Evaluation: Q.1

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

Whilst creating my media products (music video and my ancillary texts) I was aware of the codes and conventions that were associated with them. I therefore demonstrated my ability to adhere to and challenge these codes and conventions.

I began by looking at my music video and identifying the codes and conventions that I used, developed and challenged, along with other music videos that I have researched and found inspirations from. The presentation can be seen below:

After looking at my video, my attention turned to my ancillary texts. In the videos below, I have analysed my media products and explained how I have used developed and challenged forms of real media products.  

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*CAUTION* In the video below where I am analysing my album advert, it shows the release date and the band name to be in the colour blue and the colour of the background appears to be faded. Please be aware that my printer had no green ink for the band name and release date and as well that my printer was starting to run out of ink. I chose the colour green as it has connotations of nature and as this album is album travelling I felt that nature connotations should be included. So please have this in mind when watching. Thanks!



In summary, my media products have a variety of ways of using, developing and challenging forms of real media texts. Some examples include using a known rule; the rule of thirds in splitting up a poster in making it easier to view from an audiences perspective. Another example, this time of challenging real media texts is from using design on my ancillary tasks and adding text whereas normally, an audience would know who the artist would be straight away. I think my music video and my ancillary texts have used, developed and challenged forms and conventions of real media texts very well even thought if I could do it all again, I would have challenged the real media texts more to make my pieces much more unique.