This is a screen shot from my homepage which shows where my navigation bar is.i also thought it would make it easier for my audience, i found this out through my research into Jakob Nielson. i think i have challenged the code and conventions by creating a website dedicated to cars and music. The reason why i think i have challenged the code and conventions is because through my research i didn't find any other websites which where dedicated to these. One of the reasons why i have created this website is because cars and music is a big passion of mine, and my age is within my target audience of teenage boys aged between 18-21 years old.
Another way i have used the code and conventions is by including many different eye catching pictures and videos, i have used different image to give a insight into what programmes there will be on "Rev's TV". All of the images i have used are relevant to my target audience as well as my website. The reason why i have included videos to my website is to advertise Rev's new bands, during my research i found that other popular teen websites such and MTV included videos.
For my ancillary texts, we had to create a newspaper add and a double page spread for a listings magazine. Again before i created these pieces i decided to do some research, i researched into different type of newspaper Ad's from newspaper add such as The Sun and The Mirror. i found out that the code and conventions of a newspaper add was that most Ad's had relevant images towards the product, information what the product is about, slogan, logo, and contact information. For my research into double page spreads for a magazine i found out that the majority of them contained images relevant to the product, logo, lot more information about the product than a newspaper add . I followed the code's and conventions of a newspaper add by making my newspaper add eye catching and simple the reason why i have used these was because i thought it was the most affective. another convention i used within my work was that i added a slogan and my logo. i came up with the Slogan "here comes the revolution" i used this because i wanted to create a brand around rev's and create a connection between all of my work. i stayed with the conventions of a double page spread for my peace that there was a lot of text, logo images and slogan, i used these to attract an audience and create a reconition around my brand.
Question 2
How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary tasks?
The products i have is my website named "Rev's", a newspaper ad and a double page spread. The reason for creating these products as i have previously menaced i wanted to create a brand around "REV's". The ways i have done this is by keeping the same logo in each one on of my products i have also kept the same colour scheme thought out my tasks, during my research i found out that companies do this to create a well done brand i also found out the reason why they keep the logo on all advertisement and products is that the customer will know what they belong too. Iv included my TV channel numbers and website address so its informative and leads them to each one of my products. The information on my double page spread is an extended version from my newspaper . in my newspaper add my information gives an in sight into the develop pages on my website and gives a taster of the features on the TV channel.
Question 3
What have you learnt from your audience feedback?
From the feedback i received i understood my strengths and weaknesses. I asked everyone in my media class, the problem with asking the people from my media class was that not everyone in my class was in my target audience. The positive thing about asking people in my media class was that they didn't just give me feedback on the superficial side on my website but on the technical side.I would of liked to get a larger group together who where in my target audience aged between 18-21 year old boys. The reason why i didnt do this was due to time. In terms of my websites, my strengths were varied, many people commented how i linked up some of my top 40 to amazon so you where able to download songs, most of the feedback i had aswell said i needed more information on my home page, i took this feedback on board and added to my homepage a brief descrpition about what Rev's is about.
Another problem my class mates helped me with was their opinions on my logo, i designed as i was unhappy with my orginal logo and decided to create a new one. my orginal desgin was a checked flag back ground with Rev's on it, i wasnt sure if i like it becuase i thought it was unproffesional. i improved this with a new design of "rev's" in blue and oulution in white which created revoulotion which linked in with my slogan of there comes the revolution, this worked well becuase it connected with my other bits of work and looked better, my media class also agreed.
