Evaluation Question 7

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

Will's Prelim Response



Katie's Prelim Response

Emily's Prelim Response


Georgia's Prelim Response

9 Key Frames

 To support Evaluation Question One I have created a series of 9 key frames from the opening showing how they apply to and challenge codes and conventions of real media products. rollover the images.

Final Opening

First Time Filming

Last night our media studies team travelled through to Battle in East Sussex to film for the first time for our trailer. When we arrived at Battle Abbey School we immediately encountered problems. After setting up the camera and tripod to film our establishing shot of the building we found that due to the poor lighting the camera picked up nearly nothing. 

We tried various ways of lighting the building such as hand held torches and even trying to use a car headlights. We then moved on to trying to film the 'action' for our trailer. This too was a disappointment and we found that to pick up our actor she would have to stand less than a three meters away from the camera. Although we did not manage to film much we did get a feel for the building and thought of some new ideas. 

After the poor nights filming I went home and researched different ways of filming at night. Unfortunately the researched made me realise that it was going to be difficult for us to film at night due to lack of lighting and ability to light the Abbey grounds. However my research did open me up to ways of filming in day time and using editing to make the footage look like it had been filmed at night time. In response to this we have decided to film tomorrow evening and edit the footage and see what results we get. 

Structured Reality

Structured reality programs are based around real people, put into pre-arranged situations and filmed talking naturally. For this sort of filming to work well, the filming and production team have to be trusted by the cast, so that the cast feel comfortable talking in front of the cameras as if they aren't there.

The constructed situations have to be planned well, as they have to respond to previous happenings and events, the situation also has to have an interesting result for example two people meeting after having an argument or after a party. These situations won't be scripted but it may be easy to predict the nature of the conversations which has to be taken into account when devising situations.

These sorts of shows are currently aimed at a younger demographic as the sorts of people and situations may appeal more to them and as a result of this are only shown on digital channels.