The music video is done. The CD panels are done. The Website is done. The 4 evaluation questions are done. It is all finally over
Friday, 22 January 2016
Done!
The music video is done. The CD panels are done. The Website is done. The 4 evaluation questions are done. It is all finally over
Evaluation Question 2
The first thing that linked all our items where the prayer hands. This was our synergy product and we planned to use this during our video, CD and website. I also extended the use of prayer hands to promotional posters and tour posters. Also every one involved in the video had to incorporate prayer hands aswell.
This is the most common link between all 3 products and all the extra ones as well. This is something everyone can relate to for many reasons. One being that everyone has gone through some form of prayer, or hoping for things to change, distraught, pain or agony. The prayer hands symbolise a way people deal with this and prayer is often the most common form of this. While it may have religious connotations I feel everyone can understand and respect the use of prayer hands because of the lose of Kevin. Whether they can relate to the religious side is up for debate but relating to the loss and need for consolation after losing someone is something everyone can relate to.
This is the most common link between all 3 products and all the extra ones as well. This is something everyone can relate to for many reasons. One being that everyone has gone through some form of prayer, or hoping for things to change, distraught, pain or agony. The prayer hands symbolise a way people deal with this and prayer is often the most common form of this. While it may have religious connotations I feel everyone can understand and respect the use of prayer hands because of the lose of Kevin. Whether they can relate to the religious side is up for debate but relating to the loss and need for consolation after losing someone is something everyone can relate to.
Wednesday, 20 January 2016
Tuesday, 19 January 2016
Monday, 18 January 2016
Wednesday, 13 January 2016
Feedback on what to improve for my ancillary
Today I went to speak to my friends about the quality of my digipak and what I could do to improve it. I showed them my work and compared it to the digipak of the artist that have inspired our work 'Krept and Konan'.
I was delighted about their reactions. They told me that the quality of my work was impressive. They told me that the colour scheme was very nice and that they could easily realise that the 'prayer hands' were part of my synergy
However, they did raise the point that there were some improvements that could be made. They said that I could add more pictures and text to my website and also go over all of my ancillary work to make any last minute adjustments to my work.
All in all, they were very pleased with my work and I gained some valuable information for my digipak.
I was delighted about their reactions. They told me that the quality of my work was impressive. They told me that the colour scheme was very nice and that they could easily realise that the 'prayer hands' were part of my synergy
However, they did raise the point that there were some improvements that could be made. They said that I could add more pictures and text to my website and also go over all of my ancillary work to make any last minute adjustments to my work.
All in all, they were very pleased with my work and I gained some valuable information for my digipak.
Photoshop Issues
- My inner CD wasn't working properly, it wouldn't allow me to see the smaller inner circle. it was sorted eventually but at the very last minute.
- Not being familiar with photoshop meant that i couldn't explore with colours and other functions
Tuesday, 12 January 2016
Issues faced
I experienced a hard time when I couldn't find the inside of my digipak which I had finished creating last week. In turn I must have no properly saved it or deleted it. So the following week, being this week Monday, when I want to do a little edit that was bothering me, I came across this dilemma. However, it was short lived as I simply recreated it the best as I could. This was lucky due to the fact that I had taken a photo of what it looked like when I created it on Friday and I used that as a plan of how to recreate it rather than making something entirely different from what I did. But all is well now, thankfully.
Reflection on my ancillary planning and ideas
The ancillary task for me has been a mix of a blessing and a curse. I worked very hard on the video and the blogs because I knew I had very poor skills on Photoshop dating back to my days of doing ICT at GCSE. So for my CD and website I have decided to keep it very simple and plain for my own benefit.
Colours
Because I have found it so difficult to use Photoshop and remember what I have done i decided to keep it simple and use a simple plain white background. I took my influence from Stromzy - Dreamer Disease EP.
While it could been as boring and not adventurous i felt it was the only way I would finish on time. I also thought simplicity would be the best for me and it matched my website which i had to do again because I had used a background that wasn't my own and a different image from what I had planned to use for my ancillary.
Text
The Text was a graffiti style font. This keeps to the urban look of the CD. It also was more of a rough look, keeping true to the genre which is more hardcore rather than the first font which looked more elegant and more suited for something like classical.
Look
The look of my CD is plain as i said before. The only image on the website and CD is the two artists facing each other. One reason is because we are trying to give them the persona of Gods. Two individuals in a league of their own, the best way to show this was have them be in the own space, the full focus being on them. Another reason is because it shows the emptiness of what they feel in some of their songs I.E their number 1 hit 'Roses'. A lot of their songs are about losing someone or being neglected and disrespected.
Monday, 11 January 2016
Feedback on ancillary so far
So far I am nearly complete with my ancillary mission and it has been such a daunting task considering my difficulties with the software Photoshop. But I feel as though I have gotten the hand of it quite well.
I went around asking people about it so far and I'm really impressed with the level of feedback I've received. For instance many have told me they see the resemblance between my product and the artists that have inspired my work, that being Krept x Konan. It is clear to see that I have managed to link their "The long way home" and my own "Iconic" simultaneously. This has been able to show through because of the significance of imagery and mise-en-scene.
As I loved the concept of the sky background from their album, I wanted to portray that by also using the skyline. What I'm pleased to say I have managed to achieve is the cartoon like image of it all. Through the use of trying out different filters and it looks pretty good.
Another aspect that the audience admired was the use of the theme of colour, I tried to captivatethe same colours of something similar to that of "The long way home", which on turned created the theme of journey and hard times, the sky especially playing a key role in that.
