Evaluation

Evaluation

1 In what ways does your media product use, develop or

challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Before starting work on my media product, I spent a lot of time researching real media products to find out which were easy to use, aesthetically pleasing and gave the information in a clear and concise way whilst still being fun, easy and interesting.

I have used conventions such as a logo, links to several pages, a TV schedule and users can watch live TV from the site.

During my research, I discovered that sports media products are not specific to a particular sport, they generalize and are aimed at a much wider audience.  I have made the focus specific to only two sports, giving a much more in-depth look into these aiming at a more concentrated target audience who want to know more about these specific sports.  The information is therefore in-depth and aimed at the real fan and enthusiast who is following these sports and wants to know as much as they can about current events, competitions, results and facts.

2 How effective is the combination of your main product

And ancillary texts?

I have aimed to include the ancillary texts within the main product in a very easy to use manner.  This has proven to be very effective in that the ancillary texts have been designed to make the viewer want to look at them and learn more.  Both of my ancillary texts have enhanced the main product by expanding the content of the home page.

3 What have you learnt from your audience feedback?

Audience feedback led me to be live that a specific sport website was wanted by a lot of boys.  In terms of the homepage, my research has taught me that audiences want it to be quick and easy to use in order to learn more about the TV channel without spending a long time searching for the information they are looking for.  Furthermore, they want to use the website to find the shows they are interested in without searching through lists of shows they have no interest in.

4 How did you use new media technologies in the

Construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

When constructing the site, I used wix.com as a starting point, which enabled me to make the site from scratch and design it to look like I wanted, but with an pre-set layout making it much easier to create.  When creating the two videos, I used Final Cut Pro to edit and develop my clips.

When planning the layout of the site, I looked at other TV and sport websites to enhance my knowledge and to see what is appealing to audiences, what works well and what doesn’t.