Main Product: 'Lost' Music Video

Here is my finished music video to the song 'Lost' written by me that I have made for my A2 Media Studies coursework this year.

Enjoy!

The Ancillary Texts: DVD Cover and Website

These are the ancillary text that support my main product, the music video to 'Lost' written and recorded by me. One is a DVD cover for the release of the music video, and the other is a website for the musical artist. Here they are:

Website: http://benpilston.wix.com/benpilstonmusic

DVD Cover:

Evaluation Question 1: Commentary

This is my answer to question 1 of the evaluation questions: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions for real media products?

Evaluation Question 2: Podcast

This is my answer to question 2 of the evaluation questions: How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

Evaluation Question 3: Interview

This is my answer to question 3 of the evaluation questions: What have you learned from your audience feedback?

                                     

Evaluation Question 4: PowerPoint Presentation

This is my answer to the question 4 of the evaluation questions: How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Here is the audio to go with the powerpoint:

Evaluation Question 4 Powerpoint

Evaluation Questions: Ways of Answering Question 2 and a Draft Answer

In aswer to the second evaluation question - 2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?  - I will use a podcast.


Here are some examples of podcasts: 

For my ancillary text I chose to do a website for the band and a DVD cover for the music video. To connect my website for the band and the music video together I placed the music video on the homepage of the website in the center of the screen so that people would see it straight away when they go on the website. The video also begins to play as soon as someone has gotten on to the homepage or any of the pages on the website, with the music video being fixed in place on the page as well as the band logo...


I will again carry this on further, talking about the combination of both ancillary texts with the main product.