Planning the Evaluation Responses

The following are the seven evaluation questions and I will discuss how I will attempt to tackle each question with my initial ideas and use of different technologies and resources.

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

I think that this question would be best answered in a 'directors commentary' to the camera style, referring to my influences when I was creating and directing our thriller opening for An Eye for an Eye. I will include clips from videos where I can taken influence from or to show relevant conventions in Thriller movies, see below for an example of the video clip (Disconnect) that I will download and include in my commentary to further show and introduce a cleaner and better way to show influences. 



Click here for an example of a directors commentary on YouTube and something I wish to replicate in a similar way but with just myself and added clips.

2. How does your media product represent particular social groups?

For this question I wish to use a different form of media, such as Padlet and this is another form of media where I can use Text, Images, embed videos and extras on a virtual board:

This will be useful as I will mostly use test however I can also embed YouTube videos to the site and thus it becomes more interactive and I think this will work well because of mostly my description and response will come through text but I can back up my points through use of images and video.

3. What kind of media institutions might distribute your media product and why?

In order to answer this question I believed that using a Podcast and uploading it to YouTube or SoundCloud would work well because I did not require the need for images, simply a typed up script to follow, I would discuss about Independent and Mainstream films, discussing that my film would be likely to be funded and distributed by an independent film institution. You can see below, examples of (not relevant) podcasts:

BBC Podcasts:

iTunes:

4. Who would be the audience for your media product?

I think that this one would be best addressed using Prezzi as it will allow me to create a dynamic presentation showing and introducing various elements such as videos showing clips from previous films that have a clear audience, maybe even introduce the BFI YearBook as it contains a section on audiences and refer back to Thriller conventions.

http://www.bfi.org.uk/sites/bfi.org.uk/files/downloads/bfi-statistical-yearbook-2013.pdf

5. How did you attract/address your audience?

In order to address this question I aim to use Word or Pages, however make it look visually appealing by using a template and base it more on a poster, below shows the potential that Pages has to work with and I hope to use a template like this:

The Pages app will work well because I can incorporate both text and good imagery to back up the text and will work to show audiences because I believe that stills will work well as opposed to clips from the films. Once completed, I plan to upload it to SlideShare and it will then be interactive and dynamic. 

6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

For this question I believed that the most effective way to present it would be with both images, clips and possibly audio files, therefore I thought that using Spicy Nodes would be effective as it works well as a mind-map but you can still include plenty of detail in my text.

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

The next and final way that I hope to present my work will be through the use of Microsoft PowerPoint and uploading it to Author Stream. Powerpoint allows me to also include photos and videos, along with making the document look classy and still present my progression. I can have a separate slide for each progression, showing how I advanced from our preliminary task and how we advanced as a group.