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RYAN EVANS 1321 CLAREMONT FAN COURT SCHOOL 64680 

I worked with Oliver Munday-Rowe, Alexander Alman-Varty and Milo Gammond

My Evaluation question are above 

My research, planning, construction and evaluation process for my two ancillary products is above in:

MY FILM POSTER and MY FILM MAGAZINE COVER 

I took responsibility for editing the whole trailer, sourcing music and importing it into the editing software (Final Cut Pro X), helping with the filming in particularly in the abandoned science block. I also contributed to the directing of our trailer and the plot. 

OUR FINAL PRODUCT 2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hu27D1U0jvs

CONSTRUCTION OF OUR SFX

For our trailer, we were all extremely keen to produce as much of it by ourselves as possible. This included recording our own sound effects. Xander and I opened up garage band as you can see below, and began testing out different orchestral instruments that can be integrated nicely into the theme of our trailer.

In the screenshot above you can see the process in which we went through to achieve our end product however eventually we edited all the different notes individually in order for all of the positioning and timings matched up and suited the trailer perfectly. 

RESEARCH: AUDIENCES

Media Effects Model 

Audience Profile 

Reception Theory 

Reception theory focuses on the scope in textual analysis for 'negotiation' and 'opposition' on the part of the audience. This means that a text is not passively accepted by the audience but that the reader / viewer interprets the meanings of the texts based on their individual cultural background and life experiences. Stuart Hall’s encoding decoding model; dominant, negotiated and oppositional readings; why Hall says he studies culture instead of media specifically, and media hegemony.

PLANNING: AUDIENCE PROFILE

Today I started making outline notes about what my target audience for  '2020' was like
Age: 15-35
Gender: Male 60 : 40 Female

Social Bracket: Broad social bracket.
Viewers are likely to watch drama, especially comedy dramas such as 'The Inbetweeners', and other comedies such as 'Ferris Bueller's day off'.

At the cinema, they are likely to see dramas such as 'Easy A', 'Mean Girls', and 'St Trinians'. They would watch some of these films on Netflix due to the age of the films.

In their leisure time, they will look on Youtube for viral and entertaining videos, play games on their phone and laptop, listen to music, watch comedies and dramas on TV, drink Starbucks, eat at Pizza Express and McDonalds.

Clothing: Next, would be specified to teenage clothes, so mainstream brands such Palace and Supreme, but affordable so brands such as River Island would come into play as well.

Media: iPhones and Android, using the internet to connect to friends. Possibly Skype.

I have used the NME example to base my photo collage on. This was helpful as it gave a really clear example and allowed me to create this satisfying collage.


Media Effects Model 

Audience Profile 

Reception Theory 

Reception theory focuses on the scope in textual analysis for 'negotiation' and 'opposition' on the part of the audience. This means that a text is not passively accepted by the audience but that the reader / viewer interprets the meanings of the texts based on their individual cultural background and life experiences. Stuart Hall’s encoding decoding model; dominant, negotiated and oppositional readings; why Hall says he studies culture instead of media specifically, and media hegemony.

PLANNING: OUR TREATMENT

Working Title: 2020

Story:  In the year 2020,  complete war breaks out between America and Russia resulting in mass population loss. The story follows a 18 year old who is surviving on his own in his abandoned school building. After several weeks on his own living on food which was stored at the school he finds his provisions running low and his mental state decreasing. Pin's falling off of notice boards, water dripping off of pipes, all startle and alert him to become paranoid if there is someone dangerous living there as well. After realising he needs to leave as there is either a dangerous presence or he is going insane, he embarks on a journey to reconnect with human civilisation. This journey takes him outside of his comfort and brings him into contact with other survivors some friendly, some hostile.

Top Line: A lone survivor in the wake of a World War must try and connect with human civilisation after believing his place of safety is either compromised or he is going insane and beginning to imagine other presences with him, sending him insane. This results on him going on a quest to find other survivors.

Big Question: Will he be successful in finding other human survivors who are friendly, or will everyone be hostile or will there be no-one at all.

"So, if you’re aiming for your film to reach a large audience online, making sure it has universal appeal will be key. We’ll be thinking about this in more practical terms later in the week, but let’s bring Frank Ash’s points together with the last step’s concerns:

• Think about your favourite book or film or any ‘good story’ you recently watched online, could you sum up its narrative into ‘one elegant sentence’ to provide its ‘topline’?
• What was its big story question, and how important was it to your appreciation of the text?" 

 Thanks for the presentation to The University of Birmingham and FutureLearn: 
Video © BBC, Text © University of Birmingham

PLANNING: STORYBOARD

Here is my attempt at the online storyboard maker. Although it was fun, you are very limited with what scenes you can actually use hence why my preferred choice is to hand draw them.