AS Media Studies Fran

PROMOTING OUR MOVIE PROMOTION  is the publicising of a product/service - in this case of a film - to result in an increase in sales and/or raise awareness of the product/service among the public. Some examples of promotion could be  sales promotion  (placing sales on products/services),  public relations  (relationship created among organisation and the public),  word of mouth  (how the product or service is talked about among the public),  advertising  (activity of production adverts for products/selling) &  direct marketing  (selling products/services directly to the audience). MOVIE STAR PRODUCTIONS has opted to choose advertising and word of mouth, as we are a small "company"and harldy experienced. We have created  - T-shirts for people to purchase - Posters placed around my school and the streets which will help to increase word of mouth - An Instagram account  https://www.instagram.com/moviestarp...

HOW DOES YOUR PRODUCT USE OR CHALLENGE CONVENTIONS AND HOW DOES IT REPRESENT SOCIAL GROUPS AND ISSUES?

HOW DOES YOUR PRODUCT ENGAGE WITH AUDIENCES AND HOW WOULD IT BE DISTRIBUTED AS A REAL MEDIA TEXT?

HOW DID YOUR PRODUCTION SKILLS DEVELOP THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT? 

HOW DID YOU INTEGRATE TECHNOLOGIES, HARDWARE, SOFTWARE AND ONLINE IN THIS PROJECT?

OUR EXPERIENCE To create our film and preliminary tasks, we used " Pinnacle Studios "  which is a paid application easy to use for beginners in film making on any type of computer. To commence, we started off by including a Lionsgate intro to create more of a professional look to our film opening. To include, we added many nature shots to make it more tense and include the audeince in the action. This way the audience will have the ability to observe how more rain seems to appear as the film opening reaches the point in which the girl is hit in the head with the rock. Also, we included mysterious music in the background, sound effects of twigs breaking and birds chirping, and a heart beat in the background to mimic the  increasing   heartbeat of the girl running away from the stalker. In terms of editing the videos, we used fade-out effects to create tension and intrigue among the viewers, helping to make them desire to watch the film. To include, we app...