Performance & Narrative Music Video

In my questionnaire, i also found that 15 out of 20 people enjoy seeings a blend of a performance of the band and the storyline. I had analysed narrative videos and performance videos and thought it essential, after finding these results, that I cover the mix of the two. Fortunately, one of the favourite contemporary music videos, by one of my favourite bands had just what i was looking for.

'Nothing' by The Script

The storyline behind this video is that lead singer Danny O'Donoghue is in a state of emotional depression and heartbreak. He is shown in a bar with his two friends, putting on a brave face and trying to be happy and lively. By the time they leave he is drunk and still seeming optimistic as they journey home, but as he passes a river he thinks he sees the love of his life in the water and dives in, only to realise once he is pulled out by his friends that he was delusional, culminating in his realisation that his relationship really is over.



The best quality of this music video is that we, the audience and viewers, are given a third person view on the bands night out. The benefit of this effect is that the viewers, who are very likely to be fans of the band, feel as though they are they're friends on a night out with them, which is every fans wish. In the questionnaire a majority answered that they like to see the actors performing; this video does just that. The lead singer, O'Donoghue performs as if he is drunk for the duration of the video. Some times he is performing in the narrative, supporting the storyline and taking the viewer on a journey, but subsequently he performs directly to the camera and thus the viewer, staying in character. This is what I ultimately enjoyed the most, the dramatic elements of the video.
The video demonstrates a very realistic situation; a heartbroken man, drinking his heartache away, trying to gain back any sense of happiness or livelyness as he now feels like the shadow of the man he used to be. The comments from youtube show present the love from the fans at the realism exhibited in the lyrics and the acting in the video. This is another huge appeal of the video as a lot of current music videos are likely to either be un-realistic with lots of special effects, or with quite predictable storylines. The Script mmusic videos give their fans exactly what they want.

(Click here to see 'The Making of Nothing')
I searched for the making of this video and luckily it was posted. From watching this its interesting to learn about the kind of shots that are used in certain scenes as well as the processes of music video making. The most educational part of watching the making of the video was when the crew moved to 'Underwater Studios' to shoot the scene when Danny jumps into (what is supposedly) Camden Lock. I'd known that there was a studio particularly for filming underwater and it was very interesting too see how that process went ahead.

Overall i found this video very enjoyable to watch because of its performance factor; the acting, the singing, the 3rd person view. Thanks to the Script for this awesome song and music video!

Special Effects...

In the recent questionnaire I conducted, I noticed only four people out of the 20 had chosen special effects as one of the options for the question 'What do you think makes a music video appealing?'. One of which, Kerrie Bryce, goes to my school and is very close friends with me, so I asked if she could spare some time to expand on her reasons for choosing this as one of her three choices. I found it interesting that only four had chosen 'special effects'. This was one of the reasons I conducted the questionnaire, in a hope that i would be surprised, and hopefully given the opportunity to learn from the target audience, so i was very thankful when Kerrie happily agreed to further develop her answer for me.

Kerrie Bryce is an 18 year old student at Hatch End Sixth Form, Studying History, Sociology and English Literature. I recorded her answer in her debut interview, so i could share it on my blog.

Kerrie Bryce:

"That particular question took me a while to answer actually. I was in two minds. I had already ticked 'A blend of a performance from the band and a storyline' and having 'the artist as the actor' and was thinking about ticking 'Interesting and unpredictable storyline' but then opted to tick 'special effects'. And now you're asking why, I guess it was the right choice!
Well, I think that when you think of special effects you stereotype it instantly, thinking about all the obvious effects that are used, such as 'slow motion' or 'flames' as used in the 'Notion' video [by Kings of Leon], but there are so many other effects that are so discreetly powerful. For instance, the split screen used in Maroon 5's 'Goodnight Goodnight' or the black and white effect used in Beyonces 'If I Were A Boy' in my opinion make the video what it is. I think that it is the effects that get the point of the video's across in the ones i have mentioned to be honest and it is them which empower the video.
The video i had last watched before actually doing your questionairre was by Ladyhawk and is called 'My Delirium'. It heavily uses special effects to attract its audience, because at the beginning scenes when the artist is just in her room, there was nothing to grip me, but when the chorus kicks in and the special effects suddenly erupt into fashion, I became glued! The song is about how the hot and cold relationship with her partner is messing with her head, however i thought it could be a double entangre, and present her possible addiction to drugs as she is trying to stop her addiction because they keep 'playing with her delirium'. This theory is supported in the video, because at the chorus when she sings that line she is suddenly a cartoon, driving in her fantasy world. So its the special effects which made me enjoy the video, but also made me understand and have my own take on her song. And it was that video that actually encouraged me too go for that choice in the end!"

