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Media studies: Evaluation.
Question 2: How Effective is the Combination of Your Main Product and
Ancillary Texts?The combination of my main products and other texts is that of an effective on because a lot of the
same features from these texts are chosen correctly for the purposes of cross media production in
order to effectively portray the artist well and inserted into the main video.
Perhaps the greatest example of a combination used in both my main music video and ancillary texts
would be the use of emotional display provided by the combination. As already explained in
question 1, the Digipak and poster display the featured artist as a depressed, angry figure in front of
a brick wall with barbed wire featured above it. This combines with the element in the video of the
man being in a state of emotional depression, and he is out of place with the other half of the video,
this being the anachronism put in place to remove interaction between him and the girl. These
properties creating the combination in place efficiently portray the character of the artist as
youthful, somewhat troubled, and this makes him a fitting artist choice for that of the music video.
Another significant way in which the ancillary texts combine with the main music video is via the
usage of cross media production. This has been achieved in so many minor, but nonetheless
effective ways. An example is the previous paragraph. An example is the use of clothing. The clothing
worn on the front cover of the Digipak and the clothes worn in the main video are almost identical,
which is a form of how cross media production has been used in use of similar appearance of the
featured artist throughout all products. The use of the clothing provides the youthful, troubled
character stereotype of the artist which is what supplied realisation of his inclusion in the music
video product being fitting.
The products combine in what they represent via their use of imagery. While the typography used is
simple and straight, the font does represent a sense of hidden sophistication within the artist, a
useful contrast to how the imagery in terms of the lighting, scenery and clothing portrays the artist
in the ancillary products as well as the character played by the artist in the video. This use of
typography contrasting with the rest of the products properties demonstrates a character complex
within the artist that shows his range, as well as depth and hidden depth of his emotions. The story
of the video itself further uses this to its advantage, as the narrative is based on the man having an
emotionless face with hidden emotions underneath.
Some properties were not included in my products ultimately. One of these being the seemingly
fitting use of sketch drawings for my Digipak and poster. This was what originally appeared in my
draft but was removed later. The sketches were criticised for being too simple and poor. These were
removed despite the media convention that their use would have conformed to being that soft rock
genre products tend to feature classical designs such as sketch drawings and colours without such
large quantities of brightness.
Another feature not included was the use of a traditional narrative in which the series of shots tell a
story while music plays. This was attempted for the draft music video. A 17 shot video whichcontained a narrative progression that focused on me experiencing a path from depression to
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emotional redemption while reflecting on the previous relationship with my ex-girlfriend character.
While such a storyline conforms to the convention that the hero seeks something and eventually
achieves it, as well as the use of interesting shots throughout; the fact remains that the camera used
was terrible, and a lot of the narrative seemed ambiguous to the less knowledgeable member of the
target audience. (E.g. why is he going upstairs? This was a comment from teacher feedback.) This
idea was scrapped and was replaced with the idea of the single shot video.
I ultimately decided that instead of the use of the houses for the inside panels of the Digipak, I would
use the brick walls in the inside panels for reasons already explained, these being how the
combination of the entrapment of the character appears in the music video as well in terms of an
emotional imprisonment existing in him. The shot was supposed to be a panorama shot, but it
turned out worse than I hoped. Based on the DIKW hierarchy, the problem may have been my lack
of wisdom at the time, as I seemed to understand the media convention of used panorama shots for
Digipak CD albums, but I did not possess the necessary experience to realise how it is used properly.
Later on, this needed change was made. Overall, the change made to leave out these house shots
supplied a better combination to my final set of media products that successfully portrayed the
artist well.