Preparation for evalution

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

Research:-

Music video; textual analysis of 3 existing music videos, Goodwin's six and textual analysis of 2 previous student music videos.

Digipak; textual analysis of 2 existing digipaks with different layouts.

Web page; textual analysis of an existing web page.

I also had a look at Example's official music video, digipak and web page.

Screenshots from blog, screenshots from Example's music video, digipak and web page.

Adhering to conventions:-

Music video; Goodwin's six and other typical conventions.

Digipak; typical conventions.

Web page; typical conventions.

Screenshots showing comparisons between existing examples and my work and footage.

Theory:-

Music video; Goodwin's six.

Footage.

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

Links:-

Production stills.

Colours.

Fonts.

Background (brick wall).

Screenshots, footage and photos.

Consistent design aesthetic:-

The links between each product create a consistent design aesthetic.

Synergy:-

Design aesthetic.

Music video; fast paced editing with a fast paced, catchy song.

The brick wall links all 3 products.

Web page; shows the video playing and the front cover of the digipak.

Screenshots of the web page, other screenshots, footage and footage of the web page working.

3. What have you learnt from your audience feedback?

Type of audience feedback:-

Test screening.

Questionnaire.

How:-

E-mail via Facebook.

Comments on YouTube and the blog.

Formally in 101.

Pictures of logos.

How useful was it? What did it tell you?:-

Quotes.

Improvements made:-

Jump cuts.

Special effects.

Footage, photos and quotes.

Things I would have done differently:-

Font.

Special effects.

Screenshots and footage.

What have the audience pointed out:-

Quotes.

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

Research and planning:-

Internet.

YouTube.

Blogger (scanning, screenshots, embedding video).

Slideshare.

Screenshots and pictures of logos.

Construction:-

iMovie.

Final Cut Express (forums).

Photoshop (forums).

Wix.

Digital camera.

Video camera.

Blogger.

YouTube.

Facebook.

iDVD.

Screenshots, pictures of logos and footage.

Evaluation:-

iMovie.

Final Cut Express.

Livetype.

Video camera.

Blogger.

iDVD.

Screenshots, pictures of logos and footage.