Music Promo Final draft

Ancillary Final Draft

Ancillary Drafts

Music Video Feed Back

As part of this process I felt it would be a good idea to ask my target market on what they thought of my music video. I asked 10 people to go onto my blog and watch all four of my music video drafts and to give me feeback on what they thought. When people got back to me I found that they all said each time it had progressed and was better. The majority of people said that the first draft was good however felt it was a bit boring and didn't have much phase or movement. Therefore the second, third and fourth were a lot better as he moved about more which created phase and so did the editing. Another element that made the music video have phase was the variety of different shots as my first draft consisted of a lot of shots with him jsut playing the guitar, therefore this time I have used different agnels and used more movement with the camera.At the beggining it pans around the artsit, Many people liked this bit and the transition into the next shot, creating a powerful start. Everyone I asked liked the fourth draft best as they felt this was the most successful. They felt the linking with the candel shot was clever as to how it was repeated throughout the music video and then was the last shot in the music video, ending it well, and how it ends with the candel blowing out. Everyone commented on the surrounding/location of the music video and thought it was great and looked very good. They also felt that the location sutied the artist and his genre of music. They also commneted on it being in black and white, which many of them liked, as it is diffrent and not many music videos are in black and white, therefore it makes it memorable. A negative comment on my fourth draft was there was a slight issue with lip sinking, therefore for my final I shall ensure that the lip sinking is exact as this is a very important part of the music video.  Overall I am very pleased with the feeback I collect from my target market and have found it very useful. Now I have collected this feedback from my target market I can make these changes to my music promo.

Ancillary Feed Back

As part of this process I felt a good idea would be to get feedback on my ancillary task, which included my digi pack and advert. To get this data I collected it from my target market. I asked 10 people to go onto my blogger and look at my digi pack and advert design and to give me feed back.  Everyone I asked liked both designs and felt they would do well in promoting and selling the artist through the use of photos and style of design. They liked the font style that is used as it goes with the genre of music and style of artist. Many of them commented about the editing of the photos, and how I had used colour with black and white, making it eye-catching and memorable as it was different. They felt the layout was successful as all the writing was clear and easy to see and read. As well as the comments being positive there were some negative comments on both the digi pack and the advert. Many people said due to the style of the photos used it was clearly linked to the music video, therefore it became unclear as to whether it was an album or a single. Another comment was the colour choice of the font. People said that it was quite a feminine choice and suggested more masculine colours such as blue, green and orange.

Overall I found gathering feedback from my target very useful. Since I got this feedback I decided to change my digi pack and advert. I took more images of my singer in a different location and with different clothing. By doing this it would clearly show that its a realise of an album and not a single. I have also decided to chagne the font colour to blue. I feel this colour is more sutiable for the singer and the genre of music. I have decided to keep the same font style as I think it goes well with the genre of music and the artist himself. I have included the graffiti wall in this digi pack, as this will link the album and the music video together, but in a more discrete way. On the first page of the leaflet I created many images of the artist in the style of a polaroid frame, this makes the page intresting and eye-catching, which is similar to my first digi pack through the use of the photos being in colour and black and white. The photos are variyed in shot and style, therefore this makes it intresting and helps to promote the artist in different ways. Each polariod includes the song names which are featured on the album, informing the reader. I have included two other pages from the booklet, which include a large image of the artist and the lyrics to two of his songs which are featured in the album.Therefore once I had created my new digi pack I designed my new advert in the same style, to link them together. I used the same photo that is on the front cover of the album to link them together. I used a white font to make it standout and be bold against the image. The same blue that is on the album cover has been used to help link them together, which has been colour picked from the orignal image, to get them exact. The advert includes information to inform the reader, however doesnt include a lot of text to make the poster eye-catching and standout.

Overall I feel that this is a more successful digi pack and advert as it is not the same as the music video, but still has some elements to link them together. The digi pack and advert clearly show the genre of music and promote him as an artist. 

