How have you improved your conventions of real media texts.

How have you improved your conventions of real media texts:

From our journey in A level media, we made a large improvement between our tasks of A1 and A2. We used the different elements of media to help make the improvements.

In AS media, we used very few pieces of soundtrack, which set a very pedestrian atmosphere. However for our A2 production, we used a variety of horror based soundtracks, with different  tempos. This created a tense and dynamic atmosphere. We made to sure to time our soundtrack with the shots in the film. For example we used loud, fast tempo music in the scene where our protagonists are running away from our antagonist.

We also used our editing process to make further improvements to our A2 production. We used a variety of transitions to cut between the different scenes in our trailer, including fades to blacks and fast pace transitions.

Magazine Annotation

Annotation of our Magazine Front Cover:

Poster Annotation

Annotation of our Film Poster:

Filming Schedule

Our filming Schedule:



October Half Term

Monday 23rd - Meet in Fetcham at 11:30am

                           Create script for The Craze

                           Film scenes of the house 

                         - Outside the house (establishing shot)

                         - Small scenes inside the house to show its family home (plants, family photos etc)

                         - Introduce brother and sister - watching TV or talking.

Tuesday 24th - Meet in Ashtead at 11:30am

                          Go to Ashtead Library to create wanted poster

                          Film scenes happening outside

                        - Water flowing along river 

                        - Panning shot of the trees and the are being set

                        - Sean and Shannon throwing stones into river 

                        - Shannon and Sean in park, notices wanted poster, picks it up 

                        - Different way of seeing wanted poster, pinned on a lamppost 

Ancillary Text Comparison

Ancillary Text Comparison:

There are several features of our film poster that makes it similar to that for the film poster of "IT." One of these is the colours that we have used throughout our poster. The colour code that we decided to use of black and white is conventional to the horror film posters. This is shown by the use of colours on the film poster for "IT." This shows that our film poster is similar to real life horror film productions.

Another feature of our film poster which is similar to the real life poster is the use of production credits. In both posters, you can see that the text has been placed at the bottom of the page. This is another example of how we have followed the conventions of real life ancillary texts

The final way in which I feel that we have followed examples of real life film posters is showing the characters that we have included in our production. This introduces our audience to the characters of our film, by allowing them to identify the protagonist and the antagonist.

We also created a film magazine cover as part of our production. I have made the comparison of this to a popular film magazine that is based around a horror movie.

                                   










One feature of our film's magazine which makes it seem believable to an audience is the use of a bold central magazine title. It is important for a film magazine to have a clear title that is central to the page, so it stands out to an audience. This will therefore entice the audience to buy the product. As well as this, a title of the film that is being promoted also needs to be placed on the magazine, to make sure that the audience knows which film is being advertised to them.

Another feature that we have included on our magazine that follows conventions is the use of smaller images that are included on the magazine, alongside the image that is central to the magazine. This allows the audience to be introduced further to some of the different features of the film.

Character Interview - Shannon

Character Interview - Shannon:

This video shows Shannon's interview for the role of her character. She was asked the same questions as the other group members.

Our Animated Storyboard

 Animated Storyboard:

This is our Animated Storyboard. We edited this on IMovie, on an Iphone.