A huge thankyou to Kerrie for her very detailed and extremely helpful answer, which also lead me to a fantastic example of how special effects are used today. Thankyou!

Powerpoint On 'Band Style'

Questionairre w/ Answers

Question Air Re
It was a good idea in my eyes to conduct a questionairre to get a further, very useful and helpful insight into the views of todays audience of music videos. I divided the ages into three options; 10-15, 16-20, 21-30. I gave 20 copies of the questionairre out and have picked a random four to present, as I thought it too much to show all 20.


And what did I learn from these answers...

• It was quickly obvious that 'slow rock' was the most popular genre, being chosen 17 out of 20 times, 'pop' being chosen 13 out of 20.
• The majority of the audience of ages 16 to 20, which is most likely to be the main ages of our target audience, chose soft rock as a favourite genre.
• No pattern was evident with what genre of music produced the best music videos.
• Answers showed that a simple storyline and also a mix of shots of the band/artist performing and the storyline are most favoured. This is because 'the simple storyline makes it easy to focus on the song melodies and lyrics, as well as the visual story.' Additionally the storyline is used to aid and empower the lyrics and melodies, and the visuals of the band along with the storyline reminds the viewer of the song for its lyrics.
• 18 out of 20 times, using the artist as the actor in the video was chosen over using an attractive unknown cast in the storyline. One of the questionairre-doers said 'it is appealing seeing the artist/band members performing and acting rather than just singing' which I certainly agree with.

Analysis of Narrative Videos

Beyonce - If I Were A Boy (click title to view 'The Making of...')
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIkRiqxWcYU (click link to view video)
The lyrics of this song, by the extremely popular Beyonce, express the emotions of a woman in a tough relationship, in which she feels her partner doesn't appreciate her or even acknowledge the things she does for him. Additionally, in the chorus, she explains how she would act if she was in his shoes. In my opinion this particular music video as a narrative performance is exceptional. The story it tells, and the journey it takes the audience on is very emotional and intense and it leaves the message in it's viewers mind. In the video we are shown Beyonce as the antagonist, not showing her partner any affection or attention, but flirting and showing intimacy with her male colleague. We are shown a day in the life of the two counterparts of the relationship, showing the different ways they react to temptation and eachother; for instance when the male calls his girlfriend she decides not to answer, whereas when he is at work he's looking for jewellry to by her. However, at the end of the video when they finally open up to eachother at the climax of the narrative, the roles suddenly reverse to reveal that really it is Beyonce as the protagonist, being the affectionate, caring and evidently victimised subject in the relationship, therefore capturing the idealogy provided in the title 'If I Were A Boy' in the essence of the video, which concludes with Beyonce directly singing to the audience.
The emotions that are evoked by the video, I believe, come down to the camera work, the editing, and finally the fantastic twist at the end. The camera work used works brilliantly to capture the emotions of the characters, and the situations they are in. For instance when Beyonce (imitating her partner as a policewoman) arrests a youngman and forces him into the car, the shot shows her lower half and her colleague staring at her bottom. Additionally, the ending in which we are presented with Beyonce, with her hair brushed back, against a white wall, wearing a white vest, wearing eye-shadow which looks damp from tears, singing directly to the camera in a close up embodies so much energy. This is because the black and white effect, aswell as the plain wall and her appearance with nothing glamorous shows her for who she is, which is someone who is still strong and beautiful, but the damp eye shadow represents how she deserves to be loved properly. It is evident that in those final moments of the video she represents woman all over the world, which is what she said she had wanted in 'The Making of...'. Overall as a narrative, i think this particular video really speaks out to it's viewers and tells a story in a very clever and appealing fashion.

Powerpoint on 'Special Effects'

Media A2 - Special Effects

Powerpoint on 'Music Genres'

Media A2- Music Genres

Narrative vs. Performance Based

Performance-Based Music Videos feature the artist/band/group performing the song through most if not all of the video. It’s probably the easiest to do on a budget provided you can get a suitable location for filming. A good example of this is would be ‘Best Of You' by Foo Fighters. The video for this is mostly performance based with random video footage presumably licensed from elsewhere.



