Q2: How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

I decided to make a DVD cover and band website for my Ancillary texts. The main themes running through both were the colour schemes, which is taken from the album cover the track is off, and the idea that the music video is used as a comeback; bringing the artists music from the old days into the modern eye again.

Looking back, i can see that one of the main colours in the theme is completely off, but i feel it still links well with the overall theme of the video in terms of the grey.

In my about section, i talk about how this video is a chance for the Artist, John Mayer, to bring some of his older songs back into the limelight again. This is also referenced on my DVD cover when looking at the rolling stone review.

There are many issues with these ancillary texts, however. For instance, i wished i had taken more time to get photos of the new cast when i had to change them suddenly close to the deadline. This meant that all images are captured from the main task itself rather than taken in post. This has lead to some issues in the cropping and finding ways to fit them on a website or DVD cover easily. It also limited my range of shots to choose from.

Evaluation Questions- Startup and Research

Now that my Main Task music video is well underway, i need to start focusing my attention to the evaluation and ancillary texts. The evaluation section of my main task counts for 20 marks out of the total 100 for my coursework in media. This means that it carries significant swing in the end result and grading. My teacher, Mr Buckmaster, has provided an in depth powerpoint exploring the 4 questions and how best to go about answering them. In this document, he includes the questions that need to be answered, possible methods to best display a response and past pupils work so that we have some examples. The PowerPoint is linked below:

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