Question 4

4.How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Research

Research - I have used search engines and data/information collector website such as Wikipedia , google, YouTube and slide share.
I used slide share to search for camera angles and movements presentations made by other Media students in which i then made my own.
I used google a lot to research production company and artist image.
I used YouTube to research real media productions, then analysing them to get an idea of the key forms and conventions of chosen music genre.

Planning

 After i researched genre, and key conventions of music video , i started to plan my own. In which me and my group used blogger througth out this to keep an update on the process we made and use elements of the planning in out production.
I also used Microsoft Movie Maker to create simple test videos to test our concepts and camera work. We then used YouTube to upload these video for the rest of the class to watch and give us feedback on them.

Production and Evaluation

During the production and editing of my video i use a Apple Mac computers, which were very useful due to there professional programmers that helped us edit our footage to the best of quality.

We used Adobe Premier to edit the video, as we were then able to cut, sync music to artist lip syncing, color correct the footage and add effects.

I also used Adobe Photoshop, to create my digipak and album poster, as it allowed me to manipulated scanned art work into a digital enhanced media product.

Question 3

3. What have you learned from your audience feedback?

 
Audience feedback to me was very important as it allowed me to look at my work in a critical way, taking peoples comments and feedback into consideration to improve on my music video. I realised how people may notice the smallest detail that may not have crossed my mind, as feedback was quiet interesting from coming from a Varity of different age groups and gender. While the sixteen plus students gave more mature, thoughtful feedback, I found the year 9 feedback more useful as they didn’t think to much into it and didn’t try to come with clever comments, they pinpointed simple details that would make a difference on how I looked at my production.

I have received audience feed back, on three basic, the use of a questionnaire which I emailed to people. Verbal live feedback from a year nine class as they watched the video (me being covert at the back jotting notes) and my teacher and class feedback, after I presented my idea, narrative and production to them.

The first audience feedback was from my media class, and were very critical of my first story narrative, concept of stop motion. The idea of my music video, in the audience view seems unpractical and complex – more of a creative art of film production then a music video. My class commented that there is no focus on artist and not a clear story line. This was very effective as I come to take the criticism on board and completely changed my concept and narrative.

After I have produced by video, I have conducted audience feedback research out of the circle of my media class, feedback from people that did not go through the process of film production, therefore would be highly critical and would compare our video to real media productions and would therefore certain features in it.

Audience from the same age group of me gave positive comments about the creativity, and professionalism of the video. Most people commented on the washed out quality of the film –and certain shots that I have taken that had added edge and originality to my video. I had no critical comment from the age group between 16-20.
It appreciated positive comments that showed I had put a lot of thought and effort into my production, however I wanted someone to point of the flaws which I could Clearly see and others that I couldn’t. The media GCSE year 9 classes did just that. They commented on the parts that dragged for a long time, and other shots that made the “watchers a bit dizzy”. There comments were genuine and helpful, and I took them aboard.

I would have like to get public feedback; from YouTube users for example however our video was only just posted on the site.




thia is our pitch that was presented to our media class and teacher in which we recieved feedback.



A2 Music video Pitch Group 2 from Sidney Stringer on Vimeo.

Question 2

2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

Qustion 2 a2

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 1.“7 am wakin’ up in the morning”, artist sings this as she wakes up from bed in this scene .Therefore there is a link between the lyrics and the visual. ‘Friday’- Rebecca Black



2. this shot shows the artist sitting in an old urban building wearing cloths that reprent the the Rnb scene such as heavy jewerly (refered to as bling) and a cap. This shot therefore typies the way the record company want their artsist to be represented, ganagster culture related. ‘Like Toy Soldiers’-Eminem.

3. This shot shows two rockers wearing black at the background drumming, with two disturbed looking metal masks – these are used to illustrate the heavy metal rock music genre in the video. ‘Before I forget’- Slipknot.


4. interextual refenerce can be seen in this shot, as alice and wonderland teaparty seems to be the inspiration for this scene. ’Nobody’s Perfect’-Jessie J.


5. there is a clear use of camera angle in this hsot, as the artist is captueed in a hight angle shot , making her look so what unverable. ‘Nobody’s Perfect’- Jessie J.


