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Evaluation question 4

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

For this question I have created two mood boards to illustrate the technologies, media devices and the archive material i have used.

Technology and Media devices
Archive material







This is a picture of me to show almost all the technology and the media devices I have used throughout making the documentary. On the computer in the background I am on Adobe premier which is the programme we used to make and edit the documentary. In my hands I am holding a camera which we took still pictures with, and in the other I am holding a voice recorder . Further down is a video recorder standing on a tripod which we used to film our footage. However the only device which is not in the picture is Photoshop which is the programme I used to make the print advert.

Evaluation question 3

Q3 What have you learned from your audience feedback?

For our audience feedback we showed the opening 5 minutes of our documentary to a focus group of 25 people in our class which consisted a majority of different ages and genders. We did this to gain some audience feedback on what they thought about our documentary, print advert and radio trailer. At the end of showing the three products, we asked them all as a class 6 questions . I also asked a few people a some questions about the documentary who werent inthe focus group, I also recorded them. We received some good comments and some criticisms that we can come to a final conclusion with . These questions below are the questions I asked certain individuals.

1. Having seen the first five minutes, would you want to watch the whole programme?

Nicola Borgous 35 teacher






Kerry Evans 36 Adminisatrator

"I would finish watching the documentary to find out what happens at the end, but I wouldn’t originally watch it if it was on television, because it is not my cup of tea, i would say its more for the younger generation!"

Lauren Curry 17: student

"I thought It was clever interviewing different people from different groups, it was unusual and also interesting hearing their point of view."

95% of the focus group said they would want to watch the whole documentary after seeing the first five minutes.


2. What do you think are the strengths of the programme and where could we make improvements?


This is a collage I have made of a few people from the focus group, with their comments of what they liked about the documentary and what they thought could be improved
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3. How does this product compare to a professional media product?

Framing of my documentary

When getting our audience feedback from the focus group 90% agreed that our documentary looked professional because the framing was accurate, the voice over was clear, the music anchored well with the whole genre of the documentary and the title looked very professional.

Gemma Mcdade 18: Student

‘The Youtube footage looked a bit blurry and ruined the look of the programme, it did not look professional.’

Trevor Oates 24: Plumber

I liked the way the title fades into one and the ‘In’ dissolves into a different corner, it works really well.’

80% of the focus group thought that title of the documentary was the strongest point.


4. What do you think is the strongest technical aspect of the programme and why? (Camera Work, Sound Editing etc)


Mise en scene of a proper documentary

100% of the focus group agreed that the other strongest point of the documentary was the mise-en scene of the interviews, however there were criticisms because the voice over did not link everything together and it was out of time, they also commented that we could have wrote the script better.

5. Does the print advert make you interested in wanting to watch the programme?

Faye Howard 18: student
“The print advert looks different as the three lads who are all standing together look unusual as they come from different subcultures and its not what you expect to see every day.”

Lee Farragher 18: student


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About 80% of the focus group commented on the print advert and said that it would make them want to watch the whole programme.The remaining 20% said that they would not watch it because of the programme not being aimed at their age group.


6. What did you know of subcultures before watching the programme and what do you know of it now?

George Williamson 17 Student





Radu Teagun 18 Student

‘Now watching the documentary it has made me think more about how I judge people and not to judge them because of the way they look.”

In conclusion, the audience feedback we received within our focus group was that:
the subject of the documentary is what our audience found interesting and they would want to watch the whole documentary, this made the audience want to watch the whole programme, this was because of the interviews, the use of the title and the interesting narrative structure it had.
However one major weakness was the sound quality and sound levels were not professional throughout the documentary. The other weak point of the documentary was that the YouTube footage looked pixaleted , however we have removed the YouTube footage and included more of our own footage. Throughout our coursework we have created interesting work, not just with our titles, but with the whole content of the different interviews and the different members in different subcultures . Which I am deeply proud of.

evaluation question 2

Q2
How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary tasks?

Coherence has been created throughout all three pieces of my production including the first five minutes opening to my documentary, the radio trailer and my print advert in a variety of ways. To begin with, the title "Fitting in" is featured in all of three texts styles we use, which is in the opening titles, on the print advert and it is said at the end of our radio trailer.

