Evaluation Questions

In the evaluation the following questions must be answered:

1. In what ways does your media product use develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
2. how does your media product represent particular social groups ?
3. What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?
4. Who would be the audience for your media product?
5. How did you attract/address your audience?
6. What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
7. Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product? 

Camera Angles for Merlin

There are many different camera angles and shot types used within this scene of Merlin. The introducing long shot of the Knight Valiant is framed with members of the crowd cheering in the background this is chosen to show that the crowd is happy with the knight winning.

Mis en Scene of Episode of Merlin

There is alot included within the apspect of Mis en Scene for this particular drama, due to the fact that it is a " costume drama" the entire wardrobe for the characters must be of the era it is supposed to be set in; this allows it to achieve verisimilitude. The crowd cheering in the background of the fighting connotes the acceptance of violence by the people there, and the view of fighting by society at the time, this suggests a very male dominated culture; patriarchy. The setting of the drama must also tie in with Mis en scene, this is so that the audience is able to read the preferred reading and that they understand that it is set in the past, The long shot on the castle adequately sets the scene and enables the audience to get a full feel for the setting. Within the hall when the knights are being introduced to the "Lady Morgana", a sense of binary opposition is created, as the masculinity of the knights bounces off the very feminine aspects given off by the female character. The social view of women at the time it is set is also reflected here, Lady Morgana only speaks when she is spoken to and is the first woman to appear on scene, her maid in the background also does'nt anything apart from to her mistress.

Aspects of Editing from Merlin Episode

In the scene of merlin there is alot of action, this includes sword fights, at the beginning the editing is quick paced and back by an adventurous style non diegetic track, which is also fast pace. The straight cuts used within the fight are good to show the passing of time and do so in rapid succession, this include match on action, for example when you see "the knight valiant" hit another person with his sword then, the next cut is the person on the floor, also when the shield and sword hit the floor. There is some degree of polysemy here and it helps to create a sense of verisimilitude for the scene.

Media Trip....

Got a train to Bradford to the media museum. This is was to attend the Co-operative young film makers festival, this included screenings from the competition in which 3 groups of Year 13's work was shown, we also attended some workshops e.g. how to make a film trailor. this was across 2 days. saaaffe