Final blog reflection

How does your A2 blog compare with your AS in terms of detail and use of ICT? 

My A2 blog has alot more substance to it. I have consistantly been adding posts that are completely relevant to our tasks in order to show the jeorney of our A2  music video creation. Although my blog lacks masses and masses of text i  actually did this in order to summerise the things i needed to say without going off topic. I have tried my best to keep my blog as up to date as possible , keeping track of everyone elses and changing mine accordingly to the smallest detail. I have also used alot of programs such as pixton, prezi or photo bucket to avoid lots of scrolling. Using these programs have also been a fun and interesting way for me to write important and interesting information while making the presentation of it exciting in order to make it less boring.

How effectively does the blog show all aspects of the research, planning and production of your Advanced Portfolio?
folio?
I feel my blog shows all aspects of research, planning and production perfectly, keeping everything organised and tidy using labels to navagate around the blog. I have worked hard to make sure that each blog post is effective in what it was trying to communicate about the task while still avoiding mass's of text. 
How many individual blogging entries did you produce?

106 blog entries for A2. AS however only has 72. This shows that i was able to produce more work.This is purely down to the fact that i know much more about how to approach a blog within media studies than i did in AS

What would you change, given another opportunity?

Although i have done alot already i probably would have created more blog posts in order to better show the jeorney of creating a music video. I would have also made each blog post better by making them longer including more information and more text.

To do

Although we have had our deadline. Our teacher has given us some feedback on our video and has told us to change it accordingly to make it better. George has come up with a few ideas to replace the shots that we need to get rid of.To replace the cartoon shots there will be more shots of me.This will include a shot of a hand tapping along to the rhythm of the music which will go alongside a shot of a foot tapping followed by me looking out of the window "when i look out my window

Draft progress

  After getting the feedback from our peers, we decided to change the video accordingly to make it much better. here is a video using split screen made by George to show the changes that have been made etc. We have also used cartoons to make reference to the 1960's -70's  era in order to make a clear connection between the song and the era. We also felt this made the video much more exciting and endurable. This is because each show was quite slow and quite plain.

blog marking.

Grace starr

While the website is exciting and colourful with amazing imagery i feel that they haven't put enough effort into their merchandise. In my opinion i feel that they need to become a little more creative with the merchandise i suggest websites like  http://www.streetshirts.co.uk. I like how they have followed their "starr" in the media and the press i also love how they have arranged their photos. While the website is amazing i think they need to tie up a few loose ends such as merch. They have also added links to all of her social media accounts which allows you to keep up to date with grace. In all i think i would give with website 8/10. Even though the website is extremely well thought out and done well, it needs a few more tweaks to turn it into a 10.




Nicholas Alexander

The website as a whole is very good and well thought out however i feel that a little more work could have been taken into the photographs. In my opinion i feel that they should retake the photoshoot pictures and get someone who is able to take photos. Unfortunately they are all out of focus and are not clear in the slightest therefor this takes away from the professionalism of the page. I like how they have conducted interviews and looked into the more business side of the music industry including booking and things to do with his manager. They do not seem to have any merchandise at all on the site. I feel that this would be a good idea for them because it will make their site more appealing to fans that want to buy their merchandise to wear at their concert.




Encoded

The website is quite standard. Without being mean nothing really stands out at me. When it comes to their website i feel that they need to look into different designs and layouts for their photographs etc. This website does not include any merchandise of any kind. This makes the website look very unfinished and unprofessional. Even though these problems need to be addressed i do however like the contrast of white on black for the themes of the website.This makes the writing stand out and is very eye catching  i also love the count down they have put onto the site. I think this is a great idea for them . In conclusion all they need to do is play with the design and  make some merch.





Hybrid beauty

The Home page of the website is quite basic however i feel this adds to it because you are much more focused on the band than the stuff around it. I like how they have used the Facebook and twitter symbols to get to their social networking so that you can stay up to date with the band. I feel that the website could use a little more substance. i think that if you could add more pictures and maybe updates on the band then it will tell us more about them. I think that if you added a bio page about each of the girls along with a picture of each of them it will create much more appeal due to the fact we will know more about the girls we are listening to.

Alleyways

The home page of this website looks extremely professional. The lighting is very beautiful while the layout and design has been thought out extremely well. They have added a twiter, instagram, Facebook and even a you tube. They have also added an I tunes for you to buy the album once it is out. This is a very good example of a descent blog. In my opinion i feel they need some more photos. I have seen some of their other photos and they are amazing. If they put these on the website it will add so much to how it looks and how professional it is. I also think they need to add to their merchandise, while they do have a lot of cool and eye catching merch they could have some more, play around with designs etc.


Alex echo

Alex echos website is well done. I like the unique idea of the pictures on the home page. The home page is very pretty and to me looks quite professional. When looking through the website i noticed that they had very little merchandise so i believe they need to work on this aspect of the website. The info page is quite plane and boring, it would be nice to see a wider variety of photos much like the homepage. Although the website is quite simple it isn't in anyway boring. I dont think they need to have loads going on for it look good and i think adding lots more will make the website look too busy and messy. This could ruin the simple beauty that it has. They have also added all their social networks to keep you up to date .








James couleur

Although this website has alot of images and merchandise it is extremely unfinished. What they have so far seems okay but there is so much that has not been done that it is very hard to analyse what isn't there. I do like the layout on the homepage and also the twitter feed down the side. This means people do not have to actually go on their twitter to keep up to date with him, I think it would look nice if they had a few edited photographs that are made to look like a professional photoshoot. They have also added a direct link to the blog which helps show the influence behind everything.

changes

We have made many changes to our ideas about our music video for different reasons. Some things were a little too complicated and unrealistic whilst other idea’s just didn’t fit in with the concept as a whole. To start with we wanted the music video to be more gothic and serious were as now we went for the more light hearted psychedelic approach. We still wanted to make it strange and different but with a more traditional approach. We wanted to stick with the themes of the actual song and we didn’t want to get too far away from it as it would result in a music video that doesn’t make sense and also wouldn’t work.

There are some ideas that we have kept from the start and are still working on such as the many objects that we want to show in the video. We were going to have many more objects with little performance but soon realised that this would get very boring and would lead to people getting bored and also this wouldn’t be a good opportunity for Cosmo to get recognised. 

Survey and results

George has collected some feedback from people taking a survey

audience

George created a survey which we could use to gain useful information about how people consume music. We think this information will help us reach our target audience and also help us gain more knowledge about the music industry. George created this survey using Survey Monkey.

to do list

Things we have done so far:
Long shot mic adjust
med longshot mic adjust
close up light
close up guitar neck
close up eyes
close up lips x2
med long shot mic
micky mask
micky mouse
tapping feet
close up sitting down tilt

Things we need to do
 Manaquin head
bunny girl
demon horns
pocket watch
cheshire cat
dunny
beatle juice
bens eyes
+ more

Props:
Micky mask
Manaquin head
bunny ears
micky mouse
 cheshire cat
dunny
beatle juice
mic stand
mic
watch
demon horns
guitar