Evaluation:Question4 what have you learned from your audience feedback?

Evaluation:Question3 How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

This to your right is a short music video that we had to create demonstrating lip syncing.This didn't go as well as planned however, we used final cut pro to embed the footage and then edited it lip syncing it to the song which was Delilah-why you do.


After we had completed this takt and began to feel confident editing different footage to music we then began to brainstorm thinking about our own music video.We all had to research, plan and blog about everything we wanted to include in our own music video that we were going to produce in the up coming week.This started from the basics such as location, synergy,genre, mise en scene such as costume and props.We had a good idea of who our target audience was and what genre we wanted to do which was house music.This allowed us to think outside of the box producing a unique music video which was deeply thought about.We also thought about the different social media that we were going to approach promoting our artist.I began to start using applications such as slideshare,abc notes, prezi, slidely and emaze ect.

I began to use different ICT early such as an app called ABC notes which is useful for documenting thoughts on our music video.I started to make targets for myself earlier on in the project to help keep me on track.Above is something i presented on the blog where i was reflecting on the previous year and what we have done so far.

Before beginning our music video I researched in depth them and regularly posted different information and techniques i found out.Above is a blog post I created before beginning to shoot our rough cut.(video below)

This was a video taken in class receiving feedback from our rough cut.
Here is a time toast schedule below that we followed as a group in order to pick up our equipment on time and be at certain locations at different times and also improving on our feedback given on our rough cut from peers.

                                                FILMING

As we were able to get hold of the DSLR camera before any other group we were able to shoot some high quality footage for our music video.We aimed that some footage consisting in our music video will be at night time so one of our group members went into a dark clasroom to see if the light was strong enough and if the footage files would be suitable for final cut pro.

To your right is the footage testing out the camera and this meant that we will not have any problems with our footage whilst editing.

From the very start of our music project we created social networking sites promoting our artist keeping everyone updated on where we are and what stage we are at filming.

We finished filming before coming back from half term ready to edit.As we are all experienced using final cut pro we was able to start editing straight away.We got rid of all unwanted footage that we filmed and started adding special effects as we discussed ideas as watching the footage back over again.This helped us create a unique music video following the theme of Alice in Wonderland,

During editing we added a 360 twist turn introducing the song in slow motion which gave a good effect.We also added in a cross dissolve from our artist sleeping turning into Alice in our semi real wonderland we created.

Another effect created was we added a black and white filter to emphasise the lyrics"when everything goes black&white"This was more of a straight forward task as it was just adding a black and white filter on certain clips.We also had to make some changes along the way getting rid of unsteady footage from not using a tripod at all times as we had to film certain scenes within a tight space.

ANCILLARY WORK

I used photoshop to create all of my ancillary products including the front and inside cover of my digipack and the concert advertisement.I took time to expirment and get back to grips with photoshop.This was a good opportunity for me to bring together some ideas. 

I looked at several backgrounds I could use which would to promote our artist well.I looked at random artists cd cases online aswell as those of the same genre as our artist including rudimental and headcandi both had different kind of vibes presented which isnt unusual as house is a broad genre demonstrating soft music to heavy loud music.This is a popular reason why people are into house as there are many subgenres that it consists of allowing people to listen to different ones at particular times.I thought using a brick wall background would reflect well on our artist releasing a casual upbeat vibe.

As we were unfortunately not able to create a photoshoot with our artist we all had to make do with photographs we have already had from earlier on in the project.

I then looked back on my notes and blogs searching for pivotal element that need to be included on a digipack such as a promotional sticker at the front if they have released a single on the album.Also keeping the font noticeable and the same throughout.

Here is where I have added the artists name on the front cover of my digipack.This was one ofthe most appropriate font to use out of the options.

Here is where I added our artists name on the side of the front cover making it clear who the artist is.

To the left as you can see i have used the same font from the cover but minimised the font size listing the singles on the album including her new single"Losing"

Here is where I added in the barcode and the record company our artist belong too which is Island Records.

