Analysis of another student’s blog- Fearghal

McGlincheyBy Meghan Moore

I have chosen to analyse Fearghal McGlinchey’s A2 Media coursework blog. The reason I have chosen to analyse McGlinchey’s is because his music video is very similar to the kind of music video I want to make with the use of narrative plot combined with actual performing, as well as the similarity in genre. I also think his digipak and advertisement are very effective. I will be going through his blog and looking at the different aspects of it, as well as how it contributed to his final product.

Introduction

McGlinchey did a lot of research before creating his final product and separated his research into similar products, genre and institution.In regards to institution he researched a variety including directors, publishing platforms and music labels. In regards to genre he looked at the conventions and history of music video’s as well as things like iconography and cultural influence of specific genres. In regards to similar products he researched both previous student’s work and industry created products, giving him a well rounded understanding of similar products to the one he was making.All of this research enabled McGlinchey to have a good understanding of what he wanted to do with his own music video and reflected through his blog. The large amount of research showed throughout.In regards to my own research, I will conduct similar tasks so that I too can give myself a well rounded knowledge of music video history and increase my ideas.

Research

McGlinchey did a lot of research before creating his final product and separated his research into similar products, genre and institution.In regards to institution he researched a variety including directors, publishing platforms and music labels. In regards to genre he looked at the conventions and history of music video’s as well as things like iconography and cultural influence of specific genres. In regards to similar products he researched both previous student’s work and industry created products, giving him a well rounded understanding of similar products to the one he was making.All of this research enabled McGlinchey to have a good understanding of what he wanted to do with his own music video and reflected through his blog. The large amount of research showed throughout.In regards to my own research, I will conduct similar tasks so that I too can give myself a well rounded knowledge of music video history and increase my ideas.

Research

Once again McGlinchey split his planning into 3 different sections- ideas generation, pre-production and logistics.McGlinchey used a variety of media types to present his planning ideas and was able to demonstrate the development of his ideas clearly. The tasks he completed demonstrated his final decision very well. It makes his blog very interesting to look at. I am planning to do very similar tasks in preparation of my own music video as I think it will allow me to fully develop my ideas.

Planning

McGlinchey’s music video was very interesting and professional looking. The combination of narrative plot and performance made it very interesting to watch and allowed a lot of interpretation from the audience as well as his meaning to come across. He obviously thought a lot about what he was doing and it really showed. The work he did really linked together with what he produced.His final products all link together very well with a very consistent aesthetic across his products, with his digipak and magazine advertisement looking like they part of the same thing.

Final Product

Fearghal McGlinchey’s work is very high quality and is definitely a good blog and piece of work to take inspiration from. He worked very hard and did a lot of work and research to make his product a very high quality piece. I will definitely be trying to work as hard as him and be able to produce as professional looking work as him.

Conclusion