Prezi evaluation

Here is my evaluation, constructed using prezi

A2 Production work evaluation on Prezi

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Revised final edit

Here is the final edit of the film trailer, it was added because of feedback we gained from our audience

Final cut

Here is the final edit of our teaser trailer

First Completed edit

This is our first finished copy of the trailer, this is not the final product however, this is showing our efforts of changing and including shots after we edit. We need to change some audio on this clip and get shots that would form a better narrative. After that we just need to add title sequences.

Personal home pages and the construction of identities on the web

We received a handout by Daniel Chandler, a media theorist, our homework was to summarize his piece in 500 words:

In his introduction Chandler defines his piece as he states that 'the adoption of new media seems to involve a shifting or blurring of the boundaries of public and private' this this a valid point as new media technologies, primarily the internet, are portraying facts and information about people that used to be kept quiet and in private to the public. He argues this point as whatever that's written and submitted onto a webpage is automatically published on an international scale, anyone can see what you have placed on the webpage.

Chandler also explores the construction of identity on the internet, it is accepted theory that anyone can create an alternative identity for themselves on the internet, no one can check whether the information, photos or videos you post of yourself are actually yours. Thomas Erickson goes as far as claiming that useful information is just a useful side effect of the internet, and it's main use is to construct identity.

Chandler goes on to discuss asynchronous mass communication. Before the web was invented one-to-many communication and self-presentation was only available to those who were rich and who owned the media machines, the web allows the people to take control of this power and gives them the ability to communicate to many. As Martin Ryder states 'this medium (the web) appears to be open to mass producers as well as mass consumers.' The internet is obviously a form of asynchronous mass communication, it is like printed books or newspapers, rather than being like the telephone or face-to-face interaction. This comparison of web and printed books can be taken too far however as web pages are a audio-visual form of media, this adds to the fact web pages are more dynamic than printed books, as web pages can be connected and a user can jump from one page to another due to hyperlinks.

Chandler talks about the building blocks of webpage identity and seems to see the webpage as a big construction, the author of which takes time to construct pages that aren't just thrown together for acquaintances but for a much larger audience. Personal pages may be useless to other but to the author it is a big thing and it means a lot to them, this shows the long process that author's must put in to create their own home pages. There are minute details of web pages are also important, as people lay out pages in a way that suits them and their personality, so their identity is portrayed through coding and layout as well as content.

Many authors of web pages have adopted the function that is similar to other conventional media, expressing ones feelings to validate them with ones self. Similar to a diary or journal web users write on the web with the intended audience being themselves. This goes together with the ideal that the web can present and shape of self. The web causes the personal conquest to discover one's self is fused with the public. Identities and relationships are thus always questionable on cyberspace, as authors will be aware that anyone can see what they are saying, and they may change their self or opinions to suit what the majority of their audience think. This wariness of identities on the internet is most evident in chat rooms were it well known that adopted identities and even gender changing occurs. With the web a false sense of security can occur, if someone meets someone in real life that they have come across and read about on the internet they may feel they know that person, when in fact of course they are still complete strangers. The dangers of the internet and the power it gives people to construct their own identity is that internet users may find the real world as constraining their identity as they don't have complete freedom like they do on the internet. This danger is developed into the fear that people use the internet as a retreat from real life and the fact they can right the wrong of their identity online they will prefer their online identity and stay with that. The internet can offer a platform for people to deal with personal issues however, issues are hard to deal with face to face, online people may be more open to express their problems as there is no awkwardness of seeing the person your telling again.

Magazine cover completed

This is the second part of my subsidiary task, a magazine front cover which features my film, here is the completed magazine front cover

Film Poster

Here is my final film poster for the subsidiary task