Progress Review: The End

Now that it has come to the end of the blogging period I can finally relax and say that I have done pretty well. AS was just a taster of what blogging was going to be like in A2 and with my sheer will power and determination I pray that my best was good enough to get me the grade that I so want. This year my initiative has been on top condition, I've blogged almost every step of this process, I followed the blogging checklist and also blogged independently, I have used a lot more media technology in my blogs and also included a lot more colour which I hope will show off my creativity. One thing that I found VERY useful and will continue to do is PLAN!, When I knew that a blog was going to be really long I sat down and planned it before I actually started to construct it, this was very useful :). One thing that I would go back and tell my self to improve on is my timing. I really should of blogged as early as possible instead of last minuet because when I blogged early I had time to go back and change it if something was wrong, whereas when you blog last minute you find yourself rushing and this could lead to a lot of mistakes.
Overall I enjoyed blogging this year even though it was the longest thing on the planet I honestly did enjoy it and enjoy looking for different ways to express my answers and blogging about a new thing every week, I will Miss you Blog but its time for me and my pillow to go and get comfortable
PEACE OUT! X

Christelle Belinga.

Evaluation Question 4

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

Evaluation MP4 from Christelle Belinga on Vimeo.

MUSIC VIDEO

Our target audience was mainly teenage girls and guys that are more in touch with there feminine side.

As you can see the majority of the feedback we received was quite positive, everybody complimented on the artist the editing and the overall style of the video. One of the comments we received was about not using external shots, a member from our wider audience member stated that we should of added more external shots, more shots that didn't have the two artist in them. When I heard this I watched the music video back and realised that it was something that we didn't do, there wasn't one shot in our video that didn't have the artist in them and now I think that, thats something that we should've done. Looking at real music videos I notice that they all have minimum of 5 shots of anterior clips which were sometimes scenery, people and anything that didn't relate to the artist so now that I’ve looked into that point that is something that I would've included into my video to improve it. Another thing that a few people said was the chemistry between the two artist was low, they had energy individually but when they were together it kind of seemed like they had been put there to just move around. Thinking about this I realised that as the outsider, the only person in the group that wasn't in the video, I should've seen this and advised them to be more interactive with each other so the chemistry came out well in the video.

It was a really good idea getting feedback from our audience members,  everyone I asked was either our target audience or a part of our wider audience. Making films and music videos  is something that id like to do in the future and I want my videos to be aimed at this kind of audience so receiving feedback from them and hearing about the kind of things that they want to see in music videos was really good for me as I now know what I could improve on when it comes to making music videos in the future.

A thing that I have learnt from getting this audience feedback is that there are certain things that audience members expect and look for, One person said that there should've been dancers and it made me think about my video having dancers in them and when i vision it i see our audience becoming more interactive whilst looking at the video like bobbing there heads more and dancing around and just enjoying it a lot more and as a producer its taught me that its important to tailer the expectations of our audience as they will be the reasons for our success and therefore if they don’t like it or enjoy it the video wouldn't mean anything. Looking at this feedback has made me realised that there is a lot more to making a video and attracting a target audience then adding enthusiastic artists and bright colours. I realise that there is a huge improvement to be made on my current music video but I did pretty well for a first attempt.

Ancilary  Products

The audience feedback for my ancillary products was   all really positive , getting the reaction that I received has taught me that if you are aiming your products to a young teenage audience you need to make the product exciting and engaging  enough for it to catch there eye. All the people that I asked said that they liked my use of colour and  the structure and layout  of my Ancillary products , because of this reaction I now know that this is something that I should do in the future  when I make media products that are aimed at audience members who are mostly teenage girls and guys that are more in touch with there feminine side.

Evaluation Question 4:

What have you learned about your audience feedback?

The audience reaction in the cinema was positive. There were plenty of cheers and people were clapping along to the music. Due to their reaction I think our video was well received to the audience and they enjoyed it. When it was finished people complimented us on our chose of locations and also applauded Zara and I on our performance efforts which they felt made the video more realistic and entertaining. This taught me that the performance which goes into the video is just as important as editing and effects, it allows the audience to enjoy the video on an entertainment level as well as technical. 

                 Class feedback after rough cut:

Our rough cut was shown to the class who then shared their opinions of the video at the time. They liked our "fast cuts" in terms of editing and thought it was "consistent" and everything worked out "really well". I was happy with this feedback I've learnt it's OK to take ricks, which we did to personalise our video and slightly stepping out of the conventional formatting of a music video pays off. One critique added that some of the night time shots were too dark, we took this on board and fixed the colouring on Final Cut Pro, This taught me that although we brought a light with us, It's always better to film when the sky is not fully pitch black. 

  Individual audience reaction to music video:

From Alesha's feedback I've learnt it's important to keep to the theme of the genre. 

Ancillary Products Feedback:

I've received positive feedback on my ancillary products which I'm happy with. I've learnt that keeping things simple helps the main product stand out more e.g. having a white background against your pictures. I'm glad that the use of font and brick wall background clearly put across an urban pop genre and my colours mesh together well. 

Through the process of filming I've learnt It's important to take loads of pictures and shoot extra whilst your filming as when it comes to making a Digipack and Advertisement you have plenty of options to choose from. It's also important to keep the target audience in mind whilst editing as they are the customers and as well as looking good the video is a product which has to sell to them.

Evaluation Question 3:

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

Evaluation Question 4.

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

In the cinema, the reaction from everyone was positive after our music video was shown. Clapping and cheers which made my group and I feel good about our video. I personally thought that our video was amazing, so the reaction from everyone reassured me of this. When asking people after what they thought, people said they really liked it, I couldn't record them there and then as they were quick comments and feed backs but everyone was being really nice and enjoyed watching our music video.

Teacher and Class feedback.... after showing our rough cut.



From this we felt happy with our editing as comments were made about how good our cutting and pace was in the video.

"It was good" 
"editing was just really smashing" 
"clear, cut, concise image"

A negative comment was about the darkness of some of the clips, this was because we filmed late at night around 6 so it was nearly pitch black - to improve from this we re - filmed some of our clips and did some projection shots to replace some of the dark footage 

Here is feedback from our friend, Alisha.

Here are a couple of V - Logs while we were filming, we were consistently updating what we were doing and where we were at with our filming.

This was one of our first V - Logs that we did showing us after we visited a few locations and practised recording some shots for our video. This was just to get a feel of what it would be like when were actually recording our real footage for our music 
video.

This was one of the last V - Logs we did of the last day we were all out together filming, this was when we didn't realise how some of our footage came out dark so technically it wasn't our last day filming, however on that day we were out from morning to night and did get a lot done. 

After showing my sister our music video, this is what she had to say...



After hearing what my sister had to say, I think it was really positive and felt our camera work and editing was successfully done and portrayed well to the audience. Im happy with the comment about how our music video stood out because my sister watched a few of the videos and felt ours was one of the best, which is really good. Listening to my sisters comment on what we could of improved on - I think slow motion could of given a deeper effect in terms of portraying emotion as the chorus lyrics are more sad and upsetting in a way, but apart from that, our video was extremely good. 

Personally, I thought our music video was a huge success. I think you know how good your video would be given the time and effort you put in, and my group and I were filming consistently day after day, sometimes we spent the whole day out going from location to location which wasn't always easy with the horrible, cold weather. But we pulled through and kept filming, because we knew in the end it would all pay off. Everyday, before filming, I remember packing several outfits as we would go to more then one location and had to change outfits. There have been a lot of good memories and it will be fun to look back on one day and remember all the laughs, myself, Tina and Christelle had.

Ancillary products


Feedback From My Group On My Ancillary products..... 

After listening to these comments, I feel extremely pleased with my Digipak and Advertisement. My use of colours contrasted well with each other and the images I used complemented each other also. It's also good to hear that the pop feel came across in my ancillary work as it is important when reaching out to audiences, as they will know what genre it is by the look of the album.

Evaluation Question 3

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

Some ways on how I used Final Cut Pro

Other Ways

solid block from Christelle Belinga on Vimeo.

Opacity from Christelle Belinga on Vimeo.


Underexposed edit from Christelle Belinga on Vimeo.

Some ways on How I Used Photo Shop

 <<Using the quick selection tool to  outline the artist in different images so I could use the figures on my digipak.

Pasting the figures onto a white background and then using the magnetic Lasso Tool to create an outline. 

Used the Lasso Tool to create an outline over an image.

The Outcome

Use of Gradient

If you look closely you will see that the Graffiti image in the background has been faded out. This was done using the Gradient Tool. The red xo strip at the top was the result of the tutorial I found  on the internet.

The Red Stroke (Coloured Outline)

Normal Text

Evaluation Question 3.