Evaluation- Zak Jakubowski

Question 3:

what kind of media institution may distribute your media product and why?

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8qmJU7ipwA

Question 7:
looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learned in this progression from it to the main product?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yz-W3zc8Ifs

Question 5:

how did you attract/address your audience?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxSKvhGe-ss

Question 2:

how does your media product represent certain social groups?

my media:

The character in my media is Tyler one of the main characters in "The Ripple Effect" along with Elizabeth. That actor is me Zachary Jakubowski and I am dressing in a very poor fashion to accomplish two things; for one I am giving the audience a sense of what time the film is set in which would be around the early 1900's when flat caps were fashionable. The second thing that the audience can draw from the characters dress code would be how wealthy he is, which by the chequered shirt, white vest and thin gold chain looks very poor which was the aim. That was the aim because Elizabeth is conveyed in very wealthy and posh clothing of the same era and this is to show a contrast between the two backgrounds of the characters.

mainstream media:

The mainstream media character that I have chosen to show representation of social groups is Ryan Gosling who stars in the same film which our main task film's titles and conventions were based off of, "The Note Book". This is why his appearance stands so closely to our own wit the flat cap and tatty buttoned shirt, this dress code again is clearly designed to give the audience a sense of which era the film is set in which again is the early 1900's and the sort of background in which the character has; and from his clothes we can draw that he is not a very wealthy man, if he were to be a wealthy man then maybe he would be in a fitted suit with a top hat but this is not the case so that assumption would be silly to make.

Question 1:

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

9 frame analysis of "Pride & Prejudice"

The opening frame of Pride and Prejudice fades slowly from black to an Establishing shot of a dreary field with tall trees in the distance. The title "Universal pictures presents" is centered to the shot in an easily legible Golden font. The same font is used for every title and each title is on screen for five seconds, one after the other with slow fade in and fade outs to set a calm mood. The next two titles are "In association with Studiocanal" and "A working title production". While theses titles are in motion the dreary wood is gradually becoming enlightened and warm from the glow of the sun rising from behind the trees. Once the sun has rose completely above the trees the film title fades in with bigger bolder more prominent font. This first frame lasts 48 seconds. From 00:00-00:48 there are feint violins which grow in sound while as the frame goes on, this creates a peaceful effect on the scene which ties in very nicely with the font, scenery and sun to give the audience a taste of the films genre (romance).

The next frame is a tracking shot with the camera angle at shoulder height in front of the actor (medium close-up) "Keera Nightly" as she walks forwards the camera tracks backwards while facing her. Inside the shot the character is reading a book while walking, maybe to show the characters clever nature, the character also has sun beams on in the background which fall on her back as she walks. The audience also see's some of the background which is a healthy green with the sunlight hitting it, all of this warm imagery is again present to show the genre and set the mood. This scene lasts for 10 seconds (00:48-00:58). an average paced piano is added when the frame changes and the pace of the piano mirrors the pace of the actor walking, also it shares a similar mood.

This frame is an over the shoulder shot while the actor is still walking, the camera is focusing at the book of which the actor is reading. The audience cannot see the words but they do see the actor close the book with care and stroke the cover as if it is deer to her as an object. In this shot the consistency of the nice imagery is not lost because the glow of the sun is hitting the pages of the book and lighting up the bright green grass in the actors path. The piano lowers its tune as the book is shut maybe to put emphasis on it and show it is important. This frame is timed at 00:58-01:03.

In this frame the camera shot is a long shot from a side angle. This shot could have been used to show the actors relationship with her surroundings due to the fact in this frame you see her crossing a bridge over a stream with ducks in, this could show the actors respect for nature. The camera doesn't pan with her so this could be because the director wants the audience to pick up on the fact there are ducks in the stream she is crossing over. The nice scenery is still present with the sun bouncing off both the stream and the bright white washing on the line to dry. The piano is still mirroring her walking pace at this time and the frame lasts 11 seconds (01:03-01:14).

The next frame is a close up with the actor walking through the clean white sheets left on the line to dry, the camera angle starts off pretty much in front of the actor while tracking back with her the camera veers of to a side view tracking shot of the actor and continues to track with her walking through the sheets until the camera comes to a soft stop and she walks out of shot. The pleasant scenery is replaced by bright white sheets which at times in this frame hide the actor as she walks through them. The violins from the first frame return and add to the graceful tune as she walks, this frames time is 01:14-01:33.

This frame is a gradual push in to a person playing a piano which just happens to be the person playing the tune in the previous frames. Along the route of the push in it travels past the bottom of a stair well which has two young girls running in a hurry down the stairs and almost crash into another girl with the desire to walk up the stairs. Then the girls run past the piano out of shot and a cheerful dog walks past the camera while we have the view of the pianist's back while she plays. The room has glimpses of bright subtle light in it and the house looks of  a high standard. The piano is now free of the violins in this frame probably to make it more prominent in order to show the audience that she is the piano they hear. The timings for this frame is 01:33-01:51.

In this frame the camera arcs to come away from the pianist and over look the rooms detail and show off its beauty and culture as you see a farmers hat and high quality varnished furniture. This arc is very slow deliberately to ensure that the audience pay attention to detail and absorb the surroundings of the actors set. The violins also return in this scene to mirror the piano's song. The peaceful mood is still not lost at this point ion the opening. This frame lasts 15 seconds (01:51-02:06).

This next frame pushes out of the door once arced and you see the actor "Keera Nightly" walking towards the camera a fair distance away, the camera pans to follow her as she walks up the stairs and comes very close to it then stops to look at people in a window, (at this moment the camera is in an over the shoulder shot but it is level as if in her perspective so the audience see's her looking at the people in the window). The tune in the background with the piano and violins are still present as well as the nice scenery with a warm glow of sunlight hanging on the wall of which the actor is looking at. This frames timing is 02:06-02:28.

