Amendments to CD cover from audience feedback

Front CD Cover

Back CD Cover

After reading through our audience feedback we made the appropriate amendments to the font as the main reoccurring comment was that our font was not bold enough and didn't necessarily fit the conventions of our indie music genre. This is our new cover.

Final Music Video

This is our final music video, we presented it to the class along with our final print products and are awaiting audience feedback so we can make adjustments and improvements. Alot of the concerns with our feedback was the lip synching was out, and both Jordan and I have difficulty in adjusting this however we have tried to fix it to the best of our ability. We also made a few ammedments including adding images of the other girls towards the end of the video to show a connection between them as some felt that our narrative could be clearer. Overall we recived alot of positive feedback from our work.

Final Music Video

CD Cover

Front CD Cover

Back CD Cover

This is our CD cover. We realized that when measuring out the size for our CD cover we needed to crop our photo. When editing we decided that the cover looked best cropped down altogether rather than just reduce in size. The general flow of the cover fits better now and the lighting adds to the natural surroundings of the setting.

Final Myspace

We finalized our Myspace account for our artist Lola Riley. Below are some screen shots from the profile and the link to her page.

http://www.myspace.com/lolariley

Login to Myspace

This is the main log in for Lola Riley, we created a hotmail account for her and set up a joint password so Jordan and I could both contribute to it.

Home profile

This is the account for our artist, which allows us to write blogs, bulletins, upload photos etc and where updates appear.

Artist Profile

We decided to use a floral background for our artists profile to add femininity to her image, however we used pastel colours to show her relaxed and calm attitude and music genre. We also uploaded the soundtrack so viewers of the profile can listen. We contributed to upcoming shows and also wrote influences and an about me that would create our artists persona. We used influences such as Bat for lashes, which is also a strong, empowering female artist. It features her unsigned label to inform potential record companies of her availability.

Pictures uploaded to profile

To create realism, we featured images of the artist out with friends on nights out to show her fun and bubbly side. We just selected images from previous nights out to show she is real and down to earth.

Myspace Blog

Another Myspace blog

We designed blogs to further the realism and create a connection between audiences and the artist. This creates the Uses and gratifications theory as the artist talks about gigs and how the artist feels, letting readers into her life.

Blog for upcoming shows

These are Lola Riley upcoming shows, making it easy for audiences to find out where and when her gigs are.

Dashboard of audiences interested in artists music

We found an application on Myspace which allows the artist to view how many people view their profile, which age rages view it, where they are from in the country etc. This is useful as the artist would be informed of which target audience most commonly views the music so appealing to them would be simple. Also, popular spots in the country means gigs can be arranged.

Upcoming shows within certain areas

The Myspace also features upcoming shows of other artists, therefore our artist could collaborate with certain bands/artists if they were aware of their shows furthering their popularity and promote themselves.

Music forum

Lastly we found a music forum in which artists swap shows, music and can post blogs to each other. This is useful to our artist as artists and bands who have been signed can inform others of their record deals and potential companies to appeal to.

Advertisement for upcoming show

After our audience feedback we decided to change our profile to make it appear more like a music myspace rather than an personal account. We included the album cover and also created an advertisement for an upcoming gig. We decided to delete a lot of the 'About me' as it wasn't really relevant to her music career but rather her personal life.

Filming of our music video

On sunday 8th of november Jordan and I filmed our music video, we had previously checked the weather forecast and it was set to be sunny. However when we arrived and began to film, we found that the tracking on a film dolly was wobbly and shaky because of the uneven pavement. This meant that we couldn't track our artist because the film would be too distorted.

We decided to drive down to the local co-op to pick up some cardboard boxes to lay on the pavement and then use the film dolly over, this proved successful as the footage was then stable and still.

The general filming of the video went okay, taking just over 3 hours however we were taken to a holt because the camera ran out of battery and we had to stop filming with just two scenes to go.

We tried to film during the week however the unpredictable weather kept holding us back, so finally on the following sunday when the weather was sunny again we managed to film our last scenes. Once again we had to collect some cardboard from the local supermarket but managed to film in just over an hour having prepared and learnt from our mistakes the previous week.

CD Cover Draft

Front CD Cover

Back CD Cover

On Wednesdays lesson Jordan and I took our pictures for our draft CD Cover. We used the iconic leather jacket and flowery dress to contrast her tough yet feminine side. Her positioning in central to the frame to connote her dominance and authority.

We decided to flip the album cover around to reinforce her feminist empowerment as she is not promoting her looks on the album cover but her music. Also, by featuring her face on the back audiences pick up the album to try to uncover this enigma surrounding her appearance. Featuring the guitar on the cover indicates her musical talent, furthering her identity to audiences. We also felt that having her back to audiences is more rebellious as its like she doesn't care what people are thinking.

Shooting Schedule

We have completed our storyboard after developing it from our original, realizing that we need it to be more detailed and step by step if we want an accurate plan.

The new storyboard makes the filming process for us easier as it's second by second, informing us at each point we need to record.

We now plan to record the music video in one day as its in a single set location, and our artist is filmed on one continuous path. We also felt that it would be easier to get it all done in one go as the casts hair/makeup and the weather would be the same rather than if it was filmed in separate days.

We also decided as an incentive for our cast that Jordan and I would buy them lunch as it is expected to take up most of the day, and seeing as it's on a sunday it's time taken from their weekend.