Here is my final concert advertisement as part of my ancillary work.
Now that the ancillary deadline has ended i have been focusing on the evaluation.These are to be posted on our blogs using different applications such as prezi,ABC notes and as i wasnt able to use amaze for this question i thought this was a clear way to present the media technologies I have used in the construction, planning. 

Evaluation:Question2 How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts

Front cover of my Digipack

My concert advertisement

Evaluation:Question1 In what ways does your media products use, develop or challenge conventions of real media products?

Mistake made

One mistake i made was i misspelled launch which i cannot change as im im college and i do not have the original layers as i produced this peice at home.My laptop screen cracked so i wasnt able to see the text in that area clear.

Final ancillary work

I have changed changed the size of the island record sticker making it smaller to look more effective.I have also checked and made sure i have  maximum of two fonts on my digipack although i have added effects of the promotional sticker of the word"INCLUDED"

As you can see from my previous blog post of my ancillary work that i had done has slightly changed.This is because i needed to use a better image that wasnt stretched of our artist.Also i thought it would be good to add some information about the artist however, i was told that this isn't relevant within a digipack.

I have also made a change to my advertisement of our artist.I have changed the background photo and i have also added faceboook and twitter signs to my advert to make it look more realistic.I am happy with the changes i have made to both my digipack and the advert that i created.

Ancillary work;Planning and Experimenting front, back, inside of digipack and Concert Advertisement

Here above is a promotional sticker i made to go on the front cover of the digipack in order to clearly let the audience know Liza DeSilva's new single is out.

Above is me experimenting with photoshop creating the inside cover for the digipack.

Here is the advert i created.I chose to create a concert add as i think concerts are a good way of promotion for artists especially as our artist is signed to a mainstream label.Concert posters are easy to be given out and also can be big and bold on a billboard allowing to grab peoples attention.

Here is a photo of the front and back cover of the album which includes the main features of a digipack such as promotion stickers, image of the artists and the songs included on the album.

What is a digipack and what should the cover look like.

A digipack is a modern approach to cd packaging.It llows for inclusion of more information about the band or Artist.Usually digipacks that provide more information than others such as the history of the particular genre they grab more peoples attention.This can alsowiden the target audience as some people like to find out about different genres of music both about where it has come from aswell as the actual artist.
Digipacks are all about adding value which gives customers extra for there money.


The outside of a digipack should always consist of the artists name in a clear font.The same font for the name should be used throughout the digipack.The track listing font has to be the same as the artist of album name.Lastly promotional stickers are always a useful way of promoting any events or feature on the album such as a bonus track that the artist may have.

Ancillary work

In Todays lesson i began to use photoshop for my ancillary product which is a digipack.

What to do and hwat not do to.(Ancillary Products)

18th December;cinema trip

18th December Cinema Trip
We look forward to see every groups music video.The ones seen so far are realy good and it was nice seeing the effort that everyone has put as it is noticed and we as a group hope to give off the same impression.

Thoughts on our journey of the music production.

As our deadline is tomorrow Friday 5th we are coming to the very end of our music production.Overall, i am pleased with what me and my group have produced.This is because we tried our hardest to put our ideas into reality.We all came up with ideas that we manged to collide together which worked realy well.We also focused on mise en scene thoughtfully making sure we have the right prop and costumes to present our characters well.We managed to create a music video that is based on a movie of the story of Alice in wonderland.It is pleasing to say that we have completed the editing of our music video which has been both an enjoyable and educational experience as we learned new skills and ideas along the way.We look forward to everyone watching it and also watching everybody elses music video.

What we could have done better.

                                                                 what we could have improved on

The one thing that i believe and think my group will agree on too is time management.This accounts for both blogging and whilst filming.Filming wasnt so bad as we did manage to get alot of filming done on the days we planned we even met up more than the days planned in order to make sure we get everything we need to do done in the forest in Alexnder palace to save us from travelling back after the half term to film.However, when it comes down to our blogging we didnt use our time aswell as we should have but i have reflected on this and managed to catch up and add extra blog posts.
Another thing we could ahve done which mostly affected us was planning.We should have planned more thoroughly than we did as i have already mentioned in a orevious blog post.This prevented us from carrying out our original idea of Alice directly watching the fireworks in the same shot however we had to imprevise using 2 seperate shots to illustrate this.Us not being able to access entry into the park for the fireworks display and the funfair also meant that we could not film Alice,the rabbit and the mad hatter on the tea cups this was dissapointing as we thought by filming the the characters on the teacups will illustrate the disney theme that we have presented very well.

changing our blog layout.

