tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88387655449637353432024-03-13T20:20:47.551-07:00george's advanced portfolio A2 OCRGeorge russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-7394484499724208902012-05-03T11:35:00.000-07:002012-05-03T03:32:00.057-07:00Music Video<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.youtube.com/embed/TWboCgOvK4A?feature=player_embedded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>
<br />George russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-40518210213685196262012-05-03T03:30:00.002-07:002012-05-03T03:30:28.106-07:00Poster<img class="CSS_LIGHTBOX_SCALED_IMAGE_IMG" closure_uid_4xbdk4="41" height="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-biRvya__AGVNlZ2ngdVtT7qJYi6qd3oqwdof6i2g5fz9A10R4frhjC0ea9ikRdp5XitN8VxGYF_2iH0bvXo17iRp5Vr5p2fUfeZQ2wTOu-GrTaqyQqH2kYmjNq6hzZ94R32YQli8lWSJ/s1600/poster+with+black+sponsor+line.jpg" style="height: 835px; width: 590px;" width="1131" />George russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-45955931911718974362012-05-03T03:28:00.000-07:002012-05-03T03:28:32.500-07:00Digipak<img class="CSS_LIGHTBOX_SCALED_IMAGE_IMG" closure_uid_3js2rr="41" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4DinqAYxXn0N21OZuZ5hKh_aBeSd4eoSGU-UhfIeaMCNUF9MDQ5b1qVDknQDX_wPMQlmfBtqg1_lVSJG0T5htRscUa_-mi5xuEvqDIPRR1b6ChQ2iEC378tN146FMyo7tfOQL3MRj-FF6/s1600/digipak.jpg" />George russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-46137917588647945462012-04-25T06:25:00.002-07:002012-04-25T06:25:44.450-07:00<br />
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-size: 18pt;">How effective is the combination of your main task and
your ancillary tasks</span>.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
My main task was to create a music video and to construct
and to contrast the genre of the music the track was representing.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
My ancillary task was to create a digipak and a poster,
these are both print media products and can also be used to demonstrate how I
can construct and contrast the genre of the music.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
By using all three of these products in tandem I found I
would be able to create a synergy between them, this simply means that all
three of them together has a far more meaning affect on the audience than just
them on an individual level. This therefore means that by combining the three
together I could create a better effect than by just having them as separate
projects and therefore the combination of the three creates a synergy that is
very effective.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
The reason for having these products is to promote awareness
of the artist and track and to advertise the song. Therefore the way in which
they are combined is very important to advertise the overall artist. A very
important aspect of the three is to depict a representation of the artist and
the genre. And therefore by having two different forms of media in print and
film, there is a wider audience being able to view the main task and ancillary
tasks. Therefore the combination of the three tasks becomes very effective
because the three together can be seen by more people than if they were shown
on their own. This shows how effective the synergy can be when the three are
combined.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
To combine the three effectively I needed to link them
together with media technical codes to conform to the genre ad to adapt the
genre to give the appropriate message the song lyrics give off. To link them
together I used several different techniques via technical codes, one example
of how I did this was to create visual motif that was present in all three of
the products, to do this I had the actor wear the same coat with a florescent
orange brand label on it, this linked the three products together in a subtle
way and helped to create the synergy I desired.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
Another way in which I made the links between the three
products to combine them in a synergy was the way I used camera angles, by
using similar camera angles in each of the products I created a link between
the three and it also helped to display the dominant figure of the character
himself, by having a low angle shot I could make the artist look more powerful,
the camera is looking up at the actor and therefore made him look more taller
and a more dominant figure. By having this technical code in all three of my
products the message behind the camera angle is really emphasised as the
audience are seeing the angle in all three products. This means the combination
of the main task and the ancillary tasks are very effective as they help to
construct a synergy.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
One way in which I linked the three tasks that I really
liked was the location of the shots, not only were the locations I used for the
video, the digipak and the poster very good at representing the genre of the
song and run down areas but because the same location appeared in all three,
this is a great advantage as the three can be linked together by the audience
and they can relate the three pieces together because of the location they are set.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
The advantage of combining the three tasks in a project is
that the synergy is produced. This is a major advantage because it advertises
the artist and represents the artist very clearly and as a three the name of
the artist and album is well promoted and the word spreads about the artist.
This wouldn’t be done if it were just the music video as people may watch the
video and not know who is singing in it, this poses a big problem as the whole
aim of it is to make sales, therefore by having visual motifs that link the
video to the poster upon which has the name of the artist and album on it, this
will educate the reader to the name and album and even where to follow the
artist on social networking cites such as facebook and twitter, but more
importantly it will tell them exactly where they can buy the product online
(itunes), so essentially the video draws the customer in with the song and the
representations, the poster educates as to the name ad where to get it and
finally the digipak is there to appeal to the audience and even passers by,
especially those who are into the music genre of the artist, for example in the
genre of my track (British hip hop) a fan of the genre may be in a music store
for example and see the front cover of my digipak, he will automatically assume
the genre of the music because of the representations he interprets through
connotations and denotations he has made from the mis-en-scene I created in the
digipak, this is also the same for the poster and the video, I would like to think
that any passer by who know about music would be able to watch without sound
and be able to tell me the genre of the music.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
There are however some aspects of my projects that weren’t
so effective together, the main example is the colour schemes in which I used.
I used a black and white shot in the digipak but a colour shot in the poster,
the two when put next to each other have a distinguished contrast which isn’t
very effective when trying to link them together to create a synergy, this is
because I feel people may fail to relate the two pieces together at first
glance and therefore it may be likely that people walking past a poster and
noticing it wont relate it to the digipak and vice versa therefore these people
may not be familiar with the product and are less likely to buy it. This is
very bad as the whole point of the tasks is to advertise the artist and the
track and because of the clash in colours they may not be as effective together
when combined.<o:p></o:p></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
In conclusion I think the combination of the main task and
the two ancillary tasks was very effective, this is because they created a
synergy and as a whole represent the genre very well, I would however do it
slightly differently in the future, this is because there are parts of the
products I don’t like, for example the colour clashes, and therefore in the
future I would make sure all the colours are either the same or compliment each
other and are similar to each other. Apart from smaller details like this is
feel the products combine really well and overall the project was a success.<o:p></o:p></div>George russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-80091705467679932252012-04-25T06:25:00.000-07:002012-05-03T03:35:12.940-07:00<br />
<h2 class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">How did you use media technologies in the construction and
research, planning and evaluation stages?<o:p></o:p></span></h2>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">I have used media technologies in every stage of production and
