Evaluation

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media production?
I think that my groups title sequence challenges forms of a real socialst production as the title sequence is not as dark and as gritty as a real production would be, even though most of the shot were filmed on an over cast day, this can not be seen as well as a real media prodution would be filmed as they would have all of the equiptment that would be used to create the weather and the astmosphe. But I do think that if we could film the whole film, or maybe even a short film, then we would see that it is a social realist becuase further on into the film it would become more dark and gritty, as the begining of the film everything is fine.


How does your media product represent particular social groups?
I think that my media production represents the business society very well, portraying that it is a "Dog eat dog" world, and it should be everyman for them self. This is proartraed by how the man loses his job, and how his company which was once bringing in alot of profit and revenue just crashed one day and went under.
As well as this I think that our title sequence does represent family life in this day in age, as everyone seems to be worried about money and how everything is going to pan out, worrying weather or not your doing the best for children and your parner.



What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?





Who would be the audience for your media product?
In my opinion, I think that we have aimed for an older audience, but then again the film may also appeal to some teenagers, because also "The Decline" is a social realist film, i also think that there is a romantic side to the main charactor, due to all of the heartache that he goes through with his family trouble and the love that he has for his wife and his daughter, doing everything that he can for them.


How did you attract/address your audience?
Although my title sequence does not have a voice over, which "American Beauty" has, I think that the fact that out title sequence does not give alot away could either intise the audience in making them want to watch more, or they would just find it boring and walk away.



What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?
Whilst filming I have learn how hard it is to edit a piece of film, and to make sure that you know exactly what you are and exactly what you want to do before starting firstly to save time and secondly to make sure that you do not lose any of your work whilst editng which did happen a few times, and sometimes this even meant that we had to go back a re-film a few shots as we had lost them in the editing process.
As well as this I learn how hard it was to light a set, as I was doing this for most of the time whilst filming, this may have had something to do with the fact that we was only using one big light that we borrowed from the art department, but making sure that the light in always in the same place and as not to cast shaddows where they are not needed or wanted was a very hard thing to learn. But I will deffinatly remember all of this before and during shooting our next piece of coursework.



Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?
I defently feel that I have learnt alot from doing this task - although the majority of this has been about myself, I do strongly feel that I have learnt alot about the media industry and the way that audiences poseave films, and the way in which the film industry pull the audience into a film with the first few minutes. As well as this I can now tell the difference from a good film, and one that may not be such as good just from watching the titles sequence.