Evaluation.....

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


Our product certainly does use forms of real media products. Our ideas were based around what we conceive to be interesting and relevant. We did this by researching different areas of film to uncover what would work best and be the most practical. (we wouldn’t be able to film the beginning of a film in a different country) In pre production of the film we certainly did conform to the conventions of media products by doing research, discovering a target audience and making sure our ideas are practical. We looked at different clips from Bourne Identity and one from the new Quantum of Solace James Bond film. We used similar techniques to their media products of the idea of having a secret organisation.

But during production of our film our aim was to develop our product to a high standard, we found out that making a two minute film was more challenging than we thought. We tried to stick with conventions of real media products (using special effects, getting the costumes and positioning of the actors right) but at times, possibly one would fault our lack of experience, commitment or knowledge of the equipment. But we produced something that we are all proud of and feel it represents what we wanted to achieve.





How does your media product represent particular social groups

Our idea consisting of secret agents could be viewed as a representation of our social group in the way that teens are obviously not secret agents but in films they can aspire to be one or to get an insight of what they do. Although films have included teenage secret agents which have been hits because they can relate to them the most in the trials and tribulations they may overcome. That area of the media is usually targeted at boys who are interested in gadgets and controversy etc. Films such as Agent Cody Banks and Stormbreaker have targeted this area. We felt that we should develop an idea that we enjoy and that we could relate to.







What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

Due to MaxAls lack of film making history the big distributors would see little point in investing their money into something that may flop. But if we were an established film making company such distributors like working title and film four would be interested. After a while as MaxAl’s reputation grows the big money making distributors may be interested such as Warner Bros or 20th Century fox. Although this would mainly happen if MaxAl decide to globalise there products and target an audience in America.



Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience we aimed to target was mainly males because the whole film is about a man who is targeted into a world he cannot understand. Males would be able to relate to the troubles he has to face in the way that the main character has to live in a world he cannot trust. Men can relate to the need for power and money and also whatever it takes to achieve it. The film does also contain cars, action, gadgets and of course the girl. The film does get quite dark, chilling and cold at times so we would not recommend or advertise to young boys.