First Student Blog Analysis - Harriet Richardson

Very easily set out and I didnt find it too difficult to locate different areas on the coursework.


Research

Harriet's Research is well organised and detailed. She did lots of reasrch into the 1975 marketing packaging. This wa shighly detailed and I beleive she would have gained lots of indepth knowlage about it. She also did research into 5 differnt genres of music which would give her a wide variety to choose from and learn about. Other research went into theorist. She used many different formats to present her work which made it creative and interesting.

Planning
As the same with the research this students panning is extremely thought out and well presneted. She began initally by doing a brainstorm, once she had chosen the song. which is "Loosing Controll" by RUSS. They went on to get permission for the writer and song lyrics, audience research etc. All of her planning would have been very helpfull to her and allowed her to continue on with production with ease.

Digipak

draft of Digipak

final Digipak

Harriet did lots of research of Digipaks before hand,so would allready have a developed knowlage of them. She dosent write much analysis of how she came to the ideas of her Digipak, I just see photo developments of the stages during production of them. Personally i think her draft of the Digipack was a much better outcome than her final piece, it looks more professionl and intiriguing.


Magazine Advert
I was very impressed by her final magazine AD. it was quite boring and predictable after I saw the digipak. I understand that they have to have the same atmosphere and vibe but I feel she could have made it more interesting like the draft of the Digipak. I do like the simplicity of it and the overall affect however, its too simple for my liking and wouldnt reach out to me as a target audience.

Evaluation
For Harrietts evaluation she used a different format for each of her questions including a youtube video. I think she could have gone into more elaborate detail to expand her points and achieve a higher grade.

Music Video
From first impressions I was fairly impressed by the music video. I felt it was really well made. The opening sequence and titles were really effective I felt. It then went on to profuce lots of various shots which differed and made it intresting by using these layering techniques and bright colours, this gavde it a very modern feel. Hoever I feel as if during editing this was massively overused and almost began to turn me away with the overuse flashing and layered effects.


Key learning point I gained from this blog is to do as much research and planning as possible, that's very detailed. This is because I feel it would be alolt easier to focus on the production if you comfortable and satisfied with everything you're portraying.