presentation for everything I have produced in the whole course. They have been
necessities in everything I have done. Media technologies I had utilised have
ranged from really good quality editing programmes such as adobe Photoshop and
adobe premier pro to free social networking sites such as facebook and twitter
where I have received audience feedback on my work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Here is a list of all the media technologies I have used in my A2
advanced portfolio:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<ul style="margin-top: 0cm;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Youtube<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Google<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Wikipedia<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Facebook<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Blogger<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Photoshop<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Picnik<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Spotify<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Itunes<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Amazon<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Premier Pro<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Powerpoint<o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color: black; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list 36.0pt;"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Microsoft Word</span></li>
</ul>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">I used these technologies to create the best possible work I could
have done. I used them all to do different things to create my work.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br /> </div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4850560491323578&id=fd7e72f67ea9355cb16a4e4c7faf4400&url=http%3a%2f%2fi962.photobucket.com%2falbums%2fae109%2fottoemezzo_mau%2fLogos%2520Redes%2520Sociales%2flogo_youtube.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="sg_t" height="300" src="http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4850560491323578&id=fd7e72f67ea9355cb16a4e4c7faf4400&url=http%3a%2f%2fi962.photobucket.com%2falbums%2fae109%2fottoemezzo_mau%2fLogos%2520Redes%2520Sociales%2flogo_youtube.png" style="height: 250px; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 250px;" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">I used YouTube in my researching and the presentation on my video
as the final format was uploaded onto facebook and therefore a huge audience
could view it. I used it for researching because it is very simple to use and
has millions upon millions of videos uploaded onto it. Therefore I could find
what I was looking for very quickly, it is also very quick to load and I could
pause it at any point very accurately to get screen shots for my research and
development. The advantage of using YouTube is that I had a huge amount of
access to all kinds of different British hip hop tracks and also every other
genre you could think of, the main downside of this technology however is that
there are also quite a few fan made videos that take a while to sift through to
get to the video you want to watch.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4903392894126090&id=485fbea582386dc97bab5e81649a631b&url=http%3a%2f%2fcdn.thenextweb.com%2fwp-content%2fblogs.dir%2f1%2ffiles%2f2010%2f03%2fgoogle_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="sg_t" height="125" src="http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4903392894126090&id=485fbea582386dc97bab5e81649a631b&url=http%3a%2f%2fcdn.thenextweb.com%2fwp-content%2fblogs.dir%2f1%2ffiles%2f2010%2f03%2fgoogle_logo.jpg" style="height: 104px; left: 0px; top: 26px; width: 250px;" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;">
</span></div>
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: small;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Google in my opinion is the very best search engine that can be
used. It is very simple to use, very fast and powerful and the majority of the
time you don’t get the spam that you get on may other search engines. I used
google in my research and planning of my video and ancillary tasks. It was very
helpful for me to look at the genre in more detail and read other peoples views
of the audience and the genre. The great advantage to using google over any
other search engine is the simplicity it gives you and the speed at which it
works, I cant really find a drawback to using the technology only that
sometimes you have to be very specific with your search requests. By using
google I completed really useful research on all of my tasks ad found really
useful examples of similar media products to my own.</span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br /> </div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://ts1.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4838830964409096&id=aa02bf68fe69560fa34013a0742b4cd5&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.wired.com%2fimages_blogs%2fepicenter%2f2009%2f05%2fwikipedia-logo-en-big.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="sg_t" height="300" src="http://ts1.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4838830964409096&id=aa02bf68fe69560fa34013a0742b4cd5&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.wired.com%2fimages_blogs%2fepicenter%2f2009%2f05%2fwikipedia-logo-en-big.png" style="height: 250px; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 203px;" width="244" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Wikipedia was the technology I used to research the origins of my
genre, it is a very useful factual encyclopaedia and I found it very useful for
researching how british hip hop came about. It is simple to use and will always
give you what you are looking for. It is very good for helping you to understand
things and to gain knowledge on any subject. The major drawback however is that
there are major rumours about the quality and reliability of the information on
the page as a lot of it is user written.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://ts4.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4616089680414499&id=7443edbb9c9484176952d2d176317e78&url=http%3a%2f%2fmusbox.files.wordpress.com%2f2011%2f07%2ffacebook-logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="sg_t" height="112" src="http://ts4.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4616089680414499&id=7443edbb9c9484176952d2d176317e78&url=http%3a%2f%2fmusbox.files.wordpress.com%2f2011%2f07%2ffacebook-logo.jpg" style="height: 93px; left: 0px; top: 32px; width: 250px;" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Facebook, one of the largest social networking sites, was very
beneficial for me to gain audience feedback. Not only did I post my video and
pictures of the poster and digipak to gain comments from my friends but I also
posted statuses about the genre and ideas for people not in my class. This is
very useful as it gave me a much wider spectrum of feedback that wasn’t all
about technical codes. The great advantage about using facebook is that is is
very simple and unlike twitter it is possible to write more that 160 characters
on a comment or post, this meant that people could give me more feedback then
they would have on one post on twitter. The biggest drawback with using
facebook for this is that only my friends could view the video, this means that
not a huge amount of people can see the video and I could not get the viewing
figures I wanted for a large amount of feedback.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4793076668039454&id=f0426602a64cc5c8785d5e3312b9ca18&url=http%3a%2f%2f4.bp.blogspot.com%2f_nqp-0VCwy0c%2fS8rLH4xYSsI%2fAAAAAAAABEU%2fHjOWMTr_Y0Y%2fs1600%2fblogger_logo.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="sg_t" height="91" src="http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4793076668039454&id=f0426602a64cc5c8785d5e3312b9ca18&url=http%3a%2f%2f4.bp.blogspot.com%2f_nqp-0VCwy0c%2fS8rLH4xYSsI%2fAAAAAAAABEU%2fHjOWMTr_Y0Y%2fs1600%2fblogger_logo.gif" style="height: 75px; left: 0px; top: 41px; width: 250px;" width="300" /></a></div>
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<br />
<br />
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Blogger is probably the media technology I used the most of all.
It is a website in which you can create a blog for yourself to post anything
you want. We use it at school to post our research and planning and our
evaluations and our finished products. It is very easy to use and you can
change privacy settings etc. to make it completely secure. As a result of
everybody using it, we can comment on each others blog posts and read what each
other has written, not to copy their work but for a sense of healthy
competition and to share ideas with each other as after all, all our projects
