My last post

Throughout the course work part of the course not only have I learned new skills I have also improved on ones already gained.

Firstly working with a group of people who I have never met before was quite daunting, but it was interesting. We were all people of different personalities but as a group we fused well; really getting on with each other (at most times). It was quite a pleasure to work with Famida, Ahmed & Mika ;).

I learnt being a pop star isn’t as easy as it looks, its hard working, repeating the same words and moves over again while being filmed at different angles. Although filming it was quite fun.
But while taalkign of popstar i think i should say a BIG thank you to Yumi, who agreed to be our artist, as we couldn't find anyone.

Yeah I AM NOW SICK OF HEARING ‘Who you are’ I’ve realised I can not listen to it unless I’m in media.

But overall it’s been a fun learning experience. It’s quite sad that this is my last blog post (wiping the tear from my eye as I type ;’( )

Well Salute My blog, Group 32 and Blogger.

Evaluation: Question 4

The audience seemed to really enjoy our music video apart from the little blip in in. The audience feedback we recieved was quite positive. Below are two feedback videos I have chosen:

The video is not uploading, however here is the link to the video feedback:

http://candipop11group32.blogspot.com/2011/12/feedback-from-viewers.html

One think which Nick commented on was the performance, this is actually something we went back and re-recorded to improve it as it wasn't as good as it is now. He also mentions the over the shoulder shot, which was also another shot which we went back and filmed.

Personally I think there could have been improvements, however most of the major flaws, we suffered at the start, we went back and ironed them out. I think the last shot of her standing in the leaves for example would have been better if they came from both sides. Also i would have planned better, as most of the shots were filmed on the day and not planned in advanced. This would of allowed us to spend less time filming day after day with useless footage and it would of meant more time in the editing suite.
The shots im most proud of is the jump cuts and the shot where the surrounding around Yumi is sped up.

As for my digipack people said they really liked it, especially the track listing layout as it's in a polaroid style. They saw the link between the video and the album cover, the guitar being the common factor between the two.

Some wernt so keen on the colour, but i explained that i chose brown as it was neutral and the colour's meaning.

If i could improve my digipack i would take the photos myself and make sure thats there's not alot of shadow in the image as it looks really bad on the CD cover. Also making sure that the background is contrasted with the colour of the outfit as this would make it easier when using the magic wand tool.



Here is a link to my digipack:



http://candipop11group32.blogspot.com/2012/01/final-digipack.html

The review of my advert was quite good aswell as people saw the connection between the CD and poster as the same colours and fonts were used throoughout. They also picked up on the star ratings which gave them an idea of what the music industry thought of the album.

Although they liked it i would have changed the picture, looking back i dont think it looks as nice. Also where the album title and name is, i would have liked to place it somewhere else as i feel its not best suited there. From feedback they said I could of filled the gap with some informtion as it looks bare.

Here is a link to my advertisment:

http://candipop11group32.blogspot.com/2012/01/final-ancillary-product.html

Evaluation: Question 3

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Evaluation: Question 2

How effective is the combination of your main product (video) and ancillary texts (digipack and advertisment)?

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Evaluation: Question 1

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Be a popstar

This is a scrapbook i found on beeclip related to being a pop star. When reading it, it made me think about if we met this criteria and I think we did.

I think Yumi defiantly had fun while filming. This is the spinning close up in the video where we spun her around in a trolley with the camera mounted on it.

Although much wasn't done with Yumi's hair, she had fun with the make up. In this picture we can see  the extravagant eyelashes and the heavy black make up around the eyes.

And Yumi's personality came across in her performance.

So we can say Yumi was a great pop star =D

Why i included somethings on my CD

I added a QR code as most people now have a smartphone, so by scanning this hey can access the website and additional features.

The layout of the back cover has the track names in a polaroid type style. I chose this as i thought it was created and related to the songs as the songs are related to the singer's life and photos capture a moment in a persons life.

I added a heart in love as this was not only related to the title of the album but it added more of a personal touch. The heart was also carried through on the 'I' of Yumi and on the CD inside the case.

As the album is titled Love i include a quote that i found about love, 'Love is the beauty of the soul', as the album is mainly targeted at girls/ women they might find this as a nice little touch.

The colour brown is a calm colour and not too 'stand-outish', also brown is supposed to connotes supplying a feeling of wholesomeness, which is what the album could give to listeners.

Final Ancillary product

Final digipack

When thinking of ideas of what my digipack could look like I was trying to think of as many creative ideas as possible.

Some that I came up with were:

An Andy Warhol inspired design of the Yumi’s face

 

Two halves of Yumi’s face (one side with make up the other side without)

A collage of different pictures making Yumi’s face.

I really wanted to do the collage idea as i would it would be a challenge too make, but I wouldn't of been able to complete in the time, we had to complete our ancillary products in.

Do's and Dont's when making ancillary products

When making our digipacks there were some do's and don'ts we were giving, this was to help us make a successful and professional looking digipack.

Use a clear font - this is a given so it can be easily read

Use clear photos

Be careful where the font is positioned

Use an appropriate colour

Use appropriate logos and position them correctly

Use layer styles

Use a font just because you like it

Place text on the artists face

Stretch images

I think the do's and dont's are really helpful, espically the ones about fonts as when making my digipack i found that the fonts that i 'liked' didn't usually work with the product. Also instead of stretching the image cropping it.

Mock up digipack

These are two of the ideas i was considering. The first features a butterfly with words related to life. I was looking at using the butterfly as in our music video we feature some shots of nature. And the butterfly is quite 'girly', and our main auidence are girls.

The second one i dont know what the initial idea was at first, but it was going to be Yumi's face with like a bubble gum heart coming out of her mouth with the word Yumi in it.

Font

When creating my CD cover i found choosing the correct font the hardest. I had to find a font which suited the theme/look of the album and find it in a suitable colour.

I used the programme Fontcase, as it has hundreds of different fonts. So at first i wasn't sure at which font would be the most suitable so it was just a case of activating it, then testing it by applying it to my CD cover

It was really hard as some looked good but then once changed to brown, which is the colour of my cd cover, it didn't look as nice. After i thought i found one i got Annabell to give her opinion on it, and she said I should change it =(.

Eventually I found the one .

Here is one of the fonts i tried.

My Completed CD case (Outside)

This is the outside of my CD case. I have chosen a brown back ground as i feel this was the nicest colour which suited the picture and theme of the album. I quite like the image because you can see some lighting from the right side and this adds to effect. Also the guitar in her hand which is almost a motif through out the album not only because she is a singer songwriter but also because it was one of the base tracks in our music video.

This is the record label information. It includes the company logo, barcode and copyright information

 This is the spine of the CD cover, it features the title in the same colour which runs throughout and the album number.

Digipack

This is my Digipack outside cover, its incomplete 

Photoshoot

These are the pictures I took of the artist

Hi Rebecca

I'm not too well, so i wont be able to come in tomorrow. But hopefully i'll see you tomorrow to get any work from today

CD cover attempt 1

This is my attempt at making a digipack =)

Feedback from viewers

I got some feedback from viewers about what they thought of our video, it was mainly all positive which was good =).

The cinema

Just a quick post, yesterday we went to the cinema to watch everybody’s music video. One thing I noticed was that they were all really good. When I video came on I was really nervous as to what the audience would think of it, what made it worse was there was a jump in our video (well that made it memorable). But we got a good round of applause and people said they really enjoyed it.