Another aspect was the body language and position of the artists. Kwabz x Kapone were in a similar position as Krept x Konan, that being the sides of the digipak and website. However, the way in which I have made it different is because of the use of syngery, in this case , it was the prayer hands that was used. It has been used throughout the ancillary and music video. Likewise with the name of the album, it was coloured res just has how "The long way home is in red" once again showing the blood, sweat and tears they have gone through to get to where they are now.
What I need to improve on is finishing off my website and adding in all the necessary links such as social media links . Likewise with my digipak, there is one thing I need to sort out and that is my CD, there's apart of it in the middle where its white, I need to edit it in a way in which instead of that white part, it will be replaced by the background, so that it doesn't look like its just floating in the middle of nowhere
I went around asking people about it so far and I'm really impressed with the level of feedback I've received. For instance many have told me they see the resemblance between my product and the artists that have inspired my work, that being Krept x Konan. It is clear to see that I have managed to link their "The long way home" and my own "Iconic" simultaneously. This has been able to show through because of the significance of imagery and mise-en-scene.
As I loved the concept of the sky background from their album, I wanted to portray that by also using the skyline. What I'm pleased to say I have managed to achieve is the cartoon like image of it all. Through the use of trying out different filters and it looks pretty good.
Another aspect that the audience admired was the use of the theme of colour, I tried to captivatethe same colours of something similar to that of "The long way home", which on turned created the theme of journey and hard times, the sky especially playing a key role in that.
Another aspect was the body language and position of the artists. Kwabz x Kapone were in a similar position as Krept x Konan, that being the sides of the digipak and website. However, the way in which I have made it different is because of the use of syngery, in this case , it was the prayer hands that was used. It has been used throughout the ancillary and music video. Likewise with the name of the album, it was coloured res just has how "The long way home is in red" once again showing the blood, sweat and tears they have gone through to get to where they are now.
What I need to improve on is finishing off my website and adding in all the necessary links such as social media links . Likewise with my digipak, there is one thing I need to sort out and that is my CD, there's apart of it in the middle where its white, I need to edit it in a way in which instead of that white part, it will be replaced by the background, so that it doesn't look like its just floating in the middle of nowhere
Friday, 8 January 2016
Tuesday, 5 January 2016
What Site will I be using to create my website?
After using the site in lesson previously, I feel fairly comfortable in using the website and I believe that eventually, I'll be able to make a website that is of a decent standard.
I've never used Wix before so I feel that it is a sensible decision to go with the website that I more used to. Hopefully, the website goes well!
Post Photoshop thoughts
Using Photoshop for the first time in years was fairly challenging to be honest. It was very time consuming and initially I struggled with using the programme. After using up so much time on YouTube videos, I finally got the hang of Photoshop and will be using it again sometime in the future. Overall, I'm fairly pleased with the progress I made on my ancillary work.
DIGIPAK FOR THE ALBUM - PROMO AD/WEBSITE DECOR
This was also one of my initial ideas for an album cover, instead it will now be used as a promo for the song Roses and will be placed on the website
DIGIPAK FOR THE ALBUM - PROMO AD
This was also a candidate to be on the CD Cover, but I felt it was too specified to the song Roses, rather than the album as a whole. The fact that Estelle is in the picture as well also plays a role in me not picking this as she is only a feature in one song, so to have her on the album cover doesn't make too much sense. Instead of being a cover, it will be on the website and will be used to promote the song Roses.
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DIGIPAK FOR THE ALBUM - TOUR FLYER
Initially this was supposed to be the front of the CD cover, however I changed my mind and thus I had to change the look of it to being a tour flyer that I will be putting on my website.
This was the original CD cover, however I thought it was to simple to be the CD cover and I changed it |
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| {Front} |
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| {Back} |
DIGIPAK FOR THE ALBUM - CD COVER
I made a couple designs for my CD Cover so it was hard for me to make a choice. I was stuck between a 'dark' looking cover and a bright, vibrant cover as strangely, within grime, there are both dark and bright CD covers.
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{For instance, JME's 'Blam' album is very colourful}
I opted to choose the bright cover as I felt it was more aesthetically pleasing and jumps out at the
consumer.
{For instance, JME's 'Blam' album is very colourful}I opted to choose the bright cover as I felt it was more aesthetically pleasing and jumps out at the
consumer.
Using Adobe Photoshop
It's been a couple years since I last used Photoshop or any other editing application, so it wasn't a piece of cake getting used to the software. I've used Photoshop once or twice when I was younger but I don't have any real background with the programme, but I've been using YouTube videos for help and have started to begin work on my ancillary.
Media Blog Post 53 - Photos for ancillary
The pictures above are all pictures that we may decide to use in our ancillary. They are all fairly good pictures and if we apply some special effects via photoshop, hopefully they will come out in exceptional quality.
Media Blog Post 54 - Costumes.
The costumes used for the ancillary will likely be one of the following...
This image was chosen because it was taken while we filmed our final scenes. This was good because we all looked good, dressed up for the final bit and the two pictures taken were worthy of a CD cover. It also shows continuity between our
Another image we will likely use is one of the picture we took at our practice ancillary lesson. These photos were taken early on but the positions one of the photos that was taken was really good. It was the same position as Krept and Konan were in their album cover and having something similar would show how we are paying homage to them. This image along with the name Icon shows how we are showing respect to two of grimes best artists.
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