Gracious R Tapa- Question 7 : Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to full product

 Looking back at the preliminary task we did at the beginning of our course, our group made various developments from being amateurs to understanding media concepts and the process of production.

In our task we had to film a conversation between characters, i felt as if it was alot harder to film the prelim task than the opening because :
- in the prelim task we had dialogue and the actors used kept changing their words everytime we re-shot the scene
-we had not yet experienced the strict timing frame in which we had to plan, film and post produce it
- the equipment was still new to us
- not much planning had gone into the shot composition, length of shots or even the mise en scene
- We had not used the editing applications yet so everything was new to us

The prelim task  prepared our group for what was to come and made us plan everything in complete detail to avoid any issues.

- we were able to manage our time effecively due to our schedule. For the preliminary task we did not have a schedule which is what might have caused us to be care-free about sticking to the tight time frame.
- Team work was one thing that deffinitely improved as we took the initiaive and helped each other out when we were struggling.
- The storyboards for our final product were more detailed and included the angles and the time frame, this really helped us for editing.




<---   In this shot, the door was supposed to automatically open, as there were only three of us at that time and we all had different roles, we had to get a student to open the door for us but you can clearly see her in the shot, this showed complete lack of attention to mise en scene.

However in our opening we made surewe had someone standing outside at all times and cleared the toilets, aswell as the hall way to avoid anyone walking into the scene. If we had not gone through the issue of mise en scene in our Prelim task, we would not have put that much thought into the mise en scene of our opening.      --->

 From the Preliminary task we loved the idea of having a low angle shot to represent the power and authority that the character might have over another thus inflicting fear into them.

 we decided to replicate the low angle shot in our opening to portray the same symbolism. However we did make a few adjustmens, we focused more on the lighting to also portray the power, we used low key and ambiguous lighting around him and also chose to light his hands and face red.

Gracious R Tapa- Question 6 : What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

Gracious R Tapa- Question 5 : How did you attract/address your audience?

We attracted our teenage audience in many ways as the setting, storyline, mise en scene , characters etc.. , are those that the target audience can relate to.

The storyline specifally :
- the bullying issues raised
- the vulnerable girl school girl
-the universal theme of revenge
attracts a mass audience, as results show the subject of bullying still is a very important and sensitive issue that can others can empathise and sympathise with. Many people regardless of age can connect the theme of revenge because revenge is a natural emotion that people either need to act upon or deal with

How Setting/Location attracts audience
We used setting in order to attract the audience as it was important for our target audience to see a familiar location in which they can relate to and feel at ease with.
 - By using our school as the setting, it appealed to our audience immediately as they would  still be in education or just recently left, meaning they could easily empathise with the situation

How Characters attract/address our audience

-As our main character is the small girl, it also meant that the audience could emathise with her as they once were at that particular age too and might have gone through some situations presented in the opening for example the bullying. Thus immediately attracting our audience. By using stereotypes we were successfully able to attract our audience well because it would be something they're familiar with.

How mainstream institutions attract our audience
-As our Audience research showed, our target audience are more likely to consume mainstream media products , therefore by turning our product into a mainstream production it immediately attracted them. Thus building our Media production company 'Galp Pictures' as a mainstream institution and also getting institutions such as universal to distribute our product.

How Mise en scene attracts our audience
-Mise en scene and costumes were a very big aspect in order for us to attract our target audience. Currently in the media, there are many school-based dramas e.g Waterloo road and they have high ratings due to the number of students able to relate to it. The sartorial school uniform code unifies many students and brings them together regardless of whether they wear different uniforms. The fact that they all go through the same situations creates a society and community within students which will automatically appeal to our target audience.