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Question 7 by Kelli: Looking back at you preliminary task (the continuity editing task), what do you feel you have learnt in the progression of it to the full product?

Looking at the preliminary task as well as our final film opening you can see a remarkable improvement in many areas. As the preliminary was a continuity edit the focus was almost completely on technical ability, comparing it to our film opening you can see the improvements in things such as the lighting and the selection of camera shots. The editing is also significantly improved and so has the continuity, it appears more precise and more like a professional product than the preliminary task. This is also partly due to the genre we chose, as a mockumentary limits you to the range of shots and editing you are able to do. Another thing I felt we learn to do better was to follow the conventions of our chosen genre as well as creating a tangible schedule as we were able to stick much more closely to our original plan, and had to veer off very little. 

Question 6 by Kelli: What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product?

What have you learnt about technologies from the process of constructing this product? on Prezi

Question 5 by Kelli: How did you attract/address your audience?

It's George Middleston's reaction to Constance - as you can see above - that communicates to the audience that their own reaction to Constance is perfectly normal and she is in fact overly energetic. He takes the position of an observing character that can be used to show the audience that this is not bad acting but that you are meant to see her as an extremely eccentric character. 

Question 4 by Kelli: Who would be the audience for your media product?

Question 3 by Kelli: What kind of media institution might distribute your product and why?

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Question 2 by Kelli: How does your media product represent particular social groups?

 

We used largely stereotypical characters in our film opening as this is a technique often used in mockumentaries to add to the comedy of it. As our film involved a lot of performance art students we wanted to use the stereotypical egotistic and energetic characteristics that you would find in the tv show Glee. The character of Rachel Berry in this show often talks about her "incredible talent" obviously boasting and acting superior to others, this is the kind of character we wanted to reflect in our film, something I feel we achieved quite well.

The mockumentary film Drop Dead Gorgeous did something similar, as it's about a beauty contest they used the shallow, self-centred stereotypes for their characters. Using these stereotypes is essential to a mockumentary film of this style as irony and sarcasm are often aspects of the comedy used it will always be used in the type of person the main character is.