My Evaluation

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Q1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions real media products?

Q2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

Q3. What have you learn from audience feedback?

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

FINAL POSTER

Planning my evaluation

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions real media products?

(Discuss the ways in which your music video is like a ‘real’ music video)

• What elements of your video are similar and/or different to what you see on MTV or Youtube?
• Discuss the in influence of other music videos and how you have used certain characteristics
• i.e changed or manipulated elements of a real music video) within your own)

Ans.

• basically relate a real music video to your video
• 1st show the real video and talk about its characteristics 
• 2nd put your video and characteristics 
• 3rd similarities

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

• Ancillary texts means digipack
• Explain the design and creative choices here 
• Detail how my research of the digipack genre led to my creation of my own album cover and poster
• Again a real digipack comparison to mine in detail
• Using Indesign 
• how does it relate to the video

ANS. 

• Basically explaining everything about my digipack 
• 1st beginning of inspiration 
• 2nd real digipack - explaining characteristics
• 3rd my digipack - characteristics
• indesign
• influence from different types of digipack - jb- script ————— conclusion 

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What have you learn from audience feedback?

• Make a questionnaire 
• youtube / fb / insta / twitter
• creative - filming your friend’s feedbacks

ANS

• Basically audience response
• 1st posted video’s views likes - characters followers 
• 2nd explain how they responded 
• videos of viewers feedbacks

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Feedback from the audience

After completing my music video and taking suggestions from my teachers, I posted my music video on social media like facebook and also shared my music video on youtube for which i had to make my channel first.

When I posted my video on Facebook and Youtube, I shared it publicly which will allow anyone in the world to watch my video and send there feedbacks to me. Publicly sharing the video also allowed my video to get more views on FB and Youtube which shared the video more than before.

As seen below my video is publicly shared on FB and Youtube which gave me a good feedback as there are 110 likes and 11 comments on the post on Facebook which is increasing day by day and.....

upto 350 views and 6 likes on Youtube's post which is also increasing day by day.

Changes with the final video

I have decided to make few changes after suggestions from my media studies teacher.

Where I am removing the beginning clip from my music video as the clip in the beginning is not very relevant to the video and make the video longer for not a strong reason.

I had put the clip in the beginning in the first place because I wanted to give the storyline a momentum from the beginning but the plan did not turn out to have a great impact on the storyline of the music video. As a result as my teachers suggested, I removed the clip from my video.

These are few screenshots while removing the clip from the music video....

Final music video

I am sharing my final music video for my A2 media studies coursework...
I hope you enjoy it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wg8yjjagX08&feature=share

Directing the actor into the music

Flares story ...

This gentle piano-based tune started off as love song. However, after Danny O'Donoghue's mother suffered a brain aneurysm as the band began recording, it took on new meaning for the frontman. "It's about faith - 'did you see the flares in the sky, were you blinded by the light…' And I did, yeah," admitted the otherwise sceptical vocalist. "The situation changed and it was a f---ing miracle."

O'Donoghue added that the track is a "very uplifting song, about people getting past adversity. And when you're told by more than one doctor that your mum won't make it through the night… Well, the only person who changed that - challenged that - was my mum. And she fought her way through to where she is now."

Planning according to the story ...

As this song is a very sad content. Me and my actor have discussed about the story to get the emotion out while filming this as e=the face expressions are very crucial for acting which would come after the knowledge of the music video and the story behind.

As a result we were successful in getting the emotions out from my actor which allowed me to edit the music video in a sad way with the flow and the emotion of the song.

Pictures

These are few pictures from the clips where the expressions of my actor is sad.

FINAL DIGIPACK

Digipack Part 3 - DIgipack in InDesign

About InDesign...

Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing software application produced by Adobe Systems. It can be used to create works such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers, digipacks and books. InDesign can also publish content suitable for tablet devices in conjunction with Adobe Digital Publishing Suite.

I have used Indesign to create my digipack which allowed me to keep the accurate size of the pictures for the digipack.

Here are some screenshots of my digipack in Indesign while working on the placing the pictures and working on them .....

These options helped me placing the pictures on the right columns.

Adding the text on my spread sheet was a crucial part for my Digipack for adding the lyrics and changing fonts and colour of the letters. By placing a box of text and edit the letters.

This option helped me making the quality of the picture high defined which made the digipack look better.

This is how my digipack looked in Indesign without the columns

Digipack Part 2 - Photoshoot

I am sharing few pictures from photoshoot for my digipack.

In the beginning of the photoshoot - Me and my actor were taking few camera check pictures by just randomly posing.....

Also I showed him few poses from the GQ magazine from where he was inspired to do few new poses.

Then I had to guide my actor to pose for the camera where I had to guide him towards an intense look which I wanted for the album cover... and we ended up getting some good shots which I used for my digipack. 

Digipak Part 1 - Beginning - Much needed Inspiration

ALBUM COVER INSPIRATIONS-

As per my video is based on the artist and his stressed life. Where he will be singing and acting in the storyline. I have a plan to make my Digipak in way which approaches towards individualism. I want to make it in a way where it is more about the artist than the song or the album.

In light of these plans I have been researching about how the single album covers about the artists are.

