Tuesday 11 March 2014

EVALUATION QUESTION 4


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

Research
The main source of my research was the internet because this gave me asses to websites like YouTube, vevo and vimeo. And this was mainly used to research other music videos by bands and artists similar to mine. Google was the main source because I research the entire theorist using it and I also researched the codes and conventions of my genre and how it could be applicable to my music video. I also used youtube along with google to research the bands and other ancillary texts they’ve done and how it was similar to what I wanted to do.

Social media sites like  facebook, twitter and tumblr to research and see how the bands were connecting with their fans and how the ancillary text was advertised to their audience using social media. I blogged everything as I researched so that when pre-production began I would know what to reference and what aspect of the video should follow certain conventions.


Planning
I didn’t use a lot of media technologies when it came to planning because I worked solo and for me planning took place everywhere and anywhere and at all times. I was always thinking about the different ideas I could use and how things I see can be related to my music video. When I taught of an idea I wrote them down on a note pad I always carried and I recorded  and brain stormed different ideas and different scenes I could add to my music video. Finally before production I took all those ideas together and made a storyboard that will guide me when I began making my music video


Production (pre and post)
The predominant use of media technologies was during the production stage because this stage was when I was bringing my idea to life. I used a flip camera for filming some scenes and I also used an underwater camera to film the scene with the blood spill under water. I used my phone to film the scenes with the girl because I wanted it to seem like a homemade footage and since she was a teenager, I figured that teenagers use their phones for almost everything and in real life the suicidal teenager is more likely to film her suicide message with her mobile phone. Using a phone to film those scenes made it more real and it could make the audience relate to it better. Using a high tech camera will make the audience feign the emotion they get from the scenes.

For editing I used Final Cut Pro and manipulated the pace of the video to suite the music. I also used photoshop to make the digipak and the poster. Initially there were some effects I wanted on the digipak but I was unable to do them so I did some research on Google and was finally able to do them and I used them for the inner panel of the digipak.

EVALUATION QUESTION 3


EVALUATION QESTION 2


EVALUATION QUESTION 1


Friday 14 February 2014

JOURNAL ENTRY

After reviewing the second draft of my music video, i've decided to take the idea of a story out of it and make it reflect on the internal pain emo teens feel and that will be conveyed through the colour of the scene and the editing pace.
I also decided to add some lyrics to the video because I want it to be seen as a message to the audience and the lyrics will be written on a small paper. I'm doing this to reference Amanda Todd whose story of bully and suicide was told on youtube using words written on small paper.
I will make sure that they will be held by different people and hand written, it being hand written is a vital part to the reference.
I will also film one on the table not being held by anyone to signify "message not heard'.

Thursday 13 February 2014

CD

I wasn't able to make the actual Digipak because I didn't have the adequate material to so I decided to make a Cd cover instead.





PRODUCTION SCHEDULE


February 2014
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday






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12
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Get Cameras
14
Book studio space

15
Evaluation: Written
16
Write script for evaluation

17
Evaluation: filmed

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19
Record scenes in studio
20
Film story scenes (facial expression)
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24
Edit scenes filmed
25
Finish Poster
26
Edit Evaluation
27
Music Video Second screening
28

JOURNAL ENTRY

After screening the 2nd draft of my music video, Leanne said that I need more scenes and that there is too much of the studio scenes and that could make it a seem a bit boring and like I'm just trying to fill out scenes.
So I have decided to film some more this half term and just get shots of the band members and no lip synching. 
She also said that the lip sync is off so I need to tweak that a little.
She also said that the Digipak is good but the layout of the spine is not correct and the barcode looks squashed. 
I have some problems with uploading some pictures form the desktop to the blog and that has hindered the speed of my progress.

Wednesday 22 January 2014

JOURNAL ENTRY

After receiving the feedback for the first music video I changed some bits. I added more scenes and rearranged some footage so that it will be in sync with the lyrics. I also added some scenes of the band outside the studio and added to more scenes to make the narrative clearer.

