Evaluation One

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

My initial plan was to develop the conventions of teen dramas, but instead I just followed the conventions on a lower budget. After I started making my trailer I learnt that it was hard to develop the conventions because I'm so used to seeing teen dramas being made in a particular way. My media product does use the conventions but some people could say that it slightly develops them because of my lower budget. Almost all successful teen dramas made have a high budget and these films include: Bratz, Wild Child and Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen. But more lower budget films that are hard hitting and use a lot of realism that the audience can relate to or can gain a different perspective of are becoming more popular with British audiences for example Angus Thongs & perfect Snogging and FishTank. This gives me confidence with my film trailer and makes me feel that it could be as successful as a film with a higher budget and because there are successful low budget films around people will see my film as following conventions rather than challenging or developing them because of my budget being lower.
My magazine cover followed the conventions of other magazines because again I found it hard to challenge. I didn't want to challenge or develop my magazine cover because I think that could have put people off my final media product. I would say that my film poster developed the conventions because it does not follow every aspect of the conventions. I think my choice of multiple images don't follow the conventions but I think my product is still recognizable because of the use of text and the main image of NewYork.