My Main Evaluation

Media Studies Main Evaluation

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

For my media product I did a local news bulletin, the news was obviously made up. In news bulletins usually the main, big, important news always comes first, followed by the less important news that comes in the middle and news that is hardly important at the end. This is how I set up my news bulletins with the main news about the Mayfare hotel, followed by the body that was found and the 65-year-old man who went missing and to finish off sports and the weather. As always in news bulletins it starts and finishes with a jingle and luckily I was able to find the perfect jingle for my news on garage band. Using these techniques I challenge the forms and conventions of real media products but also develop them in my own way by keeping the stories short and clear.

How does your media product represent particular social groups?  

In my news bulletins it is mainly the same type of news that all radio stations would present during the news hour. The reason being is because it’s the kind of news people would hear every day and if it was presented in a different style, then the audience would find it weird. By starting off with “A massive blaze broke out today at the Mayfare hotel” the audience straight away understand what this is about.

What kind of media institutions might distribute your media and why?

My media project would be distributed to a local radio station, reason being is because it’s a local news bulletin but if a radio station like Manx Radio helped to make it sound professional then it could be distributed to a bigger radio station like BBC Radio 1.

Who would be the audience for your media product?

The audience for my media product would be teenagers from the age of 17 to adults from the age of 30 mainly because the news is aimed towards both ages.

How did you attract/address your audience?

Usually in the Isle of Man not a lot happens in terms of big news, so because there was a massive explosion at the Mayfare hotel (which is only made up) it attracted my audience because they found it interesting. Also near the end when I mention about the great Eric Cantona that also had my audience listening.

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

I have learnt that it is vitally important that you make good sense when you are presenting the news. It is also important to have a perfectly clear microphone that would pick any sound needed and also kept my voice clear. In my case this was a problem to start when I was doing my recordings on an old Dell computer, but thanks to a friend I was able to do my recordings on garage band with a good built in microphone. My digital recorder also helped a lot in a way that I could record some friends from outside to make it sound like they were at a different place. And of course garage band and the apple computer helped me a lot to do my edits and set it out the way I wanted it.

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 that it is very important that the stories make clear sense to the audience and also being confident whilst presenting the news, and also not rushing into the story straight away.