Evaluation 1

In what ways does your media product use/develop or challenge form and conventions of a real media product.

When we started our media production there were things that we had to take into account to make our film as believable and “movie like” as possible,

·      Costume

·      Sound

·      Light

·      Editing

·      Technology effects

This list was the categories that we focused on to make sure that we produce the best and realistic media product we could. And to keep the hole film in sync.

When looking at costume we have to look at the relevance of the costume and make sure that what they are wearing goes with the genre of the film, We wanted to make sure that the audience could differentiate the characters and the ranks of the character, this would help give the film a bit more depth and realism. Using different style of clothing helps the audience understand the ranking system and accompanying this with dominant camera angles also helps. Using the costume made our genre more realistic and it added formality to the shots, also because of us wearing clothing we could make sure that we looked like the stereotypical mafia with the suits and the big jackets for the higher ranks and then using things like leather jackets and jeans for the lower ranks

Editing we thought that using typical Sicilian music would help create atmosphere, allowing the music to be non-diegetic because it added continuity to the film. Using small talk meant that the films wasn’t ruined by poor acting and it also showed how the differing ranks approach the Don and how the don speaks to them this was important because it helped show the audience the relationships between characters and ranks, the title sequence ties in well with the music because it shows creates an old fashion and typical mafia habits to the audience.

When using the lighting we had to use editing to change colors of the title sequence to help the audience differentiate between the real life of the mafia and the actual acting. By changing the color to black and white it gave the audience a uncertainty of the charters faces and it made it allowed them to feel the darkness and classic vibe that this gang brings to a modern world. When moving for our actual shots we made the scene slight disorientated and also drained some of the color to continue that effect of a classic and official mafia.

Technology effects we only really used on creating the companies look and image with a series of quick shots of our company name and then giving it a quick montage with a back sound of music gave it a clean cut and professional finish. We did this because we wanted to mimic other film companies and give our product a bit more texture and diversity.