Evaluation Question 4 - How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

I used Emaze again to present the fourth evaluation question.

Evaluation Question 3 - What have you learned from your audience feedback?

For the third evaluation question I made a Prezi to present my response.

Evaluation Question 2 - How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

For the second evaluation question I chose to make a presentation and share it on Sideshare.

Evaluation question 2 from Rory Hayden

Evaluation Question 1 - In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

For my first evaluation question I have chosen to create an Emaze presentation.

Film Poster - Badge of Dishonour

As part of the promotional package of every movie, there is a poster made which is often displayed in cinemas, billboards, magazines and online. Therefore for our film I must do the same in order to increase hype and advertise our movie. As you can see below I have continued with the grey scale theme that was published in the EMPIRE magazine. The film credits are displayed at the bottom so that bypasses can see who directed the film and see if there are any actors they recognise playing a character in the movie. The original background was a view of the scenery nearby the location that our film was filmed in. I decided to change this background because I didn't feel it was relevant to the story or theme and replaced it with a sketchy grey background that delivers a street feel. This colour scheme with the background also makes the poster stand out more to the public.

Film Poster Photoshoot

After making the magazine I did another photo shoot for the poster. In this I wanted to achieve more of a full body shot that introduced the character. I chose a location in the countryside near where the film was filmed with a nice view. This represents the character looking over the land that he cares for.

I decided to use this photo because there was no trees directly in the way and his body posture did not look too hostile as in he was the bad guy.

EMPIRE Magazine Front Cover - Badge of Dishonour

After analysing magazine covers including the magazine 'EMPIRE' I was prepared to create my own version of an 'EMPIRE' magazine cover that featured our film 'Badge of Dishonour'.  I used software on our school computers called Serif PagePlus to create the magazine and edit the photo. I cropped the photo I choose to use from my photo shoot to a close up of the detectives upper body with the gun prominent and the main focus in the shot. I choose to make the photo grey scale with an increased exposure and contrast. The cover models head overlaps the masthead which is a common convention in all magazine genres. I chose to have the tradition red EMPIRE masthead because it acts as a good secondary colour for the whole magazine as it contrasts with the grey background. The Badge of Dishonour logo is pinned across the centre and onto the cover model so that users relate it to the cover photo. The red puff in the bottom left overlaps the 'Badge of Dishonour' logo slightly so that it has a sticker effect. The rest of the text on the cover is fairly minimal because is is how the recent articles of EMPIRE have been in recent months.