in t!e fil were of t!e t#+ical t#+es of settings t!at would feature

wit!in a dra a fil ) '!e# were realistic and "elieva"le in t!e sense t!at t!e c!aracters +ortra#ed would "e seen in suc! a +lace or associated wit! +laces t!at t!e# were +laced in ale in a for al clot!ing were targeted wit!in t!e fil ) Places suc! as t!e sc!ool) *t,s not unusual to see an adult

wit!in a sc!ool likewise it,s not unusual for a #oung "lack fe ale or an# +ersons wit!in -ondon to live in a !ouse) .e used settings t!at t!e audiences could relate to% as all w!o s!ould "e a"le to recognise t!e usual la#out of a sc!ool or a !o e not necessaril# "eing a !ouse or a sc!ool "ut know t!at a "uilding is a !o e or a +lace of learning w!en it,s s!own on screen) '!e audience/s a"ilit# to recognise t!e t#+e of "uilding t!at was "eing +resented to t!e followed t!e code and convention of a dra a fil used "# t!e +roves t!at we of using ever#da# locations t!at are generall#

asses ) 'o e0+lain furt!er% if we were to +lace Mr .icks still in for al clot!ing "ut as wit!in t!e genre of dra a

cleaning t!e streets as a street cleaner it/ll "e +resenting an unrealistic scenario to t!e audience w!ic! would go against t!e codes and conventions of a dra a fil dressed ale as a street cleaner is not of t!e "elieva"le world) #ou are to t!e ut ost +ossi"le +resent a world t!at !as a great value of verisi ilitude and a well1

Costumes & Props 2ee+ing wit! t!e t!e e of a "elieva"le world% t!e costu ing of c!aracters and t!e +ro+s used wit!in our final +roduct +la# a ke# role in t!is as+ect of a dra a fil % as de+icted in ot!er relata"le real edia dra a +roducts) .!en looking at relata"le +roducts suc! as 3astenders it,s clear t!at t!e#,ve taken into account t!at t!e use of certain costu es would +resent t!e c!aracter to t!e audience in a certain lig!t along wit! t!e +ro+s t!e c!aracters use would also conve# t!e c!aracters in a certain lig!t to t!e

Margaret Ansu

A2 Media Advanced Portfolio G324

OCR Media Studies as to w!ic! costu ing and

audiences) * "elieve we took t!is into consideration and followed t!e for

+ro+s are i +ortant in conve#ing c!aracteristics to an audience) An e0a +le of t!is is t!e "ag t!at we used for Mr .icks it was a +lain leat!er "lack satc!el t!at was rat!er si +le "ut !ad two leat!er "uckle fasts t!at !eld t!e "ad closed ) At first it # 4ust denote t!e o"vious of it "eing a s art "lack "ag "ut it in dee+er) *n addition t!e turn connotes to t!e audience t!at Mr .icks as a c!aracter is a +erson of organi5ation% si +licit# w!o is restricted "# !is need of structure% if t!e audience was to look into t!e fil c!oice of sc!ool "ag we used for -uc# s!ows t!at s!e was a #oung c!ild and t!e +ro+s wit!in !er roo s!ow innocence in addition to !er c!aracter,s costu e c!oice) '!e w!ite s!irt s# "olises innocence)

Editing 6or editing we used si +le 4u0ta+ositions and transitions t!at falls under 7continuit# editing8) '!e reason for t!is is "ecause it kee+s to t!e for s of a dra a fil ) Most dra a fil s rel# on t!e were not included) *nstead we used editing tec!ni9ues like +arallel editing and ontages) i icking of real ti e to +ortra# a "elieva"le world) '!erefore a"ru+t cuts like 7free5e fra e8 t!at free5es ti e

Characters At first * "elieve our c!aracters go against t!e usual re+resentations of t!eir c!aracters) .!en Mr .icks is introduced as a :lack :ritis! wit!in "eing associated wit! certain races wit!in ale w!o is a teac!er) '!is goes against ost for s

edia te0t as t!e# usuall# u+!old Stuart (all,s re+resentation t!eor#% w!ic! states certain classes edia te0t and t!e idea of w!ite su+re ac#) '!erefore our

+ortra#al of Mr .icks goes against Stuart (all,s .!ite Su+re ac# t!eor# as !e is s!own to "e a "lack ale in a field of work t!at is looked u+on favoura"l#) Conclusion -ooking at our final +roduct% our fil see s to "e a ver# generic dra a fil ) *t includes all t!e edia te0t suc! as t!e fil t#+ical codes and conventions t!at are featured wit!in ot!er dra a t#+e 7Precious8 and '; soa+s in ter s of t!e unconventional stor#line)