Narrative Music Videos A narrative based music video contains mostly footage that attempts to tell a story through the moving image. Usually involving actors, or sometimes members of the band, the story is sometimes linked to the lyrical content of the song, but this isn’t always the case. This type of music video is also sometimes used if featured in the soundtrack of a movie and you will often see scenes cut into the music video. Examples of this are 'She Will Be Loved' by Maroon 5 and a prime example for a music video made for a movie is Girls Alouds' 'Jump'.


After researching closely into a variety of music videos embodying both narrative and performance based music videos, i have concluded that I prefer narrative music videos. Reason being, they further give the audience an understanding of the lyrics and help fuel the music with passion and life through the visual aswellas the audio. Additionally, it gives the audience to feel more excited for music videos, as when they hear the track they wonder about what the music videos will or could be like. Nevertheless, the majority of music videos are narrative and sometimes a performance based music video is a breath of fresh air and effective simplicity.

Genre; Pop Rock/Soft Rock

After constructing our mind map we discussed the genre's we had covered in it. Through this we looked not only at the music video's but the album covers and advertisements.

Soft Rock
Kings Of Leon
This band has a lot of well recognised soft rock songs, by the likes of 'Sex on Fire' and 'Use Somebody'. They have a very indie look about them and have adapted over the recent years in appearance, however kept a sense of originality about them.

Album Covers / Magazine Cover
There are three alternate album covers for Kings Of Leon's recently released album 'Come Around Sundown'. I definitely felt an appeal for all three album covers, which i think came from the similar contrast in colour. Additionally, all three convey a simple, plain idealic holiday location. For instance, one is just the oceon and one is just a plam tree on an island. However, both pictures are saturated with an orangey-reddy colour. Personally, I belive the asthetically pleasing locations captured imply escapism for the fans of the band, which is one of the main reasons people indulge into music, therefore attracting the public.



Maroon 5
Maroon 5 is a Grammy Award-winning American pop rock band. They have won several awards for its debut album Songs About Jane. Released in June 2002, the album enjoyed major chart success, going gold, platinum, and triple platinum in many countries around the world. Many of their music videos exhibit a narrative style, presenting a storyline involving two lovers and the drama of their relationship.

Album Covers / Magazine Cover
Here are the three album covers for the three albums the band has released. There is no obvious relation between them, and additionally no obvious understanding for their audience of the covers. The first, for the album 'Songs About Jane' shows a redhead, nude woman with flowers in her hair. The nudity and colour red represent the feeling of lust, love and intimacy between the band and this woman. The album name represents their dedication to her, and therefore their dedication to what she represents; love, sex and passion. This album relates to the third album 'Hands All Over' in which we also are presented with a naked woman in bed, with long curley hair like the animated woman from 'Songs About Jane'. The image shows the woman alone in bed, with her own hands and another pair of hands rapped around her, however there is noone behind her. This depicts that the music is her lovers way of pleasuring her if he can't be with her.

Channel 4's '100 Greatest Music Videos'

I knew that going into this assignment there would be so many well credited and popular music videos over the years that I would have no knowledge of. It was brought up that Channel 4 had done a programme concerning '100 Greatest Music Videos', which was exactly what we were looking for, so we watched it as a class.

Through this viewing there was a huge mixture of opinions from the class on some of the videos, and interesting debates on why some were given or deserved a spot in the top 100 occurred, which was an worthwhile experience, which i felt i learnt from, in terms of target audience.

In my eyes some of the music videos were very un-interesting and ultimately not entertaining at all, however during post-viewing discussions it came to light that many of the videos, from many years ago, were revolutionary and meant a lot in their own time. For instance, '#100: Pass The Dutchie' by Musical Youth in 1982 was so popular because it was one of the first music videos to present African Americans, and more so, they were singing about drugs!

