Evaluation Question 1

1)In what ways does your media product, use, develop or challenge media forms and conventions?

Before starting the creation and planning of each task; I did thorough research into things that were of a similar genre it what my initial ideas were based on. Starting with the re-creation of my music video I looked at two other music videos, of the same genre (acoustic) and videos of the same length as the song I had chosen, so that I could grasp some ideas of what content I could include. Both of the songs I chose ‘Hey there Delilah’ by the Plain White T’s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ5f3VspUUQ) and ‘The Only Exception’ by Paramore (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-J7J_IWUhls) contain easy flowing storylines that match the lyrics of the song, as most videos of this genre would do, conventionally. When it came to choosing some of the technicalities of the new music video it was important to film them so that the audience could easily follow what the video was showing, to do this I used many wide angle shots to show the location and to allow the audience to interpret where the characters are and also a few extreme close ups to focus on the content in one particular shot. Compared to my last video, I feel as though the research I have done this time is a lot more relevant and has therefore boosted the quality of my video overall.

In planning for the DVD cover, I looked at the cover for the Foo Fighters’ Everywhere but Home’ tour, which quickly made it obvious to me the conventions necessary for a successful DVD cover. This included things such as the conventional tagline at the bottom of the back of the DVD where all the credits are displayed. It also shows reviews on the DVD of people/reviewers who had obviously been to see the show, drawing in a wide audience. Another vital convention I had to include is the blurb at the back of the DVD where there is a brief description of its contents.