Friday 7 May 2010
story boards.
These are a bit late coming onto the blog, but i had to scan them in. This was part of our planning towards filming our music video.
Evaluation
This is the final bit to the evaluation.
How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?
evaluation
What have you learned from your audience feedback.
By making a face book page advertising our media products we have been able to get audience feedback.
This is our music video posted on our facebook page.. you can see that people have left feedback.
This is our facebook page, we have added on their our music video and also our album covers and inlays. People can also comment on these and leave us feedback.
You can see from this that 114 people have become a fan of our page. This is very large amount of support and also alot of people who can leave us feedback.
We also created audience feedback forms. The reason we did this is because we wanted to have a closer look into what i needed to improve. Also the questions that we have asked have gone into alot more detail.
Overall we have learned from audience feedback we have found out things that we needed to improve. Also it is essential that we try and get our media product to a high standard. This includes meeting our codes and conventions and also aims. We also want to make sure that the audience are satisfied with the outcome. Also audience feedback is essential to see if our music video actually fits into our intended genre.
Evaluation
This is the second part to question one.
In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
Music Video.
Evaluation
In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products.
Album Cover & Inlays.
Also Magazine Advertisement.
Locations for filming
The dance studio, this is where we filmed out narrative.
the reason we chose a dance studio was for the reason that the
young girl could get away from everything that the song explains,
through dance. This is her place where she can be herself.
Again this is the dance studio where we chose to film.
This is another place where we decided to film the narrative.
I think the reason we chose this place is because it looks quite closed in
this would fit into our music video, as we wanted her to look alone.
This is a long shot of where we filmed again. This is the place where
we filmed the young girl lying on the floor.
This is where we did out preforming shots in the studio.
This is the sofa which we also filmed some of our other preforming shots on.
we did move the sofa into the studio background.
The reason we chose to use the sofa is because we
wanted to make the shots more interesting.
By adding in a sofa as a prop we think
we have done this.
Results of our question for audience feedback
These are the results from the audience feedback forms. We have chosen to
present them into graphs, because this is not only clear to read but also we can see the clear result overall.
Thursday 22 April 2010
Audience Feedback Questionnaire
Audience Feedback… Questionnaire
Rate out of 5
5 - being the highest.
How would you rate the story line?
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How would you rate the use of camera shots?
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5.
Does it look like a R&B music video?
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5.
Varity of shot types?
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5.
Holding a shot steady where appropriate?
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5.
Framing a shot, including and excluding elements as appropriate?
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5.
Using a verity of shot distances and angles?
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5.
Selecting mis-en-scene including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting where appropriate?
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5.
Editing so meaning is apparent?
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5.
Using effects selectively and appropriately?
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5.
Overall, how would you rate the music video out of 5?
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5.
Rate out of 5
5 - being the highest.
How would you rate the story line?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
How would you rate the use of camera shots?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Does it look like a R&B music video?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Varity of shot types?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Holding a shot steady where appropriate?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Framing a shot, including and excluding elements as appropriate?
1.
2.
3.
4
5.
Using a verity of shot distances and angles?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Selecting mis-en-scene including colour, figure, lighting, objects and setting where appropriate?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Editing so meaning is apparent?
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Using effects selectively and appropriately?
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2.
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5.
Overall, how would you rate the music video out of 5?
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5.
Friday 2 April 2010
Targets
The next targets that i have set myself are
- Get some more feedback on questionaries
- Any feedback that i have, take into consideration, if anything needs changing, change it.
- Change the music video a bit so its all in sync.
- Evaluate everything
- The final evauation
Music c.d cover
I managed to get hold of the photos for our c.d cover. I have written below which one is which. please leave any feedback.
Inside page 3
Inside page 2
Inside page 1
Front and back cover.
Our media products
Here are some print screens of the other blog that we have.. please take a look on the actual blog the pictures are a lot more clearer.
Presentation
This is a separate blog spot that we have made for our media product. On here we have uploaded our media products. i will also upload them to this blog so you can have a look at them.
Audience Theories
Audience Theories
Audience Theories. 'All the worlds a stage, and all the men and all the women are merely players' Some people see media audiences as being easily manipulated. Masses of people can be persuaded to buy products through advertising or to follow corrupt leaders through propaganda.'
The Hypodermic Syringe Theory: 'Media injects ideas, attitudes and beliefs into the audience, who as a powerful mass have no choice but to be influenced.' Our music video has a sensitive subject (domestic violence,) because of this we were thinking of putting an age rating on the video because we thought that people might be directly influenced by it, but after carefully going through the lyrics and discussing it in our group we decided that an age rating would not be needed.
Uses & Gratification: We have thought about the uses and grafitications for our media product and have decided that people will be watching our video for entertainment, escapism and social (to feel sympathy for our character.
Andrew Goodmans Theory: We have decided that our music video is going to contain some visual interpretations for example we are going to include some 'subtle' scenes of domestic violence to match the lyrics, this matches with the Andrew Goodmans theory.
Audience Theories. 'All the worlds a stage, and all the men and all the women are merely players' Some people see media audiences as being easily manipulated. Masses of people can be persuaded to buy products through advertising or to follow corrupt leaders through propaganda.'
The Hypodermic Syringe Theory: 'Media injects ideas, attitudes and beliefs into the audience, who as a powerful mass have no choice but to be influenced.' Our music video has a sensitive subject (domestic violence,) because of this we were thinking of putting an age rating on the video because we thought that people might be directly influenced by it, but after carefully going through the lyrics and discussing it in our group we decided that an age rating would not be needed.
Uses & Gratification: We have thought about the uses and grafitications for our media product and have decided that people will be watching our video for entertainment, escapism and social (to feel sympathy for our character.
Andrew Goodmans Theory: We have decided that our music video is going to contain some visual interpretations for example we are going to include some 'subtle' scenes of domestic violence to match the lyrics, this matches with the Andrew Goodmans theory.
Semiotics And Understanding Images
Semiotics And Understanding Images
Encoding And Decoding:
As producers we are expected to encode the text with ideologies and codes and conventions that are appropriate to our genre. As consumers, we have learnt to read (decode) these. In our text we are going to encode it with ideas of domestic abuse and violence. We are going to encode these ideas through camera angles, costume, narrative and body language. This supports McMahon And Quinns study in 1998. They think that texts are encoded by three different forms, these are; technical, symbolic and written.
We will think about using high camera angles when filming the victim and low camera angles when filming the abuser, this will make show the victims vulnerability and the abusers power over the victim. We will show a fist coming towards the victims face and then cut to a shot of her cowering and crying or maybe a blank black screen in between, this avoids any actual violence being seen. The music video will include both narrative and performing shots, like most most music videos do.
Encoding And Decoding:
As producers we are expected to encode the text with ideologies and codes and conventions that are appropriate to our genre. As consumers, we have learnt to read (decode) these. In our text we are going to encode it with ideas of domestic abuse and violence. We are going to encode these ideas through camera angles, costume, narrative and body language. This supports McMahon And Quinns study in 1998. They think that texts are encoded by three different forms, these are; technical, symbolic and written.
We will think about using high camera angles when filming the victim and low camera angles when filming the abuser, this will make show the victims vulnerability and the abusers power over the victim. We will show a fist coming towards the victims face and then cut to a shot of her cowering and crying or maybe a blank black screen in between, this avoids any actual violence being seen. The music video will include both narrative and performing shots, like most most music videos do.
Audience Feedback on music video!
Some of the audience feedback that we have gained has been very good.
Some of the points that people have made are that the music video is best in black and white.
Also a couple of people have said that the music video is good but maybe the performing should stay in colour.. and the narrative stay in black and white this would then show that the footage would look like she was looking back in time on how she is living her life.
I personally think that the whole video should stay in black and white, i have made the narrative shots in black and white too but i have made the contrast and the brightness high so it would look slightly different.
Some of the feedback that we gained was the question of why is she in a studio?
the answer is because we tried to make it look like this is a place where she could escape and also let go of any anger that she had. The dance studio was the only place that she could be her self and let out any emotion through dance. We have tried to show this through her dancing and also there is shots of her looking into the mirrors and singing into them. Almost like she is trying to shout at someone but no one is there, so she is shouting to herself at the mirror.
Other feedback was that in parts of the music video some of it isn't in sync. This i do agree with and i will be going back into adobe premiere to solve this problem as we want the whole music video to be at a high standard.
ONE MORE THING
we are going to do a survey, this survey will be filled out by people after they have watched the music video. This is another way that we can gain audience feedback so we can make our product even better!
i will scan the survey in, and upload it to the blog for you to have a look at...
the overall outcome will also be posted once i have all the forms back!
Some of the points that people have made are that the music video is best in black and white.
Also a couple of people have said that the music video is good but maybe the performing should stay in colour.. and the narrative stay in black and white this would then show that the footage would look like she was looking back in time on how she is living her life.
I personally think that the whole video should stay in black and white, i have made the narrative shots in black and white too but i have made the contrast and the brightness high so it would look slightly different.
Some of the feedback that we gained was the question of why is she in a studio?
the answer is because we tried to make it look like this is a place where she could escape and also let go of any anger that she had. The dance studio was the only place that she could be her self and let out any emotion through dance. We have tried to show this through her dancing and also there is shots of her looking into the mirrors and singing into them. Almost like she is trying to shout at someone but no one is there, so she is shouting to herself at the mirror.
Other feedback was that in parts of the music video some of it isn't in sync. This i do agree with and i will be going back into adobe premiere to solve this problem as we want the whole music video to be at a high standard.
ONE MORE THING
we are going to do a survey, this survey will be filled out by people after they have watched the music video. This is another way that we can gain audience feedback so we can make our product even better!
i will scan the survey in, and upload it to the blog for you to have a look at...
the overall outcome will also be posted once i have all the forms back!
Audience Feedback on music video!
Here is a print screen of some of the feedback that we have gained from adding our music video on to facebook.
advertising our media product!
I have made a new facebook page to advertise our media product so we can get some strong feedback on how we could maybe change things..
The new video has been posted onto this facebook page and is still gaining feedback.
More research into similar products
Codes And Conventions
Codes & Conventions Of An Album Cover For An R'n'B Artist:
Shots- Mainly A Mid Two Shot Is Used But Close Ups Are Also Used.
Angles: Mainly Eye Level Is Used But Sometimes High/Low Angle.
Colours- Black & White, Golds, Red, Blue
Text- Artist Name, Album Title, Song Titles
Images - Artist, Logo
Props- Headphones, Microphone, Chair, Jewellery, Money.
Codes & Conventions Of A RnB Artist's And Rap Artist's Website:
Shots: A Series Of Photos Will Be Used, Mainly They Will Be Close up, Mid shot, Long Shot And Two Shots.
Colours: Black & White, Red, Blue, Gold, Silver
Text: Hyperlinks, Artists Name, Advertising The Latest Album
Images: Of The Artists(either/both perfoming and in the studio) Of The Latest Album.
Codes And Conventions Of Advertisement Poster Of A Rnb Artist And A Rap Artist:
Shots: Mainly A Mid Two Shot Will Be Used, But Sometimes A Close Up.
Colours: Black & White, Red, Blue
Text: Artist Name, Album Name, Details About Album
Images: Of Artist(either/both performing or in the studio) Of The Album
Codes And Conventions Of A R'N'B Music Video:
Shots: Mainly Mid, Long And Close Up Shots With A Few Extreme Close Up, Aerial And Establishing Shots.
Angles: Mainly Eye Level With More High Angle Than Low Angle Shots.
Colours: Contrasting Colours, Maybe Black And White
Text: No Text
Editing: Quick, Straight And Jump Cuts
Props: Money, Jewellery, Cars,
Characters: Both Male And Female, Female Are Usually Dressed In A Sexy, Promiscuous Manner.
Narrative: Parting, Sex, Drugs, Fighting, Abuse, Clubbing, Break Ups, Cheating, Love, Performing On Stage.
Codes And Conventions Of A Rap Music Video:
Shots: Mainly Mid, Long And Close Up Shots, With Some Extreme Close Up, Aerial And Establishing Shots.
Angles: Mainly Eye Level And High Angle Shots With A Few Low Angle Shots.
Colours: Contrasting Colours, Maybe Black And White.
Text: No Text
Editing: Quick Editing, With Mainly Straight Cuts But With Several Jump Cuts.
Props: Guns, Knives, Jewellery, Money, Drugs, Cars.
Characters: Mainly A Male Cast , Gangs/ Gangsters. Fighting.
Narrative: Fighting, Sex, Cheating, Domestic Abuse, Drugs, Love, Break Ups, Death, Alcohol.
Codes & Conventions Of An Album Cover For An R'n'B Artist:
Shots- Mainly A Mid Two Shot Is Used But Close Ups Are Also Used.
Angles: Mainly Eye Level Is Used But Sometimes High/Low Angle.
Colours- Black & White, Golds, Red, Blue
Text- Artist Name, Album Title, Song Titles
Images - Artist, Logo
Props- Headphones, Microphone, Chair, Jewellery, Money.
Codes & Conventions Of A RnB Artist's And Rap Artist's Website:
Shots: A Series Of Photos Will Be Used, Mainly They Will Be Close up, Mid shot, Long Shot And Two Shots.
Colours: Black & White, Red, Blue, Gold, Silver
Text: Hyperlinks, Artists Name, Advertising The Latest Album
Images: Of The Artists(either/both perfoming and in the studio) Of The Latest Album.
Codes And Conventions Of Advertisement Poster Of A Rnb Artist And A Rap Artist:
Shots: Mainly A Mid Two Shot Will Be Used, But Sometimes A Close Up.
Colours: Black & White, Red, Blue
Text: Artist Name, Album Name, Details About Album
Images: Of Artist(either/both performing or in the studio) Of The Album
Codes And Conventions Of A R'N'B Music Video:
Shots: Mainly Mid, Long And Close Up Shots With A Few Extreme Close Up, Aerial And Establishing Shots.
Angles: Mainly Eye Level With More High Angle Than Low Angle Shots.
Colours: Contrasting Colours, Maybe Black And White
Text: No Text
Editing: Quick, Straight And Jump Cuts
Props: Money, Jewellery, Cars,
Characters: Both Male And Female, Female Are Usually Dressed In A Sexy, Promiscuous Manner.
Narrative: Parting, Sex, Drugs, Fighting, Abuse, Clubbing, Break Ups, Cheating, Love, Performing On Stage.
Codes And Conventions Of A Rap Music Video:
Shots: Mainly Mid, Long And Close Up Shots, With Some Extreme Close Up, Aerial And Establishing Shots.
Angles: Mainly Eye Level And High Angle Shots With A Few Low Angle Shots.
Colours: Contrasting Colours, Maybe Black And White.
Text: No Text
Editing: Quick Editing, With Mainly Straight Cuts But With Several Jump Cuts.
Props: Guns, Knives, Jewellery, Money, Drugs, Cars.
Characters: Mainly A Male Cast , Gangs/ Gangsters. Fighting.
Narrative: Fighting, Sex, Cheating, Domestic Abuse, Drugs, Love, Break Ups, Death, Alcohol.
Video Assessment - Proficient research into similar products
Video Assessment
I have assessed three music videos, by GCSE students, I have given them all a level that I think they would get. I have given the first music video a level 3, this is because they have used good shot transistions and used a good variety of shots. I also think that they have used good costume and mise en scene to fit in with their chosen genre. To improve their music video, I think that they need to improve their lighting on certain scenes and maybe add a few more different locations.
For the second music video, I have given them a level 3, this is because they have used good editing and filmed in several good locations. I think that they could improve their grade by changing the lighting in certain shots and smoother cuts.
For the third music video, I have give them a level 2/3, this is because they havent used very steady shots (some shots are shaky) They are also a few mistakes, for example there are people that are not meant to be in the shot and they are not in sync. I think that they could improve this by being more carefull when they film and editing better.
I have assessed three music videos, by GCSE students, I have given them all a level that I think they would get. I have given the first music video a level 3, this is because they have used good shot transistions and used a good variety of shots. I also think that they have used good costume and mise en scene to fit in with their chosen genre. To improve their music video, I think that they need to improve their lighting on certain scenes and maybe add a few more different locations.
For the second music video, I have given them a level 3, this is because they have used good editing and filmed in several good locations. I think that they could improve their grade by changing the lighting in certain shots and smoother cuts.
For the third music video, I have give them a level 2/3, this is because they havent used very steady shots (some shots are shaky) They are also a few mistakes, for example there are people that are not meant to be in the shot and they are not in sync. I think that they could improve this by being more carefull when they film and editing better.
Inspiration
Inspiration
We watched many music videos to get some ideas and inspiration for our video.
These three were the main videos that influenced our final outcome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qgKIaxiPLY
Alesha Dixon- Breath Slow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw3AEyyjd1k
We watched many music videos to get some ideas and inspiration for our video.
These three were the main videos that influenced our final outcome.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qgKIaxiPLY
Alesha Dixon- Breath Slow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pw3AEyyjd1k
Changes
Changes
We made several changes and improvements along the way.
Originally: We were going to have Mike, rapping in the song and show some performing and narrative shots of him. We were also going to include him in magazine advertisement & album cover.
New Idea: We cut our video down and we dont feature Mike in the song or the video. He is no longer featured on the album cover or magazine advertisement.
Reasons For Change: The song was too long and this made it difficult to film and edit. We also found it hard to get Mike in for filming seeing as he is outisde of school.
Originally: We were going to have a 'dad' figure being filmed to show the abuse and add flashbacks to emphasise this.
New Idea: We have just used narrative and performing shots of our girl.
Reasons For Change: We found it difficult to find a male figure to appear in our video.
Originally: We were going to use a mid shot of 'Storm' looking away from the camera.
New Idea: We then decided to use a close up, of 'Storm' looking into the camera.
Reasons For Change: So she had eye contact with audience.
We made several changes and improvements along the way.
Originally: We were going to have Mike, rapping in the song and show some performing and narrative shots of him. We were also going to include him in magazine advertisement & album cover.
New Idea: We cut our video down and we dont feature Mike in the song or the video. He is no longer featured on the album cover or magazine advertisement.
Reasons For Change: The song was too long and this made it difficult to film and edit. We also found it hard to get Mike in for filming seeing as he is outisde of school.
Originally: We were going to have a 'dad' figure being filmed to show the abuse and add flashbacks to emphasise this.
New Idea: We have just used narrative and performing shots of our girl.
Reasons For Change: We found it difficult to find a male figure to appear in our video.
Originally: We were going to use a mid shot of 'Storm' looking away from the camera.
New Idea: We then decided to use a close up, of 'Storm' looking into the camera.
Reasons For Change: So she had eye contact with audience.
Thursday 25 March 2010
Become a fan on facebook
Become a fan on facebook and follow us on how were doing. I have just uploaded the video onto it... Please leave us some feedback as we would really appriecate it!
DONT FORGET TO BECOME A FAN!!
jUST CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW OR COPY AND PASTE IT INTO THE ADDRESS BAR!
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150161557750319&ref=mf
DONT FORGET TO BECOME A FAN!!
jUST CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW OR COPY AND PASTE IT INTO THE ADDRESS BAR!
http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150161557750319&ref=mf
Editing the music video
Editing the music video has been a very long process. There was a few technical problems with editing the music video and saving it. Half way through editing we noticed that we didn't have enough footage to carry on editing. Also we never really had any narrative. We decided that we were going to shoot the narrative in the dance studio, we thought this would look good as it would show her being able to express her feelings through dancing. This would be her only place she would be able to escape from her problems. We really thought this would be good because it would still show sorrow in the music video, but then relief that she would be able to escape.
The music video starts on her on the floor. We did this so it shows her on the floor at the beginning. This makes the audience already think that something serious has happened to her. Then the music video starts... it almost feels like the music video is going back in time, then again at the end of the music video she ends up on the floor. We used a special effect to reverse the clip so she slowly gets up from the floor. The shot then fades to black. We really think that this was a good way to end the music video. Doing it this way adds more depth to the music video and adds even more narrative to it.
I edited the music video so it was in black and white. In some ways this challenges the codes and conventions of an original r&b music video.. The narrative it in black and white but i have made the contrast and the brightness a lot more stronger, this way it makes the narrative a little different. It also makes the music video more interesting i feel.
R&B music videos aren't usually editing in black and white. We have found a small few that have edited there music videos in black and white. I will post them onto the blog after this post so i can show what is similar.
The music video starts on her on the floor. We did this so it shows her on the floor at the beginning. This makes the audience already think that something serious has happened to her. Then the music video starts... it almost feels like the music video is going back in time, then again at the end of the music video she ends up on the floor. We used a special effect to reverse the clip so she slowly gets up from the floor. The shot then fades to black. We really think that this was a good way to end the music video. Doing it this way adds more depth to the music video and adds even more narrative to it.
I edited the music video so it was in black and white. In some ways this challenges the codes and conventions of an original r&b music video.. The narrative it in black and white but i have made the contrast and the brightness a lot more stronger, this way it makes the narrative a little different. It also makes the music video more interesting i feel.
R&B music videos aren't usually editing in black and white. We have found a small few that have edited there music videos in black and white. I will post them onto the blog after this post so i can show what is similar.
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