Analysis of Previous Students Blog

The blog I have chosen to analyse is Holly Etty’s blog from 2016 A2 Media. I chose this blog as I believe it was very successful in terms of the way she presented her blog posts and the variety of media she used. The first thing that attracted me to her blog is the simplicity of the layout as it is very simple and easy to navigate which makes the blog look more professional but still manages to look interesting. The first posts you see on the homepage is an ‘about me’ introductory section which gives the examiner a brief introduction of the student, there are also links to the evaluation, the final music video, and the final ancillary task this makes it easier for the examiner as it allows the examiner to view it quickly.

THE BLOG I HAVE CHOSEN

This section of the blog is very organised and uses a variety of multimedia such as text post, videos, prezi, slideshare, etc. I really like the prezi posts as they capture your attention and is a very unique way of presenting information. I would like to have a research section similar to this as it is very organised and is very appealing to the eye.

RESEARCH

I like this section as it is very detailed and is organised with a variety of different formats which makes it very interesting to read/watch/view as there are 26 posts so it allows the examiner to see the whole planning stage and a ‘behind the scenes’ view to the final music video and how it went from nothing to that. I would like mine to be similar as it is thoroughly detailed and you can see the process which is very interesting and useful if needed to refer back to.

PLANNING

PRODUCTION LOG

This section contains production logs that are mainly weekly or after doing a task and has a total of 21 production logs overall. It is quite brief and a little boring compared to her other sections as it is only text compared to the others which had a range of multimedia. When I do my production logs I would like to include not only text but soundclouds as well to demonstrate a variety.

EVALUATION

This section contains a range of multimedia to present the evaluation as she uses issu to present her evaluation in a magazine/booklet which is very creative and appealing, she uses slideshare slideshare, and also creates a video talking about her evaluation. These are all things that I will hope to include in my blog when I get round to evaluating my music video.

THE ‘FINAL’ PRODUCTS

This section is understandably brief as there doesn't need to be much detail as it is just showcasing the final products. It contains a blog post with her digipak and a vimeo of her final music video. I will aim to do something similar to this as it is still very interesting and effective.