are very different and because we were working individually we needed to help
each other as much as we could. Blogger is very useful as it is very simple and
does exactly what we wanted it to do, it also enables us to give feedback and
receive feedback. There are however drawbacks to the blogs, they don’t let you
just upload windows documents and when writing on the blog there is no spell
check so silly mistakes can be made without being picked up on.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://ts2.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4976274195481581&id=ad9277f5c8ee38873e9b9ec571547e64&url=http%3a%2f%2f1.bp.blogspot.com%2f-XXDABVlu2aM%2fTa4zNZ4QUaI%2fAAAAAAAAABQ%2fGn9kFml7WoM%2fs1600%2fphotoshop_cs5_mnemonic_no_shadow_png.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="sg_t" height="300" src="http://ts2.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4976274195481581&id=ad9277f5c8ee38873e9b9ec571547e64&url=http%3a%2f%2f1.bp.blogspot.com%2f-XXDABVlu2aM%2fTa4zNZ4QUaI%2fAAAAAAAAABQ%2fGn9kFml7WoM%2fs1600%2fphotoshop_cs5_mnemonic_no_shadow_png.png" style="height: 250px; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 250px;" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Photoshop is the programme I used to edit the still images for the
poster and the digipak. It is a notouriously tricky piece of software to use as
a novice editor (me when I started). As a result I really struggled with the
technology at first and needed a lot of help from people in my class to help me
get to grips with the software. It is a very good programme as it makes it
possible to change and adapt the product to what you want it to look like and
it makes it easy to edit out imperfections and therefore creates the perfect
article. The main benefit of using this technology is that you can improve your
product in so many different ways and for a more experienced editor there is a
huge range of different tools to edit your product. The huge issue I found with
the product was that it was so difficult to work with and as a result I spent a
lot of my time working on Photoshop.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<img class="sg_t" height="200" src="http://ts4.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4964248282858043&id=9e956a6470242cac418e6bfe1b1f3075&url=http%3a%2f%2fwww.wta.org%2ftrail-news%2fphoto-contest%2fbrand_3x2_300dpi_green.png%2fimage" style="height: 166px; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 250px;" width="300" /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /><br />
<br />
<br />
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">Picnic was without a doubt my favourite piece of media technology
to use, it is so simple yet gives a really good quality image at the end of the
editing process. I used it for both the poster and the digipak, the programme
let you sharpen the whole image or parts of it at a time, you could fix blemishes
on the picture and eliminate red eye. It was very simple to add text to the photographs
and there were various texts with wide spectrums of colours for the text. The
great advantage I gained from using the programme was the quality that could be
achieved with such simplicity, if you have a photo that doesn’t need drastic
work or to cut out a segment of a picture then it is great to use. The main
problem with the programme however is that there is no where near as may tools
that can be used as there is on Photoshop and therefore a really good editor
would be able to create a better image on Photoshop and for that reason I used
picnic to do the easy editing and then I used Photoshop when picnic couldn’t
give me what I needed.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4777309822649150&id=0386d12979e4e04eb31258b791400f85&url=http%3a%2f%2fnewsofthemedia.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2011%2f07%2fSpotify-Logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="sg_t" height="300" src="http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4777309822649150&id=0386d12979e4e04eb31258b791400f85&url=http%3a%2f%2fnewsofthemedia.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2011%2f07%2fSpotify-Logo.jpg" style="height: 250px; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 250px;" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">I used spotify and itunes to save the track on my laptop and ipod
so that I could play it at the different locations so that the actor could lip
sink in time with the music, both programmes are very good to use, I prefer to
use itunes when on set as it is really quick to get up and on my laptop for
some reason plays a lot louder than spotify. </span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://ts2.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4819151414363325&id=cec240d77fd51800bdce1c1eb7aa58b8&url=http%3a%2f%2fjonathanrobertson.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2010%2f09%2fiTunes10_Logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="sg_t" height="300" src="http://ts2.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4819151414363325&id=cec240d77fd51800bdce1c1eb7aa58b8&url=http%3a%2f%2fjonathanrobertson.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2010%2f09%2fiTunes10_Logo.jpg" style="height: 250px; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 250px;" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">I would also use itunes spotify and also amazon to sell the
product, by using all three I can reach all customers and hopefully make more
sales for the artist. It would be safe to say however that Itunes is by far the
most popular.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4978846883972702&id=07a441a6d4ab68040f5428d27d109be5&url=http%3a%2f%2fsmallgodsfilms.files.wordpress.com%2f2010%2f11%2fpremiere.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" class="sg_t" height="300" src="http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4978846883972702&id=07a441a6d4ab68040f5428d27d109be5&url=http%3a%2f%2fsmallgodsfilms.files.wordpress.com%2f2010%2f11%2fpremiere.jpg" style="height: 250px; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 250px;" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /><br />
<br />
<br />
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">I used Premier pro alone to edit the video. At the start of year
12 I found it very difficult to use but thanks to previous projects I am fairly
useful with it now. It is fairly simple to used and is very good when using
after effects to get the best quality out of the video. I didn’t however use
many after effects on my video, this is because the genre of my video is very
independent and by putting on fancy after effects the video appears less
independent and more of a larger budget video. It is a very useful and fairly
quick software to use and when used effectively it can be very precise. It can
on the other hand take a while to load and does have the tendency to crash and
work can be lost.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://ts1.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4987703099786208&id=d38e2c4d41ef175cf96afef040f4558d&url=http%3a%2f%2fsupport.shakespeak.com%2fattachments%2ftoken%2fqtw2to1y3gnldt6%2f%3fname%3dIcon_PowerPoint_web.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="sg_t" height="300" src="http://ts1.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4987703099786208&id=d38e2c4d41ef175cf96afef040f4558d&url=http%3a%2f%2fsupport.shakespeak.com%2fattachments%2ftoken%2fqtw2to1y3gnldt6%2f%3fname%3dIcon_PowerPoint_web.jpg" style="height: 250px; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 250px;" width="300" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt;">I
used PowerPoint for one of my evaluations, I used it because I’m very familiar
with the product and for me it was very easy to create what I wanted to. The
benefit of using PowerPoint for me is that it is very clear and very quick to
get it right. The drawback to using Power is that it is very generic and all
PowerPoints look fairly similar.</span><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://ts1.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4720951289383120&id=d114409e2c8c34e0aff71cee1b6f480d&url=http%3a%2f%2fformaticaincursos.web.officelive.com%2fimages%2flogo_wordtrucoscasa.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" class="sg_t" height="276" src="http://ts1.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4720951289383120&id=d114409e2c8c34e0aff71cee1b6f480d&url=http%3a%2f%2fformaticaincursos.web.officelive.com%2fimages%2flogo_wordtrucoscasa.jpg" style="height: 244px; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 249px;" width="282" /></a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<br /><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: SimSun; mso-fareast-language: ZH-CN;">Microsoft word was very useful when doing blog posts and my evaluations,
I wrote the evaluations on word then put them onto other programmes to present
