EVALUATION QUESTION 4-what have you learned from your audience feedback?

EVALUATION QUESTION 3- how did you use media technologies in the construction and research , planning and evaluation stages?

to create the anamatic we used final cut pro. we took the pictures from the anamatic:



EVALUATION QUESTION 2- how effective is the combination of your main product (video) and ancillary texts (digipak and advertisement)?

EVALUATION QUESTION 1-in what ways do your media products use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

EVALUATION QUESTIONS (PLANNING)

analysis of ancillary work

overall i am happy with the outcome of my ancillary work as i feel like the cover and advert were good representations of an album cover and an advert of the pop genre. i feel like the album cover would personally really attract me as the photo that i used on the front cover is very striking as the artist is looking directly at the people who are looking at it, this is important as the audience can familiarise themselves with the artists face. also the fact that the artists is not covering her face in the pictures suggest that she is confident, which is an important message to send to the younger target audience that she has as many younger girls have problems with the way they look as they reach a certain age this is the same with my advertisement as i used the same photo. i believe that i use synergy as well as i the photo KAYE  is wearing hoops and a hat which she wears in the video that we shot, helping the audience to make a direct link between the album cover, advertisement and music video.

the back of the album is the back of the artist, i do this to present the idea that KAYE has a different side to her in terms of the music she creates. the fact that the font on the cover is not as bright and eye catching like the typical pop genre album cover suggests that this may attract a wider audience than previously suggested, which was 13-18 year olds, so this may attract an audience of people in their early to mid 20's. i used the back ground from the image that i took as i feel like it gave the whole cover an urban vibe, which also makes it familiar for those who pick it up as London is full of parks with buildings in the back ground also the contrast between the greenery and the buildings also shows the contrast between KAYE'S songs.

the positioning of the words was is very important in an album cover and advertisement, as that should be the first thing that the audience see so that they know who the artist is and what the album is called. i placed my text in the top centre of the cover as i feel like what ever is placed there is the first thing that anyone will look at when looking at an album cover. the font that i used for both the name and album name are very eye-catching and compliment each other well. the name of the artists is a much bigger size as i feel like that is the most important piece of information that the audience need to know so that they can remember her name and tell their friends and family about her :).

one thing that i definitely regret is not taking more photos of the artist in a different style as all my pictures that i chose from where in a similar pose which led me to run out of ideas of what to do with the inside of my album cover as i had such a clear view of what i wanted to do with the outside.

ancillary work: advertisement

ancillary work: inside and outside

final editing and update on ancillary work

i don't have a lot more to do of my ancillary work! all i have to do is add the finish touches to my advertisement e.g social media sites to find artist on and also i want to add information about the record label that she is signed to. another thing i have left to do is to figure out what i want to put on the CD  its self as i do not want to leave it blank, i also need to put all the information that needs to be on the CD on it. so far I'm really happy with what I've got ! :)

What is a digipak ?

location for ancillary photos

the location i am using for my photos is in a very urban area as you can see the buildings in the background however the greenery in the background also gives a contrast to the photo. i did this so that the audience could see that my artist is very border line between contrasting genres. the 'feeling' that her music gives is also different with each song some songs make you want to dance and jump and others make you feel more emotional. i got the inspiration for the picture from Lana Del Rey's album cover for 'Born to die'.

 

blogging health check 3

my blogging health check went alight as i am now a better grade than i was earlier on in the year which is a good sign as it shows I'm improving.

the one main problem that I'm facing when it comes to blogging is being on time with the blogs and also making sure i have all the right blogs up and ON TIME!

these are the blogs that I'm missing in order to get my grade up and Ive done some most of them now :)

using youtube to help me with photoshop

I've always found it really hard to use a computer properly let alone photoshop so i took to youtube to help me. for example one thing that youtube really helped me with was how to fade two images together which i needed for the front and back cover so the lines between them were not so harsh and so they blended perfectly with each other. this is the video i used to help me:

research for advertisement

mock up of advertisement

this is the poster that i made, however i feel as though it needs more detail about the artist, for example the record label that my artist is signed on should be on here somewhere and also information about the artist herself for example social media that she can be found on e.g twitter. 

i will be putting this information in the grey area.

1st attempt at front cover of album

ideas i got for layout from real digipaks

these are some of the images that have inspired me in terms of the layout of my album cover. and also the pictures used in these album covers which are medium close ups.

Draft of my album cover

inspiration and rough ideas for my digipak

Front cover:
Font for the artists name- Road Crew
as this is a bold and fn font, we also used this in our music video. this font is very bold and eye-catching wich is good as people will remember the name of the artist. this font is similar to the one that Eliza Doolittle uses, as they both give off an urban feel to them.

Font for the album name- moonlight:
this is one of the fonts i may uses for the name of the artist as i feel it will look good next to the other font. the font, however does contrast, i will be doing this to show two different sides to the artist as she has a ranges as a Pop, Hip-hp and R&B artist.

OR noteworthy:

this is another font i might use as i feel it will be complimentary of the font i will use for the artists name as it is thinner but it still has an urban vibe to it.

Picture: medium close up of KAYE's face, i go the inspiration from Lana Del Rey's album cover for 'Born to Die': as i feel like this is a strong image.

Costume: the fedora hat that she wore in the video and hoops, as well as a a basic teeshirt. this will link it to the video as in most of our shots she is wearing these items.

Background colour:
blue



Inside:
 background colour:
blue
i will be using balloons as the image that i have on the inside of the album

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