Evaluation Question 1 - JG

EVALUATION 1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

USE
For our Radar Detector music video we have used an array of other bands videos to generate ideas and create realistic shots. An example of this is shown in an Oasis video but we have given it a more relaxed feel with a less polished look, this was easier to do due to our budget etc. We also took ideas from the likes of .........

For the 'presents' part of my text I saw a logo that did what I wanted as it came in two parts and stood out well on its background.

My poster and digipak were strongly related to people such as the Arctic Monkeys who have had great success with their music and fit in with the type of band that we have tried to produce. The layout and fonts used are similar. As far as the colours on my digipak and advertisement are concerned we took inspiration from many bands including Pink Floyd, The Black Keys and the Maccabees. These were used because .........

DEVELOP
For my text i took the warping idea from Superman and developed it to be in a more modern style that would fit in with my genre of music. I also took inspiration from an Arctic Monkeys 'Suck it and see' posters main text which also uses a warped effect.

 
CHALLENGE
I challenged the conventions of existing products within my genre by changing the colour scheme. Although there are some with similar colours as shown above it is more light colours that are usually used.