The voice over is consistent throughout the two scripts we have created which include audio, which was recorded by Johnathan Dutton. We chose him as he is a member of our target audience and it fits in well with our documentary again creating coherence. The "Teenage Dirtbag" by Wheatas, music in the opening titles was also used during the radio trailer so that they both linked together creating coherence.

The slogan of our production only exists in the print advert, and not in the documentary or in the radio trailer . This is because we had only decided our slogan when it came to doing the print advert, which was after making our production and the radio trailer.

In our production we have used the same image of "Fitting in" from our opening titles in the print advert. So that when the audience see the print advert they will know straight away what it is, as it would have been advertised on the television, making them want to watch our documentary.

I think the documentary radio trailer would gain a mass audience as it would have to be broadcasted on many radio stations, so vast majority of people will hear it being advertised, giving them the decision if they want to watch the programme or not. I think it would also be wise to also broadcast the trailer on Radio City 96.7 and all of the other local radio stations on the Wirral ,to advertise it locally. This is because it includes camera shots of Liverpool and other parts around Wallasey, Wirral, which is were we completed our voxpop and cutaways.

With the print advert I would place it in newspapers such as The Guardian and The Times , also in shops so that everyone gets the chance to see the print advert, successfully advertising our documentary. The reason we Chose The Times and the Guardian Newspapers, is because both genders read the paper so it gives them the chance to see the advertisement.

The combination of all of the documentary, print adverts and the radio trailer link together making them fit as a package for example

The voxpop - at the beginning of the documentary is also used for the beginning of the radio trailer
.A part of Dean Carr and Callum Mcguinness interview from the documentary is used also in the radio trailer.
.Johnathan Dutton who does the voice over for the documentary is also the same voice from the radio trailer to advertise the programme.

.The print advert have some of the people advertised on it who are actually in the documentary again giving an insight into our documentary and the taste of it.

.The music from the opening scenes from the documentary " Teenage Dirtbag" has the same music on the radio trailer when the programme is being advertised.

The slogan on the print advert “What you looking at” fits in with the title "fitting in", as the three males who are standing together all look different,which would make the audience question this and think, "that's not normal they are from different groups of people!" The message which this image is trying to get across from the print advert is that "you don’t have to be in a specific group to be able to speak to different people. Everyone is equal you dont have to "fit in" to become a member of a group."

evaluation question 1

In what ways does your product use/develop/challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
I have created for my A2 portfolio a 5 minute opening of a documentary, about Teenagers and subcultures in society today along with a radio trailer and print advert to advertise it.

To begin with, I personally think that the three texts I and my group members have created, do not challenge or develop the codes and conventions of documentaries, radio trailers and newspaper adverts. I have followed the codes and conventions for each of the texts and have tried to make them just as professional as the real ones.

My documentary



This is A screen grab from a real documentary

I have followed the codes and conventions of a real documentary because the framing of the interviewee is on the left or right hand side of the screen. Also I have followed the codes and conventions because I used graphics to show the audience who the interviewee is. Also the graphics are conventional as they are placed on either the left or right hand side of the interviewee.

This is the same throughout the world; all countries follow these codes and conventions.

I have followed the codes and conventions by using a mise-en scene in the background which associates with all of the interviewees.

Screen grabs from my documentary:

Screen grabs from a real documentary:

In the background behind dean in my documentary I have used a mise en scene consisting of a can of fosters, a bottle of after shave and his top which relates to football to show that he is a "scally" as well as a young male teenager. On the other hand the real documentary screen grab shows the gentleman’s class and his occupation because of the books in the background, it also shows his intelligence.

A screen grab from my documentary of Mr Qiunn(Sociologist):

A screen grab from a real documentary

The mise en scene of Mr quinn is used to show his occupation because of the books and the computer shown in the background. On the other hand the real documentary’s screen grab shows that this actress may be getting interviewed about the Harry Potter movie 'Order of the Phoenix'; the reason for this is because the poster demonstrates a preview of the film.


J.R.R Tolkien Documentary - On wraiths and the Ring
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1ibL8Pc5NA&feature=PlayList&p=379B50119325DBCA&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=25

ARCHIVE MATERIAL



My documentaries archive:

A real documentaries archive:

The archive I used was for the cutaways for the interviewees in the documentary and it followed the codes and conventions of a real documentary because the cutaways linked in with the interviewees subcultures and also what they where talking about. The screen grab I have used of Marylin Manson, was used at the beginning of our documentary when the voice over was talking.

