Evaluation 1- In What Ways Does Your Media Product Use, Develop Or Challenge Forms And Conventions Of Real Media Products?

 

The first frame in our teen angst shows an establishing shot of the school location which informs our audience that our characters are still in school and they are teenagers. This is used in the beginning of the opening to set the scene. Our characters were introduced in the second screen grab. In the screen grab the audience can see one of our main characters with their name layered over them. We did this for both Brittany and Jinx with the actresses names before hand so the audience can clearly distinguish the fictional name from the real one. How the character's name is in the same font as the fictional title helps show this.

Within the third frame we can see the characters talking to each other. In this scene the characters talk about the events that are going to happen later on (the party). From the content of this conversation, we learn that Brittany is going to meet Jinx at the party and she's borrowing her black dress which shows some their characteristics as Brittany is more dominant when she says 'don't look better than me' and Jinx replies with a simple 'okay' like she isn't fussed.

The title appears in the fourth frame. We decided to include it this far on in the opening so the audience are intrigued to watch so they know what the film is and will want to continue watching as they have already seen a glimpse of the narrative. Gossip is a suitable title for our product as the main characters are teenage girls who are stereotypically known for gossiping within their social groups. This title also fits the film because gossiping is one of the main themes towards the end of the opening and throughout the whole film.

Conventions of a teen angst are suggested in frame as the main characters are getting ready for the party. This conveys the teen angst genre as teenage girls are stereotypically known for partying a lot and taking a long time to get ready as they do their make up. Then props such as phones are used from frame six onwards, they are important in the opening to Gossip as they are the source of the problem when it comes to gossiping.

An example of editing is shown in the seventh frame. This is where Brittany puts her heels on at the bottom of the stairs. The original clip was we filmed was too long and it disrupted the upbeat flow of the whole sequence, so we edited the footage by inserting three small jump cuts to make the clip cut down to a few seconds and keep  it interesting.

Special effects were added during editing, for example the split screen. We did this by taking two separate pieces of footage and overlaying them so the audience can see the two different settings at the same time. This is so that the viewer can clearly see that the main characters are going to different places and doing different things.

Frame nine is an example of a camera shot we used that would have an impact on the audience. As it is a close up it dramatically shows Jinx's expression up close after she hears the Gossip that begins the drama of the whole teen angst film.