Question #3

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

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What have you learnt from your audience feedback?

Analysing our Teaser Trailer: Things we could have improved

Although there were numerous positives about our teaser trailer, of course there were parts that could be improved.

                                                             

During the scene where Jason is shouting "Dios Mios!", we should not have panned the camera to track him because audiences may get confused and think the scene was filmed from a character's point of view when in fact it is not

After the final title we could have increased the volume of on the sound to create a more effective jump scare and catch the audience off guard.

We could have also zoomed in on her face to show a close up of the emotion and facial expressions - which convey the unstable state she is in. This is would make the audience uncomfortable and leave the audience feeling curious and hopefully a little scared.

Analysing our Teaser Trailer: Good Points

Creating our trailer proved to be long and difficult, alternating between the time needed to shoot the scenes and editing our footage. Not to mention the use of other softwares such Adobe After Effects to create the titles.

We had a relatively strong opening. Our choice of music and the use of subsonic sounds helped to create a tense atmosphere. The image of the company logo also appeared in syncopation to the subsonic noise and opening of the music.

 The use of the montage was effective with the sudden "booming" sounds creating a strong impact with the images. The combination of the sounds and the images also help to catch some of the audience off guard, frightening them. This would classify as a jump scare.

 The use of the handheld camera made the trailer more engaging and was successful in creating a sense of realism and unease for the audience. This factor works well with our horror genre.

                                                                                 Using the handheld camera helped in creating unease among the audience, creating a personal experience between the character holding the camera and people in the audience.

The motion of the handheld camera also creates a sense of panic which again puts the audience in unease and helps to build tension.

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I believe our trailer was very successful in representing the religious aspect of our theme and genre. Having our main character wear a cross which creates religious symbolism and links religion to sub-genre of possession.

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In our film footage we included visual symbolism of religion to further link our trailer to this theme. For example we have a view of the crucifix hanging on the wall behind Gianne and we can see that this section of the library is labeled 'Religion'. Gianne then moved infront of the crucifix, blocking it from view. This is a sign of foreshadowing and the unfortunate event that is soon to come i.e she becomes possessed.

                                                                                                                                                    Another successful way we linked our trailer to religion through the images of the demons used as a short montage when Gianne opens the book. This might seem unusual at first since demons and evil are not the first thing people think about when it comes to religion They usual think of the opposite, about God, Jesus, divinity when they think of Christianity.

Evaluation Question #2

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

Evaluation Question #1

How did you use media technologies in the construction, research and planning and evaluation stages?