Evaluation 3

What have you learnt from your audience feedback?

From the audience feedback from ‘Grimm’ I have learnt that, though the idea of a Children’s TV Drama based around morality is a popular idea, I should have been delivered in a format that was slightly less macabre. Based on audience feedback of ‘Grimm’ I have also decided that it would be aired on BBC 1 on a Sunday afternoon, as it is a programme that the whole family could enjoy. Ultimately, if I was to make the Children’s TV Drama again, I would do some more preliminary research so that I could be sure that it would be appealing to children, and would possibly make it aimed at younger children. I would also spend more time on the magazine cover, as judging from the audience feedback, it could have been slightly more glossy and refined. However, the idea of a red lipstick as the gift was a popular idea, and was in keeping with the whole product.

Evaluation 2

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

I feel that the combination of my main product and the ancillary texts is very effective in conveying the overall feel of ‘Grimm’. I think that the house style is very in keeping with the general aesthetic of my Children’s TV Drama. This is because, though the magazine cover is very dark, it shows that ‘Grimm’ isn’t the typical “happy ending” type of Children’s Drama. I also used the same font and shade of red in all three of my products; this contributed to the house style and would help children to coordinate the texts together.  I also put my Planet Films logo on all of the texts, I also used the apple logo on both of my ancillary texts, and this would also help the target audience to identify the products as part of the ‘Grimm’ series.   

Evaluation 1

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

Grimm uses the conventions of real Children’s TV Dramas as it is based on fairy tales and has a fairly fantastic theme.  This means that children aged between 10 and 14 will find it easier to relate to the programme as it is stories that they’ve know their whole life, but told in a different way. I also feel that it uses the convention of Children’s Dramas aiming to instill morality into the audience; I feel that ‘Grimm’ and the Grimm fairy tales are perfect for this as they are almost exclusively based on morality stories. I think that ‘Grimm’ develops conventions by making the fairy tales slightly more “grown up”, as it is aimed at older children, I feel that the fact that it is more adult in its content means that older children will be more attracted to watching it as they would feel  grown up.  I also feel that as the characters in ‘Grimm’ are fairly young; children will also find them easier to relate to.  I feel that ‘Grimm’ challenges conventions by not “sugar-coating” the fairy tales, it isn’t as protective as other TV Dramas and I think that this would be refreshing for children. It is also not based in comedy as most Children’s TV Dramas, for example, iCarly, Victorious and Hannah Montana, as these are aimed at the same age group as ‘Grimm’. I also believe that ‘Grimm’ challenges conventions as it could be a programme that the whole family could sit down together and watch.

Grimm challenges the conventions of modern children's TV dramas by being quite slow and calm, it is reminiscent of children's 'sunday afternoon' dramas of the 1970s/80s, this is why I chose to reinvent the convention. I created this effect by using pre-MTV slightly slower editing techniques, and therefore slowing the entire pace of the opening sequence. I used inspiration from feature film trailers, for example "The Box (Kelly,2009) in regards to the use of text throughout the sequence.


The Box trailer : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFHa-ygkF_M