Tuesday, 3 April 2018

Welcome!

Hi there! Welcome to our A2 Media Studies blog. We created a music video to the pop genre song 'Running' by Naughty Boy featuring Beyonce and Arrow Benjamin. However, our artist was called Sienna Blossom. The video is primarily targeted towards females between the ages of 15 - 23. Additionally, we also created two ancillary products each. Below are the links for each product.

Running - Final Cut from Repertory Records on Vimeo.

In order to ensure that tasks were spread out evenly, we decided on "official" specific job roles so that we could all contribute rather than one person doing all of the work. However, we did share out the responsibilities to ensure that we all got a chance to explore different roles.

Officially:

Daniella: As director, I had the role of ensuring that everyone in the group worked together cohesively. I worked with both the cinematographer and the editor so that the best shots could be chosen and made sure that everyone had the same collective image when it came to what was being created.

Digipak: https://repertoryrecordstm.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/digipak-final_25.html
Album poster: https://repertoryrecordstm.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/album-poster-final_25.html

Sneha: As head-editor, I overlooked the editing for the production and made sure that the editing of each cut was as we had initially anticipated. I had the responsibility of ensuring that I also worked with the director and cinematographer to ensure that all aspects of the production would go as smooth as possible.

Digipak: https://repertoryrecordstm.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/digipak-final-draft_25.html
Album poster: https://repertoryrecordstm.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/album-poster-final-draft.html

Ritik: As the head cinematographer I was in charge of actually shooting the film. I had to work closely with my peers so that we could all formulate our ideas and visual styles into our production so that we all have a clear understanding as well as an objective that would captivate our target audience through the visual art.

Digipak: http://repertoryrecordstm.blogspot.co.uk/2018/02/digipak-final-draft_24.html
Website: https://valar014304.wixsite.com/siennablossom

Sunday, 25 February 2018

Evaluation Question 2: Ritik

Evaluation Question 2 : Daniella

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Evaluation question 2 : Sneha

Evaluation Question 1: Ritik

https://valar014304.wixsite.com/evaluationquestion

Evaluation question 1 : Daniella

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Evaluation question 1 : Sneha

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Final Cut

Running - Final Cut from Repertory Records on Vimeo.

Final cut production process

Below is a short screen recording of the editing process of the final cut. 

Album Poster final


Digipak final


Album poster final draft


Digipak final draft






Wednesday, 14 February 2018

Ancillary draft 4 feedback

Here, I gained feedback from my media teacher as well as media students. This enabled me to gain feedback on a more technical level. In the image below, in grey, I have added what I will do in response to the feedback received.

Tuesday, 13 February 2018

Album poster final draft feedback

Based on all the feedback I had gained, I made changes and created two final drafts. Here, I worked specifically on reducing the appearance of the cut line at the bottom of the image of the artist. Option 1 was a simple fade and option 2 was a line of the twitched flower alternating colours. My target audience seemed to prefer the second option with the flowers therefore I decided to make that my final draft.
Option 1
Option 2



Monday, 12 February 2018

Ancillary Production Process


Album Poster draft 4

As a result of all the feedback I gained from my target audience, I was able to effectively produce an eye-catching, appealing and pop music genre album poster. This poster features the conventional aspects of an album poster such as the name of the album, the name of the artist and the release date. It also includes the artists website and the record company. My album poster also includes the branding that is present throughout all three products: the geometric font and the 'twitch' effect with the colours cyan and magenta.


Digipak Draft 4

As a result of all the feedback I have gained from my target audience I have successfully produced a digipak that has all the conventional elements of the pop genre such as a tracklist, a thank you panel and colour. I have also included the general conventions of a digipak such as the barcode and the record company details. My digipak includes the branding that is used throughout all three products: the geometric font and the 'twitch' effect with the colours cyan and magenta.


Ancillary Draft 3 Feedback

Album Poster Draft 3


Digipak Draft 3



Ancillary Draft 2 Feedback

Based on this feedback for both my ancillary products I will make the appropriate changes to please my target audience but also to enhance my products and make them look more like they are for the 'POP' genre.

Digipak changes that I will make:

  • Use a range of photography rather than just using the brick wall background.
  • Change the font colour to the whole twitch effect for all the text rather than just on the front cover.
  • Add more colour to the CD panel by adding the branding of the twitched flower.
Album poster change I will make:
  • Add the twitch effect to add branding and colour.
  • Use a different image that is clearer and in focus.
  • Emphasise the bottom panel text to make it more appealing.


Album Poster Draft 2

Based on feedback I received from my target audience, I made changes to make the image clearer as well as the text at the bottom

Digipak Draft 2

Based on feedback I received, I made changes to my digipak. I also added our brand (the twitch effect) to some of the copy of our text.


Album poster draft 2 feedback


Album poster draft 2


Digipak draft 3 feedback


Digipak draft 3

Friday, 9 February 2018

Digipak draft 2 feedback


Poster Draft 1


Album Poster digital draft 1 feedback


Digipak draft 2


Album Poster Digital Draft 1


My chosen ancillary products


Typography


Colour Cut

Based on feedback that was received by our target audience, we decided to adapt some of our footage and our video. Here we colour graded our video to balance all the clips and also to add the cold atmosphere that would change the mood of our music video. This also made our music video seem more professional.


Running - Colour Cut from Repertory Records on Vimeo.