The three texts (video, Digi-Pak, and poster) are coherent and relate to the themes of weightlessness, freedom, and escapism. The video uses smooth camera movements to depict a character breaking free from peril. The Digi-Pak and poster feature space imagery connoting lack of gravity. Together the texts suggest the artist uses music to break free from reality. The texts also follow Drum & Bass conventions seen in other artists' works, such as telling a story through camera movements in the video and including thanks and details in the Digi-Pak.

1. Question 2

2. • Firstly, I would like to consider the coherences between my ancillary texts i.e. my Digi-Pak and
my poster, and my main text; the video. One way they are intertwined would be through the
constant themes of weightlessness and freedom. The video is applicable to these themes through
not only the use of Steadicam, making smooth almost gravity defying shots, but also through the
narrative, in that the character is breaking free from sort of personal peril, into a state of
freedom and personal discovery. My Digi-Pak and poster also employ these traits through the
use of galaxy and star images; these connote anti-gravity as they are images of space. All of
these coherences that my texts employ all come together to form a further connotation and
representation of the artist in general, suggesting that through his music he is able to break free
or escape from reality, and do what he enjoys. This is further reflected through the ‘Thanks’
message on in the inside of my Digi-Pak, reflecting an interest and gratitude towards his fans
for enabling his dream to become a reality. His feeling of escapism through music is also
something he wishes his fans could enjoy as well, hoping to allow them to escape from the
mundane into a state of freedom and nostalgia, through his music.

3. • I would think that all of my texts meet the conventions and typicality’s of the Drum & Bass genre well. I took
inspiration from various existing Digi-Pak’s, posters and videos to ensure that my products were as close to
and as accurate to appeal to the genre as I could. For my video I took inspiration from Titanium’s video by
David Guetta; a well-known Drum & Bass artist. In the video, the main character goes on a journey and is
pursued by Steadicam, which is exactly what I did in my video; I have seen others that employ this tactic of
telling a story as well. My Digi-Pak is conceptual and at times simplistic, this is conventional of the genre and I
have taken inspiration from Sub Focus’ old albums, which usually consist of a main central object, surrounded
by scenery. The poster is very similar to my Digi-Pak as well, these are similar intentionally, as this is
something that is employed by many Drum & Bass artists, and artists in general because it allows
recognisability and consumer recognition that the two texts are related and for the same purpose.

4. • Finally I feel like all of my texts, including ancillary texts, display not only conventions of typical products in
the music industry, but also appeal to the Drum & Bass genre as well. I feel this as regards my video in that I
have striven to use camera angles and shots that look as professional as possible, hence the use of Steadicam
to get as smooth shots as possible, and as the equipment used obviously isn’t of as high of a quality as
equipment used in the industry, I have attempted to get the highest possible quality out of the equipment I
have used. My Digi-Pak also displays many conventions of existing Digi-Pak’s. Displaying the artists name,
album name, track list, thank you note, barcode, copyright information, record label information and a clean
and professional looking design are all things that can be found in my text and in real world texts. The
example given is of Alt-J’s Matilda, in which all of the things just mentioned are displayed and can also be
found in my work. My poster is also conventional of real-world products, in that it is highly coherent and
related to the Digi-Pak, and also contains social media platforms on which to contact the artist, and
information pertaining to the release of the album. Example given is of Turisa’s tour poster, which shows a link
to social media, as well as a strong image.