Task 2 - Previous Students Work

For this task I am looking at a previous students work.

Student 1

Link to Students Work - http://2015a2jacob.blogspot.co.uk/

As an example I used Jacob Maud's Work as one example

Research and Planning

This student has included some very detailed research in their blog.  They have also used different media formats in their work to reinforce the points he is making with his research. In terms of planning Jacob has included a lot of images to demonstrate the filming locations which can really help to give the reader an easier understanding of the locations. Although there are very detailed posts they could do with being a little more consise as they are very long winded paragraphs. Also whilst it is a positive that only one genre has been looked into this student could have benefited from implementing elements from a different genre to make the video unique.

Music Video

First of all the music video is great. It tells a great story and it has some great acting. There are parts in the video which really match up with the song. It is really clear what the relationship is between the two characters in the video. The only weakness would be that the video does no feature the band which may not necessarily be the best for a small band. 

Digipak

For the digipak the student has made it easy for the reader to see the progress in making the digipak. There are images which show the raw images to them being edited to the final images. The final images also look very professional. The only weakness to this part would be that the black and white filter is a simple filter and it is not really unique.

Magazine Advert

Like the Digipak the magazine advert looks high quality and professional. It is also good how the cigarette is in the foreground of the image and the actress is in the backgound. Also like the Digipak there is a clear documentated progression in the creation of the final magazine advert.

Evaluation

The student has used a range of different media formats in the creation of the evaluation. From images, videos and slideshows there is a variety of ways the student has done their responses to the questions. For the text responses they should be broken up into paragraphs as it is hard to read through a massive block of text.

Student 2    

Link to students work - http://2015a2rory.blogspot.co.uk/
This student I used is Rory Ford

Research and Planning

The research and planning is generally very good. This student has broken up their points by using different posts for each research point. He has also used pictures to accompany the text. One weakness of his work is that he has used black and grey text on a black background which make it hard to see.

Music Video

The music video is in my opinion really good. The video focuses on the band solely which I think is a good thing. There are a range of different camera angles and shots used in the video which gives the video diversity. The black and white filter fits the band and the genre of music. Although this is a good feature it isnt unique and its is a pretty common thing in music videos.

Digipak

The digipak looks good and professional. The images are really clear and they fit the genre of the band. One thing that is particularly good is the track listing included on the digipak. However in the blog their progress whislt making the digipak is not documentated. There is draft versions of the digipak but no raw images. This is a bad thing because you can not tell the progression from raw images to the finished digipak.  

Magazine Advert

The magazine advert is very good and it looks very authentic and professional. He stuck with the black and white filter as in the Digipak. Also the bands text doesnt look like it has been placed onto the background image and the font makes it really fit in. However there is no explanation to how they created the magazine that why or why they did.

 Evaluation

A good thing about this students evaluation is that he has used some different media formats to answer the questions. He has a sound clip and a presentation as well as some text to accompany the answers. For the response where he just did a text response he broke it down into paragraphs that is really good.