A screenshots from a real documentary showing a dissolve: shot before/dissolve/ shot after.

Shot before dissolve:

Dissolve:

Shot after dissolve:

Screengrabs from my documentary showing a shot before/ fade in /shot after
Shot before:

Beginning of Dissolve:

End of dissolve:

Shot after:

I have followed the codes and conventions of a real documentary as you can see the shot fades in to another shot, slowly so that you can see the other shot coming through.

Print Advert:

I have followed the codes and conventions of a real channel four print advert because I have used the channel 4 logo, and have made it stand out so that it is recognised as a channel 4 documentary. I have also followed the codes of conventions by using the same coloured text boxes for the slogan and the same sort of font for the scheduling. I have also made the picture of my print advert look different as the majority of the channel 4,s real print adverts also look unusual which catches the audience’s eye. So I made mine like that too.

If my recording for any does not play,please read this below its is what I have said

"While doing the voice over for the documentary I and my group made sure we followed the codes and conventions of a real vioce over. We did this by using teenager, Jonathan Dutton as we thought that it would be a good idea to use a male, so that it would link the programme together, with the documentary being based on teenagers. We have followed the codes and conventions of a real documentary because the voice over has to be appropriate to the genre of the programme. For example you wouldn’t have a happy cheery character doing a voice over for a sad programme. It has to fit in!".

Radio trailer:

While editing our documentary we have followed the codes and conventions documentary because we have edited out all of the questions which had been asked to the interviewees, so then in the programme the audience would not hear the questions which had been asked.

voice over

This is the script that we got our voiceover (Jonnathan Dutton) to go by which has co-incided with our programme:

Opening Title Images play
Opening Title
Voxpop



"Goths, Punks, Scallies,Moshers, all names given to groups of teenagers today, groups in society called subcultures, so what is a subculture?”

Mr.Quinn Interview:
“There is a lot of stereotyping of teenagers today, but why do teenagers feel the need to be apart of a group?”

Dean Carr interview
Callum McIness interview
Lisa Smeadley interview
Lisa Smeadly interview

“So there are people who conform to these subcultures for a feeling of belonging and to give themselves an identity but is peer pressure something that exists in these groups? Take the story of Rhys Jones for example, he was shot and killed by Sean Mercer after he was caught up in a crossfire between two groups, groups that conformed to one of the stereotypes of subculture.”

These pictures were taking of me and Joel when we went to record Jon in the voice recording studio. This is where our vioce over and our radio trailer was made.

Radio trailer

Planning print and overall print

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Originally we did plan to use four people for our print advert but due to the inconvenience of Lisa Smeadly not being able to be make it for the group photo we just had to stick with the three lads (Lee, Josh and Callum) . What you looking at? Made an appropriate slogan for our print advert because it is different and would make the audience think, that's different. As it is unusual to see three lads together in a photo who belong in different subcultures, the print advert is trying to say that you do not have to belong to a subculture to be able to speak to different people.


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Me taking a picture of our plan for the print advert


This was the first picture we took, but because it did not look good and there wasnt any room to put the channel four logo we could not use it so we had to take more.
In the plan we decided that the lads should hug as it symbolised the slogan (they look like mates, even though they are from different social group, everyone is equal) we moved them left of screen so that we could fit the channel 4 logo in.


we did not use these three pictures as the lighting was too bright and it wouldn't have looked professional
A picture of me making the print advert on photoshop.

This was the first print advert I made before the corrections were made.

After making the first print advert i realised that due to our documentary being broadcasted on channel four, i realised that i had to follow the codes and conventions of a channel four print advert. And as you can see below, the Darren Brown print advert, the slogan and the title seem to be in a coloured box. So changed the adjustments to the original advert and added boxes behind the slogan and the day and time of the programme so that it looked like a channel four print advert.

The other changes I made was the channel four logo. As you can see the original print advert I made the Channel four logo was too big and it would have been the first thing the audience would have looked rather than the actual picture. So now i have made it a bit smaller, and it looks a bit more professional.The last change i made was the two colours of the "Fitting in" at first i made a mistake and thought that the colours of the Fitting in was red and blue, however due to me watching the documentary i then realised thet the colours were actualy red and white and not blue and white. It was an easily mistake made and now i have corrected it.