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

In my media documentary i did not challenge forms of conventions but just pointed out the facts that have an effects on the every day person. I did however use forms of conventions to represent the realness and the interest this topic has had in the media over the past few years. As it is a subject that a lot of people have an opinion on it was important to make sure the language and context was appropriate. I followed the channel 4 style guide and used the correct home style so that it would appeal to the channel 4s audiences.Throughout my documentary i used a number of different camera techniques such as over the shoulder shots, close ups and establishing shots to involve the audience as much as possible making sure the audience can interact with the clip and have a greater understanding of the issues raised in the 5 minuet extract.

Media Evaluation

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

Having followed the conventions of the channel 4 website and correctly using the Channel 4 style guide and format to make sure I have addresses the target audience correctly I feel I have worked effectively. One of the ancillary tasks was to create a radio script I decided to use an adult male with a strong intellectual voice this worked well as he to would be someone that would be the target audience for my documentary and hopefully by using that it will represent positively and channel 4 would agree, I have heard similar radio adds from channel 4 this was where the inspiration came from. I thing my factual insert was cleverly done and possibly i’snt a clear message until hearing the radio add but it is represented in the way that supermarkets are becoming the holy grail and every other organisation and self run business is missing out as they cant compete with there advertisements. There is a clear message to the documentary and i feel it has been express affectively.

Media EvaluationWhat have you learned from your audience feedback?

I have learnt a lot from audience feedback and it has helped me to develop on my ideas and ways and processes to make my work better. Through the use of questionnaires and feedback forms i have been able to see what it is the audience want to see in there documentary and ways in which I can reflect there thoughts and ideas in my work. Having regular feedback has helped me to improve my work and see ways in which I can change and add things to make it more enjoyable for the target audience. I presented my documentary to a group of people who would be classed as my target audience where they then had a chance to tell me where I could improve and things that were done well. I had a lot of possitive feedback about the facts and statistics that where in the documentary and the realness of it showing the people that this topic has an affect on ,However i am under no elusion that there are areas on my work that could be better quality and of a higher standard this was one of the negative comments I received and i have taken this in to consideration. Things i would do differently if i had another chance i would include more interviews and manage my time more efficiently.

Media EvaluationHow did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Using the computer through out the task and using software and programmes I had never used before such as slide share websites and macro media was challenging as it is a very time consuming process but the easiest way to transport and edit documents. I used IMovies on the apple laptops to construct and edit my documentary this was a very technical process but was a lot easier to edit and crop the documentary. I used a number of different programmes on the computer from PowerPoint to Microsoft work and so on this was one of the easier processes as it is not very time consuming and easier to use than the rest of the programmes i found.In the proccess of making the documentary and adding work on to blogger there was a lot of uploading and transferring work i have learned how to upload word documents and embed them from sites such as Slide share ,Scribd and photo Bucketbut. A lot of the time these programmes were very difficult and often didn't cooperate but over all I have learnt the processes well.