Analysis of Conventions

Making drafts of our ancillary tasks was a rather easy as well as challenging task to complete. For example, as we had been given the task to make a storyboard, digipak along with a website or magazine advert; it was a thoughtful process to decide what storyline as well as codes and conventions to include on both the ancillaries along with the storyboard. 

I had began by making a storyboard which revolved around the storyline which I had thought of regarding our music video. We were given the task of drawing out our storyboard in order to get a realistic view of what the storyline would be, and why we had chosen the narrative we had chosen individually. For example, when it came to my narrative; it had included a storyline of the main character being cheated on by his girlfriend and one true love with another boy. After finding out about being cheated on, the boy leads on to attempting suicide. Although I had drawn out my storyboard, I also wanted to get a visual effect of the storyboard. Therefore, I had made a storyboard online to get an effective along with a realistic view of my chosen narrative. I had uploaded both the hand drawn storyboard, as well as the online made storyboard onto my blog. 

When it came to my first ancillary draft task-the digipak, I had began by drawing out a digipak with four panels. As a group, we had made changes to the song we had began by choosing. Therefore, we also had to make a couple of minor changes to the our ancillary drafts such as the name of the song. Like the storyboard, I also wanted to get a realistic view of my first ancillary draft; therefore I had formed one on Photoshop. Even though my Photoshop skills are not the best, I still wanted to get a realistic view of how my digipak could possibly turn out as a final piece. I knew this would be beneficial, as it can help me to make my final digipak piece effective and better.

For my final ancillary draft task, I had started off by wanting to make a website as my second ancillary task. However, as our coursework had progressed I had changed my mind and decided to make a magazine advert instead. Since I had already shown both my ancillary drafts, along with my storyboard to the focus group I knew it was important that I included both the website draft as well as the magazine advert draft. As I had changed my mind rather quickly, I didn't think it would be necessary to get a visual effect of the website; therefore I had only formed a digital draft of the magazine advert on Photoshop to get an effective and realistic view of it. I knew this would be beneficial as my target audience would be able to identify what is expected, and what I should do to make my final magazine advert better.