Update on the CD Cover

This is how the inside of our CD Cover is looking. We hope to add a photo of the band who will appear in our music video on the left hand side next to the Bio and above the checkerboard pattern. We have used the warp tool in order to bend 'The Specials' text around the shape of our CD slot. We have decided to use a different font on the left hand side of the CD cover in order to allow a professional look.

Recent news from the band

We have been studying more of the website of the band, and this is one of their most recent posts...

“A FEW VERSES ON THE SUBJECT OF TUITION FEE RISES”

Money spent on devastation
Should be spent on education
Same degree for rich and poor
No selection any more.
Most people never get a chance
Their lives are planned out in advance
Poor education by the state
Means they can’t differentiate
Those in power know the score
They never wanna educate the poor
Those in power know the story
Never educate the poor
The right is wrong the left is right
Education is our might
A means to help us find a way
To welcome in a better day.
JB

Audience Feedback of Music Video

We received feedback from peers in our media class on our music video they rated our music video on the following sections;

Overall Creativity: Good
Holding a shot steady, where appropriate: Excellent
Using a variety of shot distances as appropriate: Excellent
Shooting material appropriate for a music video: Good
Mise-en-scene appropriate for music video: Good
Editing making the meaning apparent to the viewer: Good
Varied shot transitions, captions and other effects that are appropriate: Good
Matching sound with images and editing to the music: Good
Overall the music video so far is: Good

Our audience feedback shows that overall our music video is good :)

Advanced Portfolio Critical Evaluation (Plan)

Over the Christmas Break we have the task of completing the evaluation of our music video, this evaluation is separated into four, 250 word sections. These sections are;

In what way does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Differences between modern and old music videos

As you can see both videos are extremely different. Not only is it the amazing difference with the music, but also the whole sexuality, image and look of the video. The brightness and colour and change of technology makes the videos also contrast. The 30 year gap between between the two videos explains a lot and also the differences in genre. But then if you were to compare Lady gaga and Madonna you would see many differences;

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The 30 year gap in these two has the obvious differences in technology but the general story line and look is amazingly similar

The CD Cover (Latest)

The CD Cover is currently under production in Photoshop, we are looking to produce something very simplistic yet a product of which stands out to the rest. We believe by using the same font as the website, visitors of will be remembered of our website and then hopefully buy our CD. We need to complete the actual CD design and also the inside of the case designs.

The Website (Latest)

Here we have the latest screenshot of our website. We have used a black and white checkerboard effect of which is common to The Specials and also we have used one of the bands images as a template for a photo from our production, we have made the image look old with the help of photoshop and added crease lines again using photoshop. The red font of which we have used for the links to certain sections of our website we believe stands out, as red is a very standing out colour, we believe using the colour red will direct visitors to our sub sections in the website.

Filming...

This week no filming has been completed due people being ill or absent. The snow days 2 weeks ago also affected our filming as in our first shooting of our music video snowy weather didn't occur. The forecast for the following weeks looks hopeful so we should be able to get the rest of our music video completed before the deadline in January.

The Website

The website is near complete. We have used the colours black and white of which are the official colour of The Specials. The colours black and white have been used together on our website in a checkerboard effect, this effect can be seen in The Specials albums. This effect has been used along with a bold font with each letter of The Specials occupying a square of the checkerboard background. We have used photoshop to produce the checkerboard background and we have also used photoshop to make a standard photo of The Specials look vintage/ old fashioned.  We have used a black box along with a white font so that we can supply some information on The Specials band in terms of their history and success. A white shadow has been used around the black textbox. We have website links at the centre-left of the screen, The word 'Link' occupies a black square in a white font and the links below occupy a white square in a black font.

Filming...

In the coming weeks we will be filming the next part to our music video, which will depict the main character continuing on from his tough day at work, and finishing the day at his home. This will show him having his dinner, and having a generally boring night before going to bed. In the new year we will be filming the final sequence to our music video, the band performance - more information on this will follow.

Here are a few screen grabs from the early stages of the editing process of our music video in the iMovie program:

As you can see we have just finished editing the first half of our video, and have been experimenting with some FX. We are so far pleased with our progress.