A2 practical coursework - choice of briefs

1) A promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music promo video, together with two of the following three options:

• A (working) website homepage for the band;

(Bring Me The Horizon: www.bringmethehorizon.co.uk)

(Asking Alexandria: www.askingalexandria.com)

As you can see from the two above screen shot of band website homepages it has many features on it including a navigation bar, internal and external hyperlinks, social media links, roll over galleries, interactive input such as subscription options, media players and much more.

• A digipak for the album's release

Digipak is a patented style of CD, DVD or BD packaging, and is a registered trademark of AGI-Shorewood, and Atlas Holdings LLC company.      -[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digipak]
Digipaks can have between 2-4 panels and are an alternative casing for a dvd or cd to the traditional Jewel Plastic CD case which were prone to breaking when put under pressure.

• A magazine advertisement for the digipak

Above is an example of two magazine advertisements for digipaks. As you can see an advert for a digipak consists of a poster image related to the newest release, and minimal information. And information or text on the poster should be, the band and album name, the release date, the record label and any slogan associated with the band.

2) A short film in its entirety, lasting approximately five minutes, which may be live action, animated or a combination of both together with two of the following three options:

• A poster for the film;

A film poster consists of an image or a collection of images either from the film or with the actors used in the film. The image needs to be relevant, and include the actors names on it, the title of the film and the release date and possibly the strip line for the film too.

• A radio trailer for the film;

A radio trailer for a film should include all the vital information needed to entice the audience, a radio trailer for a film is more like a blurb just read out loud with a few quotes or lines from the film to show the genre and who is in the film.

• A film magazine review page featuring the film

Film magazine review page(s) consist of a breakdown of the films in a brief synopsis, a rating on how well the actors played the part and how well the plot of the film really worked and how well it was portrayed to the audience. Whether or not the film met its expectations and if it fitted its intentional boundaries (or in some cases intentionally broke them) is also highly criticised.