Final Blog Post

Name: Lucy Stafford

Candidate Number: 8074

Centre Number: 20299

Centre Name: Bishop Walsh Catholic School

Evaluation Q4: How did you use new media technologies in the Construction, Research & Planning and Evaluation stages?

Evaluation Q3: What have you learned from your audience feedback?

I asked two of my peers what they thought of my short film and this was the response they gave me. I found this feedback very useful as I received it near to the end of creating my product and it was all positive. The positive feedback told me that I did not need to make any drastic changes to my film, if any at all which was useful as I could focus on other areas of my course work. My peers specifically mentioned my varied use of camera work and strong narrative which are elements I think have worked well in my film so I agree with their feedback. I also found gaining this feedback useful as they were aged 17 and 18 which are prime ages for my target audience. So it enabled me to see a small representation of how the film would be consumed by my target audience.

From looking back to my original audience feedback it is clear that I haven't included all elements that were brought to my attention in this research. However my audience feedback was still positive making it apparent that I didn't need to include everything that I found people enjoyed/expected from horror films. On the other hand I could use this original research to make improvements if I were to do it again. I would consider adding more suspense and drama with a more dramatic narrative. Also people said that ghosts and weapons were elements likely to be seen so I could include some of these things.

In my audience feedback I also applied the uses and gratification theory form Blumler and Katz. I found from my original research that audiences viewed films mainly for entertainment purposes and escape from reality. So I used this in creating my film I needed to ensure that it addressed these needs for audiences.

Evaluation Q2: How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

Evaluation Q1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real products?

Final Film Review

Additional Film Poster

Final Film Poster

Final Short Film

Planning Film Review

To plan the content of my film review I have been searching for film reviews to use as inspiration, specifically short film reviews. The best website I have found is thelondonfilmreview.com . i found this website helpful in planning the content for my review, i liked the style used on the website as it came across more chatty and colloquial with the reader. this is the same style that I am aiming for in my short film review. I also found that the website reviews a range of different types of film which was helpful to see how different genres are reviewed in different ways.

This is an example on one film review that I read and used when creating the content for my own review.