Evaluation Page

I haven't done many posts recently this is because I am woking on my Evaluation Page, which is found using the link below.
Evaluation Page

Final Products

Music Video

Digipak

Magazine Advert

Reflective Comment
I wanted to group all of my media products together, to make them easily visible, located and not scattered all around my blog.

Feedback For All Of My Products

Reflective Comment
I have gained a few different ways of feedback picking out different audiences and focus groups to help my product appeal to more people.

BBC Radio Norfolk Playing Pieces

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04tlsv8
Timings
45:22-49:50 The Meeks // Pieces
49:50-50:07 Sam Day
On the 12 Of March, Our song was played on BBC Radio Norfolk. Sam Day talked a little about us, then he mentioned the music video that got released this week for the song that was just played.
Reflective Comment 
This has helped get us more attention of our music video, as it was broadcasted on radio which a lot of people will hear. 

Music Video Release (Facebook)

I released the music video on out Facebook as it could be easily seen by our followers. We also promoted the video so that it would be seen by more people as sponsored videos. This allowed us to expand our audience to reach to people that don't know us.  

https://www.facebook.com/THEMEEKSUK/videos/645935462264492/

Reflective Comment
This was a great way fro exhibiting as it gained us a lot more recognition on our Facebook page, and opened us out to people that probably don't know us.

Feedback

Music Video

Magazine Advert
Digipak

Reflective Comment

I put up this questionnaire to get feedback for my product as a whole, treating it as more of a campaign.

The Meeks - Pieces (Official Music Video) (Second Edit)

Reflective Comment

This is the final edit of my music video, I've got a lot great feedback from it. I am at that point now where I am really happy with it, and I think it's ready to be released.

Update 27/02/17

Currently I am editing a new version of the music video, I have added a grainy filter over the top of the footage to make it seem more retro, as most videos in that genre, we want it to fit in with the genre that we are associated with. and because of this I don't think I will add the crack in the music video as it wouldn't suit are genre, as the beauty of indie rock music is that it is simplistic and it is more rustic.

Reflective Comment

I just want to mention what I have changed in the music video, based on the feedback that I got, for example I decided not have a crack going through the middle as it was to much effects for the style of the music video.

The Meeks - Pieces (Official Music Video) (First Edit)

Reflective Comment

I wanted to release this version of the music to show people what it was going to  look like roughly with the narrative in the music video. I showed this to a few people to get feedback on the order of shots.

Record Of Filming (Narrative)

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I did this post to show you where I am at with recording the narrative, and that all my recording has been completed.

Digipak Layout (Final) (Without Layout Text)

This is my final design for my Digipak, I have included the design without the layout text. You can now see the design a bit better. I also like the photo of the band I included on the left inside panel, as I think this gives the look of us being more of a band and not just musicians (as in having a live performances). So even though you can see me playing on stage, I was still able to get a photo of the band, As I set a camera up anyway to record us playing through a song. and then I took a screen shot of part of the clip, that got us all in. The EP cover has been used in the magazine advert, and I thought it would be good to include the same design, to make it connect together, which other existing products have done.

Reflective Comment

I am happy with the look for this ancillary tasks, as I want to keep the simplicity of the generic features of indie rock. I might create this as an actual Digipak, if I manage to find a way. But for now I am going to have complete focus and attention on my music video.

Update 07/02/17

I will be filming this week for the narrative part of the music video, this means that I'm able edit over the half term properly and hopefully have a final version done of the music during next week. I am lucky as I can get feedback from the band really easily and they can tell what to change/improve. Also I have found a girl I can use for my music video, who will be working with Harry, her name is Chloe Smith, she does as media as well and drama, so she can act. We're god mates and she gets along well with harry so it'll be easy for them to act together.

Reflective Comment

In terms of my practical I think this is all I really need to do as I have finished/got a version of my magazine advert and Digipak that I'm happy with, this means I can put all of my time into my music video, as this is the only thing that the band will use, so I want to make sure it is too a good enough quality.

Digipak Layout (Final)

This is my Digipak, I am quite happy with the look of it. It includes some of the typical features of an EP Digipak, as most EPs are sold by the band, so they won't really need a barcode, as they aren't commercially sold. I like the look of the layout, the band logo seems to follow the shape of the tray quite well, as it is a circular shape. I wanted to have the song title typefaces to be different to the bands text ('THE MEEKS' and 'PIECES').

Reflective Comment

This post was to show how the Digipak will be laid out. I will do another post without all the text covering over the images, so you can properly see everything.

Magazine Advert (Final)

I have now finished my magazine advert, I am quite happy with how it looked, as I think it looks like a traditional magazine advert for our genre of music. I looked at similar bands' magazine adverts and this one, and they seem to follow the same look kind of look.

Reflective Comment

This is my final version for my magazine advert. I wanted to keep the quality up to its highest. I had to create the different parts in different documents (Logo, 'PIECES' and the EP Cover) as I couldn't create all the parts in one.

The Meeks - Pieces (Official Music Video) (Final Edit of the Band)

Reflective Comment

For this version I have adjusted the some of the lighting and colouring to bring out some clips to make them able to see. I have added a 'Black Bar' at the top and the bottom of all the clip. I like this as I thought it looked more professional and cinematic. 

The Meeks - Pieces (Official Music Video) (After Feedback)

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This is the edit I have done after the feedback I got from the first version I got. I used a different preset to get a different look, and stylise the footage a bit better.I also worked on the colouring a bit to get the lighting a bit better to bring out some dark areas. 

Update 26/01/17

I haven't posted much recently, as I am working on the editing for the music video. Currently just improving it based on the feedback I have got from the people I have shown it too. I am having a few problems with lighting, trying to get the footage a bit lighter without getting the exposure to high and ruining the footage. I have looked at some videos for colouring. I might post them on my blogger so you can see where I have got my help from. I will recording the narrative part for the music video soon, I will filming it at the school, so it suits in with the 'Across the front of the stage' lyric.

Reflective Comment

A lot of my time has been taking up editing and looking up different tutorials on how to improve the quality of music video to make it look more professional. once I have learnt out how to edit the lighting properly I will be posting an edit with the lighting hopefully fixed.

Feedback (First Music Video Edit)

Reflective Comment

This post has help me gain feedback on what to change/adjust for my next edit of the music video, I have really done much editing based on lighting and coloring, so I think based on the feedback I have got, I might need to give that a bit of work.

The Meeks - Pieces (Official Music Video) (First Band Edit)

Reflective Comment

This is the first edit of the music video. i have shown it to the band to see what they thought, and I gave them suggestions on where I can take this to either improve or experiment with. I have just edited the clips so that they flow in the order that I want them to, I might make a few chnages based on audience feedback.

Final Design : EP Cover

This is 'The Meeks - Pieces EP' completed. I can now use this to create my digipak and use this to produce my design for the magazine advert as well. I have changed it a bit since my last EP cover, I just didn't think the white background worked that well so I changed it to have a black background to make it look more powerful and work better as a design.

Reflective Comment

I can now use this to create my full digipak and use it in my magazine advert, I will be posting these soon, a lot of my time is taken up by doing the music video, but once that is done I can continue this.