Question 4- How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

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Question 3- What have you learned from your audience feedback?

For question three I have conducted a wide variety of ways to get audience feed back on both my ancillary texts and my music video. As part of this question I recorded and edited a video of Leanne Gelder giving answers to question I asked her and her overall opinion on mine and Beccy music video.I asked Leanne specifically as she suitable to my target audience, as she was eighteen years old who is places at B/C2 on the jicnar scale but as she is also a media student she was able to give a critical analysis which I found useful.

Steve Neale argued that genre is 'instances of repetition and difference,' Leanne was able to identify that my music video was of the pop genre by using the conventions of casting the

sterotypical: pretty, sexy blonde girl as well as staring other sexualised females. I intensionally wanted to create a generic pop video but also use mine and Beccy's creativity to make it entropic

and contemporary to todays music industry. Andrew Goodwin argued that a music video was a response to the music so by doing synaesthesia I was able to create a response to our chosen song and as I am a fan of mainstream music I realised that I was influenced by the this as I did not necessarily come up with an initially original idea but how I executed the final video makes it entropic e.g. making it comedic.

Casting for the music video did prove difficult as our video needed specific looking girls, by using Facebook me and Beccy were exposed to a wider range of girls which we could ask to star in our video. From Leanne's feedback I now know the cast choice was good for many reasons such as: Abi who starred as the artist looked appropriate for the role e.g. blonde which actually reflects the original artist Tiffany Queen. The only negative criticism is that Abi at times did not appear confident all put as much effort into the dancing e.g. when gyrating against the male. Sadly as we had little time to film we rushed and I did show Abi what I wanted her to act like e.g. with attitude but she is shy and timid she was always reclusive.

Michael Shore argues that music videos are: recycled styles … surface without substance , image and style scavengers, vanity, adolescent male fantasies, classical storytelling’s motifs, soft-core pornography and clichéd imagery.

Stacey Hall 01 March at 01:14

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JATDZWvl4ng
  
  hey ppl well for my coursework i have write about audience feedback, if you pls comment in detail such as:
• editing
• look
• overall thoughts
  how you view it and how it affect you
• wot genre u fink it is
  little details you noticed e.g. photo of cast?
  did you accept the vid for wot it was or did you agree with the vid with messages u dont agree with e.g. the bannana?
  
• As well cud u comment on my advert and digipak to similar q's (i dont ask much rite guys) ty xxx
  
  http://staceya2media.blogspot.com/2010/12/blog-post.html
  
  http://staceya2media.blogspot.com/2010/12/final-digipak-for-tiffany-queen.html
  
  thank u ppl love u, if u can than gr8 but if not ty anyways xxx

Hey Boy - Tiffany Queen - Media Coursework

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Elliott ͒̊̉͆͗̓̚͏̨̤̲̫̤̝̀ ̶̛̰͓͈̠̤̺̘̠̩̹͜͝ Freshwater 01 March at 22:18 Reply • Report

1. (0:58 and 1:44 in the video) the energy of the cast could have been more lively. The scene with the girl wrapping/unwrapping the guy with the mic cord just didnt have energy basically meaning acting to the camera cause she has too or cant be bothered, also in that scene the guy just stood there. 1:44 the effort of the "grind" scene was the same as the reason i gave for 0:58.

2. (1:14 to 1:26) Too many scenes some the same person or thing have been spilt up to much and flash up to quickly for anything to register. Basically the song doesnt fit the video. see lady gaga - pokerface to see that the intro uses the

flicking effect but stays with the same person or style of dress for a length of time, then switch.

3. (2:23 and 2:24 Sorry but wtf) 2:23 why did that guy touch her in that way and that style? and 2:24 why is she peeling a banana? is this soft porn im watching?

4. (3:06 to 3:19) KInda understanding why all the girls were used, but video doesnt really match the song.
5. (3:22) Dont use a scene (where the guy mime what the fuck) like that for that type of song , if it was gangester rap then i would understand!

Overall editing was good to start with (0:37) but phased out in the middle and seemed like you just rearranged and flicking through scene's.

Didnt notice that cast photo, and picture may have been a key point to the video.

I will have to watch again 2mora so i can make a better judgement. However good job :D

Elliott ͒̊̉͆͗̓̚͏̨̤̲̫̤̝̀ ̶̛̰͓͈̠̤̺̘̠̩̹͜͝ Freshwater 01 March at 22:20 Reply • Report

2. (1:14 to 1:26) Too many scenes OF* the same person have been spilt to much and flash up to quickly for anything to register

Lucy Beswick 01 March at 22:42 Reply • Report

Well i think it's propper good Stace <> :D ♥

Mel Chadwick 01 March at 22:46 Reply • Report

Whoa Elliott, brutal.

