Evaulation 1- How does your product use, develop or challenge forms/ conventions of real media products?

Evaluation 1

The first frame in our teen-angst, is an establishing shot of the setting. The location in the beginning the opening is a school, and this informs our audience of the age the film is aimed at.   Our characters are introduced in our second screen grab. In the screen grab the audience can see one of our main characters with their character name written layered over top of them. We did this for both 'Brittany' and 'Jinx' with the actresses names before hand. The characters name is in the same font as the title, so that the audience can tell which is the fictional name.

Within the third frame, the characters are 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. We also learn some of their characteristics from this interaction, such as: Brittany asks to borrow a dress and tells Jinx not to look better than her. This shows dominance and Jinx doesn't seem to be upset about it.

 

The title appears in the fourth frame. We decided to include the titles half way though the opening to hook the viewer in. The audience would be intrigued to find out the title and then continue watching as they are interested by the storyline. '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 as 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 the firth frame as the main characters are getting ready for the party. This conveys the teen-angst genre as teenagers are stereotypically known for partying, and teenage girls are often known for taking a long time to get ready and doing their makeup.

Props, such as phones, are used from frame six and onwards. The phones 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 we filmed was too long and disrupted the upbeat flow of the jumpy sequence; we edited the footage and by inserted three small jump cuts, we clip was cut down a few seconds and became more 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 the you can see both characters walking and going different places and doing different things.

Frame nine is an example of a camera shot we used that would have an effect on the audience. This close up at the end has a dramatic effect as it shows Jinx's emotions up close after she hears the one piece of gossip that kicks off the drama of the whole teen-angst film.