EVALUATION Q1

•        In what ways does your media product use develop or challenge forms of real media conventions.

Here is my final media product. (VIDEO)

My media product develops, challenges and uses forms of real media  conventions in various ways for example my music video which was of contemporary rock genre challenges contemporary rock conventions because it has a very strong narrative (of a young lady who considers suicide due to being pregnant and a man who had just lost his home and job) unlike contemporary rock videos which usually involve the band members playing or the main artist singing or walking down a street bumping into people (the verve. bitter sweet symphony). My media product (video) further challenges contemporary rock conventions by having a narrative which involves a pregnant young lady because contemporary rock videos never have a strong narrative like mine that focus on problems people in the world face. 

My media product uses forms of real media conventions by using the main artist as the narrator and character who plays the part of the observer as well as a saviour in the video. Also by having him look directly at the camera whenever he was singing.

Here is my final media product. (DIGIPAK)

My digipak is very conventional because it uses forms of real media. On the front cover is a close up shot of the main artist plus his name which is written in bold across the page in a bright colour plus the name of the album which can’t be missed on the side. With all this being said, you must bear in mind that this is a new artist so by having a close up shot of him, I am purposely advertising the new artist therefore allowing the public to familiarise with the new face so yes I definitely feel that my front cover not only uses forms of real media conventions but slightly develops it.

Coldplay - Yellow

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I was inspired by the video named ‘yellow’ by Coldplay. What I really liked about it was the darkness which had a mellow feel to it. I felt this would be a good effect to incorporate into my video to give it a mellow feel therefore adding a bit more effect to the sad aspects of my video. To explain this further i felt that a mellow feel complements sad aspects of my video e.g. losing the job and contemplating suicide therefore allowing the audience sympathise with the characters a bit more.

Adele - Make You Feel My Love (Official Video) HQ

I was also inspired by the video named ‘make you feel my love’ by Adele although it isn’t a contemporary rock genre it is a slow song with a slow edit which I really liked.

COLD PLAY - FIX YOU

I was highly inspired by the video ‘Fix you’ by Coldplay this is the reason myself and my group chose to make a video to this song we felt that we could make a video that amplified (added more meaning to) the lyrics. I was influence by the visual style of the video and replicated it adding my own twist which was having various backgrounds which had lots of light.

shots from my video                                                    shots from Fix you

My final media Product (Advert)

For my advert i could say i conformed to the forms of real media conventions because I used a5 size paper for my advert. I decided to use the profile shot image on my CD on my advert to create an obvious link between the two. During my research I found that a5 posters provide either the critics statements or tour dates but i chose to provide both information because I felt they were critical. Therefore I guess I challenged forms of real media conventions.