Media Studies Practical Production 2001

Evaluation Media Essay

The Media assignment that was set to my group was to be able to successfully market a pop group. Our group consisted of Andrew Payne, Jack Hicks and Lewis Irvine. During this assignment we had to form specific practical assignment, in the space of 7 weeks. The aim of the project was to show our group could work as professionals in order to market a fictitious band. The documents that had to be created by us were:

  1. CD Cover
  2. Magazine Advert
  3. Magazine Article (including band interview)
  4. Tabloid Newspaper Article
  5. Flyer
  6. Publicity Schedule
  7. Promotional Photographs
  8. Tour Publicity
  9. Press Release

Subsequently, we then had to form an essay that discussed and displayed our opinions and recommendations.  This was so that we could show why we decided to use preference specific thoughts in the promotion of the band.

As this was a group project, we had to delegate different tasks to each member of our group. Between us, I in turn resulted in completing the CD Cover, Magazine Article and Magazine Advert. I also formed an article on tour dates for the British Isles region as well. The aim of this essay is to present reasons and explanation on why I decided to materialise the practical pieces in the way in which they were made.

First, it is essential to talk about the background information of the group. The music group that was chosen by my group was called ‘Biggie G And The Family’ The music genre that was chosen was Rhythm and Bass otherwise known as R&B.

We did originally get the idea from a previous group named ‘P.Diddy and the Bad Boy Family’ but thought that if we used this name it would make out band equal to rebels as they would stand out from the crowd and only be interested in the welfare of themselves and people close to them.

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We felt that choosing R&B as our preferred genre would be easy as I assured the group that I had enough knowledge in order to fulfil the task of successfully promoting a band. Also we did believe that our group would be related to romance so we opted for Rhythm and Bass due to the fact that we had analysed as a group large varieties   This was because in present times there sees to be a greater demand by fans and artists to create songs involving love and affection for the opposite sex.

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