Evaluation

Evaluation G324

Question 1 – In what ways does your product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Framing of interviews/Graphics/Mise-en-scene


'Our production follows the codes and conventions of a documentary genre because the framing of the interview is shot to the left of the screen in both interviews that are shown. The graphics on each production anchors who each person is and the relevance of each topic. The mise-en-scene an interview on beneath the mask is shot in front of a dressing table symbolising that it has something to do with make-up.'

Cutaways

Interview Clip / Cutaway Clip / Interview Clip

The intertview clip / cutaway / interview clip compares to other documentaries in the way that the cutaway is used to hide the jumps and/or questions. The cutaway clip is also archive material which make it interesting to watch as you see him before he puts the make up on, during him being a drag queen and back to the interview. It enhances the audience's attention and also makes it more entertaining otherwise you'd be watching the interview and too some people they may find it boring.

Voice over



This voiceover clip is very clever the way we have done it, the documentary is about make-up yet it is a male voice. This links to other documentaries as the voice is normally a standard english voice which is what we have used. I think this works well within our documentary as it makes it more interesting to watch and it doesn't just show that it is only aimed at women but it brings that male audience as well.

Question 2 - How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary tasks?


'The channel and scheduling of the documentary appealed to the target audience of the primary research. The voice over suited the documentary well, even though the documentary was about make-up but earlier planning showed that most of the voice overs in documentaries was standard English. Extracts from the production was used in the trailer to advertise to our audience what they would see in the documentary. The key image in the print advert is to advertise men and women wearing make-up that would advertise what the documentary is about.'

Question 3 – What have you learnt from your audience feedback?

Gathering our audience feedback was presenting the three things we created that linked togethe to 15 students who also do media studies as A-Level. The audience feedback as a whole was very postitive around 100% of the audience's reaction throughout watching the production was positive. All of the audeince found the drag queen interview very entertaining which was our main part of the documentary and we were very happy with the feedback we got given. Comparison to professional feedback – 'The drag queen cutaway worked really well – it was very professional the way it was filmed'. We had weaknesses in our documentary, - 'During the interview with Nicole it jumps at the end of the question.' However we also recieved positive strengths – 'The drag queen looked professional' 'The music fitted the documentary well, it was very modern'

Production


'Most of the audience feedback was very positive and most of the audience found the drag queen interview funny which is what I expected people to think. However, we received constructive criticism to the changes they thought would have made it better.'

Audience Research

Documentary

1. What were your thoughts about beneath the mask?
(Including editing, mise-en-scene, camera work and sound)

'I like the way it showed both genders and didn't focus on one particular gender.'

2. Was there a specific part of the documentary that you liked?

'The drag queen's interview and actuality footage, the way you filmed the cutaway shot with his interview looked professional'

3. Did you think the music fitted in with the documentary?

'Yes – it was very modern'

4. Do you think we could make any changes to it?

'There was a jump on Nicole's interview were it went from one question to another and in parts the camera was a little shaky.'

Print Advert

1. What are your thoughts about the print advert?

'It makes you want to look at the advert again'

Radio Trailer

1. What are your opinions on beneath the mask Radio Trailer?

'I like the vox pop bit at the beginning, however you couldn't really hear it in some parts and it went really quiet towards the end.'

Question 4 – How did you use technology?

Construction

Planning


Research