6. a spot light is used here to focus on the actors face and darken blacken his surrounding, this demonstrates the use of lighting in this shot. ‘Dead to right’-Devil Driver.


7.there is a clear demonstration of mise-en-scene, as the use of costume with the actors and the lighting are all use and are compliable with each other in order to create a staged performance, this is shown in this hsot. ‘Can’t be Tamed’- Miley Cyrus.


8/9. I can link this to shot to my own video, in a way that 8. Shows how taking shots of road/shops/commercial signs, escially if they comilment but not neccassiary link to rest of the video. Signs in ther noen, printed or painted forms can add egde espically if they read quirky phrase/word. 9. Is is also a shot that is quiet similar to one that i can taken for my music video, as the shot capurtues the industrial, urban side of a city. These two shots i felt were parrel to some that i have taken and therefore demonstrate that i have watched other music video as part of reaserch. 8. ‘Rhythm of Love’- Plain White Ts and 9. ‘We Cry’- The Script.

my first draft album poster

Album Poster (house style)

This is the album cover and album poster for the band 'Noah and the Whale', as we can see they have a house style sharing the same image, color and font. this is very important as it makes consumers familiar with both of them- as it is also logical to have element of the album cover in the advertisement of the album cover.

I will be using this a housed style for my poster by using the same image fonts and colours as my album cover.

The album poster.

the Album cover.

album poster research

These are example of album advertisements that may been seen in magazines, websites fighters, on walls, or new papers. they are used to promote the album.

Main convention and features of an album poster/advertisement.

1-Name of album/artist (mostly in larger font- bigger impact).

2- Of the band/artist or the image of the album itself.

3- Date of release.

4- Description of digipak (not all)

5. Eebsite or fan page

6. Production company logo/sponsoring company logos.

The before and after

This is my original art art piece before i manipulated  it on Photoshop, I aged and washed out the bright colors making it look vintage with a aged background.

End result.

First Draft - igipak (CD 4 panel)

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my art work that I may use for digipak

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template

rock/pop/indie album cover (examples)

These are examples of indie covers, the artist element is defiantly the shared feature between them, the artist face so not appear on these album, as graphical art abstract and modern art pieces are on the covers of these albums. Independent bands and musician focus on the portrayal and image of the music more then the artist.
I will incorporate these abstract styles in my own album using work from my art alevel, however as my artist is a rock/pop/indie, and pop albums feature the artist face in the album cover so people familiarise with the artist face as an image. Therefore i may incorporate both my artist face and abstract art work into my final digipak front cover.

End result would be similar to this album cover.

Just to get an idea

CoverArts.com is a new site that lets visitors vote up cd and book cover designs. You can view covers by most recent additions or by highest rated. At least one new cover design is added every day. CD cover design has it's own unique design challenges - sometimes conceptual, other times it's creating a style for an artist photo or photos.

Each cover is tagged with genre or type, so you can search for just Rock or Hip/Hop covers with a simple click. Cool.

Rolling Stone best twenty-five album covers

I thought it would be interesting to see the best titled album and singles covers in the music industry. There are taken from different music genre, each with its individual style and creativity.

digipack research

A digipak has the size and look of a CD jewel case but it is made of paper stock with a plastic tray glued to hold the CD. With a typical clear tray, a digipak has 4-panels for putting the artwork on. One advantage of digipak over jewel case is that it has better shock absorption than jewel case. When a jewel case is dropped it breaks. But a digipak will still be in one piece even it is dropped. 

first draft ... music video

A-Level Media Music Video Group 2 from Sidney Stringer on Vimeo.

Still has got of editing to do, a few errors but this is just a first draft.

Lip Synching Activity (glee style)

we this this at the beginning of term just to get an idea and a practice on the art of lip syncing - we got in groups ,learnt a the lyrics of a song then performed it while lip syncing - then we edited it to the movement of our mouths went with the words in the song. it was loads of fun and we look abit lame but it was definitely good practice and gave us all an idea on lip syncing.
I'm the awkard, tall one on the right :D
Glee Group 2 from Sidney Stringer on Vimeo.

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Editing Music Video

Editing our footage on the AppleMac non Adobe Premiere
Before we started we checked out some yotube tutorials.

The black and white effect- signifies the idea of memory and history, this goes with the lyrics.