Elliot Hardie A2 Media Blog: December 2012

Monday 10 December 2012

My Media Products

This is a post about my final media products which I have created. I have created a film trailer, a film magazine front cover and a film poster for my film. All of my media products have been created through the influences in my research. By doing this I can study and learn about the type of genre I am focusing on. From my research I have learnt about codes and conventions of the horror genre and all the connotations of the horror genre to. Here are my three media products:

Magazine Cover

Film Poster

Prezi Evaluation

Here is the link to my Evaluation on Prezi.com

http://prezi.com/slmaqidcscpx/elliot-hardie-a2-media-studies-evaluation/?kw=view-slmaqidcscpx&rc=ref-14278306

Feedback

To get feedback about my film trailer I showed my trailer to a group of year 8 students to get feedback about what they thought of my film. The headings on the feedback sheets are, 'What does this film remind you of? Strengths, Weaknesses'.

Tuesday 4 December 2012

Daily Planning Sheets

Here is a list of my Daily Planning Sheets for my trailer. This does not include my idents and ancillary text which I have used.

Soundtrack Ideas

Here I have 15 soundtrack ideas for my film trailer. The soundtracks that I have decided to use for my trailer is numbers 9 and 13. Track 9 is the soundtrack from the film "Saw V (5)" I have used the first part of this soundtrack which has been dubbed over my ident at the very start of the trailer. I am only using the first twenty-two seconds of the soundtrack and the reason I am only using that part is because the creepy nature of this section of the soundtrack and it fits well with the ident which I am using. The ident I am using is Lionsgate. For the rest of the trailer I am using a soundtrack from the game "Gears of War". The reason I am using this is because of it's slow start to the song and then it's build up to the fast paced music and then slowed down as it gets towards the end. This music fits really well because of its upbeat tempo which will get the audience excited. Below the two links of the chosen soundtracks for my trailer are all my original fifteen ideas for my soundtrack.

9. Saw V Soundtrack

13. Gears of War Soundtrack

1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR0fl5fgTDg&feature=context-gau – Dark Knight Rises Gotham’s Reckoning

2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDoG_SwvBV4 – Halo 4

3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CKqLX1uUL8 - Skyfall, Grand Bazaar

4. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etWXiBCaY3c – Skyfall, The Bloody Shot

5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCH3bxPijjI - Skyfall, Komodo Dragon