Initial Notions on my favourites

• Queen - I Want To Break Free; this particular video stood out to me, because of it's comical connotations. The band are shown as drag queens, which I think is a fantastic idea seeing as the all male band is called 'Queen'. The best part is that lead singer Freddie Mercury is still sporting his very distinguished moustache! Mercury actually is homosexual, however it wasn't known at the time, thus the video is almost symbolic of this. (#21)
• U2 - The Sweetest Thing; the first use of the 'point-of-view' shot i had noticed in the top 100. This music video appealed to me because for the duration of viewing the programme, this was the first time i felt a connection with the artist themself. Bono, U2's lead singer, is apologising to his partner throughout the video. Usually video's exhibited a performance of the band, special effects or a storyline, however this felt very personal and deep, as if we simply had a view through a window into his relationship. (#33)
  
• Christina Aguilara - Dirrty; this music video stood out to me as it was the first single she released from her fourth album 'Stripped', which marked the beginning of a huge change in Aguilara's appearance and portrayal of herself. In her first single 'Genie In A Bottle' in 1999, besides having her middrift exposed, she presented herself as 'the girl next door' with a fresh, attractive teenage look. No piercings, no tattoos, barely any make-up. However, 'Dirrty' represents her rebellion against her good-girl image and her transformation to a artist bursting with sex appeal. The mispelling of the title alone represents her personal upsurgance. (#14)
• Coldplay - The Scientist; a very memorable music video, for it's extremely difficult and gripping effect of rewinding time. Not only does the music video demonstrate Chris Martins revisitation of the previous 5 minutes, but he is singing the lyrics as he goes.
  
• Madonna - Like A Prayer; the video for this song was well known for it's blasphemous controversy, which actually served as a strong element in the accomplishment and success of the video. It touched some religious topics as well as racial aspects, as Madonna kisses an African man, which at the time, was something that hadn't really been seen before. (#5)
• OutKast - Hey Ya; this is a very lively and upbeat, feel-good song, but the thing i found most appealing about it was that all the band members are played by Andre 3000, the singer of the song. This is engaging because all the characters he plays take on a different persona, for instance the drummer is shirtless, tatooed and has a rock-star image, whereas the backing singers are dressed preppy, with glasses and shirts with ties. Additionally, the mise-en-scene aspects of the video somewhat represent a different decade to the 2000's as the television is black and white and the clothing and set up of the stage resemble and 60's feel. (#16)
• Robbie Williams - Rock DJ; The video for rock DJ, directed by Vaughan Arnell, was released in 2000, and was surrounded by controversy because of its explicit content. The video exhibits Robbie dancing at a roller disco surrounded by woman, and as he dances he begins to undress, followed by ripping off his own skin until he is simply a dancing body of bones. Somehow, although every viewer wants to look away, they cant! (#6)
  
• Michael Jackson - Thriller; it is very easy to see why Thriller will always be number 1. It was the first music video to embody a film-like appearance, starting and ending with a short movie clip. This is not its only appeal though, it has a very memorable dance sequence, as well as fantastic, unforgettable make-up effects, transforming the dancers and cast, including Michael Jackson, into zombies!

First Ideas!

Media A2- Idea Presentation SMALL

Step Two...

After we spent a few hours immersing ourselves in independent research into existing music video's, we retreated back into a group to discuss our thoughts. Some of us had already come up some idea's and decided to share them before we got into any discussions.

Hey There Delilah By Plain White ‘T’s
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbJtYqBYCV8)
This is a song about a long distance relationship. A boy writes a love song for a girl in another city saying they’ll be back together soon, expressing his love for her. We liked it because it was a simple, calm and easy feeling song.

Pack Up by Eliza Doolittle
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbUE8_KHDCc&feature=fvst)
This song is very upbeat about living your life and not carrying all your stresses and problems through life with you. Hence the name ‘Pack Up’, it introduces the prospect of leaving your stress behind, therefore presenting a positive and happy feel to the song and music video.

I Wanna Rock & Roll All Night by KISS
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbUE8_KHDCc&feature=fvst)
This is a stereotypical rock song by a rock band, well known and recognised for their face paint and their leather costumes. This gave a us a fun idea to present a group of fun, lively teenagers imitating the band.

Lets get into some detail...

Brainstorm; Notion

The song 'Notion' was the fourth single from American rock band 'Kings of Leon' from their album 'Only By The Night'. The song reached number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart for one week in of September 2009. The song is one of the most played songs on my iPod, but I had previously researched into Kings of Leon music videos and they were ok but didn't seem to fixate me or really appeal to me as much as the songs themselves. Then I came across 'Notion'. I didn't quite understand why I liked the music video so much at first but slowly began to analyse in more detail.