them. It is very useful for me because my spelling can be bad and it has a very
good spell check and it is also very good because it helps to create a
structure for the blog post and I can plan where pictures will go. The main
disadvantage to it is that I have to copy and paste the posts into blogger and
sometimes it doesn’t work so well</span></div>
</span><br />
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">
</div>George russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-7760661418612583692012-04-25T06:08:00.001-07:002012-04-25T06:08:23.234-07:00<div id="__ss_12684916" style="width: 425px;">
<strong style="display: block; margin: 12px 0px 4px;"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/madossi/convetions-evaluation-1" title="Convetions evaluation 1">Convetions evaluation 1</a></strong><object height="355" id="__sse12684916" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=convetionsevaluation1-120425080729-phpapp01&stripped_title=convetions-evaluation-1&userName=madossi" />
<param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/>
<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/>
<param name="wmode" value="transparent"/>
<embed name="__sse12684916" src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=convetionsevaluation1-120425080729-phpapp01&stripped_title=convetions-evaluation-1&userName=madossi" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><br />
<div style="padding: 5px 0px 12px;">
View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">presentations</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/madossi">George Russell</a>.</div>
</div>George russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-53442022251067224572012-04-25T06:00:00.001-07:002012-04-25T06:00:02.025-07:00<div class="prezi-player">
<style media="screen" type="text/css">
.prezi-player { width: 550px; } .prezi-player-links { text-align: center; }
</style><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" height="400" id="prezi_cilnauuapb6l" name="prezi_cilnauuapb6l" width="550"><param name="movie" value="http://prezi.com/bin/preziloader.swf"/>
<param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"/>
<param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"/>
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff"/>
<param name="flashvars" value="prezi_id=cilnauuapb6l&lock_to_path=0&color=ffffff&autoplay=no&autohide_ctrls=0"/>
<embed id="preziEmbed_cilnauuapb6l" name="preziEmbed_cilnauuapb6l" src="http://prezi.com/bin/preziloader.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="550" height="400" bgcolor="#ffffff" flashvars="prezi_id=cilnauuapb6l&lock_to_path=0&color=ffffff&autoplay=no&autohide_ctrls=0"></embed></object><br />
<div class="prezi-player-links">
<a href="http://prezi.com/cilnauuapb6l/a2-evaluation/" title="A2 evaluation!">A2 evaluation!</a> on <a href="http://prezi.com/">Prezi</a></div>
</div>George russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-2800945910174170062012-02-09T02:58:00.000-08:002012-02-09T02:58:14.625-08:00Digipak making.My digipak is a 4 pannel digipak with a front and back cover and two inside pannels of which one of these holds the CD itself.<br />
<br />
The front pannel is an image of the artist with his leg bent up against the wall, i did a lot of research to identify a good idea for the front cover that matches the genre of the track. I have seen a few oher british hip hop artists that do a similar thing in their posters and front covers.<br />
<br />
If you look further down my blog you will see examples.<br />
<br />
This is the finished product of my digipak front cover:<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglaF_JnPBwS6VHVGJ8eF3nl5ywwe2nqEA62BFpzLm7JxHWqxGnzDiCYhu6J-OMRmFkcUG7XSgGxWzlEhWskiUqfuKTyvRGLzf8TzaYSgNAcQcTYtPrmA1UyOAfW6YDsx18OYCjdicBqTg8/s1600/new+digipak+front+cover+4+pannel.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglaF_JnPBwS6VHVGJ8eF3nl5ywwe2nqEA62BFpzLm7JxHWqxGnzDiCYhu6J-OMRmFkcUG7XSgGxWzlEhWskiUqfuKTyvRGLzf8TzaYSgNAcQcTYtPrmA1UyOAfW6YDsx18OYCjdicBqTg8/s320/new+digipak+front+cover+4+pannel.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The back cover was a slightly difficult one to do.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I had to do a track list that fitted the genre and that would fit in the list that would fit onto one line as to not ruin the flow of the context.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also did some research into what to write at the bottom as regards to copyright etc.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Here is the finished back cover of my digipak:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLS75qADz45kp5_vyPifDq2ymfbhx2bi5TJsGGqeaKvc6QDQ1UIGhyUqkqerYHf_wnYfTc8tjF_LYFUh37OcIE6uhgHPnBCmOFVNoB6kufCy_k9CnB0Kv4PQ17YiXgtdLqopL4aCXhwio_/s1600/back+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLS75qADz45kp5_vyPifDq2ymfbhx2bi5TJsGGqeaKvc6QDQ1UIGhyUqkqerYHf_wnYfTc8tjF_LYFUh37OcIE6uhgHPnBCmOFVNoB6kufCy_k9CnB0Kv4PQ17YiXgtdLqopL4aCXhwio_/s320/back+cover.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
The middle pannel that holds the disc i kept very simple as having lots of writing and special effects would be wasted as the CD will be covering it most of the time. I therefore added a stensel from a graffiti photograph i had taken and this image features in my video and will act as a visual motif for the arist in future videos.<br />
<br />
Here is the finished article for the CD pannel.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeeYzj-DW5HMq3FHUV-3kajof92uA9D7xhl6KW6iV90nw-ZqoFlxM7WSToQhlg1etb-_FGuz9hc-6tF1Nq0nxHfDp0DzCVUhyUbT_KByJQV_fwWtKXxXe_D-_CsNNCRCS928d28Ps4L_br/s1600/middle+cover+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeeYzj-DW5HMq3FHUV-3kajof92uA9D7xhl6KW6iV90nw-ZqoFlxM7WSToQhlg1etb-_FGuz9hc-6tF1Nq0nxHfDp0DzCVUhyUbT_KByJQV_fwWtKXxXe_D-_CsNNCRCS928d28Ps4L_br/s320/middle+cover+1.jpg" width="288" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
The other middle pannel is my favourite but also one of the hardest to do. I have done quite a lot of research and all of the ones i have looked at have had completely different things! I got the image for the pannel from a photograph i took when doing my first video shoot. It is of a gate with graffiti on it and it fits the genre perfectly!<br />
<br />
As it is a blak canvass except for the writing it made it really easy to sharpen the image and put on effects to make the image look even more proffessional.<br />
<br />
The writing I added was hard to think of and I kept it very simple to make it fit the genre and to fit the image well.<br />
<br />
Here is the finished middle pannel:<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_bIFx3DGKmPvQvOlGcczCWTo-SqjiFkO54FeGb3NqWsavJteP-ZWsWuV9GRx8gqVWvMEOSX1vNMk1YYdfd2tL2dkBQUi6HSUU8mpHyKY5zzrOrlObzA3V6FszYOySsC0I6l9TLotNA5jZ/s1600/other+middle+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_bIFx3DGKmPvQvOlGcczCWTo-SqjiFkO54FeGb3NqWsavJteP-ZWsWuV9GRx8gqVWvMEOSX1vNMk1YYdfd2tL2dkBQUi6HSUU8mpHyKY5zzrOrlObzA3V6FszYOySsC0I6l9TLotNA5jZ/s320/other+middle+cover.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
When all added together it looks like this:<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4DinqAYxXn0N21OZuZ5hKh_aBeSd4eoSGU-UhfIeaMCNUF9MDQ5b1qVDknQDX_wPMQlmfBtqg1_lVSJG0T5htRscUa_-mi5xuEvqDIPRR1b6ChQ2iEC378tN146FMyo7tfOQL3MRj-FF6/s1600/digipak.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4DinqAYxXn0N21OZuZ5hKh_aBeSd4eoSGU-UhfIeaMCNUF9MDQ5b1qVDknQDX_wPMQlmfBtqg1_lVSJG0T5htRscUa_-mi5xuEvqDIPRR1b6ChQ2iEC378tN146FMyo7tfOQL3MRj-FF6/s640/digipak.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>George russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-58596335881232587892012-02-09T02:29:00.000-08:002012-02-09T02:29:17.918-08:00Genres in music videos.Music videos hugely differentiate depending on genres, we can usually tell what genre the music is from by watching the video without sound. This is because genres tend to follow a trend, for example a hip hop/rap video will normally feature a run down area and can often have a black and white effect. An example of this is a video by Jay-z called "99 problems"George russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-58435162491274964282012-02-09T02:28:00.000-08:002012-02-09T02:28:55.254-08:00The Black BoxAt the bottom of the poster is the black line with the sponsors and social networking sites.<br />
<br />
I had to do a lot of research into what to use in this box. <br />
<br />
A couple of them were obvious to me as they are the most popular social networking sites in the world and billions of people use it and potentially have access to the product.<br />
<br />
