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

2. My album cover could be seen as unconventional in mainstream terms.
Ironically due to the genre of ‘indie’ in which I am aiming both my video and
products at it works well due to the individuality and ‘indie genre in which I
tried to put into the cover. Despite my first comment I also believe it is
conventional at the same time the laid back yet professional look works well
and due to the quality of the product I believe it could be classed as
conventional.

3. The back of the album cover shows The album back contrasts greatly to the front yet still
some conventional aspects with the holds the link to put the two images together yet this
use of a clear focus point of the image could be classed as a challenge to other forms of
(in this case the fire). Along side this media products because of the layout. Yet once more
typicality the background also has an it could be further argued that due to the target
even presentation which is typical in audience of my music video this ‘unconventional’
most covers. brand given to the products is in fact what the ‘indie’
genre view

4. My poster holds the theme once
more which I have put across in my
project. The nature theme can be
seen due to the image of a sunset.
The theme of contrasts which
works well on my CD covers. The
contrasting text of black and white
also is linked to my other products.
The Poster does show typicality's
of Tour posters I have studied, a
random yet linked image to the
other products. (such as the Kooks
poster)
The layout of the poster is also
typical of most tour posters. With
dates on the bottom and the
artists name on the top.

5. How effective is the combination of
your main product and ancillary texts?
• I feel this aspect is one of my greatest achievements as all my products
including video all hold close enough aspects to be linked together but a
difference which allows the products to be individual. This gives off a more
professional feel.
• They both hold the same theme which I stated from the start and that is
the nature aspect to represent feelings and thoughts.
• The lighting and settings also match but still give off a professional feel
perhaps due separate images used for both the CD covers and the poster.
• The negative points I feel which could be raised are that the actor doesn’t
appear on any of the covers used. Despite this possible criticism it was
never in my interests, as this could give off the feel of to desperate to
make it look professional. Research also shows that this isn’t common or a
necessity.

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

7. Microsoft Word
• Basic yet very affective.
• I used this to sum up ideas and write notes
prior to planning to gain a greater
understanding of what to do before making
my products
• I also used this as a spell check before posting
on to blogger to ensure that my posts kept the
professional style. As well as keeping them
neat and proper

8. PowerPoint
Presentation
• PowerPoint has been one of the key technologies throughout
the project
• Alongside Slideshare it allows me to post my work on to
blogger in a neat way so topics can be seen under one title
• helps to create an effective visual way of looking at my
coursework
• In the planning, research and evaluation stages of my work it
allowed me to keep ideas and intentions in one place.

9. Fireworks
• The experience which I gained from the AS products
made it a lot easier to work Fireworks and I did so
efficiently.
• The image editing software did serve me well and
allowed me to insert fonts from ‘dafont’ and edit the text
to the colour in which I wished due to the standard black
only being offered by ‘dafont’
• It did result in a lengthy process but was made worth it
when the final products were seen.
• I used Fireworks for both CD covers and the Final poster

10. Slideshare
• Slideshare worked brilliantly alongside
PowerPoint
• Slideshare allowed me to upload PowerPoint
presentations and make them accessible from my
blog
• In doing this process it makes the blog a lot more
neater and easier that searching through pages of
work
• to do this I inserted an embed code on my blog

11. Camera/Video Camera
• I used a Camera to capture the images for my CD
covers as well as my poster
• I used a basic video camera in all my filming of my
music video
• I used a built in laptop camera to respond to a
questionnaire on my blog simply because it was
quick and simplistic to use
• The camera is obviously a necessity in filming a
music video, without this the whole project could
not happen

12. Pinnacle
• All editing skills were used on pinnacle
• I played around and did short snippets of my
film until I was happy with the different
editing in which I used
• This was tricky to use at first having no prior
experience of using this programme.
• Pinnacle allowed me to also edit and time the
music to match certain point of the film to
give a greater finish to the project

13. • I used Vimeo to upload my cuts and my final
music video to the internet and then posted
the links to my blog.
• I used Youtube to upload my feed back on
products questionnaire but uploading time
was long and I would use vimeo next time if I
were to upload more footage

14. • Dafont.com is a website in where you can use
a range of different types of texts
• I used dafont to pick texts rather than your
standard types on word
• In doing this it gave a fresh feel to my work
and took away the amateurish look

15. Blogger
• Blogger is the main key of all the technologies
discussed
• It is the hub of all my work and allows all my
project to be viewed on website
• I used all the other technologies discussed to
add features on to my blogger acount
• It is a very simple website and is used in all
aspects of my work

16. What have you learned from your
audience feedback?
• My feedback was fairly positive however some aspects which were
blind to my biased view were raised and corrected
• The use of tolls is a quick easy way to collect data on products and
to get an overall idea on which is the best product
• The change due to feed back from the 1st draft to the 2nd was high
noticeable and this was down to audience feedback
• Audience feedback has also taught me how I would improve if I was
to do the whole project again
• I have learnt that you should credit audience feedback whether that
be feedback of people who you are directing the video at or even of
a wide range of people.
- this allows you to correct general faults as well as individual
changes