1. AS Media Studies EVALUATION Alex Fergusson / Ben Dams / Josh Jones/ Jake Bond – Don Brown : The Superhero
2. Conventions of Film Kick ass: In kick ass Dave Lizewski is a normal teenager that becomes a superhero through choice. Don Brown is similar to this film because he has a home made costume and fights off enemies. Indiana Jones: This film is similar to our film because Indiana Jones is trying to retrieve the crystal like Don Brown is trying to retrieve his scooter from Louis. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5mxBaXHcFw 2
3. Social Groups The Social Group we have used in our production include: Teenagers: This social group would enjoy our film because the main character is a teenager so they can relate to him. Males: Males would like this film because it has action and fighting which is mostly aimed at the male audience. Geeks: Geeks would enjoy this film because Don Brown is a geek who gets revenge on the bully who took his scooter. 3
4. Media Institutions Independent Media Institution Not a major film company Not a major film production Not going to be well advertised Youtube & Vimeo Feedback – Good or Bad 4
5. Audience Teenage audience: because a teenager is the main character, this makes other teenagers able to associate with the characters. Both Male and Female: Males would like the action and the females would like the good looking actors. Mainly a Male audience: This is due to the large amount of action and fight scenes in the film, also superhero's which are males are mainly aimed at the male audience. 5
6. Attracting/Adressing Audience Same age category as the audience. Can relate to the character's Comical – Easy to watch. Main character is likeable. HAHAHAAA 6
7. What We Learnt About Technoligies 180 rule Not to zoom in and out whilst filming. Different types of shots. How to do two layers of sound. To work fast and effectively in order to meet a deadline How to use visual effects to make a scene look more realistic or to make the audience realise something is different about that shot. 7
8. What We Learnt About Technoligies If we were to improve the production, the aspects we might change would be; when using the camera we could try and get a wider variety of shots and this will help to make it look more realistic and then also make it more interesting to watch. To improve when editing on the mac we can try to make sure that we have the clips In a correct order and make sure that when using effects they are used rarely and effectively. 8
9. What We Have Learnt How to create and write storyboards 180 rule How to use a tri-pod Editing on I-Movie Using Macs Using the camera’s effectively Different angles of shots, High/Low How to use effects such as music and applying different effects to the screen in I-Movie 9