My final poster

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Question 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and...

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

Question 3: What have you learned from audience feedback?

From the audiences feedback I have learnt that my protagonist was represented in a positive way. my audience informed me that the protagonist was portrayed as a strong and inspirational character as she is only young but gets through a big struggle within her life. Although she is portrayed in this way, my audience said how they think the protagonist was also very venerable at times for example when she first injured herself and was highly upset about this as she believed it would ruin her chances in gymnastics. The contrast in the protagonists venerability and strength empathises how inspirational the character is.

My audience believed the tone used within my trailer is simple and clear which is necessary for this as my audience is young and therefore I did not want my trailer being complex for them to understand. My audience also thought the tone was happy and friendly which represents my protagonist as these are two of her main characteristics and as it is a drama and concentrates on this character I believe it is important to use this tone. On the other hand, my audience said the tone did change when my protagonist hurt herself as the tone becomes more emotional and negative. This also portrays the protagonists feelings at this point in the trailer as she is very down due to her injury. 

The close up shots helped my audience to understand the trailer as they showed a deeper view into the protagonists feelings. For example at the beginning of my trailer the close up shot helped portray characteristics of my protagonist to the audience. I have also found that my audiences understanding of the trailer also increased by the use of reaction shots. These shots for example show the coach and friends reaction to the protagonists injury which helps portray how disappointed and shocked everyone is. This also helps to portray how she is liked as a person and how she is a good gymnasts as many people were effected by this event which was shown to the audience through reaction shots. Another way the protagonists friendly and happy characteristics are shown through the use of a two shot or three shot. This clearly shows the protagonist having fun with her friends. 

My findings from my audience feedback have also shown that the location contributes to my trailer as the main location of the gym, shows the audience that the protagonist is a gymnast and spends a lot of her time in the gym. The fact she is in here with her friends also portrays to my audience that she has close relationships with fellow gymnasts and is close with her coach and everyone who is at this location. My audience also thought that the location of a home and outside in a friendly place made it easier for them to relate with the protagonist.  

Question 4: How did you use new technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Changes made from planning

Regarding my storyboard, I closely followed my plan whilst filming for my trailer however I also made a lot of changes because of practicality and things I did not consider whilst creating my storyboard.

For example, the first shot I planned to be a birds eye view shot of girls doing gymnastics. However, when at my location and actually shooting this, I found that it was not possible to get a birds eye view of what I wanted and therefore decided to just use a high angle shot to show the girls in a creative way to engage my audience. 

In my storyboard I had not included this shot. However, during the editing process of my trailer I decided that my trailer needed other characters to be introduced nearer the beginning to help introduce my protagonist and show she has relationships with other people. The mid-close up of her coach looking happy and proud helps to portray the type of character Alexis, the protagonist, is.

This is another shot that was not originally included in planning, however I believed it was important to have shots showing the protagonists relationships with other people. Therefore I included two other gymnasts, younger than the protagonist herself, running to hug Alexis to convey the fact people look up to her. This shows she is an inspiring character.

This is another shot that I added in near the beginning in order to portray the protagonist more effectively. Showing friends cheering and applauding the protagonist helps to portray the fact Alexis is good at gymnastics, and also the fact she has relationships with people who support her and like her as a person. This makes it easier for the audience to relate with the protagonist.

Other major changes made from the storyboard to the actual trailer was the order of the shots. I moved series of shots around to change the timeline of my trailer; this way the audience can be introduced to the protagonist by getting to know her and her life. After this the injury is shown followed by immediate reactions and then the impact this had on her life. After this, the trailer shows the protagonist overcoming her injury and then finishes with her being happy and doing gymnastics again. I realised whilst editing my shots together that the shots being put in this order is more effective and more simple for the audience to follow.