What equipment I used..

These are images I used when producing and evaluating my music video and ancillary tasks.

A camera.


A macbook.




A video camera and tripod.




I have developed my skills a lot throughout this project using these types of equipment. I am now able to use more technical aspects of the Macbook for example more transitions to fit in with what the video is trying to say/ get across to the audience and also how to change the speed and colours.
I feel I have learned so much when producing this video and I feel I will be able to use this later in life to make any video more interesting to watch.



I have also put these images and a more detailed explanation of what skills i have learned on my evaluation on Prezi.com.

Ancillary Tasks

As part of our media assignment we are required to complete two extra tasks as well as our main task. The two extra tasks vary depending on what you choose to do for your final assignment. We chose to create a music video, therefore we had to choose two tasks from the following:
- A website homepage for the band
- A cover for its release as part of a digipak
- A magazine advertisement for the digipak

I have decided that I am going to create a CD cover and also a magazine advertisement. I used Photoshop to make my product more creative. I used an image of the girl seen in our music video (Ceri Shiels) for my CD cover as she is the artist in the music video.

Below are some of the images that I edited in order to create my CD cover and magazine advertisment.
This is the photo I took of Ceri, who was the main performer in our 'Beautiful' video. I wanted her by a brick wall because it had little detail which i could add writing or images to and it will still be clear.


















This was a flower i got from the Internet which i used on both my CD cover and poster. I didn't originally think of using this but as you can see in the picture above the way ceri is sitting her skirt has fallen, therefore i thought too much leg was on show for my target audience. I thought the flower was a good idea because of the target market for our video- young females like pink and flowers, and will therefore get attracted by it.



















To create my CD cover and my poster I used the programme 'Photoshop'. Within this programme I used tools such as the text tool, lasso tool, colour changer, ruler etc. This helped me create my CD cover which I initially designed.
Here is my CD front cover.


















I added text onto the wall with negative words to fit with our video of people putting others down. I then added the 'strike through' to portray that Ceri (the singer) doesn't care about what people say. I also added her name as this is vital in any CD cover as this is how the artist is recognised.

I then created the back cover for my CD. I didn't want to use a brick wall background again so I decided to take a picture of a patch of grass as this is another well known image found outside like the brick wall. I then carried on using the flowers so that all of the CD linked together.
Here is the back cover for the CD.



















I then added made up song names to make it like a real CD album cover.
The second ancillary task which needed to be completed was to create a magazine advertisement, advertising the new album which included our video's song. I created this by adding the CD cover I created previously, then added the release date and reviews from magazines which the 'Pop' genre of music target market reads or radio stations they may listen to, making the advertisement look more realistic. I made the advertisment have a plain background so the consumer focus's on the CD cover. However I did add a flower like on the CD so all of my tasks linked together in some way.
Here is my final advertisement:
















Overall I am rather pleased with my ancillary tasks as they capture the market well and are clear and readable for the consumer. I also made sure the main artist was the main focus on the CD as this could be classed as the most important part.

Completed Production

After completing our video. We decided to use new technology in order to gain audience feedback, therefore we uploaded it onto two websites.
Firstly, we uploaded the video on to http://www.youtube.com/ this website allows users all around the world to share videos and comment and rate them.
Secondly, we uploaded it to Facebok- a social networking website http://www.facebook.com/, this also allows people all around the world to view and comment our video. Using both of these websites will hopefully give us a good idea about whether we created and edited our video well and if there are any improvements we could make.
On Youtube we have already had many veiws, and on Facebook we have been given feedback as people who have watched it have commented.

Monday 22nd March- 1st April

During this week we focused on how we were going to present our evaluations. One way was by using Microsoft Powerpoint which we have used previously, but the second option was using a newer website called 'Prezi'. We signed up for a Prezi account on www.prezi.com. After having a look at the videos which explain how to use Prezi i think this is an effective and professional way to present my evaluation. Therefore I will try my hardest to create an attractive evaluation on Prezi.

During our production lessons on Thursday we watched all of our videos we created as everyone had finished and met the deadline. We had to rate the videos on their overall performance by using levels. Level 2 was basic, Level 3 was proficient and Level 4 was excellent.
After seeing all of the videos made at A2 and comparing them all together I was very proud of my groups video and was praised on it by Mrs Rogers and other class members on it.