Question 4: How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

In addition to these we also utilised Photoshop as well as Microsoft Office Powerpoint to help create the images for digipak. Photoshop was very useful in the scaling and texturing of my images such as the images of the sun, earth, drum and bauble on the cover, allowing me to create a more artistic effect. Powerpoint was especially helpful in developing band shots and images of the band memebers as it allowed me to alter the contrast and saturation of the image as well as applying a filter to it to create a more cartoon-like look as it did for the tree. These two technologies combined well to produce very effective results. For our second ancillary text, we were tasked with creating a website. For this we used a site called Wix which allowed us to fully customise the layout and content of the site as well as embedding links, images and videos of the band themselves. Overall, we used a variety of technology to help create all aspects of our media coursework to a great deal of precision and quality.

Question 2: How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

Question 3: What have you learned from your audience feedback?

Above is my answer to Question 3. Which I have answered through a combination of lego (brick) animating and screen recording to show and go through the results of my audience feedback questionnaire.

Question 1: In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

For this question I decided to try and record myself in two different locations in the same shot, to do this I had to research into masking effects to allow me to overlap footage to give the impression that I am talking to myself. Unfortunately due to dodgy lighting (the room light flickered and dimmed at times) the location where the separate shots join becomes visible at times. I did my best to alter the contrast and brightness of shots in small sections to level it out, but it did not fix the problem entirely. I know that this is simply a hardware issue and proper lighting such as two spotlights would easily fix the problem in future. Filming was difficult and time consuming due to the requirement of timing between the two characters, filming one and then mapping when I could respond was especially tasking but I feel I have conveyed it to a reasonable sense of realism. This was a very tasking activity to perform but very enjoyable, my feedback has suggested I wear different clothes which I did in fact do originally but the constant re-recording meant that continually changing clothes dragged out the process further, hence I settled on removing the watch and tie.

Digipak - From start to finish

VLOG 8

Final Website Design

Finished website design:

http://ollie966.wix.com/mysite

Digipak - Final Design

Above is the finished version of my digipak. I have a separate post with the original drawings of my ideas as well as another post showing the show design process of my first draft to the final product with an explanation as to the changes I made and why I made them as well as what the design means.

VLOG 7

VLOG6

Digipak Draft

Digipak Analysis

Website research

Website research from tbgsmedia1415

Vlog 5

Walk Off The Earth - Case Study

VLOG 4

Walk Off The Earth - Planning: Storyboard animation

Location scouting / Shot preperation

Storyboard

VLOG 3

Lesson Time Lapse.

A time lapse of one of our preparation lessons

Audience Research

Apologies for the quietness of my voice as I had to set the participant's recording to record at a higher volume at the expense of my own, allowing you to hear their response more clearly. The questions can be found in the previous blog post and below and are used chronologically for the interviews.

INTRO: Give information about project and song etc.

What ideas come to mind when you read these lyrics?

Are there any particular themes that are represented through these lyrics?

Now you have listened to the song, what sort of emotions does it create?

(Describe our idea: Begins with an argument between a young couple, they walk out on each other and as the song progresses they begin to regret their actions. Throughout the song it will crosscut between the narrative and the band performing the song. It concludes with the couple being reunited)

Do you like our concept and what do you like/ dislike about it?

Do you have any ideas on how we could develop the narrative further?

VLOG 2

Interview Questions

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS:           

INTRO: Give information about project and song etc.

What ideas come to mind when you read these lyrics?

Are there any particular themes that are represented through these lyrics?

Now you have listened to the song, what sort of emotions does it create?

(Describe our idea: Begins with an argument between a young couple, they walk out on each other and as the song progresses they begin to regret their actions. Throughout the song it will crosscut between the narrative and the band performing the song. It concludes with the couple being reunited)

Do you like our concept and what do you like/ dislike about it?

Do you have any ideas on how we could develop the narrative further?

Pitch Review Vlog

Media: Hold on The Break Pitch

Here is the powerpoint that we used for our pitch for our music video, the video below is a recording of our pitch to show our ideas.

Pitch Hold On from tbgsmedia1415

This is the song that we have chosen:

Practice Music Video: Bruno Mars, Lazy Song

Music Artist Case Study: PVRIS

PVRIS  

PVRIS is a recently formed band that now records pop/electro-pop music. They were formed in 2012 containing 5 members with the name Operation Guillotine.Originally they were a metalcore band but this soon changed to a similar form of pop that they now perform. Their first single was "The Heartless" in 2012 and their next release was a self-titled EP in March 2013 it was also during this time that they changed their name to Paris. This EP was described as being post-hardcore due to the band still transitioning from their previous metalcore technique. Shortly after this release they were officially sponsored by Stheart Clothing on April 11th. Their next major performance was during the summer of this year where they played on Ernie Ball's Battle of the Bands stage at Warped Tour (the largest travelling music festival in the US) after winning a contest during their performance the Huffington Post released a second article listing the band as one of '18 Artists You Need To Know Halfway Through 2014". On July 17th the band signed up to the recording studio Tragic Hero. It was also during this time that they officially changed their name from Paris to PVRIS, due to legal reasons, on July 26th. The band also on The Rise Up Tour supporting a post-hardcore band named A Skylit Drive in September and October. Shortly after this tour their drummer 'Brad Griffin' left the group and they continued as a trio. In December they began recording an additional EP with 4 other artists which was released April 1st 2014. Coinciding with the release of their Acoustic EP PVRIS joined 'A Loss For Words', 'Veara', 'City Lights', and 'Moms' on the 5th anniversary of 'The Kids Can't Lose' Tour from March 29th 2014 to April 13th 2014. Throughout the rest of 2014 the band continued to create and release more of their own music and released their first electro-pop album. This was also the year during which they released their first music video. On June 11th 2015 PVRIS won The Relentless Karrange! Awards for Best International Newcomer. They have also announced they will be a supporting act on the Bring Me the Horizon's European tour in November.

As far as clothing goes for the band, they appear to be wearing very similar clothing in all of their music videos and their album photos. Their sponsorship by Stheart clothing has allowed them to acquire a trend of their own which has led onto the band creating their own clothing which is available on their website. It is however very clear that their clothing has been heavily influenced by their original sponsors. 

As seen in the interview their style has stayed relatively the same through all of their performances, this will again be visible in the music video below. They stick to a relatively dark theme as they explain in the interview which is mainly effected by their interests in film types and tv programs. This is also enforced by the metalcore songs that the band wrote in its early years.

Media Music Videos Notes

David Bowie - Life on Mars?

Style of Video

• Focuses on artist by keeping all attention on him and having on the artist in the shot, nothing else more than a white background.

• The music video uses slow transitions which speed up as the video progresses

Image of the artist

• Covered in lots of make-up.

• Uses his appearance to suit and reflect the song.

• Exaggerates being out of the 'norm'.

Purpose

• Conveys the artist's emotions and feelings through the song.

Wow Factor

• The first close up on his face showing his unusual appearance.

Queen - I want to break free

Style of Video

• Attempts to reinforce general stereotypes of women, except the fact that they are males dressed as women.

• Uses the idea of going outside into another 'world' where they are free.

Image of the artist

• Artists are positioned in the centre of most shots with the focus on them.

• Artists are dressed as women as well as performing in other shots, shows them as being the centre of the video.

• Presents the artists as not being afraid to do what they want to be 'free' as shown by them dressing up as the opposite gender.

Purpose

• Its purpose it to emphasise the artists thoughts, opinions and emotions by him doing what he wants to do in the video to then return back to the house at the end, showing that its was all an imagined hope - emphasising his emotions.

Wow Factor

• Seeing them dressed as women as it took me by surprise.

Bon Jovi - Always

Style of Video

• Cross-cutting allows the audience to see the actors and singer in the past and the present.

• Progressive narrative that tells a story.

Image of the artist

• Conform to the typical view of a rock band.

• The singer fills the words with emotion giving the song feeling and perspective.

• Shows the band as well as intertwining a storyline to it.

Purpose

• Convey the emotions and regrets of the artist.

Wow Factor

• Grabbing the fake woman that disappears toward the end of the clip.