Facebook Feedback

We posted our complete and final music video on Facebook and we asked for people to comment their feedback so we were able to receive more external feedback:

Our Lead Singer Star image to Others

Our lead singer:

Alex Turner:

 


Iggy Pop:




Here you can see our lead singer Sam, the Arctic Monkeys lead singer Alex Turner and the rock legend Iggy Pop who was in The Stooges. Our lead singer doesn't have the typical rock star look, in our music video he is wearing a suit which is similar to one of the photos of Alex Turner highlighting we were inspired by his look. They also have a similar hair stair which is a clean cut this also isn't your typical rock star look. Our lead singer also has a very relaxed and cool look which is a very good star image for a lead singer of a rock band. We see Alex Turner is smoking. This symbolises him as someone who is rebellious which is a very good star image of a rock star, our lead singer doesn't have any photos like that as we haven't gone for the rebellious star image, we wanted to sell our bands image as authentic and organic. When looking at Iggy Pop, we see a stereotypical rock star. Long hair and he has his top off while performing. He has very different star image to our lead singer however we were inspired by him when filming our music video. In our music video our lead singer is extremely passionate. We see this when he kicks down the microphone stand, dancing around the stage and throwing his suit jacket into the crowd.

Feedback from album cover

After developing our digipak even further we got feedback on our most updated version of it. The majority of the feedback all indicated that the two different colours used on it was a bad idea and needed changing. However, they all liked the pictures chosen and used were effective and positive for the audience.
After this feedback we decided to keep the photos we were using as people liked those, however we would change the colour of it and stick to one of them. This actually led to the digipak looking more organic and helped represent our band as organic even more. It was said that the track list was wonky and therefore we adjusted it to be straight and arranged perfectly next to each other. This resulted in the digipak looking more professional.

Website Write up

Website:


When looking at our website for our band we wanted to represent them as an organic and real band. This is why we have gone for the black and white style to give them that authentic image. We have gone for this type of theme throughout all our products including the music video and the digipak. We wanted the star image to come across on the website showing they are a simple band who just want to produce good music for their fans. As well as not having abstract colours to draw in fans as we focused on the music side of our band to increase our fanbase.  Our front page is different to many other bands website similar to ours. We wanted a big bold photo of our band to draw the attention of the audience to the band so they become more recognisable and well known. This is because we want to sell their image as a real and authentic band so we had a black ad white photo of the band in their smart clothes. This draws all the attention to the band in which we wanted rather than having pop ups on the front page. We kept it very simple by having the information that may be needed by the fans on the top of the website where they can easily click on the tab and directs them to the necessary area. Our photo gallery consists of several pictures from our live performances to keep the audience close with the band so they can see what the performance was like.There is a media tab which gives the fans an opportunity to listen to the bands new music, view the latest music video and also buy the bands new album. The next tab is there upcoming tour dates and on this age gives the fans an opportunity to get a link which goes straight onto Ticketmster to buy tickets for the latest tour. The next page is for the contact information which contains both contact details for the manager; Eric Buckley as well as the booking team; represented by Phil Duke. The tab for the biography leads to a page where there area few paragraphs talking about the band members and where they came from and how they met, how there latest song Use Somebody helped sell out shows across the country and could potentially have changed there lives forever. This will help sell the band as being organic and real as it shows them as being a normal group of guys who want to release music to their fans. This is there brand image as is what is getting them a huge increase in fanbase. The last tab which is the merchandise of the band to help gain extra income for the band members and another way of connecting them more with the fans. This is done by selling variety of products from clothes to Iphone cases to even jigsaw puzzles.

Development of Digipack Cover

Account Of Editing 2 (New Music Video)

Account Of Editing 2: 

1. The main chorus build up consisted of the drummer however we didn't have shot of him drumming so I decided to two use the same shot twice re running it so it was in time with the build up before the final solo to where chorus started.

2. While filming we also decided to shoot some high angle shots from the theatre balcony however we realised when editing that the band was to one side and half the stage was black so we the CROP tool to cut as much out as possible to focus on the band

3. Again for the next part all that was necessarily needed was to implement the already cut shots into position with the following.

Further to this the only thing required was to add the shots in that were missing no editing techniques were used excepted implementing them to time so the words match the mouthing of the lyrics which was implemented on Premiere Pro

Account Of Editing 1 (New Music Video)

Account Of Editing:

During our shoot days we film over 300 individual clips, some useful and some not but the most challenging thing was going through each clip and working out which ones to keep and discard which took and awful amount of time, this however made sure we had the best footage available  to put into video and make it the best we could, we did however keep some clips that were similar and at the highest quality possible to compare how they fitted in with the rest of the clips either side of it. Finally we did take extra shots for our film but those parts never the cut as we realised the film would become long winded and slightly boring for the viewer. However i did include some timelapses  which i shot on my Mobile device to add some effect to our project.

As a group we also came to a conclusion that it was better that we made the whole video black and white which meant researching and understanding how to adjust our clips normal to black and white. To make the shot black and white throughout the editing process, we used the effect Tint which took away the colour from every clip. 

on the simple cutting or speeding up process was used and little special effects needed demonstrating a real organic feel

1. Go through every clip and get rid of the rubbish and keep all the good parts we could use as clips

2. Find footage of girls queuing up to see a band but a band less well known at a small venue

3. While the instrumental introduction went on we decided to cut between the band setting up through a time-lapse and clips of the girls queuing

4. We then tackled the start which was lining up the close shot with the lyrics making sure they were perfectly time

5. The next task to complete was just adding in the shot we had already cut up to the chorus part which was madd up of many quick cuts from different angles to give a different perspective and keep the video interesting