Fourth Draft

Third Draft

Second Draft

Editing Reflection 3

Once I had recorded for the third time I begun to edit on the software. I felt this went well as I could see a lot more improvement from my first raft. Firstly due to the amount of different shots that makes the music video have pass and therefore is more interesting to watch. I have also begun to add in effectives also making the music video more interesting and easy to watch. Overall I am so far pleased with my editing and shall be carrying on. 

Filming Reflection 3

Due to the technical difficultly I had during my second day of recording I decided it would be appropriate to film for a third time. I Filmed on the 14th November at 7:30am, I felt this was a good time as it would not get dark, and therefore I wouldn't have any issues with lighting, which I had in previous days of filming. This time I felt was the most successful. This was due to my planning. On the previous recordings I have felt unorganised and I felt this showed when I begun the process of editing as I didn't have enough footage, or recorded the exact bits needed. Therefore this time I create a sheet which clearly showed me the lyrics to be sung and the action that would go with this. I found this very useful and made the process of filming quick and easy. Another reason for planning in detail was due to the fact I was changing some elements of the music video due to the feedback I gathered on my first draft. This time I feel  have more variety in shots and hopes this will show in the final product. Overall I am pleased with this day of filming.

Dolby

Well done for making a booklet to go with the digipak. I would still be thinking about the fact you are releasing an album not a single so a variety of images to show different songs would be good.

Digi Pack designs

Mrs D

Well done for hitting your deadline. You have lots of different ancillary tasks to choose from. Get some audience feedback to help you decide. Well done.

Advert Designs

Advert Designs

Digi Pack Designs

Digi Pack Designs

Dolby

These ancillaries are coming along really nicely. Just consider how the font style, size and colour is important as it is hard to read in places and I'm not sure the font suits the genre? Images are lovely.

Advert

Now I have got an idea of what my digi pack will look like I can now think of designs that will suit the design of the digi pack, as this will allow them to link together. Here is a design which will work well with my latest design for digi pack. I have used the same effect of making the background in colour and the main subject, the artsit, in black and white. I have also used the same colours, which will help to make them link together. promoting the album and the artsit. The image that I have used is a medium close-up of the artsit which will promote them. The photo is an interesting angel which makes it look intresting and standout.The inforamtion that I have included is infomrative for the viewer howver there isnt to much which makes the poster eye-catching. I will carry on creating poster every time I change/edit my digi pack to make sure they work well together. 

Digi Pack Designs

As you can see throughout the construction stage I have created a variety of different layouts, however I felt none were suitable. Therefore I decided to look at existing digi packs as this would help me with the presentation and ideas for mine. I found this very useful and begun to create my own from what I had found out. With all of these designs they include the same font style, but I have experimented with different images and layouts, overall I am pleased with all of these designs and feel that with more development it would be suitable. This time when creating the different designs I ensured that all the different sections worked well together but at the same time weren't to much when they are all together.
On photoshop I edited the photos  to make the background colour and the main subject into black and white. This made it interesting, different and standout. I then colour picked from the background and used these colour throughout the rest of the different sections to link them all together, for example the colour of the font. I tried different images behind text to see what worked as I felt in previous designs that the image would hide the text and therefore make it hard to read.
On the front cover I included an image of the artist which I think conveys him as an artist and the genre of song. I also included the name of the album and the artist name. On the back pain I included the track list, barcode and the artist website. On one of my last designs I felt it would be a good idea to include the logo of the artist record label, as this would help to promote.
For the CD rom panel I decided that just a simple colour would be effective as I felt when it included a picture it was to much and didn't go well with the style of the rest of the digi pack. On the insert I looked at just including a close-up image of the artist as the image on the front doesn't fully show his face, therefore helping to promote him. On the other hand I felt this was a bit boring so I thought about including a small sample of a few songs that are featured in the album. I think this makes the page also more interesting and is informative to the reader. On the other hand I feel that the text dominates the page and therefore we dont focus on the artist. Therefore I shall try a variety of different desgins to overcome this issue.  Overall I am pleased with these design and my favourite is my last design, therefore I shall be improving on this design for my final digi pack design. 
Now I have got a good idea of what my digi pack will look like I shall now carry on creating my advert to ensure that they work well together and link.