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Elliott ͒̊̉͆͗̓̚͏̨̤̲̫̤̝̀ ̶̛̰͓͈̠̤̺̘̠̩̹͜͝ Freshwater 01 March at 22:52 Reply • Report

audience feedback.
Haters gonna hate!

Stacey Hall 01 March at 23:06

lol it k guys it helps, ty elliot x

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Sammy Bradley 01 March at 23:16 Reply • Report

That is ACE lol :D x

Sammy Bradley 01 March at 23:22 Reply • Report

The banana in the middle of it didn't really make sense .. :/ x

Mel Chadwick 02 March at 09:56 Reply • Report

Yeah the bananas weird

Sophie Griffiths 02 March at 11:54 Reply • Report

I like the message that it's portraying but I don't think the male character suits the role. He seems to nice and a bit femanine really, I would of got someone else who was maybe older and masculine (no offence). it's sexualised so I would say it is aimed at the male audince. A bit more enthusiam probably was needed but I think is the same in a lot of other peoples videos aswell.

The banana is just your A grade right there lol
It's good when you see the lad jump from girl to girl I think that's really clever and the editing for that was really good.

It's a catchy song so I think people will watch the video, its a really good attempt but next time I would use people who wouldn't be to scared or shy about performing for the camera. Xx

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Elliott ͒̊̉͆͗̓̚͏̨̤̲̫̤̝̀ ̶̛̰͓͈̠̤̺̘̠̩̹͜͝ Freshwater 02 March at 19:24 Reply • Report

He seems to nice and a bit femanine really <>

Beth Small 02 March at 19:28 Reply • Report

Sexy girls dancing relates to everything. Especially music of any genre.

Sophie Griffiths 02 March at 19:35 Reply • Report

Because you can see that shes trying to use the male as the sort of character whos a bit of a ladies man and wants a bit of fufu, but he just dosent suit that character. Its just the use of imagination.

It's like in Katy perrys music video, why have her in just skimpy outfits, why have rhianna eat a banana. Sex sells

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Sophie Griffiths 02 March at 19:46 Reply • Report

Nooo you would of suited my music video. A more indie/ rock video would have suited you better.

Nikita Croy 02 March at 19:49 Reply • Report

I think it works! I think maybe the girls could be outdoors as well. Like little love scenes having a picnic. Very sexy :) Well done, i can see why you got an A! X

Elliott ͒̊̉͆͗̓̚͏̨̤̲̫̤̝̀ ̶̛̰͓͈̠̤̺̘̠̩̹͜͝ Freshwater 02 March at 20:16 Reply • Report

@Sophie *using the male as the sort of character whos a bit of a ladies man*, but the song lyrics go "hey boy you arnt gotta be alone, get what you got, i got what you want ah ah ah".
Now this confused me cause is it beth thats singing in the mic. So i thought the song was about her singing, i got what you want sooooo be with me etc but in the end she pushes him away to other girls???

and james dont be hard on yourself, remeber this well..... Good guys finish last! (meaning your'll get to pick and choose who you want later on in life, cause girls will coming running to you after they get tired of being fucked about by the "bad boys")
I know its fucked up but girl's clearly dont know whats good for them half the time.

.Ahhh touche, wasnt really listening to the lyrics. It's still a good video, but we were only given a small time scale to film and edit in so that needs to be taken into consideration.

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Elliott ͒̊̉͆͗̓̚͏̨̤̲̫̤̝̀ ̶̛̰͓͈̠̤̺̘̠̩̹͜͝ Freshwater 02 March at 20:30 Reply • Report

@sophie how could you not listen to the song, it was the main part. With beth singing it and the song playing in the background, you couldnt help but notice :/

and beth i like your like, if that was possible :D

Lucy Beswick 02 March at 20:32 Reply • Report

I think it was Abi miming <>

Sophie Griffiths 02 March at 20:33 Reply • Report

I was just watching the overall performance, dosent matter about the song. Its the camera work, lip syncing and editing that gets marked.

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Elliott ͒̊̉͆͗̓̚͏̨̤̲̫̤̝̀ ̶̛̰͓͈̠̤̺̘̠̩̹͜͝ Freshwater 02 March at 20:39 Reply • Report

One moment please..... oooh yeah abi was the singing, and by god! she looks so much like this girl i know :O .
anywho... camera work ok and will get better :)
Lipsyncing - Could have had more effort needed and relax in the performance.
Editing - Very good at the start but too many images flashing up per second in the middle of the vid.

Lucy Beswick 02 March at 20:44 Reply • Report

I just think it's averall awesome and i think the girls not including me ofc were really good they're not actresses unfortunately, just Beccy and Stacey's friends...so maybe that's why they weren't perfect in every single detail?

