Evaluation

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






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






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

Location

Here are a few ideas of locations for our music videos;

Music Genre Research

The soundtrack we are using for our media production is called 'Dry Your Eyes' by The Streets. Instead of being categorised as one, this song seems to fall into a few different genres. It could fall into grime/UK garage and maybe even rap/hip-hop.

Grime is a genre originating from the UK and has grown recently over the years, becoming more successful and popular. It is not very different from UK garage and also gives us a slight vibe of rap, almost as if it is a mixture of these two genres.

Two examples of artists who create tracks within this genre are;
- Giggs (don't go there ft B.o.B ,
- Skepta (Hold on , amnesia
In the song Dry Your Eyes it is as if the lyrics are being spoken rather than the artist singing it! However, the chorus part is done by him singing. Giggs uses this same effect. For example in one of his tracks called 'Don't Go There' featuring B.O.B. The whole track is rapped with a freestyle effect, the chorus however is done by another artist singing.
These artists usually make songs about everyday life or events that have happened in their personal life. For example; Skepta's song, 'Hold On' is about him not giving up in life even though people are trying to bring him down. Going back to Giggs's track, 'Don't Go There', it is based upon the life of people from where he lives and about the gangs etc.
The outfits worn by these type of artists are quite casual; also depending on what kind of lifestyle they have. They may go for the urban style or even the indies. It is hardly ever glamorous or classy.

You will here and see these soundtracks on radio's such as BBC One Extra, or on TV channels like Channel U, or even magazines advertising similar genres to these. 

Risk Assessment

In this assessment I will be discussing the risks and hazards that took place during this whole production.

- A few of the shots we took outside were done during our evening classes. As it was quite dark there were two risks involved during this process; firstly, whilst crossing the roads and walking to our chosen locations we were carrying large equipment such as the tripod and video camera, there could have been a chance of someone falling or tripping up, which would've caused harm to themselves or the equipment. Secondly, it was quite unlikely, but still possible that the equipment could have been stolen/gone missing.
- It could also have been stolen or gone missing each time a member of the group took the equipment home with them after booking it for the weekend.

- One of the shots were done at the back of our college near a big pond. It was when the actor and actress were sat on a bench outside. The video camera was placed besides the pond whilst filming. This was a hazard as there was a chance of the camera person or even the equipment falling into the pond.

- There was a point where I was taking pictures for our animatic, and I had to stand in the middle of the road just to get a perfect shot! I made sure there were no cars, but this was obviously still risky.

Poster

This is a poster advertising the music video:

Magazine Advert

Back Cover