Towards the end of our music production we've had to change our blog of the cheshire cat as our blog cover.The reason for this is because it wasnt promoting our new artist which is one of our aims.The cheshire cat being on our front cover was very distracting for viewers looking at our blog.It also focuses mainly on the single released by our artist rather than our artist being fresh faced in the music industry.Now we have made changes to the blog layout after recieving feedback which is now the artist with her name written above the image of her.We have used the colours burgundy and blue as our font so it is clear for viewers to read our blog.

Changes to our Music video

04/12/14

In todays lesson we are finishing off the  editing of our music video.On Tuesday 2nd we were told that we need to get rid of the whole ending.This is because the footage was too dark so Louisa advised that we should get rid of it.Louisa also advised that we should change the order of how the characters are introduced such as making the mad hatter the first character that we see which then leads on to the rabbit being introduced as the second character that Alice meets.We wasn't able to successfully make this change as we didnt have accurate transitions.This picture below i took today of us making the final edits to our music video.

Our music video as a whole.

I am really pleased with our music video especially because of all the hard work we put into it its a relieve that our music video turned out as planned.Despite having one or two probelems along the way we have managed to adjust what needed be along the way.For example lack of planning which prevented us from filming the ending of our music video in Alender palace.I am also pleased that we have come up with a completely different plot to other music videos and that the outcome is what we intended for it to look like.It was enjoyable filming in the forest and we are happy that we chose to do the story of Alice in wonderland as we  were able to experiment with different ideas and different locations of the forest finding the most suitable and relevant areas for our wonderland theme.We all added different ideas to the music video often building on different ideas for the best outcome.We all listened and spoke on ideas of one another which was important for our music video and us as a group which prevented quarelling and any misunderstandings.We are really pleased with our music video and are glad that the editing went well as we had many visual ideas for the editing of our music video and we are pleased that the ideas worked when incorperating them into the editing production.We now hope that our finished music video will be as enjoyable for the audience to see as much as it for us and was to film.

Things that we are happy with.

Keeping up with the blogging.

As already mentioned in my one of my previous blog posts that my target was to contiously blog about what we have been doing with our music video whilsts editing ect.I also made a target to use more forms of ict when presenting my blog posts.I can say that i have reached my targets as i have been blogging  more than previously and i have also managed to achieve my second target as i have used a range of ict when presenting ideas and feedback.Its easily noticed that blogging thi syear wasnt my strongest compared to media in AS where i was contistently blogging every day.Its helpful that i recognised this for my self as it has motivated me to post more blogs in order to present to everybody what me and my group have been up to on our journey.

Feedback from Louisa 2/12

In todays lesson Louisa had looked through our rough cut to give us feedback on improvements we need to make in this lesson.

Targets for today;

• Lip syncing has fallen out on certain clips (probably due to editing other parts of the music video).
• On the drop the beat speeds up so cut to the sped up beat as well as the build up that we've already done.
• Add jump cuts to the beat when she's running up the stairs
• Try play around with different effects that we can use instead of the colour filters that we use at the end

For this lesson we plan to firstly fix the lip syncing again, it seems when creating the beginning it may of effected some of the clips that were lip synced further on and made them out of sync. After this we can add jump cuts on the sped up beat which appears at the end of the build up to make the jump cuts match the beat of the song a lot better. When we've finished this we can proceed till polishing the ending a lot more, to do this we need to add jump cuts when she is running up the stairs so it fits to the beat more than just adding colour filters, in addition to this we are gonna try other effects that we could potentially use instead of the colour filters.

Once we've finished all of these targets we also want to try and improve the ending as the book in the shot we used is not focused very well so to improve this we want to add in shots that we have of the book focused as we have multiple ones so we hope one would fit well with the shot we already have.