This is how i have advertised twitter and facebook on my website and the aim of this is for people to see these signs and instantly recognise them and therefore search for the artist of the websites.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMnY-N7MkB8US0MgPSJ-ZOSpA8RQ_LoFhKfPZ1vt0QWsrh1DA7IffRf4OzhFBDYLOM29XKdEXqLx2169hVmwN-9cijM358JVx1qD7t7h9jYkFCdNnNcAqPWXSgxMJB0UdHfy__j48ZOl8i/s1600/facebook+and+twitter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMnY-N7MkB8US0MgPSJ-ZOSpA8RQ_LoFhKfPZ1vt0QWsrh1DA7IffRf4OzhFBDYLOM29XKdEXqLx2169hVmwN-9cijM358JVx1qD7t7h9jYkFCdNnNcAqPWXSgxMJB0UdHfy__j48ZOl8i/s320/facebook+and+twitter.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then i had to add the record label and itunes label to the sponsor line.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I used itunes because it is hugely renound as the best online music store in the world. I did research by asking family and friends about the way in which they listened to their music. I asked the simple question "do you or a family member own an apple product that can connect to itunes?" everyone i asked said yes and almost everyone i asked said every family member has equipment that connects to itunes.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">As a result it was a simple choice as to put this into my sponsor line.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;">MODrecords is the record company i have invented that is owned by the artist himself and 1st blood records is the independant hip hop record label that is producing the music.</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxj5q8mpjx6DKTBTJAae6tPiR5V6nxtkwb4IgMh31IJIBdGqPB26MCCNtW5tQmrUw6ELSa9egv7D3fCsalM_1d08fCQnBBwVxF-cblJ7CSA2owd8jcPUfPzNEt3kySYloxeRbWn_lj1SK/s1600/record+label+black+box.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWxj5q8mpjx6DKTBTJAae6tPiR5V6nxtkwb4IgMh31IJIBdGqPB26MCCNtW5tQmrUw6ELSa9egv7D3fCsalM_1d08fCQnBBwVxF-cblJ7CSA2owd8jcPUfPzNEt3kySYloxeRbWn_lj1SK/s320/record+label+black+box.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>George russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-81571209046747497802012-01-06T02:22:00.000-08:002012-01-06T02:22:01.335-08:00PosterI started my poster a long while ago and found problems with every picture, edit and effect I used.<br />
<br />
It all started with the picture i wanted to use of the artist stood against a wall with one of his legs flat against the wall, I got the idea for this shot from many posters i have seen before with artists like Devlin and chipmunk with the same pose.<br />
<br />
Underneath is the original photo i aimed to use:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBULU3kjOpfzYUs8aXjhT5dfyqmXz8wg5UKbzXKuiX3AwdSO3O9g8h38dJnoBXh_XD07-v8otcrX1rWqpy7KYduEObLFyYCipWmapP8Nn3GO72qnvmuA3oxp-2kBFCV5H8YaQN_ZcBVdZu/s1600/IMG_7222.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBULU3kjOpfzYUs8aXjhT5dfyqmXz8wg5UKbzXKuiX3AwdSO3O9g8h38dJnoBXh_XD07-v8otcrX1rWqpy7KYduEObLFyYCipWmapP8Nn3GO72qnvmuA3oxp-2kBFCV5H8YaQN_ZcBVdZu/s320/IMG_7222.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
The shot itself is of good enough quality to be made into a poster but because of the graffiti in the background it became impossible to put font into the picture that was visable without having to put effects of it that would make the image look over edited and not very effective.<br />
<br />
Below is the only way in which i could make the font visable.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdm-xg6AEZ5xBuzYlCgqRldtMLJA_uClJq08BqEHSzCjSTyM0SxQibeEmAIcoWiGXwwqAHNS5Qvm7GGDH6azuAZcPYYsI9k6fRr5mIQHePiBD73zEXIGFc5ilgDeUZvL62j-AXonfPyr_c/s1600/poster+edit+with+deo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdm-xg6AEZ5xBuzYlCgqRldtMLJA_uClJq08BqEHSzCjSTyM0SxQibeEmAIcoWiGXwwqAHNS5Qvm7GGDH6azuAZcPYYsI9k6fRr5mIQHePiBD73zEXIGFc5ilgDeUZvL62j-AXonfPyr_c/s320/poster+edit+with+deo.jpg" width="235" /></a></div><br />
As you can see it just does not look anywhere near good enough to get into the band of marks i intend to get into.<br />
<br />
So i moved onto a new picture with new problems.<br />
<br />
Below is the original image i am currently editing.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUeP4Jeiy_Yhbedy5ifkra7poST80Kg-PQ72GoBgxKo7tJWZ0GK0nLQsZ__qIDmg1RP1t_vgg5MjS8ba21mtTy-L6e2-p5HvyvUMR02t5Zexcj_x2RR7og-Tq84chvXB_HImFB_zrQ_PKl/s1600/IMG_7456.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUeP4Jeiy_Yhbedy5ifkra7poST80Kg-PQ72GoBgxKo7tJWZ0GK0nLQsZ__qIDmg1RP1t_vgg5MjS8ba21mtTy-L6e2-p5HvyvUMR02t5Zexcj_x2RR7og-Tq84chvXB_HImFB_zrQ_PKl/s320/IMG_7456.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
It is a close mid shot of the character looking below the camera and is of good quality.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGs58PeU-qWKCL4DzMxka71LJv4uvTxqTSAv4U33gYvcZbu3xeSGN0nDBvUZhqzH_UwwJ-hu1fVmasS5ijbinHpZVSsWgT3xzVpO1ws3korGrb1AYMN4qauC41O7JE1jrAtS_Y8w70hRb/s1600/deo+close+up.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyGs58PeU-qWKCL4DzMxka71LJv4uvTxqTSAv4U33gYvcZbu3xeSGN0nDBvUZhqzH_UwwJ-hu1fVmasS5ijbinHpZVSsWgT3xzVpO1ws3korGrb1AYMN4qauC41O7JE1jrAtS_Y8w70hRb/s320/deo+close+up.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br />
I cropped, zoomed and sharpened the image to produce the size needed for an A4 poster, you can also see i have removed the unneeded colours in the background that made the image look unprofessional.<br />
<br />
I have done further edits in Photoshop and added fonts:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqExdxy91JanF5u4wjfQGa02h7ZsW2ct6CQ4Za33LPS9lVFXzpq33FuD-y6jYSyH1bNUHuombfYHdCl4CHnMVWdc8rlS03twMrwg5Ux4pUsYhnn0K8HC4xQOqgQpElD_b8-Wew97jtP8Vo/s1600/deo+close+up+picnik+edit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqExdxy91JanF5u4wjfQGa02h7ZsW2ct6CQ4Za33LPS9lVFXzpq33FuD-y6jYSyH1bNUHuombfYHdCl4CHnMVWdc8rlS03twMrwg5Ux4pUsYhnn0K8HC4xQOqgQpElD_b8-Wew97jtP8Vo/s320/deo+close+up+picnik+edit.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br />
I then added the sponsors in a black bar at the bottom of the poster:<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-biRvya__AGVNlZ2ngdVtT7qJYi6qd3oqwdof6i2g5fz9A10R4frhjC0ea9ikRdp5XitN8VxGYF_2iH0bvXo17iRp5Vr5p2fUfeZQ2wTOu-GrTaqyQqH2kYmjNq6hzZ94R32YQli8lWSJ/s1600/poster+with+black+sponsor+line.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-biRvya__AGVNlZ2ngdVtT7qJYi6qd3oqwdof6i2g5fz9A10R4frhjC0ea9ikRdp5XitN8VxGYF_2iH0bvXo17iRp5Vr5p2fUfeZQ2wTOu-GrTaqyQqH2kYmjNq6hzZ94R32YQli8lWSJ/s320/poster+with+black+sponsor+line.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br />
I made a few modifications to the lighting on his face and added the sponsors on the bottom. This is almost the finished article.<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>George russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-57544520281815883192011-11-15T12:07:00.000-08:002011-11-15T12:07:44.725-08:00How to edit my PosterIn the past i have done plenty of editing on video formats but ever have I needed to edited a still image.<br />
<br />
I was obviously aware of the famous adobe Photoshop software but i wanted something a bit more simple to get started with.<br />
<br />
I had a search on the internet and found a lovely website called picnic that lets you edit your photo's online and then simply save them as an edited format back onto your hard drive!!<br />
<br />
It does however limit you to a certain amount of effects so therefore I had to go back to Photoshop to add all the extra bits.<br />
<br />
Here is where I am so far:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNUQjV0iuMA8Y6PVMB8cxFGak0UW2ppA3km6e9lyUvswr6YnT3FGgEIXLV1GfhVJXaMZbABpJxSJ4LcO2Q9beXFt97GG-TBIPSlVcdGWZyVxxCQ1xgBI-srAagfgafzMILQUAeVGzdbQr/s1600/edited+grafiti.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdNUQjV0iuMA8Y6PVMB8cxFGak0UW2ppA3km6e9lyUvswr6YnT3FGgEIXLV1GfhVJXaMZbABpJxSJ4LcO2Q9beXFt97GG-TBIPSlVcdGWZyVxxCQ1xgBI-srAagfgafzMILQUAeVGzdbQr/s400/edited+grafiti.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>George russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-23676465067986772362011-11-15T11:40:00.000-08:002011-11-15T11:40:49.880-08:00PLANNING MY POSTERMaking a poster is a key concept of selling my artists singles, with a good poster comes a brand image of the artist, this is key in making the artist popular.<br />
<br />
You can recognise many artists by visual motif's found in their posters alone, this is why it is important to make a great poster.<br />
<br />
I am currently researching into other artists of the same genre's posters. An artist called Devlin has caught my eye with very similar posters to which I can create but I'm sure I can put an interesting twist to create an independent image of my artist.<br />
<br />
Below are a couple of examples:<br />
<br />
http://www.soulculture.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Devlin_Bud_sweat_beers.jpg<br />
<br />
<br />
http://www.trailershut.com/actor-images/jay-devlin-1630.jpgGeorge russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-55047653079870266382011-11-09T07:30:00.000-08:002011-11-11T02:55:58.579-08:00animatics.This is my anamatic for my video, essentially it is the shots i will be filming that i have drawn out and edited together along with the track. <br />