The final frame in this analysis contains the camera pushing out as the actor walks through a door proceeding the stairs she once came. As she walks through the doorway the camera pans as if through a wall and comes out the other side to see her inside the building, Then she looks both ways as if to check she is alone and then proceeds into the room she was once staring at from the top of some stairs. This is all very smooth slow camera movement which sets the mood excellently paired with the soft background music. This frame lasts 9 seconds (02:28-02:37) As a viewer I would deem this opening f a romance very good as it is clear from the beginning of its genre and never loses this effect on the audience through out the whole 9 frames.

9 frame analysis "The Ripple Effect"

The first frame is bright and full of wildlife it seems, to set a peaceful nature thus setting a mood for the film. There is no music just ambient sound of wind that can be heard as if the audience is inside the scene, the sole purpose of this frame is to convey a genre of romance but what becomes apparent later in the film is that the same camera shot is used later, although it wont be an establishing shot like in this frame because it will have people running through it making it a wide shot.

The next frame is very similar to the first in the sense that it is an establishing shot of scenery designed to provide a relaxing undertone feeling throughout the audience along with the ambient sound of the wind and wildlife present in the scene which is not seen but can be heard. It includes a muddy path surrounded by green and shrubbery wilderness.

The camera in the third frame is now pointed at the sky where only blue is captured, The title "New Line Cinema" is in Black bold font centred to the frame to make it important to the viewer. The music begins to play as soon as this frame is up and it is a nice calm melody to it, also setting a mood or romance. The camera tilts down from the sky to view a muddy path with a bushy archway, the next title "Dread-fall Productions" presents itself at the bottom of the frame. Then the two main characters Tyler and Elizabeth enter the scene as if they ran out of the camera but they ran past it until far away from the camera down the path, stretching the camera shot from a close up to a wide two shot.

Then next frame is a shot of the wilderness which has Tyler and Elizabeth enter the scene from the right while running to the left, the camera steadily pans with them to the left until they are out of sight in the woodland too deep, the music is still present and the characters are in a contrast of clothing. Elizabeth is in a regal white dress and black trousers which seem quite fashionable and show off wealth where as Tyler is dressed in denim jeans, farmer boots and a flat cap, quite poor garments which also give the viewer a sense of the era in which the film is based which is the early 1900's.

This frame is one of the first frames which now has Elizabeth and Tyler running through it again right to left to keep the audiences perspective right for the run away. The two characters stop and Tyler has a look back which should indicate to the audience that they are running away from something or someone, this is enigma for the audience and will excite the target audience of 13-19.The characters are again in a two shot.

In frame 6 the camera is positioned to again show a two shot of Elizabeth and Tyler but this time they are running towards the camera spanning the angle from a wide shot to a big close up as if they run through the frame. The title appears in the bottom left corner at the start of the frame to say "Barney Flood" establishing someone involved in the film, the title fades out as the characters run close to the camera and become main focus. But while the title is present it is a professional black in order not to draw too much attention away from the actors and to convey a romance, as opposed to an action where titles could be flying in all over the place with explosions.

Frame 7 begins with the camera positioned behind many branches which makes it difficult to see Elizabeth and Tyler running but they are still easy to identify as the camera pans with them, again in a two shot running while holding hands. This would tell the audience the relationship between the two main characters and that they are very close if not lovers, the music should distinguish that they are in fact in love due to the soft harmonies.

After, frame 8 is the same camera angle as frame 4 with the character running from right to left in a woodland area and the camera pans with him until out of shot. Although this time it is Bernard the character who was betrothed to Elizabeth until she ran away with her true love regardless of wealth (Bernard is also in dressy smart clothing to show wealth much like Elizabeth to show a relationship there) During this frame the singer has paused and the underlying tone of the music is all that is present to show that Bernard is trouble.

Finally frame 9 is the same camera shot as frame 7 yet again it has Bernard running instead of Tyler and Elizabeth and this has skipped a few scenes which Tyler and Elizabeth had ran through to show he is catching up to them. At this point some worry is planted into the audiences minds whether Tyler and Elizabeth will get away From Bernard, this is perfect for the target audience of such a young age where they wont be lost like too young audience but at the same time not as snooty as the elder ones who would possibly pick holes in the storyline feeling like they have seen it all before.

comparison in conventions between the 9 frames

The conventions in the Pride and Prejudice were a lot smoother than the Ripple effects but this was purely down to the lack of quality in the ripple effects equipment due to cheap cameras and programmes to edit with. Aside from this the titles were similar in the fact that they appear on screen before a gorgeous scenery in a recreational shot, also the titles appear central to the screen at first but as the beginning caries on the titles tend to be in the bottom left or bottom right so they don't take too much attention away from what's actually happening.


Question 4:
who would be the audience of your media product?

The audience profile



The Audience profile our film "The Ripple Effect" is more intended for the female population; this would be due to the more emotional side to our film, it is designed to make people feel sympathy and heartfelt emotions for the characters on screen and their tragedy. Females are well known to be more in touch with their emotions than males and for that reason they have been targeted as the audience for our film. The audience can vary from 1 to 100 (universal) this is because there would be no violence or in appropriate language used, and it would be enjoyable for woman in their elder or younger years, no-one is too old for a romance, although the age which is probably more focused upon is the teen years (13-19) This is because the actors are of a similar age on the film so the viewers can relate and possibly form a stronger bond with them as the film goes on, maybe seeing a little of themselves in either Elizabeth or Tyler.


Question 6
what have you learned about the technologies from constructing this product?