Elliott ͒̊̉͆͗̓̚͏̨̤̲̫̤̝̀ ̶̛̰͓͈̠̤̺̘̠̩̹͜͝ Freshwater 02 March at 20:50 Reply • Report

lol Lucy i think your right, but acting isnt hard... you girls manage to fake Orgasm's :D

Sophie Griffiths 02 March at 20:51 Reply • Report

Dude actings hard and i do performing arts.

But you boys are only good for one thing and half the time your crap at that so we have to fake.

Elliott ͒̊̉͆͗̓̚͏̨̤̲̫̤̝̀ ̶̛̰͓͈̠̤̺̘̠̩̹͜͝ Freshwater 02 March at 20:57 Reply • Report

but half the time we are good, if not great :D
so why fake them, us guys already know we arnt good 100% of the time.
Its like make up, half they time you girls get it right and look great. The other time's.... meh.

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Music Video

First draft of beginning of our music video

We filmed the opening sequence before the music video on Thursday, we filmed at Abi's house as me and Beccy thought her bedroom best suited Tiffany's personality and style.

We found the first shoot slightly difficult as we changed Abi's costume until we were satisfied with her appearance because previously we believed she did not reflect Tiffany.

Location

I have spoke to photographer at my work place about me and Beccy using his photography studio to film for our music video. He is allowing us to use it whenever it is free; this means we can organise times and dates when we can start filming.

Issues are arising at the moment such as when we can film parts of our music video due to either me or Beccy working and when the cast are available. To sort this out we are going to contact the cast over Facebook on the event page which we set up a few weeks ago to sort out: times and date.

This studio is perfect for our music video as it has a large backdrop with a choice of white and black colours. There is plenty of lighting: a large window allows in natural light into the studio but also he had six powerful lights available for us to use, this will give us a more professional look to the video if we get perfect lighting, to to this we will simply experiment until we are happy with the outcome. As it is a large studio it allows plenty of movement so we can have dance sequences and experiment with camera angles. There is also plenty of room for more than one person in the frames and props can be present.

Originally we were going to use green screen for our music video but me and Beccy think this will be difficult and time consuming to use for our music video so we thought we would simply using a plain backdrop so that focus is on the girls in the video and no distractions are present. To make the video more entropic we we add text over the clips which is possible to do in Adobe Premiere Pro which will just as effective.

Audience feed back

Ashyyy

'"oh wow
ive not seen some of them before
i love the colour thingy that youve done!
thats really good!"'

'"it looks like it could be in a teen mag?
i love the colours
but couldnt pick out a bad thing
except.. why is the top right picture normal coloura?"'



Sophooo

'"STACE thats immesnsee!! i love the top right one!"'

'"thats brill stace your guna do so good!"'

Mel

'"oooooh looks awesome, i love the top right one"'












Bonnie Brinkworth loveeeeee it. i'de say pop, but a bit edgy, like lady gaga'ish. really like how you've edited the photo's and the texture in the background :)

Emily Page I just generally ♥ it :)

Sophie Gardner Love it stace, it looks fab!!:) ♥

Shelley Eva Haden love the outbreaks of colour, the picture bottum right is gorgeous. I think the image bottum left, there is tooo much going on, looks to posed but thats the only bit of critisism i would give.. Love the added sparkles and wrighting, it gives it an edge. The old vintage effect surrounding the frame of each image is the 'cherry on top of the cake'.. weldone! ♥

James White Love it stace :) I like the black and White with the bursts of pink and the effects you've put on the images. I think maybe it would look better if the lips were a bit bigger on the cd, and I'm not a mahoosive fan of the font, but that's just me. Everyone else seems to like it :)

Em Webb I love it :) x

Ash Jones Looks pretty awesome. :)

Beccy Bonfield omg stace, that is so good!!! I love the colours and how you've made the pink jump out and stand out. It looks old, and yet modern. The back cover is good, but I think the pink writing needs to be a bit bolder, as I think its a bit hard to see. Other than that it is amazing, well done matey :)

Shane Smith The border really stands out to me, I think it goes really well with the look of the piece. Also the pink makes it really eye catching.

Samantha Wainwright luv it Stacey x lips n writing are fab x the photo is gorgeous x x x really strikin' x

Beth Small I really like the boobies.

Rhiannon Tapsell well done stace, looks FAAAAAAAAAB :D xx i would buy this album :) xxx

Final advert

This is my advert to promote Tifffany Queens digipak titled Royalty. I continued to use the same editing style so that the both the digipak and advert link well with one another as this allows the audience to recognise what the digipak looks like so that they can go and purchase it.