<br />
This is going to be very useful for when i come to filming because i will know exactly how long each shot needs to be and it will be very hard for me to forget any shots that i may of done without any prior planning.<br />
<br />
Having this anamatic will make the filming side of the project very easy and it is a great way of organising everything.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<br />
<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/fZSHHbknAGo" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>George russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-48222743222472066282011-10-21T02:19:00.000-07:002011-10-21T02:19:03.734-07:00location ideas.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ZC4dETOFbM6VGLiV_OPjpLGCmq7gxLX5bEbxug0li5uiHb3Dh30JWuqyiinatZQYf2_CKcEcaGXKUKCLRhTBy2VQ9jv4pBS2hN351HhUkZvIq60eo61nqpo6lBUom8ANf36OrY5CwIch/s1600/IMG_5681.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8ZC4dETOFbM6VGLiV_OPjpLGCmq7gxLX5bEbxug0li5uiHb3Dh30JWuqyiinatZQYf2_CKcEcaGXKUKCLRhTBy2VQ9jv4pBS2hN351HhUkZvIq60eo61nqpo6lBUom8ANf36OrY5CwIch/s320/IMG_5681.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirHtv_BXjNxExGE3AxMTqcFktmLfhxkDsfeZl2RqMHm_53ucRxxrRbDH9VNNBvYJtY7ul57-vV-8Epgwxk1VxJPovgtAGONEJamvUOs0bWEmhmZVUR_wFG1OR4Fifj0qKqomelsexyE5Mf/s1600/IMG_5682.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirHtv_BXjNxExGE3AxMTqcFktmLfhxkDsfeZl2RqMHm_53ucRxxrRbDH9VNNBvYJtY7ul57-vV-8Epgwxk1VxJPovgtAGONEJamvUOs0bWEmhmZVUR_wFG1OR4Fifj0qKqomelsexyE5Mf/s320/IMG_5682.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpxvjs7S9dFaEFmoVRVXUqYKtrOiAMG26-4p2Mpcvq3Bgp9yILNmlXBAnT8b45b7Nc-wDYTwxItaTFIMLvjK4IDKiw19aSRbOYXL1f2zJxXs_LgM_vgCu4kjf1R0d9U69Q0Z0o-Lg8opI4/s1600/IMG_5683.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpxvjs7S9dFaEFmoVRVXUqYKtrOiAMG26-4p2Mpcvq3Bgp9yILNmlXBAnT8b45b7Nc-wDYTwxItaTFIMLvjK4IDKiw19aSRbOYXL1f2zJxXs_LgM_vgCu4kjf1R0d9U69Q0Z0o-Lg8opI4/s320/IMG_5683.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDypX9gk0Ese1lCdd-WxdyBsMakr6YuM-RNUiZd91rNwA-7WY1N-Hz1HruG-Vog-qLynQ4eW3kXMiwK9jdyfj7UVbZFJOASGbVZyFS0dX6WRJwMP6XInhLs8AlVbhV7oj6oaInuKsxdTn/s1600/IMG_5684.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnDypX9gk0Ese1lCdd-WxdyBsMakr6YuM-RNUiZd91rNwA-7WY1N-Hz1HruG-Vog-qLynQ4eW3kXMiwK9jdyfj7UVbZFJOASGbVZyFS0dX6WRJwMP6XInhLs8AlVbhV7oj6oaInuKsxdTn/s320/IMG_5684.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmll9drc9MbRgwgr9FZy4-TWq0NLieMVU-MIirzY-NytNhJZgOHAlnh-A3Ma8Ry9Opeevxb3Sgg4RAgV0XBpuyS3DH0YadVQDgIfKSPN69QeuPMcnLTSegjI_eMThGhJ5QU54o7CivbK2U/s1600/IMG_5685.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmll9drc9MbRgwgr9FZy4-TWq0NLieMVU-MIirzY-NytNhJZgOHAlnh-A3Ma8Ry9Opeevxb3Sgg4RAgV0XBpuyS3DH0YadVQDgIfKSPN69QeuPMcnLTSegjI_eMThGhJ5QU54o7CivbK2U/s320/IMG_5685.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmGXcpngDQVH1J1WcNH7uiFXYIIA9mnwe5nxibyUlIXs29sRZsF3SPIvCwc2L4ARPAmwPGr8B0EAZ51XT-dIR5haOqSUP8y36KCf7n97F-UuL_ToR7gc36WL2QVsO-KWpH3ilXMEwACDA/s1600/IMG_5686.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVmGXcpngDQVH1J1WcNH7uiFXYIIA9mnwe5nxibyUlIXs29sRZsF3SPIvCwc2L4ARPAmwPGr8B0EAZ51XT-dIR5haOqSUP8y36KCf7n97F-UuL_ToR7gc36WL2QVsO-KWpH3ilXMEwACDA/s320/IMG_5686.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU35_LMtL63jbbL71yQZa4-1_-wZpLEZLsx0arY0AvWToCXyrzRe-epPv6AHQYoL_-zv9oNUvjBanbLO1mpmz4upgJRseLnbdESIJ7ccFLOSgUIetAD2Uyj4TeZaAAj-WT0kijXbQuFu-X/s1600/IMG_5690.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU35_LMtL63jbbL71yQZa4-1_-wZpLEZLsx0arY0AvWToCXyrzRe-epPv6AHQYoL_-zv9oNUvjBanbLO1mpmz4upgJRseLnbdESIJ7ccFLOSgUIetAD2Uyj4TeZaAAj-WT0kijXbQuFu-X/s320/IMG_5690.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYV28xwa_lhHNgilASZI26zIY5OyHnvq3QiRSTx5CVXzJCkv_I0wlzuI2XIUkZFnokFD-Gsxz8CNAscpkBTPp8aRkSBQGSPFJvkc_0vZ6S0HHccrQFIiHs_13H9w6Phm-fUcbsG4SmpZTe/s1600/IMG_5691.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYV28xwa_lhHNgilASZI26zIY5OyHnvq3QiRSTx5CVXzJCkv_I0wlzuI2XIUkZFnokFD-Gsxz8CNAscpkBTPp8aRkSBQGSPFJvkc_0vZ6S0HHccrQFIiHs_13H9w6Phm-fUcbsG4SmpZTe/s320/IMG_5691.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmYsJmmZa0HLG-AcFH4i0EOsSAmyuyvmxPBlOXWAWdNQFeXaUytVd1_E67suRrWEPgJOKkf-lArH2bXu99rG93VHlCO2LdQEEJMKH7CP9H7qTqSPb0CvR-FO_RDYkx9oVE60bTwhNcSIg2/s1600/IMG_5689.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmYsJmmZa0HLG-AcFH4i0EOsSAmyuyvmxPBlOXWAWdNQFeXaUytVd1_E67suRrWEPgJOKkf-lArH2bXu99rG93VHlCO2LdQEEJMKH7CP9H7qTqSPb0CvR-FO_RDYkx9oVE60bTwhNcSIg2/s320/IMG_5689.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVweSpF0XYrCXeYHI4emVHeTSaxBUHzSXsErVbHz70S-Xhyphenhyphen4U7vUTvg9IbdGSPApVqMMTbB0VB5L6MSSOJQDdh6-98Y5WhsGbplPEYYY9MvcYwAsuUH6jQdr3iyD8THyjhM7mFI5kIWzAU/s1600/IMG_5687.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVweSpF0XYrCXeYHI4emVHeTSaxBUHzSXsErVbHz70S-Xhyphenhyphen4U7vUTvg9IbdGSPApVqMMTbB0VB5L6MSSOJQDdh6-98Y5WhsGbplPEYYY9MvcYwAsuUH6jQdr3iyD8THyjhM7mFI5kIWzAU/s320/IMG_5687.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>George russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-15573284460088738002011-10-20T04:12:00.000-07:002011-10-20T04:12:21.432-07:00Feedback on my ideas from a focus group.The first person I asked for oppinions about my ideas was Dan finn.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4StAEd5lCTkBNie-DOn7mFZEnU7mvX1m53f-006Tsq3NPi2NzgMRbdukvZ0fkiKvWP4z6vov5MSoHdux-r9OFsJYO7TC3qJPu25NEujrJYwJ-_Ah0ATVThnSDm_TYqx6ShFPxZKmneGR/s1600/IMG_3481.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY4StAEd5lCTkBNie-DOn7mFZEnU7mvX1m53f-006Tsq3NPi2NzgMRbdukvZ0fkiKvWP4z6vov5MSoHdux-r9OFsJYO7TC3qJPu25NEujrJYwJ-_Ah0ATVThnSDm_TYqx6ShFPxZKmneGR/s400/IMG_3481.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I told Dann about my ideas for my shots and my locations.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He really liked my ideas and thought they were all really good aspects of the genre i am trying to portray.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He gave me a few new ideas like to keep the locations as run down and grotty as possible as it will fit the genre really well, he also said that to have some overgrown plants would look great in the video and he even gave me a few locations that he thinks would be good which you can see on my next post.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlVjkKIhhL1d5YilWcY562VTTnxaW06k9qL56dDd0zV-qGg-AtacGnhh9IYo18ARyGfNH-gdEnC03TW1XHt4ytH2yVAxKbLjLIQymPQ-sro3vfyTDracqIThzjC4J67nVrba-G20MsdbSR/s1600/IMG_3484.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlVjkKIhhL1d5YilWcY562VTTnxaW06k9qL56dDd0zV-qGg-AtacGnhh9IYo18ARyGfNH-gdEnC03TW1XHt4ytH2yVAxKbLjLIQymPQ-sro3vfyTDracqIThzjC4J67nVrba-G20MsdbSR/s400/IMG_3484.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I then asked Dan Coulston for his opinions on the same thing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He had a very similar opinion to the other Dan and said very similar things in comparison about the nature of the locations. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He also gave me the great idea that I should include a dog in the video, a staffy would be optimal he said.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-uZvL6H08_WKuv6EFGvKtR0KV3wrYI5pqtdMv1pvFBBCyUVCCQBZ5aDmepC1QckD9xF0NjJJFH7rJ2Ct_UtXLk6EzJRtegiphuOKv_utUGz2xp4ozpFNkJcgNwtBe_bcUlBkuALPvMEn/s1600/IMG_3482.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit-uZvL6H08_WKuv6EFGvKtR0KV3wrYI5pqtdMv1pvFBBCyUVCCQBZ5aDmepC1QckD9xF0NjJJFH7rJ2Ct_UtXLk6EzJRtegiphuOKv_utUGz2xp4ozpFNkJcgNwtBe_bcUlBkuALPvMEn/s400/IMG_3482.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I also thought it would be good to get a female opinion on my music video ideas.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Therefore i asked leah beavis her opinions on my ideas. I even ran through a couple of my ideas for the shots and camera angles.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">She absolutely loved the ideas and gave me some new ideas in ways that i can use the locations that Dan suggested to me. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All the feedback i had from this focus group filled me with confidence and gave me a few things to work on so i'm really happy i did it.</div>George russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-45670616691918094902011-10-20T02:39:00.000-07:002012-05-04T02:39:20.662-07:00Institutions of British Hip HopBy far the biggest and best represented record label for British hip hop and Grime is Relentless which features artists like dizzee Rascal and Roll deep including Wiley.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://ts2.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4584298322461793&id=f96329dfe80889b90fe0f936e3adea15&url=http%3a%2f%2fstatic.nme.com%2fimages%2fgallery%2fdizzee_rascal_AF_l290409.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="sg_t" height="242" src="http://ts2.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4584298322461793&id=f96329dfe80889b90fe0f936e3adea15&url=http%3a%2f%2fstatic.nme.com%2fimages%2fgallery%2fdizzee_rascal_AF_l290409.jpg" style="height: 242px; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 242px;" width="242" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
