The End Of My A2 Media Coursework

I have now finished all of my A2 coursework, and declare this A2 media blog finished!!

Good luck to everyone for their coursework and exams, and remember, keep calm and GANGNAM STYLE!!!

Evaluation Question 4

For my fourth evaluation question, I have created a video with me narrating over it.

If the audio seems quiet for any reason, please make sure to turn up your volume so that you can clearly hear my answer to the evaluation question:

Evaluation Question 3

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

I have learned a great deal from my audience feedback, and my audience in many cases has been the deciding factor in my choice of fonts, images, etc.

Throughout the creation of my media products, I always considered my audience when making decisions, since all my products are aimed at my audience, and what appeals to them is most likely to grab their attention.

The Music Video

Whilst making my music video, I asked my audience religiously if there were improvements that could be made, once I had completed the Rough Cut.

I asked for feedback in nearly every post, as well as in the forms of questionnaires, polls, and even just asking my media classmates for their opinion on my work.

I did this so that I could achieve products that appealed most to my target audience and thus create the most successful product possible.

What I learnt from feedback was that people liked my animation, but it needed to be extended where it was still and had no movement, since it dragged on. I also learnt that the lighting in certain shots wasn't to its fullest potential.

Comments such as the ones above caused me to make improvements to my music video through further animation and experimentation with effects. Therefore I am glad my work was criticised as it allowed me to learn where my video felt flawed and thus create a more professional and appealing (to my audience) media product.

The Digipak

The audience played a major role in deciding on the content of my Digipak, as they made decisions such as the name of the album, font style and the images that were going to be used.

They audience also let me know, through a questionnaire, whether any changes should be made to my Digipak in order to improve it in any way.

So from my audience feedback, I learnt what the most popular/appealing content would be, as well as if the audience though any content should be added/removed/changed. Learning all this information ultimately allowed me to create a better and more appealing product, since the audience is who I'm trying to appeal the product to, and applying what they most liked meant the most appealing product possible.

The Magazine Advert

I learnt much from the audience about my advert through the use of questionnaire, much like my digipak.

Learning how my audience felt about my advert (whether anything should be added/removed/changed) allowed me to learn whether my product was appealing to my audience (which was of course my aim, along with making it look professional). Knowing it was appealing through my questionnaire allowed me to have ease of mind, as otherwise I may have added/removed/changed the content unnecessarily, thus ruining my advert, but thanks to my audience I learnt that the advert was perfect the way it was, allowing me to create a product with maximum audience appeal.

Evaluation Question 2

To answer evaluation question 2, I have created a Prezi.

Don't forget to click the images and text to zoom in where necessary, and I hope you enjoy my Prezi (also please ignore the fact the Prezi says it's by James Doom, as this is the name I gave to my Prezi account due to the fact the word Doom is in the email address attached to the account, but to make sure you, the examiner, knows its is definitely my Prezi and not stolen, I included my real name at the top left when the Prezi begins).

Evaluation Question 1

Evaluation Question 1 is answered on the website I have created.

Please use the navigation at the top of each page to explore my answer to the question, and be sure to fully explore each page by scrolling down each time so that you can see my entire answer.

The website address is: http://www.i-m.co/doomwow/EvalQuestion1/

Approaching My Evaluation Questions

In order to show that technology has been integrated into my everyday life/work and how much I know about different technologies, I will be tackling my four evaluation question in a variety of ways:

• The first question will be answered in the form of a website.
• The second question will be answered in the form of a Prezi.
• The third question will be answered in the form of a blog post.
• And the fourth question will be answered int he form of a video with narration.

This way I can demonstrate that I know how to use various technologies well, and that they really are used in my everyday life (shown by my ability to evaluate using the technologies themselves).

I hope you all look forward to my evaluation questions.

Until next time.

Production - Magazine Advert Complete!!!

I now declare my Magazine Advert complete!

Below is my finished magazine advert:

As you can see from my magazine advert, my focus was on the maximum amount of synergy possible, as well as a great amount of promotion. Synergy was achieved through the use of colour scheme, font and the drawings, as they are all used on the other media texts (music video/digipak) thus achieving synergy and giving these products related to Newton Faulkner (the artist) a style that can be easily recognised. I also aimed to maximise promotion, through making sure that the audience knew what the album look like, allowing it to be easily identified online/in-store. Through giving the audience the websites associated with the artist, allowing them to learn more about him and his other music. Through giving the audience the name of the record label that is associated with the artists, allowing the record label to be promoted as well as other artists that are part of the label. And finally through using reviews to promote the album as a high quality product, and through making sure the audience knew the album was available both in-store and online, and that all editions include the music video for "Dream Catch Me", thus increasing the chance of sales since the audience knows they will be getting not only a quality product but one with an added extra too.

This post was mainly just to declare my advert finished, which I have now done, as well as give some insight into my aims whilst producing this magazine advert, which were to create a professional looking advert that maximises synergy and promotion of the artist, which I can gladly say I believe I have achieved.

I am proud of the finished product and am very proud to declare it finished.

That raps it up for this post everyone but be sure to follow my blog for my evaluation questions coming soon.

Until next time everyone.