Evaluation Question 2

Evaluation Question

HOW EFFECTIVE IS THE COMBINATION OF YOUR MAIN PRODUCT AND ANCILLARY TEXTS?

Outline what products you created and the general theme that you were aiming for.

I had created a magazine front cover for sport, a teaser poster and lastly a film trailer production. They all consisted of a theme of action, made to excite the audience and give the impression that the contents of the film teased would be full of intensity, hardship and glory. For example, an attempt to achieve this was done in the magazine front cover, where it shows the fatigued athlete in his uniform of sport, looking as if he is at the end of his rope, burned out and drained. The effect of this is to emotionally provoke the viewer through the method of showing a clear representation of physical challenge. Also, I tried to convey a more realistic theme too, by including conventions of actual media products. This means appropriate text font and placing, including mastheads, sky lines, selling lines, main images. This has an effect of adding standard legitimacy to my products, allowing them to be represented as a truly respectable item of the media.

Why do artists use social media? How have you used social media? Does the use of social media link all of your products together?

Artists use the media to further bolster the product of their production, meaning calling out for a huger audience, therefore more profit, marketing and promotion. For example, artists such as 50 Cent use social media platforms such as Instagram. In 50 Cent’s case, he uses his enormous follower count to his advantage by constantly posting self-promoting pictures with a teaser quote in order to build suspense, excitement and wonder, all to combine and create a wealth of fame for his productions.

does the website allow you to download the song or buy the album? Can you purchase merchandise from the website? Is the music video evident on the website? Did you use synergy?

-I was in fact able to ask personally the creator of the soundtrack I had used to use his musical piece, called ‘The Perfect Battle’. Ideally, the creator happened to be a very widely known game developer across a portion of the gaming community. So in theory, I was very much so able to draw attention to my media product simply by giving credit towards his work. I, in turn end up drawing attention from his huge following alike. His legitimacy is proved by the fact he has his own merchandise, and his music can be downloaded for free. This gives my production an edge as having a huge source for my music gives my productions a good impression.