The song itself is hard to decode in terms of meaning and the video doesn't relate to the lyrics on an obvious level, but that's the bands style. Other rock bands such as Maroon 5 very often release easy-to-follow narrative music videos with the lead singer as the main character, however Kings of Leon seem to have always shied away from such dramatic exhibitions. The music video for this particular song is evidently set in a winter season as it is snowing, but in a little backstreet area where the band are playing, there are barrells containing fierce orange flames. This alone creates such an attractive contrast of colours of grey for the natural weather and orange from the fire.



The first line of the song is "I've got a notion to say what doesnt feel right" which is all a viewer needs to understand the video. The video shows lead singer Caleb Followill walking through the street, against a huge crowd of people, bumping in to them. This depicts his need to voice his opinion and fight against the status quo and against the tradions and the norm to find his voice and his belief. The fire contrasting with the cold represents the eagerness and hunger for belief and truth amongst the normality and routine that the world is living in. This anxiety is also shown through the effective, unsteady and shakey camera work used on many occasions, for instance when the fire is bursting through the brick wall, the camera is simultaniously shaking to demonstrate an eruption of emotion. The editing is also equally as effective as through the band shots, all the cuts are very quick and edgy, leaving only moments to capture the display, whereas the scenes of Caleb walking through the crowd are long and almost slow motion to show the contrast of breaking free from the status quo with the band, or trying to find your voice and beliefs, shown with Caleb.

"The editing is very effective as in the band scenes, all the cuts are very quick and edgy, leaving only moments for the viewer to capture the display."

Amongst the shaking and quick paces camera work, there are some calm, steady long and mid shots of the band, which represents unity. This shot (left) is a close up of the lead singer, showing his expressions with the fire behind him, which illustrates how he has found his beliefs and is therefore not in the fire anymore as is not alone, as previously he was alone in an alley rather than singing with the band.

What i enjoyed most about this particular video was that although it didnt show a long story throughout or had a lot of climaxes it was powerful in depicting the meaning behind the song. The video is about breaking free and moulding your own beliefs and finding your own voice, which can be very hard sometimes when everyone around is telling you you're wrong (which is what the crowd of people that Caleb walks against represent). The video starts of relativly calmly, with not a lot of fire and aggression, however as the song continues and the passion rises in the lead vocals, the fire begins to erupt and blow from the walls and the shakey camera work begins, it fuels the viewer and keeps them watching and appeals to them. The colour contrasts and shadowy appearance of the band in the street surrounded by bricks and fire speaks aloud without a narrative to explain. In conclusion, I liked how it was the setting, the camera work and the editing that told the story in this video rather than a narrative. Top notch!

Eminem feat. Rihanna - Love The Way You Lie

Brainstorm; Love The Way You Lie

Continuing my research into existing music video's I decided to look at the US Billboard Hot 100, in which 'Love The Way You Lie' by Eminem featuring Rihanna, had been holding the number one spot for seven consecutive weeks giving Eminem his fourth Hot 100 number-one hit and Rihanna her seventh. It was immediently evident once i watched the music video as to why.

The music video was very narrative, with a powerful, gripping storyline. It presented a couple who have a love/hate relationship. They can't help but love eachother, but can't help but hurt eachother. The characters in the video are two A-listers; Dominic Monaghan (best known for his role in 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Lost') and Megan Fox (best known for her role in 'Transformers' which gave her a reputation as one of the most attractive women in the world). I believe the best quality of the music video is the passion enforced by the characters in the relationship portrayed, as well as the passion in the voices of the collaborating artists. Additionally to this the visual effects are equally as eyecatching. The couple are either involved in dramatic disputes and rows which fixates its audience, or they are gradually being engulfed by flames, which is equally as transfixing!


Additionally to the narrative, there are the seperate shots of the artists, which I find equally as inticing. When I first viewed the music video I noticed mainly the idealic setting of a field of gold, with a strong sun beating down, in Eminem's scenes. This contrasted with Rihanna's settings as she was outside a house on an empty street at night. There was so much drama and energy in the music video I had to watch it again and noticed the second time round a deeper meaning behind these mis-en-scenes. Eminem is presented in a beautiful, golden field wearing a white vest, with a blue sky and a lovely sun, whereas Rihanna is presented at night, wearing black clothes, dark mascarra, with red hair, in front of a burning building. I realised then that they each represent good and evil, and furthermore, God and Satan. Blending this initiative with the narrative storyline, it's obvious that they are the angel and devil on the characters shoulders, as the music video presents bad times and good times experienced by the couple in their relationship.

