Final Music Video.

This is the video for my final music video. I used editing in Final Cut Express to create the separate images on a single image and believe this worked really well. I was imagining there to be more footage and a storyline to this music video however due to Ashleigh falling ill, this could not happen and I had to work with what I had.

Magazine advert.

I decided to use piktochart.com for my magazine advert so that I can use the images I already have to make it. I used red roses to link in with the album art inside on the digipak and I also used the same image of my artist which is on the back cover of the digipak. I also included two quotes from audiences to attract people to buy the album.

This is a screenshot of me making the magazine advert on the website. It allows me to move the images around to my desired preference. 

I believe this is quite simple with its white background. However I also believe this is quite effective and allows people to understand the nature of the album being advertised, which is quite calm and relaxing but upbeat and girly at the same time, shown in the red roses which contrast with the background.

This is my final product and believe it links in well with other media texts including both the digipak and the music video itself. I used piktochart.com to create this image.

Final digipak.

This is my final digipak. I have included natural images which occur in the music video. I have used images of the girl in the music video on the album cover, the back and inside. I believe my digipak is quite effective and the front cover is a bold red rose.

Digipak.

This is a template for a digipak which I found on google images.

This is an image which I made on photoshop through using three of the images from the actual music video during editing. I am going to use this in my digipak as the inside cover. I believe that these images are good to use because they create a poppy sensation and I have blended all three together to create this look. I also believe that the faded look of the two images on the left is effective and the close up is clear. 

I made this back cover for my album digipak on photoshop aswell by cutting out an image of the girl onto a white background showing the plainness and pureness of the album. This suggests that it is more about the music. I have included the conventions of a digipak including the barcode, a record label logo, a copyright message and also up the top is her website which enables the audience to find out more information about the artist. I believe I have made this very well.

The clothes she is wearing in both of these images are the same as what she is wearing in the music video for 'Crazy Good' which is an example of linking two media texts. This may catch the audiences eye and draw their attention to it. This is the effect I desire.

This is the image I made on photoshop for the front cover however I believe that this should not be the front cover and should be inside with the image of my artist merged together. This is because the colours tie in due to being dark and I think it would make it more exciting to have this inside and it white, pure and light on the outside showing a contrast.

I have deleted the layer of text on this image so it is just a plain image of a rose and my artist looking like she is having fun.

This looks a lot better because the text made it look very tacky. 

For the image behind the disk I just want a plain image of the background in the music video full of greenery and nature. I have blurred this image because I think it looks effective.

Rough Cut.

After editing the two scenes I originally filmed I decided to make a rough cut of my music video. This is my first draft, before much editing has been done. I want to do more editing including split screens and get some more footage of nature and different things to edit in to fill out my video more, as at the moment it is just my actress singing.

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

3. What have you learned from your audience feedback?

I made this image on wordle.net. This is a number of words which I gathered from audiences including from my survey results and voxpop as to what they like to see in a music video. It also includes what people on the internet have said about music videos and what they expect to see. 

 I found this website where someone was asking audiences what teenagers expect and like to see in a music video.

This was someones answer on the website.







VOX POPS!

Thea was in my group for this research task and we decided that she would be asking the questions we created to our audiences.







We had three people who we recorded their answers. They all said they watch music videos. One of our respondents said that he enjoys 'Eminem - Berserk' due to the high and low angle shots used for variety. Another of our respondents said that they enjoy music videos with a storyline relating to the artists life such as Johnny Cash's 'Hurt'. The last respondent said that he enjoys comical music videos.

One opinion was that music videos allow the imagination to run free and be creative. Another was the way in which it portrays the artist. WHAT MAKES A GREAT MUSIC VIDEO? responses included        something eye catching and relating to the song. They use their phones, the internet including websites like youtube, and television such as MTV to watch music videos.

I believe that my audience feedback was included in my research and gave me ideas about the music video I was going to create. I believe that I need some more audience feedback for my actual music video and I welcome criticism. I am going to ask a few people to watch my music video and create a video of their responses.

I have learned that audience feedback is essential during the research and preparation of the product you are going to make.

Do you like it? If the audience enjoy your product then you know it is going to be quite successful. However if you do not gather any information or opinions on the product you have made/are going to make, then this could cause it to be a complete failure. I believe that my audience feedback allowed me to create a music video which teenage girls would enjoy. However, the audience feedback which I got through my VOX POP did not include a girls point of view as the respondents were all boys. This is what I could have worked on and could have included a female point of view as my music video is mainly aimed at young teenage females. This could have helped to improve my ideas for my final product, however, I believe that due to the audience feedback being mainly male, I was able to think of some things which they may enjoy about a music video and include these. This would allow me to widen my target audience to all teenagers.