Initial Ideas on Ancillary Work...

So I started thinking a lot about the possible outcome of my digipack etc. and so I decided to think of some definite ideas that would be congruent throughout my ancillary work as a way to give myself a working frame and a good direction towards my final product;

Some of my ideas...

Looking Into Digipacks in Detail

I looked into some pop artists and elctro-pop artists to see how the market ed themselves within there ancillary work. I chose the artists because of the genre they come from, the fact they are female and because I find their digipacks and posters to be designed well.

Ellie Goulding

Ellie Goulding has the most ancillary work to look into. She has a front cover and inside panels with a double collection CD as well as a limited edition slip cover and two posters (one for her album the other for her tour dates). I find her psychedelic use of colour to be perfectly synonymous with her album's electro-pop feel. Her positioning of text is simple and unclouded. I feel her ancillary work to be inspirational to me in its simplistic but eye-catching design.

Katy Perry

Katy Perry's album design also features a 'special edition' slip cover. It also favours simplicity over fancy or overtly detailed fonts and so that is something to keep in mind when designing my ancillary work. She also makes use of a logo for her album title which is used throughout all of her ancillary items. Her creative choices for the album also tie in with the albums' theme and name 'prism' -  this is something I will further when developing ideas for my digipack.

Little Mix

Little Mix develop their ancillary work in a similar fashion as they also have a limited edition slip cover for their album. Their tour posters host the same image as their album image and to their use of synergy across their ancillary products is one I aim to emulate. They stay true to their colour schemes and also have a specific logo for their band (something that ROMY also has). I find that their approach to ancillary work is very conventional for the pop genre.

Past Student Work...

Practice Makes Perfect!

Creating a Digipack from a2set52013

Planning- design activity

Planning- Three digipak analysis

http://prezi.com/fzzx72n0u50a/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy

Planning- Function of a digipak to the music industry

http://www.wideo.co/view/1408881387021052952-default-wideo
       

PLANNING - Digipak (I created last summer) analysis

http://www.wideo.co/view/1408881387036026554-

Screen On The Green! Nerves&Anticipation!

Get your popcorn ready because this coming Tuesday (10th December) all of the media students in A2 will be heading down to the Screen On The Green to watch ALL of the music videos created by this years A2 students!

I am super excited to see everyone else's video's and i think it's going to be fun watching all the other ones since i haven't seen any of the rough cuts! (I wanted to keep the video's a surprise for myself so that when they are seen on the big screen i can really appriciate them).

However when it comes to my group's video it seems as if most of the media students have already seen it :(
This is a little upsetting because it means our video wont be much of a surprise for the people that come to the cinema however maybe when it is up on the big screen it will look a lot clearer and not something boring for anyone who has already watched it. And it's also quite nerve racking knowing so many people have already watched it because people will be judging the video and me on a smaller screen so it might make them think that the video isn't all that great or something. 

I've been told from a few people that they have also been showing their parents the music video, so my face has been seen by millions! ;)

I've had some good early feedback on my performance in the video and that makes me happy because obviously i want to look convincing and 'like a pop star' because that was something i was quite nervous about, not knowing whether or not i had done a good job at giving the right amount of attitude here and the right dance moves there plus i don't want to let my group down so it's a relief that most people enjoyed the video!!

Research - Overview Of Past Ancillary Work...

In today's lesson we saw some really good ancillary work and some not so good ancillary work and i think that really helped me to understand what i need to do to not mess up my ancillary work. 

I really enjoyed looking at past student work because i think it definitely has inspired me to do the best digipack that i can!

Here's my overview of a past students ancillary work :) 

overview of some past ancillary work by Romy on GoAnimate

Research - Template Testing

Today (6th December) during my media lesson i had to transform a badly designed digipack and make one for myself by sticking with the DO'S with out doing any of the DON'TS when making an ancillary product. 

We had a choice of a few very badly pixelated images and we had to use them and then pick from a selection of bar codes and music labels that our artist could be signed to. 

Here is what i came up with within an hour:

(Front&Back)

As you can see the image was extremely pixelated and this obviously made the digipack a little less attractive to the eye however i made sure that i added all the important information such as the bar code, copyright information and record label logo.

 (Inside)

I kept the color scheme the same inside the digipack and i also repeated the pattern of the cameras faded out so that the inside of the didgpack links together nicely with the outside of the digipack.

The left hand side of the inside of the digipack i kept plain however if i had had more time i think i would of added some sort of picture of a little bit of writing so that it didn't look like such an empty space.I also included the CD holder on the right side of the digipack so that there is a place for the CD to be placed.

Ancillary Pack Group Decisions...

THE GROUP DECISIONS ON WHAT WILL BE CONGRUENT THROUGH OUR DIGIPACKS AND ADVERTISEMENTS HAVE BEEN SET IN STONE!

The Digipack	Color Scheme/ Color selection: Pink, Purple, Blue, Green, Yellow
	Track Listing: 1. Bad Idea 2. Kiss & Tell 3. Mirror Mirror 4. Neon Lights 5. Bad Idea (Mix Tape Remix) 6. Afterparty (Bonus Track)
	Synergy Element: Romy Logo
	Secondary Text: The Mixtape font
The Advertisement	(Same elements as above plus those below)
	Release date: February 14th 2014
	Record Label: EMI (Universal Music Group Subsidiary)
	Promotions: Bonus track and limited edition digipack

Starting on the Ancillary Work!

Here is the initial work I began working on for the ancillary work, noting all the necessary things needed AND possible outcomes!

the DO'S and the DON'TS of making an ancillary product.

the DO'S explained by a body guard...

the DO'S when making an ancillary product by Romy on GoAnimate


the DON'TS explained by an angry protestor...

the DON'TS when making an ancillary product by Romy on GoAnimate

Production- Filming session photos!

andreiacardosoo's photostream on Flickr.

Filming sessions!

Reflection on My Progress... Part III

So here we go, reflection in the video form, of the production and post-production stages! Enjoy!

Helpin' Out a Little More...

So here I is again, helping out another group w/ their music video because I am nice (and I had spare time, and they are also doing a music video for an AlunaGeorge song like us)

Here is the blog I appeared in!

Production- Progress review blog

Reflection of progress...

This is just a reflection on my progress so far. I feel as though my individual blogging before wasn't really up to scratch due to a number of reasons, such as my detail and using a wide range of media in order to present it better. 

Since I last evaluated my blogging I feel as though I've improved this by introducing new media formats and improving my level of detail when reflecting on what I've done. 

I think due to this slight increase I'd now raise my mark to 15/20. 

History of the music video!

Might be a bit late, but I thought I'd do a little blog about the history of the music video to give this project a bit of relevance.

Reflecting on our filming...

Skills Development

my one skill that i need to develop on would be to use a wider range of media techniques in order to make my work more interesting and enjoyable to look at.

Update Blog

THE MUSIC VIDEO WRAPPED!

After hours, weeks and months of hard work; here we are, it's been fun! ENJOY!

Considering the 1st Evaluation Question...

CHER LLOYD EFFECTS

RIZZLE KICKS DANCERS, FAST & STYLISTIC EDITS

VERNALLIS' THEORY, GLAMOR SHOTS & HIGH ANGLES 

'DIRECTED BY' SCREEN CONVENTIONS

'INTRODUCING' TITLE CARD CONVENTIONS

The Pains of Animation… Why?

Editing Final Touches PART II

So after our rough cut we had some final touches to add onto our video to give it that final pop art and youthful feel! The process is long and tedious but has great results! The effect is a sort of light strobe line that goes over the original image, this is the tutorial we used to help us;

And here is our process: