Evaluation prep

For the final section of our coursework we have to answer four evaluation questions for about the research, planning, and production processes of our coursework. Below are the four questions and some ideas to include in each question. Each question will be presented in a different format so I have also made notes about how each question may be presented. 

 

How did you use media technologies in the construction, research, planning and evaluation stages? - possible use of prezi, allowing for use of animations to focus on certain aspects in more detail. Use of screenshots and video clips to emphasise points.

• construction - digital camera & premiere pro for the music video filming and editing. adobe photoshop & filming pictures for the creation of the two ancillary products: poster and digipak.
• research - internet/YouTube to search for existing music videos, both student-made and professional, and blogger to share our research findings, allowing analysis of products and development of ideas
• planning - blogger was the main technology used in the planning section of our coursework, also use of youtube to research existing products and to draw comparisons to help construct ideas for our own products, drawing on ideas from all that we'd researched before.
• evaluation - powerpoint/slideshare/prezi used to showcase evaluative points and give explanations and detail into developments in skills and abilities over time (possible use of video diaries/voice recordings over texts and images too)

 

What have you learned from your audience feedback? - group discussion, filmed. 

• mostly learned about how to tailor our designs to fit the needs and ideals of the target audience better.
• something that we may have considered to be good when designing something turned out to be not so good in the eyes of the target audience, using their opinions to help make our products better.

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products? - written text, may be used as a script for a vlog or a commentary over some pictures or clips of video.

most music videos feature a mixture of live performance and a simple narrative - a convention that we have stuck to but also challenged a little. Use of band and lip syncing sticks to conventions, and use of narrative - however we decided to split the narrative into two sections, creating a miniature storyline within the music video (kids daydreaming about being Vikings with the end scenes showing the children returning to reality).

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts? - voice recording with possible images of ancillary texts to emphasise certain points. Potential for a collaborative podcast with the group, allowing us all the discuss certain aspects of the coursework

• made sure to use a running theme throughout the music video and in the designs of the ancillary products - Viking theme is continuous.
• every product uses the same fonts and the bands logo

 

Obviously these are not notes for the full answers but they are some rough ideas that I have begun to note down.