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Evaluation of the Finished Product
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+Final Evaluation
The evaluation is worth 20 marksIt is worth 20% of the overall coursework
grade.
The depth of analysis and evaluationThe detail of the answersThe use of ICT
+From the Specification…
Excellent skill in the use of appropriate digital technology or ICT in the evaluation
Excellent understanding of issues around audience, institution, technology, representation, forms and conventions of real media
Excellent ability to refer to the choices made and outcomes
Excellent understanding of their development from preliminary to full task
Excellent ability to communicate
A level 4 evaluation will demonstrate…
+You must use a variety of methods to present your answers. At least 5 of your answers must be different.
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+Evaluation Question 1
What conventions of the thriller genre have you used? Compare your film to real films Use plenty of screen grabs and videos.
Make sure you discuss how you have developed conventions as well as just used (copied) them. Have you challenged any conventions?
In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
+Evaluation Question 2
Which social groups feature in your film? Gender, Age, Sexuality, Ethnicity, Class How have you portrayed them? Positive/Negative? Stereotypical?
How does your media product represent particular social groups?
+Evaluation Question 3
Film Studio – Major? Mini Major? Independent Television – Film4? BBC? Web – Youtube? Twitter? DVD – Straight to DVD?
What kind of media institution might distributed your media product and why?
+Evaluation Question 4
Age Gender Class Why would they watch your film? What would appeal to them? Refer back to the audience research that you carried out
before making the film. Refer to the audience feedback you received on the finished
product – who enjoyed it most?
Who would be the audience for your media product?
+Evaluation Question 5
How does your Thriller hold the audience’s attention Why would they want to carry on watching after your
opening has ended? Write about your audience feedback, what did they say
they enjoyed?
How did you attract/address your audience?
+Evaluation Question 6
Hardware – Digital camcorder, digital still camera, tripod, microphone
Software – Final Cut Express, Live Type, Photoshop Internet Sites – Blogger, Survey Monkey, Dafont,
Youtube
What have you learned? What skills have you gained?
What have you learned about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
+Evaluation Question 7
Compare your thriller to the preliminary task: Quality of shot (holding the camera steady, moving it fluidly) Quality of image (lighting, colour, composition) Quality of sound (diegetic, non-diegetic, using cross fades,
audio levels) Continuity (costumes, props) Continuity editing (match on action, eye line match, 180
degree rule)
Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in the progression from it to the product?