As a result they are not the independant record label they were when they started as budgets for music videos reach many thousands and special effects are even used in some productions, as a result it is not the right record label for my music video as the artist is just starting out and as a result the video has a very independant theme and therefore a low budget is used to make the video whereas Relentless use a high budget.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4942206521902094&id=8f9e6cd10b68f7254207f93b8afeb70f&url=http%3a%2f%2f1.bp.blogspot.com%2f_bI5-8YnkkFA%2fTNpCMc_H63I%2fAAAAAAAAFFI%2fsC2amC_emyg%2fs1600%2fRoll%252BDeep%252B-%252BWinner%252BStays%252BOn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="sg_t" height="297" src="http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4942206521902094&id=8f9e6cd10b68f7254207f93b8afeb70f&url=http%3a%2f%2f1.bp.blogspot.com%2f_bI5-8YnkkFA%2fTNpCMc_H63I%2fAAAAAAAAFFI%2fsC2amC_emyg%2fs1600%2fRoll%252BDeep%252B-%252BWinner%252BStays%252BOn.jpg" style="height: 247px; left: 0px; top: 0px; width: 250px;" width="300" /></a></div>
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
A smaller more independant record label i have researchd is 1st blood records, a very independant record lable with low budgets and relatively small name artists, as a result it is the perfect record label for my artist to start at and my video will hopefully have the independant feel to it that a lot of the artists in 1st blood records have in their videos.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://admin.hosts.co.uk/firstpage_public/1/s/1stblood.co.uk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="228" src="http://admin.hosts.co.uk/firstpage_public/1/s/1stblood.co.uk.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<br />George russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-53424621540884824962011-10-13T02:10:00.000-07:002012-05-04T02:10:54.232-07:00Target audienceBritish hip hop is generally assosiated with anti social behaviour and crime, this is backed up by many of the artist representing the genre getting involved in fights and criminal activity.<br />
As a result the music generally talks about criminal activity and creates a representation of the audience aswell.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://shinyshinycufflinks.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/9144-this-is-my-demo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://shinyshinycufflinks.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/9144-this-is-my-demo.jpg" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
After researching where and when music from this genre is played it becoimes very obvious who the target audience for my track is. I found that tracks from the genre are generally played later at night on the radio generally on channels like radio one extra, a radio station owned by the BBC. I know for a fact that their target audience is the younger generation as many people in my friend group listen to it when they are driving and when researching it i found they are targeting a younger audience as their website is marketed towards that audience.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://napt-music.com/wp2/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/b1xtra2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://napt-music.com/wp2/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/b1xtra2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
The channel AKA also play music of this genre throughout the day and have a forum online to promote artists in the genre.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://ts4.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4869492733051943&id=d45ef330a4f51913bcc30275941a6914&url=http%3a%2f%2fsmtdaily.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2011%2f10%2f18102011044442.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="sg_t" src="http://ts4.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4869492733051943&id=d45ef330a4f51913bcc30275941a6914&url=http%3a%2f%2fsmtdaily.com%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2011%2f10%2f18102011044442.jpg" style="left: 0px; top: 0px;" /></a></div>
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br />
Therefore it is fairly obvious that the target audience is of the younger generation and for people living in more urban areas and larger cities.<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<a href="http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4955593938895762&id=f53a23e9eba2a4bdae6a8392878644c1&url=http%3a%2f%2fimg.thesun.co.uk%2fmultimedia%2farchive%2f00859%2fSNF04SOL3_682_859766a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="sg_t" src="http://ts3.mm.bing.net/images/thumbnail.aspx?q=4955593938895762&id=f53a23e9eba2a4bdae6a8392878644c1&url=http%3a%2f%2fimg.thesun.co.uk%2fmultimedia%2farchive%2f00859%2fSNF04SOL3_682_859766a.jpg" style="left: 0px; top: 0px;" /></a></div>George russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-84064076829495373072011-10-12T07:46:00.000-07:002011-10-12T07:46:19.408-07:00Album cover Inspiration.I've looked through many album covers in my research and i have found a common image in many of them.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7hatXMcBUENLCUjwvfZTH_txx1S1TJbsuOvcyWky-UgvU7CrkgBJOKQPO87gVWCjz2_igR406N-3WPcTACL-NsuitBPxcSytBvGW9QJR-5vn5sFNj4zSBJNJi_6phz35hzU4K7LiYCDjL/s1600/brick+grey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7hatXMcBUENLCUjwvfZTH_txx1S1TJbsuOvcyWky-UgvU7CrkgBJOKQPO87gVWCjz2_igR406N-3WPcTACL-NsuitBPxcSytBvGW9QJR-5vn5sFNj4zSBJNJi_6phz35hzU4K7LiYCDjL/s400/brick+grey.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>The common theme in many of the album covers is that the artists are stood up against a wall. I do not know why they do this but it is something i can easily reprecate for my album cover and it is also something i can use for all my pannels on my digipack!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYxrcHUrDX5pssDyMlYrcJpLuJ659EiKjS5Sp-hzEKR8P-29KpdO_JdSBRuJ2Gb608NTenqdHUkj89Wx5CmXJHh5iBjSCKqXcUtrevbkyJIAWohpD-tHoIXP1YeHauQqqs4OtwPIHcMQI/s1600/devlin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeYxrcHUrDX5pssDyMlYrcJpLuJ659EiKjS5Sp-hzEKR8P-29KpdO_JdSBRuJ2Gb608NTenqdHUkj89Wx5CmXJHh5iBjSCKqXcUtrevbkyJIAWohpD-tHoIXP1YeHauQqqs4OtwPIHcMQI/s400/devlin.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>This is Devlin's album cover, he is a very famous british grime artist and it is in many ways identical to the preview album cover of a very independant young rapper.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht8F6ezxjJXZqA6wVGlbZ6iM5c4lUvhQlS_wtsrvOfo30JgIQ1ou4AcVTMC8u-L8_8AekFYiVjINqdhq0IKPLGjSGJg8cbqAGXtJoiOQDlN9lVD1eJHp8Wyz0Oo-cyXAN_4GjjryM4Zjsb/s1600/chipmunk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht8F6ezxjJXZqA6wVGlbZ6iM5c4lUvhQlS_wtsrvOfo30JgIQ1ou4AcVTMC8u-L8_8AekFYiVjINqdhq0IKPLGjSGJg8cbqAGXtJoiOQDlN9lVD1eJHp8Wyz0Oo-cyXAN_4GjjryM4Zjsb/s400/chipmunk.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<br />
This is british rapper Chipmunk's album back cover and it shows a very similar image to the others. This means that i can easily use this kind of image in my digipak and it relates extremely well to my genre.<br />
<br />
Another theme that comes accross in many covers is that they are in a park and there are kids park toys in the background. Again i can't say where this ideo comes from but i think it will be easy to replicate for my back cover for example.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFxm1PC830MaNkmFRF86y1xzw7KspxvkNnC3IdUoV2UntxiMJZwl98b9S9Z2nm9JDR6R4gSaDt2PsuDzPHeh9uCrT8VHZoM9IIIMPb8vKPoU0PYzlr8POzOjU29FBIkH1H9thUykFvff-J/s1600/wiley.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFxm1PC830MaNkmFRF86y1xzw7KspxvkNnC3IdUoV2UntxiMJZwl98b9S9Z2nm9JDR6R4gSaDt2PsuDzPHeh9uCrT8VHZoM9IIIMPb8vKPoU0PYzlr8POzOjU29FBIkH1H9thUykFvff-J/s400/wiley.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
This is Wiley from the famous Roll Deep crew.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyLm1iQjzJqiNp7_c_byldTN7KOJEPRN_P4rfpb-Zqn9oJHmGvNX38y-TjhpQGBsJJ2uvlmjwTUpDi0kjQ9CYU_EAX2c03v978p8UAfIPPoWzOzmqMQAPX327VT5wkAYanJE8c0OCFr1Q-/s1600/giggs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyLm1iQjzJqiNp7_c_byldTN7KOJEPRN_P4rfpb-Zqn9oJHmGvNX38y-TjhpQGBsJJ2uvlmjwTUpDi0kjQ9CYU_EAX2c03v978p8UAfIPPoWzOzmqMQAPX327VT5wkAYanJE8c0OCFr1Q-/s400/giggs.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
This is British hip hop artist Giggs with his album Walk in the Park.George russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-4883552330946396402011-10-12T06:08:00.000-07:002011-10-12T06:08:54.202-07:00Camera Angles.In Hip Hop the general image of an artist is of power and an uprising from poverty. To portray this in their videos artist use low angle shots to look up at the artist, this is commonly used in cinema and television dramas to show the more powerful protagonist. <br />
