Production schedule updated

Print products feedback

 I have created a survey on survey monkey asking questions about my print products. These are my print products

Click here to take survey
Survey results:
Q1: Overall the CD packaging is conventional to real print products

Q2: All responses said yes mainly due to the design aspect of the front cover.

Q3: The colours were the main problem here as my audience felt that colour was incosistent and not vibrant enough.

Q4: The colours and images were the main likes of my print products

Q5: The inconsistency of the main font colour seems to be a problem.

Although colour seems to be a problem i decided to keep my print products the way they are and ask some more people for feedback.. i have got feedback from people on social media

1. I love the colours used. the contrast of the black, white and the green grass is eye catching. 
2. The front cover image is what would make me buy this CD as it targeting the audience and draws them in.
3. The font on the artist and single name is appealing, i also love the size of them
4. I love the all black CD with white writing and the black and white back. It looks like a real CD package.

The feedback above shows that the colour doesn't seem to be that big of a problem. i tried to adjust it as best as i could but did not come out right so i chose to leave it the way it is, as i and a few other people who gave me feedback don't seem to have a problem with it.

Print products

Magazine Advert

Back of CD

CD

Front cover

Inserts

Contact sheet

Monday 20th January- I had a photo-shoot for my print products. This was held in the studio. Here are some of the photos I got...

I will not be using these for my print products but just wanted to share some of the shots I got.

Wednesday 22nd January- I had a location shoot in Alexandra palace park (same place I had the video shoot). These are some of the shots I got from there.

These photos are test shots, they are blurry so I will not be using them.

Print products progress

I started create my house style on Photoshop. I figured out I wanted to create my fonts on illustrator as this was said to be a good software to create original fonts. I've never used illustrator before therefore I asked for some guidance on the basic knowledge of it. After this it was pretty easy to do as I already had an idea of what font I wanted to use and said in my pitch.

I had a good idea of how I wanted my print products to use, I knew the colour scheme and the outlook of the font so I got straight into designing it.
I started by creating the size of the cd by adjusting the canvas size on Photoshop after I laid the images onto each page of my print products.

The finishing touches were the size of font and images.

This task went well because I feel I carefully planned beforehand and I had a good idea of what the outcome would be before even starting the design process.

Booking

I booked my photoshoot for my print products for tuesday 28th january!

Print product pitch feedback

I sent the link to my potential target audience and asked for feedback. This is what was said:

Feedback

1. Each sketch is labeled well and also has a image to show what you are talking about while referring to a real media product.
2. Your media products look conventional
3. You are very clear on themes, colours and costumes
4. The images used show clear understanding of what you want your print products to look like and also how it relates to real ones
5. The colour scheme and themes match really well with the song. It represents the vulnerability that people feel in winter and how the artist feels in the song.

Font choices: 1: 5 votes
2:0  votes
3:0 votes
4:0 votes
5:0 votes

The first font was voted the best. although I have designed my own font, the font number 1 that the audience liked is quite close to the one I made myself.

Call sheets for photoshoot-print products

The set is a field in Alexandra palace park.

The set is a photography studio.

Print products pitch

CD and magazine advert case studies

Editing process

Wednesday 20th November 

• Today i got an introduction to Final Cut Pro. I also got all my footage onto a Imac in order to start editing.

Thursday 21st November

• Today i cut in and out of each clip i had. I found this task to be quite easy and straightforward.

Monday 25th November

• Today i laid the clips on the timeline according to my storyboard

 Wednesday 27th November

• Today i added the audio to the timeline and added some clips to make the sequence as long as the audio

Thursday 28th November

• Today i tried to sync the clips with the audio but failed

Monday 2nd December

• Today i asked the technician for help with syncing audio. Once i got the skills necessary i tried my best to sync the whole sequence

Wednesday 4th December 

• Today i arrived at the editing suit to find out i didnt save the work i did on monday so all the syning i did has now gone. so i started again

Thursday 5th December

• Today i continued with syncing my video

Monday 9th December

• Today i tried to put effects and make the parts i wanted to look like it was in the past to be black and white.
• I finished putting everything on the timeline and i feel i have finished my music video

Wednesday 11th December

Today i am just playing around with the timeline and adding different clips i didn't use.

Music Video Final

Filming- Friday 15th November

Finally! 
A successful filming session!
My artist turned up on time and performed really well although she had trouble with lyrics.
I had to print the lyrics off in big bold writing for her to read off of!
I can finally edit my footage! YAY!

Research and planning evaluation

For this evaluation I am going to reflect on the research and planning I have done so far. I will include how much my research and planning skills have improved from last years blog.

Filming- Wednesday 13th November

I have invited my artist to come into college today to film the lip singing part of my music video.

She didn't show up! so devastating because I want to start editing as soon as possible. Now I have to reschedule for either Friday or sometime next week which prolongs the process of my music video.

Fiming- Saturday 9th November

Today's filming was much more successful than Wednesdays!
We got a lot done and got the parts with the least narrative done (Park scenes)
Even though it rained all day the footage I got was good and now I have something to start of with and build on. I will be filming on Wednesday 13th November in the studio with my main artist (lip singing scenes) after that I will need to take pictures of both artists then I can edit!

Filming-Wednesday 6th November

Today I filmed and it went horribly wrong, the time I decided to film was too late as it is winter now which means it gets dark extremely quick and the lighting will not be good. This is exactly what happened to me and I filmed some of the lip singing in the worst yellow lighting ever which didn't give off the effect I wanted for my music video. I have thought of a different idea which is to film the lip singing parts in the studio which will give better lighting and a more professional feel to the video.

Recce

The park was the only location i got to use because i was not allowed to film in the other areas

Release forms

Talent

Location

As a result of the locations planned to film not replying to my emails, I decided to change locations and do some filming in the studio (performance based). I wanted to use a location where I could film romantic flashback scenes and I chose Alexandra park to do that. I went to Alexandra palace to see if I was able to film in the park area and was told yes I could film there but to make sure I didn't film near the ice rink.

 

 

After a while I got a reply from both venues:
Alexandra palace

Rowans bowling

After my last email to them I didn't get a reply therefore I did not use the locations.

Call sheets for music video