48/49 Ancillary texts 1&2

These are artists similar to our original artist Gabrielle Aplin-

Christina Perri

http://www.christinaperri.com/


Birdy

http://officialbirdy.com/splash/keepingyourheadup

Evaluation Question 4

What have you learned from you audience feedback?

Rough Cut




Rough cut feedback from teacher:

During our editing process we were asked to ask other members from the class to give their honest opinion about our video so far. Most really enjoyed it, however it was mainly to do with the lip syncing and the fact that most couldn't tell between the flashbacks and present day.
After receiving the feedback from both of my teachers and my classmates we all realized the changes that needed to be made, we ended up using premiere pr to edit the filters on the chorus/flashbacks making it easier for the audience to understand the difference between the tenses. After making them black and white we decided to add slow motion to certain areas to show the raw emotion of the lovers making the audience feel more emotive.

Here is some of my feedback and my actual final product music video:

Formally Closing Off Blog

I have made it to the end of my media coursework and blogging. I have learnt a lot, enjoyed myself and met some amazing people. I thought I'd share this blooper video again from our filming stages of this project

BLOOPERS from Diana Baukerte on Vimeo.

Evaluation Question 3

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

Camera

One of the main pieces of equipment we used for the post production of the music video was the Camera, obviously being a key ingredient to making a music video. After borrowing the equipment from the media department and all having prior experience from our AS year which made it easier to capture the shots and angles we needed to take, also knowing what all the buttons do was also helpful

We each took turns filming different parts of the music video until we realized that the only person who had a real steady hand and kept the actors in focus was Diana.

Fig Rig

The next important piece of equipment was the fig rig which made moving around and the accessibility aspect a lot easier especially when it came to filming in Hampstead Heath. When it came to tracking shots and over the shoulder shots it was really useful to get a steadier shot making it more clear for everyone on what we were taking. However when it came to the inside shots we found out it was a lot harder to move between rooms because of the size of the wheel and it also made some of our inside shots out of focus and was just basically a risk assessment in general.

Dedo Light

Once we realised our locations and how one of them would be inside our teachers recommended for us to use a Dedo light to help us improve the lighting and the quality of images especially when it came to filming the bath scene, although for that parrticular scene we decided to edit it more to increase the lighting almost making it look like a spot light because we ended up forgetting to use the light.

Social Media

Social media was also a huge help when it came down behind the scenes and sneak peaks of the filming and the editing process so the target audience would be able to keep track of things as well as teachers baing able to see our progress. This is why we made a Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.We ended up posting videos and pictures of our filming dates and all the different locations we went to that way our forms of social media would be updated.

Blogger

Blogger was probably the most useful piece of technology we had, we used it to post our work/research on a daily basis. It was literally like the process and journey leading up to the deadline allowing me to use other types of website to ambed as well as images and videos making it more fun and giving me more interesting ways to present my work.

Post production:

Weebly/Photoshop

Photoshop was really useful when it came to making my Digipak/album because it allowed me the freedom to mould it however i wanted it too i was able to create a folk like album cover similar to that of the original artist. With a suitable color scheme and font whch then allowed me to make the inside.

Weebly was also useful, after deciding on our synergy which was the bowler hat it allowed us to create the other type of media products such as our website, using influences to choose our colour scheme and font.

Goodbye :)

As this is my last blog post, I decided to leave with a short video I made with bloopers of videos I tried to record for other posts.
Enjoy :)

Evaluation question 4.

What have you learned from you audience feedback?

Here it is the rough cut video:

This is the feedback from our teachers about our rough cut:

• We took Louisa's advice and added a shot of our fictional artist closing her eyes. 
• However, we stuck with the black and white filter for the flashback because we wanted to have a clear contrast between the shots representing the past and present. 
• As you can see in the rough cut, there are long shots, specially in the flashback so we did what Louisa told us told us to do. Therefore, in our final music video the flashbacks are shorter.
• For the order of base tracks, we followed our teacher's guidance and put all of the external base tracks for the beginning and internal base tracks for the last part of the song. 

This is what our teacher Marissa told us:

After reading our teacher's feedback, we as a group came up with some ideas that we wanted to keep and others that needed to be changed. 

We has our video screened in Islington Cinema. After the screening, a member of our group asked other media students what they thought about our music video. This is the video: 

• "I really liked the way the guitar fits the genre" After watching this, I came up with the idea of having a part of a guitar as the picture for my CD in the digipak
• "it was really clear what the concept was about" and "I liked the flashbacks" I felt very proud because we added the black and white effect in order for our audience to identify visually our storyline.  

What I learned from the feedback is that we as a group did a very good job because we chose a narrative that fitted the song. Also, how important it was to take any advice into consideration for the final result because if we had not added any effect at all for the flashbacks, our potential audience would have interpreted the music video in a different way and probably would have been confused about the narrative. 

How did the audience in the cinema react to your video?

AUDIENCE REACTION from Andrea Herrera on Vimeo.

• The audience reaction after our music video was screened was positive and they gave a round of applause when the music video finished, and this makes me think they really liked and enjoyed it. 

Audience feedback about my ancillary products: 

I would like to say that the people I have asked for opinion are between 16 to 24, in order words, my potential target audience.

I asked two friends of mine from Spain what they thought about my website and digipak and this is what the first person told me. (I tried to translate it as accurate as possible) 

Created with Padlet

• I feel like I did a good job trying to place the image of the guitar into the CD template as my friend seems to like it. 
• I was not sure about my website, specially the background but I think I did a good job judging from my friend's comment.

This is what the second person said about my website and digipak

Created with Padlet

• Once again, the idea of the guitar as the image for the CD seems to be original and appealing for my potential audience. 
• She has not commented much about my website but I think I did well.

The third person is Diana, a member of my group.

MVI_0315 from Andrea Herrera on Vimeo.

• She is the third person who has commented on how I used a picture of the guitar onto the actual CD and this makes me confirm that it was a good idea. 
• She has mentioned the image of the artist being clear. Before the actual image, I had a picture of the artist not looking directly at the camera and I remember one of my teachers who suggested me to change it for other picture where the artist is looking directly at the camera as it indicates she is building a relationship with her fans and it is very important for a new and upcoming artist. 
• I am really pleased to know my website follows the codes and conventions of the folk genre as that is the purpose I was aiming for.

Evaluation Question 2