The music video is extremely powerful and expressess the contrasts in passion from hardships along with the love found in a relationships, and also shows how love will conquor all as the couple withstand and embrace whilst their house burns down. I cannot fault it and love the fervour and obssessive enfatiuation demonstrated by the characters and the artists. In the words of director Sanaa Hamri "A video is one that makes the song go from good to great".

John Mayer - Who Says

Brainstorm; Who Says

Before we could get started on the more exiting aspects of 'step one' we thought it essential to grasp a better understanding of music videos. We did this through hours of research into music videos, continuously using YouTube to view music videos, then read the comments below them. We decided to split up and work independently, researching into aspects we were most interested in, then regrouping to discuss our findings.

Individually, I decided to begin my search by researching music videos which I liked most at that time, but additionally researching into my favourite songs, to watch their music videos. My first search was of my favourite singer John Mayer's new single 'Who Says' which had been recently released, but I had not had the chance to view.

Immediately, I couldn't help being attracted to the contrasts and saturation's used in many of the shots, with a bluish glow surrounding the subjects in the display. The song was very melodic ad had a very relaxing, homey feel to it, therefore opening the video with a lonely John Mayer walking over an empty bridge, in a reminiscent manner fits in with the atmosphere of the song perfectly.
Furthermore, the song definitely has a message running through within the lyrics, in which the artist proclaims how his free will can never die and he has the power to do what he wants with his life, which is why the music video shows him on a night out with his friends, as well as various flashbacks, shown through a change in colour contrasts, or presented in the form of a picture.




Overall I think the camera work along with the simple, but effective uses of colour contrasts create the perfect atmosphere for the song. When analysing music videos it's always useful to think to yourself whether the video changes your view on the song in a negative way, or improves and enlightens your perception of it. In this case for me, it is certainly the latter.The song is powerful and meaningful through simple, relaxing melodies, which is reflected similarly in the music video with a friendly, warm atmosphere and insight into the normal, un-glamorised life of John Mayer. The director of the 'Who Says' music video, Anthony Mandler and John himself stated that "we want the end result of this, for the fans to watch it and go 'Man, I think I could hang out with that guy.'" which is accomplished with style by the final product.

The reasons I found this particular piece of work so appealing was its difference from many of the music videos I see in the chart hits. It was not over sexualised, or over glamorised and additionally, it was very nice for me as a fan to have an insight into the life of my favourite artist and the kind of things he enjoys doing with his friends. The display was never overcrowded or filled with effects, making it very easy viewing. I loved it!

Step One...

Once our groups were moulded and decision time (concerning which aspect of the specification options we would most like to venture) had surpassed, we found ourselves at step one.

As a group we had chosen to create a music video, which further involved developing the album cover for the album of our song choice, as well as a magazine advertisement, which would ultimately serve as our voice to our audience, trying to interest them and speak to them through a picture and some words. Exciting stuff!

There was a lot to be done, but where to begin? After some excited discussion we thought that the music video should be our primary focus. Through this we would be able discover our song choice, the mood of our song (love, anger etc.) and genre of band and song (indie, pop, rock etc.), which would furthermore, lead us to ideas surrounding album covers and advertisments, giving us a much clearer view on the project as a whole.

Step one, commence...

Introduction To My Blog

I am studying Media Studies at A-level at Hatch End Sixth Form and I am currently in my A2 year of college. Our coursework assignment was to create our own rendition of a music video of a song of our choice. Additionally we must create the album cover in relation to our music video, as well as a magazine advertisment which raises awareness of our new music video.

As a group, we were given choices of how to evaluate our work for this coursework assignment, consisting of a blog, a powerpoint, a podcast, or DVD extras. For my AS coursework I evaluated my work on a powerpoint which, throughout this experience, acquired me with many more skills, mainly in areas concerning presentation, however for this term I have opted to evaluate my progress on a blog, as it will provide me with new skills which will expand my knowledge and experience.

I plan on distributing my planning and evaluation on my blog, as well as any evidence of multimedia which has inspired my directions concerning my final product. I hope my blog is a success and I culminate the coursework assignment with new skills and a improved intellect, gained by deciding to present my work through a website. Finally, I very much hope that you enjoy following my work on the course.

Thankyou,
Alex Georgiades