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

I have learnt a lot of new terminaology, how to use different media sharing websites and how to use a lot of equipment, exapmles or these are shown above in the word montage.

Looking back at your preliminary task, what do you feel you have learnt in the progression from it to the full product?

I have learnt about things such as the 180 degree rule, which means you have to stay on a specific side when filming and can only cross over the line if this is shown by camera movement on screen. I have also learnt a lot of job roles such as; the director, producers, director of photography and more and what each job role entitles as we had to do it all ourselves. I developed my camera skills and learnt new termination such as tracking and shot reverse shot.

How did you attract/address your audience?

Who would be the audience for your media product?

Name: Claire Boniface

Gender: Female

Age: 17

Lives: Cheam

Watches what TV programmes: 90210, Eastenders, Take Me Out, Vampire diaries, Scrubs, Waterloo Road

Visits what websites: Facebook, Youtube, Tumblr, Formspring, Twitter

Does what when they go out: Be with friends, Cinema, Parties, Starbucks

Listens to what music: Dub-step, R&B, Rock, Hip hop

Wears what clothes: Bright colours, nothing expensive or designer brand.

Reads what magazines: OK!, Heat,

Likes/is involved with which subcultures: Goes to small gigs

Shops where: Newlook, Topshop, River Ireland

Aspires to be: A wedding planner

Has how much spare £££: not a lot

Likes this particular genre because: She likes romance, hence wanting to be a wedding planner and she likes to laugh.




Claire Boniface is a 17 year old girl that lives in Cheam and goes to 6th form at Glyn in Ewell where she studies Media, Photography and Law. In her spare time she watches TV programmes such as; 90210, Eastenders, Take Me Out, Vampire Diaries, Scrubs and Waterloo Road. She also spends a lot of time on social networking sites such as; Facebook, Youtube, Tumblr, Formspring and Twitter. In her spare time she goes out with friends to parties, cinema or coffee shops. She listens to a wide variety of music and likes wearing bright colours. She is aspiring to be a wedding planner as she likes romance which is why romantic comedies are her favourite genre.

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

A production company is responsible for the physical production of new media.The company may also be directly responsible for raising of funding for the production or may accomplish this through an emissary. The production company may be either a small company or a larger one, selling its products to a film studio. We made our own production comapny 'Bad Seed'.

A film distributor is a company responsible for releasing the films to the public either theatrically or for homeviewing. We researched romantic comedies and found that miramax was a common distibutor in films such as Bridget Jones Diaries.

We looked at all the job titles in Bridget Jones diary and noted them down to use in our film, these consisted of roles such as; cinematographor, director, actors etc. We put these in order of having the biggest roles first such as directors and main actors.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?

Class: In our opening sequence a class difference is shown, Darren is a high class business man that has a good, well payed job whereas Emily is lower class with an average job and a stressful life. We portrayed this class difference by using costume, Darren is dressed smart whereas Emily is more casual.

Gender: Darren as the male, is the more powerful characters follows gender stereotyping in that males are more powerful than females. He is a big shot where as she is more of a nobody. He is also the one that will be finding her in the film rather than her finding him.

Both characters are white, this is common in Romantic comedies as you don't usually see couples of other ethnicity.

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

The title of the film:
The title of our opening sequence has a specific font which looks like handwriting, in some of the opening sequences of romantic comedies we looked at they also had this as it looked like it would have been written by the main character and looks personal to them.

Setting/ location:
The setting is just in the characters houses and around the place they live. This is typical of romantic comedies as it reveals information about the characters and what their personalities are like without words and sets up the story and how they are going to meet.

Costume and props: Our characters are wearing clothes appropriate for work but you can see the difference of smartness in their appearance they have. Darren wears a suit whereas Emily has more of a casual look, this shows their difference in that Emily is a lot more care free and Darren is the opposite and hard working. A lot of romantic comedies use opposite personalities for their characters as it's good to work with the clash of personalities and the saying 'opposites attract'.

Camerawork and editing:We used the camera to make it look like the characters were looking i a mirror, this helps to show that they are getting ready for the day and the fact that they are both getting ready shows a connection between the two characters and that they are going to meet.

Title font and style:
The title of our opening sequence has a specific font which looks like handwriting, in some of the opening sequences of romantic comedies we looked at they also had this as it looked like it would have been written by the main character and looks personal to them.

Story and how the opening sets it up: The opening sequence is setting up the story as it is showing the characters lives before they meet, by showing both of them getting ready in the morning it indicates to the audience that the film is going to be about them. This is used in other romantic comedies as it shows information about the characters without having dialogue and a big scene. It also portrays the rest of the film and keeps the audience in anticipation.

Genre and how the opening suggests it:
You know its a romantic comedy as it shows a boy and a girl, this indicates that they are the main characters and that the film is going to be about them. Also the music is happy and up beat which reveals the feel of the film, the titles also suggest the genre as they are in a nice font which is fun and not plain.

How characters are introduced:
Our opening sequence is basically the introducvtion of the characters in the film as it switches from Emily to Darren showing them getting ready for the day. The opening sequence reveals infomation about the characters as by the look of their houses and the clothes they wear and whether they are rushed or calm when getting ready.