Album cover draft 2

On this page I have posted my second draft of my album advert, as you can see is quite different from the first draft of the album cover i made. This is not the final album cover i will be using this has just been posted to see the progression of the final album cover. 

In this second draft of my album cover it shows the lead singer of the band with the background faded and the actor i used in my music video faded in the background. I decided to do this because i thought it would look better and allowed me to show some of the skills i have on photoshop and shows my creative side more.

Final cut (Complete music video)

Finally the music video is finished! As you can see in this video I have sorted all of the lip synching in the video to make it look more realistic to the audience and also added text over the top of the video at the start introducing the band and the song.

Rough cut 4

Rough cut 3

In this cut of my music video it shows that I have decided to gather an actor to be in the music video, I did this because i wanted to have something in my music video other than just the band playing their instrument and singing.

Pictures

Evaluation question 1

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

In my A2 media I decided to use "Can't Stop" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers to create my music video, I used many conventions of a typical music video of the same or similar music genres would use in their music video such as the running at the start of the video. I tried to have quite a few elements that were quite regular for this type of music video as this is what the audience for this type of music video have watched before and enjoyed.

In my video as well as having the typical conventions of an alternative rock style video (running around, band playing instruments etc) I decided to make it like the actor I chose to use in this music video was almost telling a story. I decided to do this to challenge the usual conventions of the typical music video for this genre, also i wanted to make the audience think about the lyrics and maybe make them think there is sometimes more to a song than they first anticipated.

I used 'star image' on my actor to make him look more distinctive, i decided to do this as if the main character in the video looks more distinctive I believe that the audience who watch this music video will remember it more. However I did give any of the band members star image, this is maybe something i could have (and will do if i get another opportunity to make a music video again) done to improve the parts where it is just the band playing the instruments.

Album cover draft

On this page I will be showing the cover for the album I have produced.

As you can see I have used a filter over the top of the original image, I decided to do this as I believed it would look more attractive to the target audience for this album.

For the text I decided to use very large text at the top, I decided to do this as it would be eye catching and will attract peoples attention and maybe make them want to buy the album.