EVALUATION QUESTION 4: How did you use media technologies in the construction, research and planning and evaluation stages?

EVALUATION QUESTION 3: How have you learned from your audience feedback?

EVALUATION QUESTION 2: How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

EVALUATION QUESTION 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or and challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

FINAL VERSION OF 'THE TRUTH' (LONGER VERSION)

FINAL VERSION OF 'THE TRUTH' (short version)

Final Film Article

Final Film Poster

MODERATED MOCK EXAM FEEDBACK

Yesterday we received feedback on our previous Mock exams. Initially when my teacher marked it I scored 45 marks which gave me an A* but now that it has been moderated by the head of media department my mark has been reduced to 39/50. I was impressed by my essay on representation of women in media because unlike the essays I wrote last year, I included theories to explain my points and I analysed examples a little bit more. However, there is always room for improvement and I will be implementing the feedback given to me by the moderator in my upcoming mock exams. She advised me to give specific examples and analyse historic and future prospects regarding the topic. My writing skills were good according to her feedback and my essay was well structured therefore I don't necessarily need to change it but slight improvements can increase my grade. Putting her advice into practice and with my knowledge from the previous mock, I will hopefully write a better essay this mock and get better grades. 

PRODUCTION DIARY WEEK 21

This past week I have been contemplating on my production setbacks and have developed a new idea to eliminate the problem of actor unreliability. I have decided to play both the parts of the Radical Muslim and the Moderate Muslim woman. This will mean that I will have to wear both costumes and act both parts then edit it to create the film. This coming week I will start working on the Film poster for my short film after carrying out research into existing film posters relating to Islam to have an idea of what layout, image size, font style, colour scheme and house style to use.

PRODUCTION SETBACKS

ACTORS
   At the beginning of my production I wanted to use a male actor to play the role of the radical Muslim whilst I play the role of the moderate Muslim. The first person that came to my mind to play the role was my cousin who agreed to it but due to his work commitments he became unavailable for rehearsals and eventually decided that he will be unreliable when it comes to the shooting times.
   Hence I still wanted the role to be played by a man, I decided to ask a schoolmate to play the role as he was the most befitting and suitable for it, he also agreed to play the role but as I hadn't seen him in school for over a week it occurred to me that he was also unreliable for the production and as I do not have much time left to complete my production, I decided to make some changes.
   I then decided to use a woman to play the role of the radical Muslims as lately on the news it has been reported that Muslim women have also been taking part in Islamic Extremist movements. I asked a school mate who seemed keen on the idea to play the role, she read through the script but then came to the conclusion that the film production needs a lot of time dedicated to it and due to educational commitments she will not be able to give it the time it needs, therefore she won't be able to play the role.
   My last resort to get an actor to play the role was to ask the drama department if they had any student suitable to play the role. The teacher affirmed that she only had year 10 students who might be reliable but they were too young to portray the character and the older year 11/12 students were all unreliable.
   Having exhausted my obvious options, I had to bring up a new concept for the film which will not delay my production any further or change the storyline of my short film, so I have decided to play both roles.  I believe that this will be a good concept for the film because it portrays the self consciousness of the character. I also believe that it portrays the dilemma Muslims go through which is either to let the pain and the hunger for revenge make them go astray or to follow the teachings of the Quran even if they are provoked.

LOCATION
As my short film will be shot indoors with only few props, I only needed one location which can be set up with a table, two chairs, lighting and black curtains. My school's assembly stage was suitable for this purpose because it had black curtains around it and it can be set up with the tables and chairs. I asked for its availability and it was only unavailable during assembly hours so I could use it whenever after those times.
However, I was unaware that there was a drama room which was a perfectly set up room for my cause. After been showed I then decided that I would like to shoot my short film there. The drama room's availability was limited to only after school hours as lessons are held there during the day but as I hadn't concluded who my actors were I did not set a date to use it but now that I am certain on the actors, I will be discussing with the head of drama department about the availability and come to an agreement on when I can use it.