1) JUSTIN BIEBER -:

For example Justin bieber's album covers relates to my ideas and have inspired me in making a similar album cover and the Digipak.

As seen in the few album covers above Justin is more highlighted and shown as an individual who is more important than the album name itself. For instance the font for his name "JUSTIN BIEBER" is bigger than the album's or song's name. Which shows more importance of the artist than the album name.

2) ADELE

Same as happened in this album cover of ADELE as well where the album cover is showing the importance of the artist more than the album. In fact, in this very example the album does not even has an album name, it just has a number with the name of the artist

Planning for filming - Character's Costumes

My character is Niklas Wenzler from Year12 for my music video. 

As my character is playing a double role in the music video, one as the singer and one as the guy in the storyline. The plan is to create contrast with few similarities in both the roles. 


Firstly the singer is going to be dressed in a very classy formal way with a black suit with black bow tie.

      That is going to be the look for the role where the        character is the singer.

Secondly the guy in the storyline is going to be dressed in a more semi casual way as the storyline show that he is going for work. i.e he is probably going to where a shirt with a jumper and a pants.

 That is going to be the look for the role where the    character is the guy in the storyline

Thirdly the only similarity between these two characters is going to be the shoes, so the shoes that both the characters are going to where are the same.

These are shoes which are going to be the same for both the characters.

Planning for Filming - Props

THE ONLY 3 PROPS IN THE MUSIC VIDEO -;


1)  THE CHAIR

2) THE LAPTOP

3) FIREWORKS

Started Editing

After filming few initial clips, I have started the editing process.

Having just imported all my clips onto the program I am using, I am ready to start my editing. The program I am using to edit my music video is iMovie by macbook pro's OS X, it is a different program I used last year as this is more updated and provides features such as multicam, templates and an autosave function. Also it is quite convenient as it is in my laptop which will allow me to edit my video anywhwere.  So far in the editing process I have uploaded the song and have filled up around 1 Minute an 34 seconds of footage, all of which are clips on my actor signing and acting in the video.

In this process I have yet added the video and the music underneath the video and started on trying to edit my and get  the lip sync right.

Editing to lip sync --

Filming schedule

1st paragraph :

"Did you lose what won't return ?

 Did you love but never learn

 The fire's out but still it burns

 And no one care, there's no one their"

Scene 1 - (1st two lines) - Singing/Narrating scene

1. Outdoor wide shot - with achair in the middle.
2. Singer walks to the chair while the piano peice. 
3. He stands beside the chair and starts singing first 2 lines.
4. Close to show his lip sync and expression.

Scene 2 - (3rd and 4th line) - Storyline scene

1. The character is packing his laptop and leaving for work
2. Wearing his long coat, at the doorstep
3. Walking shot of him going for work

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2nd paragraph :

"Did you find it hard to breathe

 Did you cry so much that you could barely see 

 In the darkness all alone 

 And no one cares there's no one their"

Scene 3 - (1st two lines) - Singing/Narrating scene

1. Singer is still singing 
2. Close ups and different moving shots of lip sync

Scene 4 - (3rd and 4th lines) - Storyline scene

1. Walking in the corridor
2. Enter's the room where he'll work
3. Starts working

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3rd paragraph : 1st half chorus

"Well did you see the flares in the sky 

 Were you blinded by the light 

 Did you feel the smoke in your eyes?

 Did you? Did you?"

Scene 5 - (1st half of the chorus) - Storyline scene - Low/sad mood - Location 1

1. Smashes teh laptop in stress and tension
2. Shows anger and sadness
3. Different angels 

3rd paragraph : 2nd half  chorus

"Did you see the sharks feel the hope

 You are not alone 

 Cause someone's out there sending out flares"

Scene 6 - (2nd half of the Chorus) - Singing/Narrative scene - Location 2

1. Singer singing loud, standing up from the chair
2. Different angles - Camera moving
3. Sad/low mood 

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Piano peice

Scene 7 : Storyline scene

1. Packs up the laptop and his work 
2. Leaves the work room in stress
3. Starts walking

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4th paragraph :              Location 2 for singer

"Did you break but never mend?

 Did it hurt so much you thought it was the end

 Loseyour heart but don't know when 

 And no one cares there's no on their"

Scene 8 -(1st and 2nd lines) - Singing/Narrating scene  

1. Singer is sitting on the same chair but the location is changed
2. Close ups to show lip sync

Scene 9 - (3rd and 4th lines) - Storyine scene

1. Character walking, spots a bench
2. Sits - sad - looking down
3. Looks away "Noone's there"

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5th paragraph - Second chorus - Location 2

"Well did you see the flares in the sky 

 Were you blinded by the light 

 Did you feel the smoke in your eyes?

 Did you? Did you?"

Scene 10 - 

1. Singer singing 
2. Close up lip sync 
3. Dolly/round shot 

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FINAL PARAGRAPH 

"Well did you see the flares in the sky 

 Were you blinded by the light 

 Did you feel the smoke in your eyes?

 Did you? Did you?"  

 X 2

SCENE - 

1) The character from storyline is watching the fireworks
2) Dolly shot 
3) Emotion is happy

SCENE - 

4)  Side by side  the singer is singing as well.
5)  Music video ends with the same chair it started with.