Evaluation

1. The codes and convention in the final product helped contribute to the genre. Our genre is Action/Thriller and to help maintain this the conventions we used gave the audience the idea of what genre it is. For example to create and action feel we used the gun and this is a generic convention which automatically links to the genre action. Also when using the newspaper articles we used words on them such as murder this influenced the genre to be also Thriller.

2. In our production we only needed one character Max and to stereotypically fit Max into a Action/Thriller genre. However, this was very hard, so by using the body language and his presentation we tried to crate a thriller atmosphere because Max's body language is very dull and gloomy also his costume is very simple and lifeless also linking to the genre thriller.

3. Our production I think would be suited for 16+ because as its an action/thriller i widens the range of viewers, and a 16 year old would watch as its an action and the older generation would come because of the thriller and how its more complex. Our production would be sold from any high street store such as supermarkets and music stores.

4. I think that the audience which would best be suitable would be more male audience because its its an Action/Thriller and Action films usually focus more at the male people also the audience research back this up because more males see action as their favourite genre. And from 16+ age i think would watch the production.

5. to attract and engage the audience we firstly made a questionnaire which helped us achieve this. We used music throughout the production to engage the audience and to bring them on a level of where the character is as the music expresses the character. Also the props we used helped engage the audience because for example the gun represents action so this made them want to know what would happen next.

6. At the very start of this project i had very little knowledge on the technology side as i had never used Mac's for filming purposes. However, by the end of the project and production my understanding on technology was much improved i had learnt many new techniques and different types of software such as:

• Using I Movie and all techniques involving this such as manipulating different clips to make them a continuous film, also adding different effects to suit the clip.
• Filming with the camcorder and using different angles and shots.
• Adding different types of format to the production and how to convert

7. When we first made our preliminary task there were some problems with the software as it was only a practice also we made plans and dome some drafting for this task and this definitely helped us improve the outcome of our final production. Now i have looked at my final production i see the improvements from this and i have defiantly learnt organisation skills and planning skills. And i feel if i didn't practice the planning before for the preliminary task then the final production would not be at its current state and planning is the most important factor to success.