I used a similar photograph of Abi who is portraying Tiffany Queen in the digipak as well as in the music video. She has a great pop look about her and is believable to be a: strong individual new pop/ dance artist. I chose to use this particular photograph out of many as I love her attitude in her strong and power stance yet she connects with the audience as her eyes appear to be staring into yours. Connecting with the audience is important as many who haven't heard a song from this artist will either like or dismiss her if she comes across negatively.

Our demographic audience is 14-17 year old girls, I believe this is reflected in this advert as the colour scheme would appeal to the young girls and the whole feminine appearance of Tiffany as well. I believe this post appears to target the mainstream audience as it looks: professional, creative and clearly presents the artist. By adding details such as a quote from the main stream magazine Heat also will influence young girls to purchase this digipak as they want the new and latest things. As it is a main stream digipak where you could purchase it from was also important, I decided that HMV would sell Tiffany's digipak as they are a world wide company who sell the latest music at a reasonable price.

Overall I am extremely happy with both my digipak and advert, they both link well with one another. It is different from many albums and digipaks available in stores today which is good as they are thought provoking and artistic and would capture many peoples attention. I believe I created a persona for Tiffany Queen who is relevant to the modern music industry as today the charts are ruled by amazing and individual female artists such as: Cheryl Cole, Katy Perry, Lady Ga Ga, Pink, Rhianna and Ellie Golding etc... and Tiffany Queen would fit alongside them for her pop/ dance music perfectly.

Final digipak for Tiffany Queen

These photographs are the covers and panels for Tiffany Queen's Royalty digipak I have created. I believe I have produced a thought provoking and creative digipak which is also entropic for the pop/ dance genre.

To create my final digipak I did a lot of experimenting and development which I have presented previously on my blog. I had clear vision how I wanted my digipak to look like after discussing the concept of creating a digipak which reflected the 1940's photographs yet also have a modern twist. The old edited look reflects our music video as we are going to produce an 1940 entropic and disjunctive music for our pop/ dance genre. The appearance I created for our lead singer on the other had reflects a modern and individual female artist relevant to the music charts today.

The fonts I have used throughout this digipak are from Picnik, I only used two as I did not want to over complicate the digipak as the focus are the photographs. After researching other digipaks I noticed that the majority of front covers included a photograph of the artist/artists which I decided was suitable for my digipak. I dressed my model in a Jewel bra and cropped hoody as I wanted to create a individual look for Tiffany Queen which is: glam, girly with a feisty attitude. The look of Tiffany Queen would appeal to our demographic audience of girls aged 14-17 and also our secondary audience of males because the digipak looks: main stream, pop and new. I do think the audience well be intrigued why the digipak is edited old but you can clearly still see that the music is pop by the: layout, photographs, colour scheme and artist.

I wanted the digipak to represent our artist so I include photographs of her in different outfits which shows the diversity of her and this represents her music as well. I included a glam photograph of Tiffany getting her make up done which reflects her name 'Queen' which is glamours and shows that maybe she is: spoilt, girly and loves to gossip, as she is on her phone. The second panel includes props which will be used in the music video me and Beccy are going to produce, this gives the audience an insight into Tiffany's creative vision for her music video and also gives her fans an connection as they know what this panel means where as others may not. The third panel which is a thank you panel to her: friends, family and fan was the most different and hardest to create, it took several attempts until I was satisfied with the final layout. To create it I took separate photographs of Abi portraying two sides of Tiffany; the first is: modern, girly and flirtatious whereas the second is: vintage, hardcore, with a glazed look which creates depth to the character. This panel would intrigue the audience to see if these are looks she styles herself or meant to representations of the artist. For the actual CD I kept with the vintage theme and thought about the concept of having a CD which is decorated to look like a vinyl, I photoshoped the Tiffany Queen onto the vinyl which I bought from a charity shop. I think the CD ties the whole concept well together and adds another entropic element to the digipak. The spine of the digipak was simple to produce; I used the same fonts from the front panel and for extra detail I added the main stream music record label Sony. Finally the back cover proved to be difficult and took several attempts to perfect but I think it is effective. I added humour to this by mocking Tiffany Queens name by giving Abi a Tiara; this reflects her girly and Innocent side. The back cover contrasts with the front cover as the focus is the eyes where as the the front seems to focus mostly on her boobs. I placed the song titles individual myself into the curve as I thought it looked: good interesting and reflected the girly side of Tiffany Queen.

Overall I am extremely happy with the outcome of my digipak, I believe I have produced a: high standard, creative and entropic digipak. I have thought about little details such as: parental advisory sticker, record label, bar code, thank you message, and layout. I have and will continue with the 1940's vintage theme with a modern twist throughout my coursework as I think it is thought provoking and entropic. After posting this on Facebook the only negative feedback I have gained is my choice of font for the thank you panel which I agree with slightly but I know if I was to print this out in the size of a digipak it would be readable.

CD/ Digipak example