<br />
Here are some examples of performers using low angle shots to create the visual presense that they are strong and powerful.<br />
<br />
<img alt="T.I. @ the Chaifetz Arena -- 2008.02.19" height="602" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3649/3315662686_f9a551ea19_o.jpg" width="401" /><br />
<br />
This is the rapper TI performing in concert but when combined wiht the shot below would make a great shot for my british hip hop scene.<br />
<br />
<img alt="Banksy Tesco sandcastles" border="0" height="500" src="http://www.artofthestate.co.uk/photos/banksy_hastings_update.jpg" width="490" />George russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-30979948103981792912011-10-12T05:55:00.000-07:002011-10-12T05:55:12.188-07:00Shot ideas.To create a visual motif for the artist in modern hip hop performers use hand guestures to either show they are part of a gang or graffiti to show who they are and what they represent, here are some examples.<br />
<br />
<br />
<a class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Crip_handsign.gif"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="268" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Crip_handsign.gif" width="400" /></a><br />
<br />
Above is the crip signal, a famous gang in America.<br />
<br />
<a class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Latin_King_Graffiti.jpg"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="356" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/66/Latin_King_Graffiti.jpg/220px-Latin_King_Graffiti.jpg" width="400" /></a><br />
<br />
Above is a graffiti call of the Latin kings, a latino gang in America.<br />
<br />
<br />
By having a visual motif the audience will be able to recognise my artist not only by their music and their appearence but also by this visual motif in any future videos that he does.George russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-7706404052241370032011-10-05T08:08:00.000-07:002011-10-12T06:58:56.334-07:00DigipakA digipak is the way i want my video or track to be distributed, all the best singles are now distributed via digipak.<br />
<br />
It is essentially a CD case but made of card and has eithere a picture or a pattern on it. By having it distributed in this way people will be more likely to pass it and it will catch their attention therefore it will increase the good image of the overall product.<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqu5FPWUdLSrzShJ59MBaafowNMDX9mKV3uCQNamdEfIhWIXcYKK1bE00RW7wD3x_s8HQfRG_Q0zLAw86Cy_5uyUAu3VSDqe3zDRwl4YJ8BcdRxK5ih4ykMAKzf7LntTyTG5JQVdo7UH7/s1600/digipak.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqu5FPWUdLSrzShJ59MBaafowNMDX9mKV3uCQNamdEfIhWIXcYKK1bE00RW7wD3x_s8HQfRG_Q0zLAw86Cy_5uyUAu3VSDqe3zDRwl4YJ8BcdRxK5ih4ykMAKzf7LntTyTG5JQVdo7UH7/s400/digipak.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgevlPC7YIHp1_zd00Lz8XqPoov71THpPKDXwQ7k87jl5n2bMFBsgku4DYwVOrZNLPgePPskwR5tJI2xQpZ0v-aj2t9LI-ZoqWsE5MJv9IxYFhwTfWyx6dfDIUxYpfggBXQT8yYsrOqCJIh/s1600/digipak+6.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgevlPC7YIHp1_zd00Lz8XqPoov71THpPKDXwQ7k87jl5n2bMFBsgku4DYwVOrZNLPgePPskwR5tJI2xQpZ0v-aj2t9LI-ZoqWsE5MJv9IxYFhwTfWyx6dfDIUxYpfggBXQT8yYsrOqCJIh/s400/digipak+6.png" width="400" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Here are some examples of successful digipaks in the hip hop market:<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
<img alt="" height="265" id="0" src="http://www.discwizards.com/images/ProdImages/Digipak-6-Panel-5.jpg" width="400" /><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<img alt="" height="266" id="0" src="http://www.discwizards.com/images/ProdImages/Digipak-6-Panel-4.jpg" width="400" /><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<img alt="" height="266" id="0" src="http://www.discwizards.com/images/ProdImages/Digipak-6-Panel-2.jpg" width="400" />George russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-75249986402215885812011-10-05T07:40:00.000-07:002011-10-09T10:57:24.913-07:00My Main Character.My main character is going to be one of my friends at school. He is 17 but if seen by a random person in the stream they would normally assume he is around 19 which is perfect as the artist rapping says he is 19 years old at the start of the track.<br />
<br />
It is vital that my character comes across as a youth from the run down areas of london, therefore the way in which i dress him is vital. For example it would look rediculous if he was wearing expensive branded suits or chinos and a polo shirt. He will be wearing a hooded jacket and most likely either tracksuit bottoms or scruffy jeans and some trainers typical of todays eastlondon youths.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/54478000/jpg/_54478528_012616817-1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Man throws a missile during rioting in Enfield" border="0" src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/54478000/jpg/_54478528_012616817-1.jpg" /></a><br />
<br />
<div class="caption body-narrow-width"></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
This is a photo of the way in which some of the people from london dress.<br />
<br />
The artist is an asian youth and it is key that my character matches this image. My character is very tanned and isn't asian but if hooded it would be very difficult to tell he isn't.<br />
<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/183921_1302123330753_1760550538_535190_2939843_a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/183921_1302123330753_1760550538_535190_2939843_a.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
Above is a photo of Jordan my character. As you can see he comes across as a the ethnicity of british asian. We will have to work on some kind of make up to create a less clean image of him and to make the illusion he is from the area the artist is from and to create the image that the artist is a poor man rapping about his life.George russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-6959446152438739392011-10-05T07:16:00.000-07:002011-10-05T07:16:41.895-07:00Where My Track Will Be Played.On sky channel 370 is a music channel called AKA, it plays all the big new hits from major artists aswell as the new up and coming artists. Millions of people my age watch this channel religeously and it wis hugely popular with the teenage party lifestyle, i have even been to parties where instead of a playlist on their ipod they simply put the television on channel 370 and played channel AKA. This would be a great way in which to get my music video out there!<br />
<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN72nHC1nSArUrHyXIcuVjsBnUKobKByXVykQ3QmTlxC-aDYxmQhyf5JbrxAYl5Qy9cnKKMGcDUCydFfTwNhJEzYiw3NhJRmVZkCGeaa-yDZU8hsxSHaHLDI04uacMn78OEzIfRGeIhjkj/s1600/aka.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN72nHC1nSArUrHyXIcuVjsBnUKobKByXVykQ3QmTlxC-aDYxmQhyf5JbrxAYl5Qy9cnKKMGcDUCydFfTwNhJEzYiw3NhJRmVZkCGeaa-yDZU8hsxSHaHLDI04uacMn78OEzIfRGeIhjkj/s320/aka.png" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<br />
This would hopefully produce a popularity for my track, not only can they view my video from the television but they can also whatch it on the internet via the AKA website or the obvious <a href="http://www.youtube.com/">www.youtube.com</a>.George russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838765544963735343.post-75273001244009457182011-09-30T02:50:00.000-07:002011-09-30T02:50:02.129-07:00Record labels.The track i am using requires an independent record label and there a plenty of British hip hop labels to choose from. This is because there is not much money in the business and therefore there are not many major record companies for this genre.<br />
<br />
One of the largest companies for this genre is the record label "boy better know" which includes such artists as "wiley" and "skepta"<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.boybetterknow.com/">http://www.boybetterknow.com/</a><br />
<br />
This Record company does not suit my artist however as not only is it too large and now becoming more mainstream but the music in the label is more following the Grime route of British hip hop which does not work for my track, which is much more of a hip hop track.<br />
<br />
The record label I will be using is Aim2Break records. They are a record label that keeps it simple and don't force the artist to change their music to suit the trends of the music industry to make them sell more records, the label simply takes the music as it is.<br />
<br />
<a href="http://www.aim2breakrecords.com/index.php">http://www.aim2breakrecords.com/index.php</a>George russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08000851695048332104noreply@blogger.com0