Evaluation:
The main messages I wanted to convey in my media product is that awareness needs to be raised around the topic of bullying and that it needs to be prevented. To do this i created an interactive website which allows people an insight into what the charity can do to help raise awareness of bulling and if there is a victim of bullying there are ways they can get support through the charity. My production plan for the website follows the codes and conventions of typical websites. This is because on my website i have included key features such as a bold company name across the top of the page and a company logo in the top right hand corner. i have also added an interactive feature which is a documentary viewers can watch. This makes the website more appealing and useful as it will allow the audience to gain a further insight into how victims are effected long term from bullying. Furthermore my website also has a bar along the top which allows people further access to other pages of the website and there is charity details such as an email address and helpline number along the side.
In my pre production research i created a survey which i handed out to 40 students. This is included questions such as; Have you ever been bullied? Which media product would be most useful? What age were you when the bullying take place? etc... This allowed me to chose a specific media product that was suggested by the respondents and also allowed me to chose a specific age range of students that the website should be aimed at. I found the pre production research useful as it gave me insight into which media product would be the most successful to create. If i could complete the project again i would have handed out the survey to a larger amount of people and i would give them out to adults as well. This is because i have learnt that many adults are bullied in the workplace. Therefore i would have asked more detailed questions to find out if they have suffered from this and create a website more suitable for all age ranges as more awareness needs to be raised about bullying in the workplace as well.
The strengths of my production planning work are that i managed to create a plan of a website that is bright, vibrant and appeals to victims that need support as they have been effected by bulling.
One weakness of my planning work is that my website is aimed at young teenagers. This means it wont be appealing to adults who are victims of bullying. Therefore if i could change something i would include every age group in the target audience as most people are targeted by bulling at some point in there life.
During the "responding to a brief" project i have learnt that research is needed before planning the media product. When i produced a questionnaire it allowed me to gain an insight on how many teenagers have been bullied and which media product would be most successful. Therefore my research was a key part of "responding to a brief" as without the research i would not have known who to aim the website at and what information i should include on it.
The main messages I wanted to convey in my media product is that awareness needs to be raised around the topic of bullying and that it needs to be prevented. To do this i created an interactive website which allows people an insight into what the charity can do to help raise awareness of bulling and if there is a victim of bullying there are ways they can get support through the charity. My production plan for the website follows the codes and conventions of typical websites. This is because on my website i have included key features such as a bold company name across the top of the page and a company logo in the top right hand corner. i have also added an interactive feature which is a documentary viewers can watch. This makes the website more appealing and useful as it will allow the audience to gain a further insight into how victims are effected long term from bullying. Furthermore my website also has a bar along the top which allows people further access to other pages of the website and there is charity details such as an email address and helpline number along the side.
In my pre production research i created a survey which i handed out to 40 students. This is included questions such as; Have you ever been bullied? Which media product would be most useful? What age were you when the bullying take place? etc... This allowed me to chose a specific media product that was suggested by the respondents and also allowed me to chose a specific age range of students that the website should be aimed at. I found the pre production research useful as it gave me insight into which media product would be the most successful to create. If i could complete the project again i would have handed out the survey to a larger amount of people and i would give them out to adults as well. This is because i have learnt that many adults are bullied in the workplace. Therefore i would have asked more detailed questions to find out if they have suffered from this and create a website more suitable for all age ranges as more awareness needs to be raised about bullying in the workplace as well.
The strengths of my production planning work are that i managed to create a plan of a website that is bright, vibrant and appeals to victims that need support as they have been effected by bulling.
One weakness of my planning work is that my website is aimed at young teenagers. This means it wont be appealing to adults who are victims of bullying. Therefore if i could change something i would include every age group in the target audience as most people are targeted by bulling at some point in there life.
During the "responding to a brief" project i have learnt that research is needed before planning the media product. When i produced a questionnaire it allowed me to gain an insight on how many teenagers have been bullied and which media product would be most successful. Therefore my research was a key part of "responding to a brief" as without the research i would not have known who to aim the website at and what information i should include on it.
Don't forget to be careful with your capital letters Aimee, you need capital; "I" when referring to yourself.
ReplyDeleteCan you go into more detail about the website's codes and conventions? Your comment about its strengths and weaknesses are that it is bright and vibrant but do not comment upon the extent to which you are satisfied that the website follows the codes and conventions of a website.
You also say that it was meant to be bright and vibrant. The evaluation is the opportunity for you to justify that decision, so explain why this what you wanted and why it is important.
Also can you explain why you think is is necessary to have asked more detailed questions. What was wrong with those you asked and give an example of the kind of questions you would have asked, and will ask if needed in the future.
Finally, and most importantly, you have just stated that a website was the most appropriate medium to choose, but not why. Can you explain why the website was suitable for the audience and the messages you wished to communicate?
You should do these follow on tasks by replying to this post.
I chose to use bright and vibrant colours for the website as they reflect happiness and positivity which is the message the charity want to convey. The website is for students to gain support and guidance when suffering from bullying. Therefore the bright colours portray that the charity believe in an environment where everyone embraces each others differences and is a bully free world. This links to the logo i created as it also includes a wide variety of different colours to show diversity.
DeleteI decided to produce a website as my media product as when carrying out my research most students said that a website would be most successful. I also produced a website as it allowed me to explain in depth about the effects of bullying and upload a documentary as an interactive feature. If i was to create a poster i would not have been able to do this as their is not enough space to explain the effects of bullying. A typical convention of a poster is that it is eye catching, short and snappy to appeal to people as they walk by. However i wanted to create a more useful media product which contains information, support and advice. I would also not have been able to include features such as a sign up page for the charity event. Therefore it was best for me to create a website in order to show how the charity can raise awareness of bullying and allow the public to get involved.
I chose to use bright and vibrant colours for the website as they reflect happiness and positivity which is the message the charity want to convey. The website is for students to gain support and guidance when suffering from bullying. Therefore the bright colours portray that the charity believe in an environment where everyone embraces each others differences and is a bully free world. This links to the logo i created as it also includes a wide variety of different colours to show diversity.
DeleteI decided to produce a website as my media product as when carrying out my research most students said that a website would be most successful. I also produced a website as it allowed me to explain in depth about the effects of bullying and upload a documentary as an interactive feature. If i was to create a poster i would not have been able to do this as their is not enough space to explain the effects of bullying. A typical convention of a poster is that it is eye catching, short and snappy to appeal to people as they walk by. However i wanted to create a more useful media product which contains information, support and advice. I would also not have been able to include features such as a sign up page for the charity event. Therefore it was best for me to create a website in order to show how the charity can raise awareness of bullying and allow the public to get involved.