Sunday 19 January 2014

MUSIC VIDEO ‡ 1ST DRAFT ‡



This is my first draft for my music video. I haven't added all the effects and I haven't finished filming yet but this is the general idea I want for my music video.

Saturday 18 January 2014

FRONT COVER ‡ FINAL DRAFT ‡


During the feedback in class, Jack pointed out the front cover was a bit flat so I decided to add some stroke effect to both the picture and the name of the band. This made the band name more visible.

Friday 17 January 2014

INNER PANEL ‡ 4 ‡

I decided to change the inner panel from the T shirt promo this because free merch giveaway seamed like something that should be in a small conner in the digipak and not part of the whole panel.
I decided to change it to a picture of the band members but designed it to fit the rest of the digipak designs.

Monday 13 January 2014

JOURNAL ENTRY

I decided to take out some of the bloody gore scene from the music video because when I showed my animatics in class, some members of the class said that it was too graphic and gory.
One of my aim is to provoke audience response but the response I got was all negative and it might be too gory for my target audience so I decided to change it.

75% of the music video will be performance scenes because I did some research and found out that, that is a convention of a rock video and mine is a sub-genre under the genre of "rock".
I tried booking a recording studio to film the music video in but was unable to do that, so I decided to do it in my garage instead. That is one of the setting most commonly used in a rock bands. for example, Blink 182, Sum 41, Jimmy Eat The World, A Day To Remember, Silverstein and New Found Glory.

Friday 10 January 2014

INNER PANEL DISCARDED!


This was going to be used as part of my inner panel but after showing it to the teacher and other students, they said that it glorifies suicide and that is something I don't want my video to be associated with.
The picture and the text beside it is not something that should be used for an A level project so I decided to change but still stick to the stereotypical conventions of my genre.
I also changed it to fit something that I call, 'my definition of "emo" genre'

TRACKLIST 2ND DRAFT


Thursday 9 January 2014

CD DESIGN CHIOCE


JOURNAL ENTRY

I decided to use the same background through out the digipak because I wanted the digipak to have a similar theme. 
However, two of the inner panel did not have the dame background but it fit into the 'emo' theme of the digipak.
I decided that the only pictures on the digipak that clearly shows the band members will be the front cover because I want to communicate to the audience that the band is not about fame but about the message of their song and their fans.
I also decided that I wouldn't be the lead singer in the music video because I was working alone and band members that I used has no experience with camera work. It will be difficult to feature and film the video at the same time. I decided to make the lead singer a guy because when I played the original song in class, other members of the class assumed the singer was male and they said that the singer sounds male. So I decided to play on that assumption and use it to my benefit.

CD DESIGNS





These 3 designs fit perfectly with the new idea for my digipak because they are all in a grunge style. 
I decided to chose the middle one because it was more of a fit and the font and the grunge design was a perfect mach.

I also printed them out and showed to the people I felt were my target audience and 95%of them chose the middle CD design. 

Wednesday 8 January 2014

JOURNAL ENTRY

I decided to change my Digipak at the last minute because I felt that the way I decided to design my Digipak before was not very conventional to my chosen genre as I wanted it to. The new design followed all the codes and conventions strictly and I used this lesson to design it.

The digipak will not be in a story form but just have a theme that is conventional to my chosen genre across it 

Tuesday 7 January 2014

POSTER ANALYSIS OF A BAND SIMILAR TO MINE


I chose this poster because because it is similar to what I want to do with mine. The picture of the all the band member is important for my poster because my band is an upcoming band. The choice of costume and font is also going to be of my major focus when making my poster because it will help my target audience recognise the genre of music my band plays.
The costume worn by the band members of Black Veil Brides makes them easily recognisable by their target audience and that is why I chose this particular poster.

Another reason I chose this poster is because it has the name of the band boldly written at the top. The front cover of the album is shown in the poster to indicate that the poster is a mean of advertising their new album. That will also be one of my major focus when creating my poster.
The poster will be gotten free if the album is bought and that will make the target audience want to buy their album. This is a means of marketing that I want to add to my poster.