Evaluation

Question 1:

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

 

Question 2:

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

Question 3: 

What have you learnt from your audience feedback? 

Question 4: 

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

Final products

Trailer:

Magazine:

Poster:

Teacher feedback

Trailer:

"Instead of recording the characters to tell the story of what has happened the girl Leila, include shots of what happened and where it was. This would link this to later on within the trailer where you go and investigate in the same place. Better to show than it is to tell."

" The shot needs to be lighter where the villain is walking towards the house. The only time you can see it is when you are watching it in pitch black. This would work okay if you were watching the trailer in the cinema, however at a home as an advert the lighting needs to be lighter in order to make it clearer."

"Try to market the mask used and make it a key feature within the film. Do some research into the history of them types of masks to try and find a way to help it to increase the awareness of your film. You can then use it as a give away in your magazine and the poster shall then have a bigger effect seen as though the mask is the main image."

"Check that all text included in the trailer is the same size and is centered in the frame. I believe just one is slightly off center but I like the choice of font and the fact you have placed in on a static background linking to the use of handheld cameras."

Magazine:

"The masthead needs to be bigger as at the moment there are other features on here that are bigger. In your research you look at the layouts of magazines and you can see that the masthead should be the biggest feature on a cover to catch the attention of the audience."

"I am not a big fan of the white blocks that your text is in, I think it would be better if the text was just on the image and was white instead."

"The text that is above your feature films, I think needs to be below instead."

"You could try using the mask again to help promote this by giving away a free copy of your mask and using is as a buff feature."

Poster:

"The poster looks really good and I do not think any thing really needs changing on it. Just double check everything lines up neatly."

"Don't forget to add your other groups members production company so that you have both of them on there."

"Make sure you all have the same release date for your film or simply have coming soon on there instead." 

"If you market the mask, like I suggested when discussing your trailer, this should make this even more effective."

Mask

The mask that is used within our trailer was simply chosen from our drama department as we did not want the face of our villain to be seen by the audience. However the mask does have some history to it was can be beneficial for our trailer. 

This type of mask that we used was original used in Greek theaters. 

Origination of mask:

Participants wore masks during certain worship ceremonies and rituals for the Greek God Dionysus. The Greek writer Thespis originally covered his face in white led during performances. Eventually, Thespis took the idea of wearing masks during ceremonies and incorporated white linen masks into his stage performances.  

Reasons for wearing masks:

There are several reasons why Greeks wore masks during performances. Plays were performed in large, outside amphitheaters. Due to the size of the stage and the positioning of the seating, many audience member not able to clearly see what was happening on stage. Masks were used as a way to convey emotion to every audience member. Each mask was designed to show a certain emotion through the use of exaggerated facial expressions, which were readable by all audience members. This ensured that all audience members understood the tone and emotion of each character. Greek performers also wore masks because a limited number of actors were allowed on stage. Initially, one performer was allowed on stage at a time. Through the use of masks, different characters and emotions were established during plays. Eventually, three actors were allowed on stage. Also, there were no women actors in Greek theater, so men wore female masks for female roles.

Description of masks: 

Masks used in Greek theater were made of plaster-soaked linen, wood or leather. The masks features exaggerated facial expressions portraying emotions such as happiness, sadness and anger. The mouths were large cut-out or carved openings that enabled actors to speak loudly and clearly. Eyes were clearly drawn on the mask. Pupil holes were punched out so actors could see. Animal or human hair was often added to the mask as facial hair. Masks used to represent female characters features larger eyes and larger mouth holes. 

Greek masks today: 

Greek masks are still used in certain theatrical productions. Many modern directors feel that using Greek masks during Greek tragedy and comedy revivals is essential in capturing the spirit and theme of the play. 

Old Greek Mask 

Our Mask Used

Poster

Photoshop Process

You can see in the image the transformation of my image. You will now be able to see the entire process from the beginning of my poster to the final product. 

The first thing I decided to do was to brighten the image and contrast it. This made the light brighter and the background appear darker. The next thing I decided was to add cracks to the mask to give it a worn look and appear that it is not completely invincible. 

Step 1

I the concluded that the mask needed more and following this theme of the mask not being invincible, I thought to add blood. This masks the audience ask whether the blood is of the antagonist or of its victims.

Step 2

Once I believed that image was complete, I decided to add the text that would be placed around it. Following my layout design the title and slogan was to be at the top left of the page. I used the effect on the main title that I had earlier created and placed the slogan to fit the same size as the title.

Step 3

I had to look back on my poster research for my nest step to discover what I needed to include in my production information section. I also needed to remind myself which parts of the text needed to stand out more from the rest. Once I found this information I set about writing up the production information.

Step 4

Once the production information was finalized, I realised I need social networks and websites to be included that would effectively help with promotion of film. I decided to create a simple website address and use the social networking sites of Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and placed them together in the bottom left corner. I also discovered I needed my production company logo to be included and therefore placed it on the opposite side.

Step 5

The final step was to add star ratings for my film. When asked, I was told to use THE TIMES and THE GUARDIAN which are popular newspapers to rate films. I then gave my film 5 ratings by each of the companies as this catches the audiences attention by the impressive stars.

Picture Transformation

I wanted to keep my poster quite simple, therefore deciding to keep the background black and focus on the mask in order to create an effect. I decided to darken the masks black areas and brighten the light that covered half of its face. I then decided to create crack marks within the mask and add blood onto it as well. I did this as i wanted to show that the mask has some sort of human features about it and by adding the cracks and blood it shows that there is a possibility the creature could be defeated.

Here is the image before and after:

Before