TASK 2 - analysis of students work - Chiska Ankers

Music Video - This music video had a number of faults and disadvantages to it. To begin with, there wasn't many different shot types. It includes a lot of mid shots and long shots however there was very large frames between shots, which ive found is not conventional and normal for a music video, as music videos tend to have shots showing for around 2-5 seconds before changing. This music video was very repetative, and although it does follow a vague narrative, it could have been better portrayed. A lot of the frame time belonged to the band playing their instrument and singing along to the music. This being good, it wasn't well edited, as it could have done with different shots inbetween to break the long shots up and keep the audience watching.
The quality of the camera was not the best, and the student did not manipulate the image to make the video more interesting, for example changing the colour or tone of the video to seperate the time gaps. The entire video seems to be recorded by hand and this is very evident as during parts of the video, the camera was shaky, portraying poor professionalism.
Some editing skills where applied such as fades between shots, however in general this music video lacked quality needed to create a music video worthy of watching until the end. 



Research - This students research is very thought out and well organised, containing research of looking into a number of conventions and theorists, as well as looking and analysing existing music videos to ensure he knows what to do in his own work. He looked into artists digipaks and drew conclusions as to how digipaks are made in general. His analysis was thought out and contained a lot of detail, showing his researching skills to be of a high standard, this preparing him for his own practical work.




Planning - The same with research, this students planning is thought out exceptionally well, including things such as the songs lyrics, permission to use the song, audience research and other various planning stategies. His planning has a lot of information that would help him in his construction stages, and he has demonstartes that his planning has been thought out and carefully collected to achieve the best possible grade.


 Digipaks - This students digipaks are good, he has taken aspects from his research and added images of the band onto the CD covers, his back cover for his digipak looks professional and well edited, however the front and back pages including images of the band could have been edited better to make it look less sharp, and perhaps making the digipaks more professional looking. In my opinion, the digipaks dont hold much excitement, they are very plain and could do with a lot of work on them, but they are not hugely disasterous. 

Magazine Advert - This students magazine advert is very well done, its simplistic and holds very little imagery, but looks good and what you would find in a magazine. It includes social media information and information on who will be at the tours, giving the audience insight into who they will be hearing if they buy the album. Simple but good. 

Evaluation -  The evaluation held some good points, however could be elaborated and explained more to show more knowledge, there was only 4 evaluation points on this students page, and even though there was one or two different presentation choices, the information could definately be exaggerated and thoroughly explained to evaluate the process in every detail. One evaluation point stopped in the middle of a sentance, suggesting that this student took little care in preparing and posting his blogs, which is a downfall.