Magazine Poster- Initial Designs

As stated in previous post as a team we have decided to go for a very vague and ambigous marketing theme using mainly dark colours and rural locations (as seen in our music video).

Here of a few results of a photoshoot that may be used as the final image for our magazine poster-

Digipak photoshoot from Billy Christensen

Here is a link to the 'Digipak Photoshoot' presentation as my slide share is having issues presenting it through my blog- http://www.slideshare.net/BillyZor95/digipak-photoshoot

Digipak Design: Feedback Wanted

Here is one of the final digipak designs i have produced-

We are looking for some feedback to hopefully improve the Digipak further.

Magazine Poster: Font Choices

An important part of the creation of an effective magazine poster is finding an accurate font to help portray the correct image for our artist and marketing campaign.

Here are a few font choices i have picked from the website dafont.com-

Magazine Poster: Result of photoshoot/ Initial Designs

As stated in previous post as a team we have decided to go for a very vague and ambigous marketing theme using mainly dark colours and rural locations (as seen in our music video).

Here of a few results of a photoshoot that may be used as the final image for our magazine poster-

Magazine Poster Planning- Similar Artist Designs

As part of our project one of our ancillary tasks involves creating a magazine poster for our artist.

To fit with similar artist such as 'The XX', 'Lula James' and 'XXYYXX' who have very ambigous and vague previous posters and marketing campaigns we have gone for a similar look to help establish both genre and artist more.

Here are an example of some current posters by those artists-

Second Screening- Teacher Feedback

Along with the peer feedback from our class here is the feedback from our teacher-

The main points our teacher raised are:

Positive-

• Beautiful Framing
• Fantastic Editing
• Well produced Lighting
• Good synching of audio

Negative-

• Better variety of performance shots needed
• Ammend Audio
• Introduce Jordan's character earlier

Second Screening Feedback

Today we screened our video for a second time, a week later than the initial screening. Since the initial screening our video had doubled in size and the majority of our video had been edited.

By analysng our feedback today we will be able to complete and ammend our final video ready for our final screening on the 21st April.

Here is some of the main points of possitive feedback we recieved-

• Proffesionality with- Performance shots
• Accurate shot types
• Good framing of shots
• Black + White works well with genre/song
• Minimal lighting suits track
• Jump cuts works well with pace of track
• Good editing effects
• Good balance of performance/narrative
• Good location

Here of some negative points of feedback we recieved-

• Editing needs to be complete
• Clearer narrative needed
• Audio editing needs improvement
• More performance shots needed
• Fire props don't fit video
• Introduce performance shots/ Jordans character earlier

Initial Digipak Designs

 

Here are some initial digipak designs created on photoshop. The designs are in order they will be seen finally, however these are purely rough designs and will be improved and altered.

Self Evaluation Of Initial Screening

Based on the feedback we recieved from peers and teachers during the initial screening I am able to assess the work we have done at this stage.

Sticking to the examinors mark scheme I have graded myself:

Video- 10/40 - Lack of completed editing and work gone into project so far has limited proffesionalism and structure of video. However, some very promising shots and themes present that will be developed into a proffesional and creative final video.

Digipak- 6/10 - Similarly to music video lack of completion and final touches limits its proffesionalism. Although the photographs used show promise.

Advert- 2/10 - Very little work gone into poster so far, I have had a lack of involvement in the poster so far as the Digpak is more my responsibility, however I plan to draw up some initial ideas and themes as soon as possible.

Teachers Comment-

I would completely agree with the self assessment so far. Which would leave you with a grade of 18/60 currently. This added to your planning assessment at this stage would be a basic level at this stage. As a student that you quite rightly indicate your self shows a lot of potential you should really aim at this stage to lift the project back up in to its rightful place.
Targets: Divide up the song with your partner and, therefore the editing. Add to your blog the processes of filming and editing - don't forget to add any video or images that you have of these stages.

Initial Screening- Feedback

Today we had an initial screening and these are the points of feedback we recieved:



Positive-

• Strong Framing + Creative shot types
• Lighting has been used effectively
• Strong Editing- Shots match with pace of song
• Black + White works well with genre

Negative-

• Performance shots need synching more proffesionaly
• Editing not finished
• Less handheld camerawork

Similar Artist- Magazine Image Analysis