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Evaluation question 3

Evaluation question 1

Evaluation Plan

In the processes of completing my evaluation I have been doing some plans to organise myself, these are some pictures of the plan.

Final Magazine Advert

Final Digipak

Digipack Tests

I have been doing some more experimentation and test with my digipak. I have made alterations to the front, and back cover, as well as the inside panels and CD.

Front Cover

Back Cover

Side Bar

Inside Panel

Theroist - Music video review

Above is a power point created by one of my peers in my media class, Laurel Reed. Which focuses on Laura Mulveys Male Gaze Theory.

This can be seen in current music videos such as Rihanna's 'work' music video's.

The Camera angles tilts up the body of the artist as she is singing, allowing the audience to see the curve of her body, through the deliberate camera movment.

The Mise en scene is also attributed to the male gaze in this scene, as it is low pink lighting which, which could be used to sexualise the female artist in the video. Also the framing of the scenes show that Rihanna is in the front the focus, however Drake is often close to center or always in view, signifying his importance.

In some scenes in our music video, we also complied to Laura Mulvey's 'Male Gaze Theroy' as the mise en scene of some scenes had the main protagonist dressed in simply a t-shirt, there are also some scenes in which the camera tilts up her body to show her curves. We chose to do this as it is a common convention in music videos and we decided to comply with this convention.

Roland Barthes

Above is  a powerpoint on Roland Barthes codes theory:

1. Hermeneutic Code
2. Proairetic Code
3. Semantic Code
4. Symbolic code
5. Cultural Code

The Narrative part of our video follows the Hermeneutic code as we avoid telling the truth throughout. We make the reason our main character is Panicking unknown, as the figure in black is not given an identity. The Music video also follows the Proairetic code as the end scene is left on a cliffhanger as we do not know what will happen to the protagonist. The Semantic code in the music video could be seen through the editing of the bridge in the song. During those scenes the main protagonist is shown panicking on the roof top, which is faded on top of another scene in which she is free in the night, this could symbolise her desire to be free from her boyfriend.

Art Pop/ Indie pop Digipak convention

A very popular convention of Indie Pop Album cover are the use of colours and or possibly lack of colour. Also another convention is that unlike other genres, digipaks from this genre only have 2 sides not 4, this has contributed to my decision to make my digipak 2 sided. Furthermore the use image on the front of Album covers are generally the main artist, which is why I have decided to have  my Artist, named 'Daliah', to be on the front cover.

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