27th June 2013
New groups - Began research
Today we got into our new groups and started looking at music genres and songs that we could possibly use for our music video. In my group are Emily and Becky. Throughout the project, we will be assigned task to complete which will go towards the final product.
28th June 2013
The majors - major independents universal sony lady gaga telephone - symbolism meaning
Today we learnt about the 4 majors, Sony, Universal, EMI and Warner Bros. These are the main record labels that are at the top of the industry, with there subsidiaries holding major artists. We also watched and analysed Lady Gaga 'Telephone'. We looked at how symbolism was used throughout the video.
10th September 2013
I created a checklist/schedule for the pre production stage. Both me and my partner will stick to this schedule in order to use our time effectively and wisely.
11th September 2013
conventions and ideologies of R&B
12th September 2013
Interviewed a focus group member on Music videos and uploaded to YouTube. I asked a few questions to the interviewee on why he watched music videos, and asked him if he liked a certain R&B song. This helped to narrow down what the target audience really want.
25th September 2013
Today we went out and interviewed people around the age of our target audience. We did this to gather rough information on the target audience before finalizing our ideas to the focus groups. We will use this information, along with the focus groups interviews, to see what the most popular genre and artist is.
2nd October 2013
Today i wrote about how music videos and celebrity culture have impacted the way teens act. The document talks about how certain artist have subtle influences, and how R&B has slowly broadened its target audience towards younger teens.
6th October 2013
Today i researched into how videos become viral on the internet. I did this by looking on TED. I wrote about how videos become viral through the 3 main factors that are explained throughout the video.
New groups - Began research
Today we got into our new groups and started looking at music genres and songs that we could possibly use for our music video. In my group are Emily and Becky. Throughout the project, we will be assigned task to complete which will go towards the final product.
28th June 2013
The majors - major independents universal sony lady gaga telephone - symbolism meaning
Today we learnt about the 4 majors, Sony, Universal, EMI and Warner Bros. These are the main record labels that are at the top of the industry, with there subsidiaries holding major artists. We also watched and analysed Lady Gaga 'Telephone'. We looked at how symbolism was used throughout the video.
10th September 2013
I created a checklist/schedule for the pre production stage. Both me and my partner will stick to this schedule in order to use our time effectively and wisely.
11th September 2013
conventions and ideologies of R&B
12th September 2013
Interviewed a focus group member on Music videos and uploaded to YouTube. I asked a few questions to the interviewee on why he watched music videos, and asked him if he liked a certain R&B song. This helped to narrow down what the target audience really want.
25th September 2013
Today we went out and interviewed people around the age of our target audience. We did this to gather rough information on the target audience before finalizing our ideas to the focus groups. We will use this information, along with the focus groups interviews, to see what the most popular genre and artist is.
2nd October 2013
Today i wrote about how music videos and celebrity culture have impacted the way teens act. The document talks about how certain artist have subtle influences, and how R&B has slowly broadened its target audience towards younger teens.
6th October 2013
Today i researched into how videos become viral on the internet. I did this by looking on TED. I wrote about how videos become viral through the 3 main factors that are explained throughout the video.
17th October
Shot list - london - shadows in darkness alleys
Today we created the shot list, this involved us going through the entire song, drawing, sketching or designing our shots to follow on the shooting days.
21st October
The storyboard is a vital piece of planning, as it gives us a basis to work on when actually shooting the music video. We are going to use this and stay as close to what we have planned as possible, in order to create a music video we know is going work.
24th October
focus groups - most people illegally download - some purchase legally
What we learned today in our focus groups, is that the majority of people, illegally download music videos and songs/albums, instead of purchasing them through a licensed selling, for a fee usually of around 99p per song (10.99 average album price)
31st October
Today we finalised the locations we would be heading to on the 16th November. After finalising, we told the actors the date and confirmed they could make it.
Shot list - london - shadows in darkness alleys
Today we created the shot list, this involved us going through the entire song, drawing, sketching or designing our shots to follow on the shooting days.
21st October
The storyboard is a vital piece of planning, as it gives us a basis to work on when actually shooting the music video. We are going to use this and stay as close to what we have planned as possible, in order to create a music video we know is going work.
24th October
focus groups - most people illegally download - some purchase legally
What we learned today in our focus groups, is that the majority of people, illegally download music videos and songs/albums, instead of purchasing them through a licensed selling, for a fee usually of around 99p per song (10.99 average album price)
31st October
Today we finalised the locations we would be heading to on the 16th November. After finalising, we told the actors the date and confirmed they could make it.
5th January
After showing our teaching our finished product, she wanted us to change a few bits around, in order for the video to look better. After making the slight changes, we then started drafting our Digipaks.
7th January
The final video was published on Youtube. This means it is now open for anyone to see, however due to copyrighted material being used, people cannot see the video through Youtube on mobile devices, only through a computer/laptop.
After showing our teaching our finished product, she wanted us to change a few bits around, in order for the video to look better. After making the slight changes, we then started drafting our Digipaks.
7th January
The final video was published on Youtube. This means it is now open for anyone to see, however due to copyrighted material being used, people cannot see the video through Youtube on mobile devices, only through a computer/laptop.
20th January
Today we continued to create our digipaks, making sure we had the correct sizes and resolution to give the file optimal image quality.
27th January
Finalising the digipaks today meant ensuring the sizes were correct, and uploading them to our blogs. We had to upload the digipak as both one big image, and separate images of each side/face too. To do this i print-screened the specific album cover side, pasted into paint, then exported as a JPEG file, to then upload to Weebly.
2nd February
Today we started the evaluation of our music video and anciliary tasks. I started off by deciding what methods i would use in order to present my evaluation, and then went ahead to get the right information on the chosen format/software i was using.
5th February
The magazine advert is now coming along well, as i am in the final stages of producing it. After creating a few different posters, with slightly different styles and colours, i will select the one i feel best stays with the house style to be my final design.
10th February
I have chosen my specific poster for use as my final design. I then printed this out A3 size to see what it would look like as a real poster. I was pleased with the look of the product, therefore went ahead with my decision to make it my final piece.
Today we continued to create our digipaks, making sure we had the correct sizes and resolution to give the file optimal image quality.
27th January
Finalising the digipaks today meant ensuring the sizes were correct, and uploading them to our blogs. We had to upload the digipak as both one big image, and separate images of each side/face too. To do this i print-screened the specific album cover side, pasted into paint, then exported as a JPEG file, to then upload to Weebly.
2nd February
Today we started the evaluation of our music video and anciliary tasks. I started off by deciding what methods i would use in order to present my evaluation, and then went ahead to get the right information on the chosen format/software i was using.
5th February
The magazine advert is now coming along well, as i am in the final stages of producing it. After creating a few different posters, with slightly different styles and colours, i will select the one i feel best stays with the house style to be my final design.
10th February
I have chosen my specific poster for use as my final design. I then printed this out A3 size to see what it would look like as a real poster. I was pleased with the look of the product, therefore went ahead with my decision to make it my final piece.