Thursday, 2 May 2013

A2 Media Studies- Editing Ancillary Texts DVD Cover

Editing Ancillary Texts DVD Cover

This is the editing stages of my DVD Cover, i edited it in photo shop becasue i wanted to make as realistic as possible to the audience.  


Yet again i wanted to show a different side to my characters personality and also like this in with my main product and poster. Therefore the wall papaer links in with my poster and the screen shots on the back of my DVD cover links in with my main product. Also to make this as realistic as possible I have put the age ratings on and other stickers on it.

Hope you have enjoyed my post and leave me any comments below to let me know what you think!!
Thanks..... 

A2 Media Studies- Editing My Ancillary Poster

Editing My Ancillary Poster

In order to make my poster successful I spent allot of time on photo shop ensuring I captured the image that best portrayed a different side to my character yet that still links in with my main product.

Below is a screen shot of me editing my poster in photo shop....

In my poster i wanted to show a more mature side to my main character Francesca, however still linking it with my main product. Therefore the dress that is within my main product she is wearing in the poster to show the link. Her make-up and hair is showing the more mature side to her character making her more versatile and attractive to a wider audience.

There is more on my poster and i hope you enjoyed this blog
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Wednesday, 1 May 2013

A2 Media Studies- Ancillary Texts


Ancillary Texts 

Recently i carried out a photo-shoot with Francesca the main character within my music video, i took over 300 photo's and i had to cut this down to the two best. Now after much thought and the use of photo shop to capture the image i wanted to portray i have chosen the final two images:

The winner for the DVD cover:



The winner for the poster:



This isn't the final product for my ancillary texts, however they will be up soon so i hope your looking forward to it. Hope you enjoyed my post!!!

Friday, 26 April 2013

A2 Media Studies- Ancillary Text Research

Research into ancillary text content  

When looking at DVD covers there are many logo that are presented on the DVD covers and therefore i did further research into this in order to include this on my DVD cover. 

My music video is PG and this means Parental Guidance, the image below is what it looks like on a DVD cover:

 The reason why age ratings are placed on DVD covers is to ensure any underage personnel doesn't become distressed or upset from any inappropriate content that may be shown such as drug use, sexual content or violence ect.

My music video doesn't contain any distressing content therefore i have placed my age rating at PG, the reason it needs parental guidance is because it contains feature of moderate fighting and adult content. However, it would affect any person negatively


Thursday, 25 April 2013

A2 Media Studies- Ancillary Text Content

Ancillary Text Content 



The image shown below is otherwise known as a bar code and it's on most if not all DVD covers in order for the retailer to know more about the selling content.  This, you can see on my DVD cover, I have done this in order to make my DVD cover to appear more realistic to the viewer. 

Also these logos below will be included on my DVD cover to make it more autehntic and realistic to my target audience!


 have also included this logo on the spine yet again to make it look authentic and realistic to my target audience. 

I have also included this logo on the spine yet again to make it look authentic and realistic to my target audience. 
This is an example of one of the DVD covers i looked at:
Hope you have gained more useful information from my blog and have a better understanding of my music video and DVD cover content!!

Wednesday, 24 April 2013

A2 Media Studies- Personal Release Forms

Personal Release Forms 

In order to legally include my cast members into my A2 media portfolio i had them fill in a personal release form, this allowed me to guarantee the rights to my actors involvement. 

Below is the personal release form that my characters had to fill out in order to take par within my Music Video: 


Saturday, 20 April 2013

A2 Media Studies- Rating the Production

Rating the Production 

In any film or music video release it's important to rate the films in order for it to be suitable and appropriate for the viewer preventing any risk of distress. 

Below are the Ratings from the BBFC Certification: 








The BBFC are the company who make the film or video age appropriate for the viewer and the screen shot below is of there modernised up to date website:



This is the link to the website if you want to have a look for yourself: