Thursday, 23 January 2014

Evaluation: Question 4

Ancillary Feedback


I presented my ancillary work to three individuals aged 17-18, i then asked them what they thought about my digipak and advert.

Collective answers

The interviewees all agreed the font use was appropriate as the same font style and colour scheme was used throughout the digipak & advert and that there was definitely an urban feel to it. They all also agreed that the (colours/fonts/positioning) was all consistent.
The synergy link between the ancillary products were obvious in correlation to my music video because of the graffiti (within the walls on the music video) and the urban feel (alleyways/city buildings/busy roads)

What i learnt about my ancillary products and what i would change personally

I learnt that my ancillary products did a good job at informing the target audience what my artists album would be like. As many people tend to judge albums by their artwork especially if its a new artist, My digipak has the artist BL4KE clearly on the first panel so that the audience instantly know my artists name in a bid to make him known. I also ensured BL4KEs face clear was clear to view with no obstructions. 

I also learnt that my attempt at creating a synergy link between my three products were successful, as i incorporated and ensured that my whole feel of urban and graffiti was present in many scenes in the music video and also my ancillary products. Having them initially present in my music video gave me a basis to work on when creating my ancillary products.

Something i would change personally would be to add an item i could of used throughout my productions. For example, a necklace which could of held some sort of sentimental value within my music video, i could of then carried this on throughout my products and then when the target audience saw a necklace they could associate that with my artist Bl4KE.




Music Video - Day Trip - Audience Feedback from Can Arslan on Vimeo.

From the feedback above, i have learnt that the target audience especially liked the motif within the music video which was the stop start effect present throughout my music video (example below)

Motiff Example - Can Arslan from Can Arslan on Vimeo.



We deliberately included a scene in which our artist BL4KE gazes up and down a female counterpart to follow what Laura Mulvey says about what the modern male pop artist tends to do.

Within the cinema, everybody loved the urban vibe to it because the audience all came from similar backgrounds so the  reaction was positive. The audience all joined in with the beat as the beat matched the motif.

What i have learnt from audience feedback and what i would change

I have learnt that the motif was a good idea and its something catchy which is present throughout the music video, not too much or not too less. Having this reverse/start action within my music video has really given it a special edge to differentiate it from other pop artists, and as you can tell from the feedback thats what everybody happened to remember, which can be used to my artists advantage when producing future music videos.

If possible, i would of liked to have had some scenes shot within a club or a very busy night district out, but this was hard to do because of legal age requirements and the fact that shooting a music video at night on a street full of bars and clubs meant there was many distractions. for example, drunk people interfering with the shooting process.

Evaluation Question 2

Wednesday, 22 January 2014

Researching Ancillary products: Reflecting on AS Digipack

To begin work on my ancillary products, I first reflected on the strengths and weaknesses of the digipak I made last summer.


I then made a digital mind-map, categorising the various strengths and weaknesses into comments on the BACKGROUND AND IMAGES, FONT AND COLOUR SCHEME. This was important and helped me, because it allowed me to analyse what worked well and what didn't, and thus have more detailed notes to take with me to the planning stages of the ancillary products.


A large version of the map can be viewed at: http://text2mindmap.com/63UtBF

Tuesday, 21 January 2014

completed advert


completed digipak (back)


Completed digipak (Front)


Making of question 4 documentary style video!

While planning out question 4, i decided to be a little creative and make a documentary like, day out video for when we went to the cinema as members of the media department.

I decided to use iMovie as i have not used it in my production process so far and this means i have used another piece of technology in my works other than other editing software such as final cut pro.

The program itself is for basic users, the timeline is very simple (audio and video is pretty much together) and there is only a limited number of effects.

However for making simple videos for things such as day outs it is much more time efficient and easier than other programs such as final cut pro