Closing Post

The project is now finished!
I'm really happy with the end results soooo this blog is now closed

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Evaluation Question 1

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

Here's parts of Question 1 that we filmed. I think this part represents my contribution to this question well. The rest of the evaluation footage for Question 1 can be found on the group blog. Click Here for Question 1.



I think our answer to question 1 went well, although it was a little long. I think I made a good contribution to it and I think I answered the question, which is illustrated above. However, I think I could have got to the point a little quicker, as I did tend to ramble on a bit. Overall I think we covered everything that we had planned to say.

Evaluation Question 2

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

Here's Question 2 of the evaluation:

I think this question went quite well. We spoke about everything that we wanted to say, however I was less comfortable with this question as Mel had worked on it more than me as we had split the planning of the questions between us. Therefore I don't think I spoke as much as Mel, but I think I did still manage to make a good contribution and I was able to bounce of Mel's comments.

Evaluation Question 3

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

Here's one of the parts of Question 3. I think this part demonstrates my contribution to the question well. Click Here for the rest of Question 3.

For Question 3, I think we spoke about the audience well and who we were intending on targetting. We relfected and analysed the feedback that we had got and showed that we found it really useful. I think we answered this question well and spoke in depth about the comments that we had receieved about our three products. I think I definately contributed well to this question and I found it easier as it was the question that I had planned.

Evulation Question 4

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

Here's the answer to Question 4:

I think we answered this question well, analysing all the technologies that we have used throughout this project. However one thing I think we could have improved on is that we could have mentioned technologies that we haven't used, such as a MAC, and explained why and gave our opinions on this.

Planning for the Evaluation

When planning for the evaluation, Mel and I did a rough plan for all four questions. However, to use our time more efficiently, we decided to split the questions between us where we would go into more detail. I did Question 1 and Question 3. Here are the notes that I made for both questions:

Question 1






Question 3

References for Question 1:

The Streets - Never Went To Church


Jason Derulo - Watcha Say


Tinchy Stryder Ft Taio Cruz 'Take Me Back':


Inspiration taken from Keri Hilson - Knock You Down:


Inspiration taken from James Morrison Ft Nelly Furtado - Broken strings:


N-Dubz ‘Uncle B’ Album Cover:



Maxwell ‘BLACK Summer’s Night’ Album cover:


Chris Brown MySpace Banner:


N-Dubz Twitter Widget as well as a link to their official Facebook page:


Calvin Harris MySpace – Background links to album artwork:
http://www.myspace.com/calvinharristv


Jay Sean MySpace - Style/Colours are conventions:
http://www.myspace.com/jaysean

References for Question 3:

Music Video

Here's our final music video. I'm really happy with the results and I think we've achieved the effect that we wanted. Although in hindsight there are a couple of things I would change, such as more varied shots eg. some of the girl, more movement and choppy editing etc. I think it still works really well as it is. We've cleary shown the contrast and division in the two artists, as well as showing that these two genres of music work well together. We've also got accross the emotion in the song that we heard from the first time we listened to it. So overall, I'm really happy with it.