Evaluation Q4

Q4 How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages on Prezi

Evaluation Q3

What have you learned from your audience feedback? on Prezi

To get more feedback I went around school recording peoples feedback on my music video, you can see this below:

Mevish said that she like the special effects we have used in the music video which includes the lighting, fading in and out of the different sequences. This tells me that the little details like these special effects have made an impact on the overall music video. She also said that the storyline of the music is appealing which shows that our music video has been successful it targeting it main audience of youngsters. She said that there were some parts in the music video where the lip synching was the correct. This tells me that it is very important to get the visuals and music in synch so it looks professional. We have already solved this issue and the new version of the music video is available on my blog.

Later on that day Me and Zarah went around school to to gather more feedback



Anisa said that our music video is appealing to its target audience because of the concept of  the four teenage girls after one biy, this is very typical of teenage girls today.

Evaluation Q2

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts? on Prezi

Evaluation Q1

Copy of Q1. How does the music video use, develop and challenge forms and conventions of real media products? on Prezi

Music video record Labels

Sony Entertainment is a global music recordiing company, they manage both national artists and international superstars. It is home to Premier Record Labels representing music from every genre.

Epic records is an American record label owned by Son Entertainment, which operates under the columbia/Epic Label group.

Warp records is a pioneering independent English label, founded in Sheffield. It is known for discovering some of the more enduring artists in electronic music.

Final Music Video

A-Level Music Video Group 3 (Final) from Sidney Stringer on Vimeo.

This is the final version of the music video, I displayed one before but there was one part of the song that was out of synch so we re-edited the the music video from that sequence to make the song lyrics and visuals fit in.

Final Music video

A-Level Media Music Video Group 3 from Sidney Stringer on Vimeo.

Advertisement of music digipak

This is the magazine page advertising the digipack which I created previously to promote the band and their songs. This advertisement displays an enlarged version of the main cover on the digipack to show continuity of the same product. This allows people to identify what product the poster is advertising. 

Researching and analysing music posters/adverts

 Advertisments of artists and their music:

This is a billboard advertisement promoting Madonna's 'Celebration CD. In draws in the attention of the audience straight away becasue of the vibrant, contrasting colours that have been used on her facial features. The deep red lips and bright blue eye-shadow show that she is trying to portray herself as better than anyone else. The blonde hair reflects the idea of some men that 'blondes are hot and attractive. The front cover has a grainy effect which adds a posh touch to her modern style. Her name is displayed in big white font stabding out from the dark black background so it stands out a a distance to people. Making the billboard look even more bright the cd name 'Celebration' is displayed in white font on sour pink which add a feminine touch to the overall advertisement. Near the bottom of the page there is text which is highlighted through the use of bright colours, although this may make it hard for people to read it attracts their attention. Madonna's face is covering the whole of the page because her it shows an extreme close-up of her face so people can see the attitude in her facial expressions and the intense use of colour. This is a good way of advertising the artists because she is represented in an unordinary way which the audience is more likely to remember. 

This is a magazine advertisement promoting atists but the main one is Akon who is displayed at the fint dominatint the page. The white background highlightd Akons body to the audience especially women who woukd feel attrated to him because he is revealing himslef to them. His body ahs been edited to give a metallic touch to him that sybolises his toughness and aggression. Next to him in big font it says " AKON THE LAST HIT MAKER" this makes viewers want to listen to his music. His accessories stand out from his body which informs viewers that he is  owns the jewel and no one can take it away from him.

Music digipak

I created a digipak to promote and sell my music which includes the music video I created. The name of the band is 'Candy Rain', we chose this because this name represents colour which is one of the main features in the music video that we created. For example in the music video there are four girls that each represent a different colour. The name of the album is 'Love Enigme' which means love illusions and most of the songs in the album are related to love in some way. As you can see below I have displayed the digipak I created, it consists of four parts. The first in the front main cover which displays the four girls sitting or standing on a candy stick.

Planning Digipak

For part of our music video we did an ancillary task in which we had to create a digipak about the music video and a poster advertisement related to the digipak.

Researching and analysing album covers

This is the album cover Britney Speares album called Femme Fatale. The colours used on this cover are very elegant and soft. Britney Spears look as if she fades into the background this creates a good effect. Her eyes have been enhanced on the cover which is the main focal point of the picture because it is the first feature of the picture that caputres the attention. Britney Spears looks very elegant in the picture the flow in the hair is also incorpoated in the font of the text "Femme Fatale".  The lighting in the hair emphasises the face. The album cover reflects her songs because her songs for example in her song "Hold it against me" shes has lyrics that say "Hate to stare" this is ironik because on her album cover her most enhanced features are her eyes almost look as if they are staring at you which engages the audience at first look. In this song she also has lyrics like "Cause you feel like paradise" this is reflected on the album covers with the colours white and gold which connotes paradise.



This is Keri Hilson's song cover to her song Energy. The colours on this cover itself refelects the song really well. The text is very bold just like her lip which makes it very attractive.The sharp pink brings out the "Energy" in the album cover. The use of a very sharp pink on a black background on this cover is the main highlight as throughout the song she talks about energy over and over "this love is taking all of my energy". The use of dots fading from in from small to big on the cover mirror energy levels from weak to strong. The main attention on the cover is "Keri" her name and her face, this is probably trying to show that she is the main centre of attention in this song, this is very well reproduced in her music video as she is the main character in the video. The use of her pink lip and strong highlights in her hair really stress the fact that its about ME!



This is Chris Brown's album cover called ;Fame', which is clealy displaying him all over the cover showing he is centre of attention in veryones eyes. A mid close- up shot has been used on the main image of Chris Brown which makes hime stand out from the rest of the images, however those images are also of him which relate back to the album name 'Fame'. There is attitude on his face which show the attitude that he has built due to his fame. There are sharp, vibant colours used which melt well together, fitting in with a variety of shots used like high angles, side shots, close-ups etc. This shows how that he his famous in all forms of different colours and angles. The album name 'Fame' is displayed through a melting effect which fits in with the melting colours of Chris Browns shirt.

Ancillary Task: Researching Digipaks

Digipak is a patented style of compact disc or DVD packaging. Digipak - style packaging is often used for CD singles or special editions of CD albums. Music DVD digipaks are an alternative to standard jewel box packaging. Made mostly from thick card, the digipak is virtually shatterproof and allows great graphic display. Digipacks consist of a front panel which ususally has images displayed on. The back panel displays the songs available in the CD. The inside of the digipack includes the actual CD and a leaflet that includes more information.

A simple template structure of a template looks as follows:
                                        

 Examples are digipaks include: