Wednesday, 28 December 2016
Friday, 23 December 2016
Saturday, 17 December 2016
Analysing existing Digipaks of the Same Genre Part 3
Shawn Mendes' digipak main image is a long shot of the artist on a chair holding a guitar which is conventional in this genre. The colours that are used are simple and go together. The font is very simple but it goes with the genre. The legal information contains the copyright information, record label and release dates. There's a lot more photo than text on the digipak.
Theres's links from the digipak to the website as they use similar images from the digipak; they were taken from the same shoot. The colour scheme and font stayed the same.
Friday, 16 December 2016
Analysing existing Digipaks Part 2
I also looked at Pink's Digipak.
I found that the main image on the front cover of the digipak is of the artist. She is squatting down in a seductive way, wearing a crop top, short shorts, a suspender belt and red high heals. A similar photo is used on the back of the digipak; the same position but her arms and face are in a different way. Inside the digipak, there's a black and white mid close-up shot of her face. This is quite unconventional for the pop rock genre, however I believe that it fits well.
The fonts that are used are quite different from each other. Theres a simple yet bold font, a marker like font and then a curly font. I believe that all of these suit the genre. The font is also in the colour white.
There's a lot more photo than text on and in the digipak. This is so that the artist gets the most attention. As the artist is in seductive clothing and wearing red heals, this is part of the sex appeal that a lot of pop rock artists tend to go for.
On the digipak, there's institutional information such as the record label, website, and copyright information.
There's also links to the website as they use similar fonts, hair iconic hairstyle remains the same and the exclamation mark in her name remains there.
I found that the main image on the front cover of the digipak is of the artist. She is squatting down in a seductive way, wearing a crop top, short shorts, a suspender belt and red high heals. A similar photo is used on the back of the digipak; the same position but her arms and face are in a different way. Inside the digipak, there's a black and white mid close-up shot of her face. This is quite unconventional for the pop rock genre, however I believe that it fits well.
The fonts that are used are quite different from each other. Theres a simple yet bold font, a marker like font and then a curly font. I believe that all of these suit the genre. The font is also in the colour white.
There's a lot more photo than text on and in the digipak. This is so that the artist gets the most attention. As the artist is in seductive clothing and wearing red heals, this is part of the sex appeal that a lot of pop rock artists tend to go for.
On the digipak, there's institutional information such as the record label, website, and copyright information.
There's also links to the website as they use similar fonts, hair iconic hairstyle remains the same and the exclamation mark in her name remains there.
Analysing other artists websites! Part 2
Analysing other artists websites! Part 1
James Arthur's Website.
I found that his website was really fun and artsy, and modern. I believe that everything is well themed and goes with the genre.
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
Ancillary Research - Website
As I chose to create a website for our artist, I looked at a previous student's one. I really liked this website as it really linked to the Digipak that they created . The colour scheme, photos and font were very similar, if not the same. All the links were functioning and they even had the detail of the store; photos of each product as well the prices.
I also decided to look at James Arthur's Website as it was his track that we used for our music video, meaning that he is the same genre as our artist, Joe Mamu.
I found that as soon as you log on to the website, already there is promo; giving the option to buy his album, single and to view the music video for the single.
The other pages that are on the website include a News page and a Tour page, showing when and where James is going to be performing. I have noticed that throughout the website, the photos that are used are from the same photoshoot as the album cover, revealing that the synergy used is his low cut black t-shirt, as well as his chest tattoos. The font used on each page is the same, as well as sticking to the three simple colours; black, white and red. When creating my own website for our artist, I need to ensure to include my own synergy which is going to be our artist's guitar as well as his black coat.
Ancillary Research - Digipak
My favourite previous student Digipaks
When making my own Digipak, I need to ensure that I use Synergy which is going to be the Artist's black coat and guitar.
Research- Start of Ancillary Work
For the ancillary work, I have decided to make a Digipak aswell as an magazine advert for my artist. In order to do this successfully, I decided that it would be best to do some research on those two things and see how I will make my work comparable with real life artist and this will also make it easier for me to understand what I am trying to do when it actually comes to making it. I gathered a lot of information which I feel will be really beneficial to me in the long run of this course.
Start of the Ancillary Work
We are starting our ancillary work for our Artist. I have decided that I am going to create a Digipak as well as a website for our artist, Jo Mamu.
Saturday, 10 December 2016
Ancillary- Do's and Don'ts
Do's
- Have a maximum of 2 clear fonts which are appropriate for the genre. Take into consideration the sizing of the fonts
- Have a colour scheme of a maximum of 3 colours. The colours must complement each other along with the colours in the pictures
- The photos used must be clear and in focus and must be the appropriate shot size of the pane and suitable for the ancillary
- Take into consideration the rule of thirds
- Include institutional detail/information
- Have links on your website which actually work and include text as well as images
- Base your panel's on the conventions of your genre
Don'ts
- Use effects on photoshop which are unnecessary and do not suit the genre
- Stretch images as they will be out of focus
- Place text over the artists face
- Use fonts because you think they look nice
Friday, 9 December 2016
Final Video Feedback
Roughcut 2 Feedback (Joseph and Sabina)
Feedback for Roughcut 2 - p1 from Group 24 on Vimeo.
Feedback for Roughcut 2 - p2 from Group 24 on Vimeo.
For the second roughcut feedback, the majority of people who watched it gave positive feedback. Some of the ways we were suggested to make improvements was to get Joseph's lip syncing in sync. There were also parts where his lip syncing wasn't clear and so we cut it out and made sure all the shots with him lip syncing were clear.
Synergy (Sabina)
Our original plan for synergy was for our artist to have this tattoo that would identify him from other artists. However, when we ordered the tattoos, the delivery date was going to take too long. We couldn't put off filming so we went ahead with the filming without the tattoo.
Since we had no synergy as we filmed, when we reviewed the footage, we realised that there was a common object in some of the footage, the guitar. So we came to a decision to use the guitar as our synergy.
There are close up shots of our artist playing the guitar as well as shots of our artist walking down Oxford Street with the guitar.
Thursday, 8 December 2016
Wednesday, 7 December 2016
Tuesday, 6 December 2016
Evaluation- Reflection On Progress
The feedback I received was very positive as I spent a lot of time improving my blog and made sure that I used a variety of ICT to make my presentations more appealing. However, the things that I could improve is that I have to finish my summer homework and update the 'costumes, props and settings' task as it isn't fully complete. Also, I should identify a clear, final storyboard or animatic.
Friday, 2 December 2016
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