Evaluation Question 1

In what ways does your media product use, develop or

challenge forms and conventions of real media
products?
The task that
Portfolio was
approximately
together with

we had been set for our UNIT G324 Advance

to produce a short film in its entirety, lasting
five minutes, which will be live action,
two of the following three options:

A poster for the film;

A radio trailer for the film;
A film magazine review page featuring the film;

Our group and I had settled together by thinking about

multiple ideas such as action, comedy, and thriller but we
eventually chose a drama in the end. The narrative of our
short film was that a disabled wheelchair user would go
through his normal day to day life, while the audience watches
his struggles as a wheelchair user and reminisces about his
past, where he has a car accident and becomes Broken.

Setting/Location
The setting of our production was Daniels house which he would
wake up to deserted and unclean. Other locations included a
GP, train station and public roads. This was to emphasize on
Daniels struggles and how his disability impacted his daily
life, such as the only call he gets are from his doctor and is
constantly neglected by the public.
We had followed the general codes and conventions of the drama
genre and used these locations so it created better
verisimilitude, so that the audience could recognize what was
going on.

Costumes & Props

We ensured that the costumes we used throughout suited the
stereotypical conventions that came with our genre. Such as
the doctor wearing a suit and white coat appearing to look
smart and typically doctor-like. We also used a brown bottle
to make it look like medicine that was supposed to help Daniel
with his pain as normally disabled people took medication.
We used a wheelchair to clearly point out to the audience that
he was handicapped and again to create verisimilitude and to
allow the audience to sympathize with Daniel.

Editing
Editing played a huge role during the production of our short
film i.e. allowing the tension to build up using slow-paced
editing or in opposition with fast paced editing seen during
the flashback of Daniels accident. Also by using colour
correction on the flashback scene, it allowed the audience to
recognize that it was a flashback of Daniels past.

Conclusion
To conclude, I am extremely pleased with our final production.
I believe it holds the typical codes and conventions od a
drama and has a general storyline to match up to the
standards.