Contact sheet for my album advert/digipak photos

This is the contact sheet I created with all of the images I took for my album advert and digipak in Ruislip Woods. I created this contact sheet on Photoshop. I found that it was a useful tool because it summarises all of the choices I had to use for my products and the creative ways in which I made Georgina pose, or the scenes I used etc.. I found this very insightful. The majority of the photos were used for my digipak and album advert as this part of my coursework required still images rather than moving footage.
Similarly, another benefit of displaying all of my photos in this format it's essentially showing the audience all the other photos I had taken that I wasn't able to use in my still-image products. This almost adds a personal touch to the whole process of my products, because it's taking the audience on a journey and giving them an actual insight into what photos I have taken and what ones I have and haven't used. This almost acts as a secret 'behind the scenes' idea, that the audience can enjoy and view. Additionally it also illustrates different angles and shots of the same photo displaying different interpretations of the same thing.

Peer assessment/feedback of the third draft of my music video

Today in class, we showed our music videos to the class and asked our class mates questions. I received a lot of positive feedback which I was pleased about, but I also asked for improvements/constructive criticism which in turn I was told that I needed to make some shots less blurry and colour correct a few. Overall, I was happy with this feedback as it made me realise what features I needed to improve on to finalise my music video to its best possible stage. Also, I was able to receive opinions from my actual target audience as they were the perfect age for my audience, so I knew the opinions were really valid and helpful. I will be using all of this feedback to its full advantage.

Project log 16/01/14 (analysing the results of my peer assessment)

Transcript:

Today in class, we all had to present the first or second drafts of our music videos. Then, we had to ask a few questions to our class members. I asked questions such as “what did you make of the narrative of my music video, did you understand it?”, “did the mise-en-scene suit the genre of the song?” and “what are some potential improvements you could give me?”. I received feedback from Ciaran for example, who said that my music video was really understandable and the narrative was clear. Then, we handed out sheets which everyone had to fill out. They asked questions based on the editing of my music video, the filming etc.. My peers had to give me a level on each of the aspects given, which was based on a level sheet which states what each level means. Some of the constructive criticism feedback I received was that I should cut some of the shots more as some of the shots are too long and that I should fix the blurry shots, and that I should also colour correct some shots. However, some positive feedback I received was that the narrative was clear and that the mise-en-scene fits in well with the genre for example. I was really pleased with the feedback I received. Then, I received feedback from my teacher, who said that she really liked my music video and that the narrative was clear and fluent; however the only thing she’d change is the ending shot where Georgina laughs and smiles on the last lyric. She said that this confused her as the majority of the music video consisted of Georgina being upset, and that the whole video made sense apart from this shot, so I should change it. Ciaran said that I should perhaps fade the last shot into white. I will definitely take all of this advice on board and I would say that this feedback session has really helped me as I have the feedback on paper and can refer to it whenever I like which will really help me in making my music video the best I possibly can. I plan on putting all of this data onto a pie chart soon so that I can summarise my feedback properly.

Audience feedback survey (and how I handed out my survey)

PLEASE TAKE MY AUDIENCE FEEDBACK SURVEY: http://surveymonkey.com/s/LFVBRM5

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With Survey Monkey, I created a survey asking 10 questions I believe would help me improve my music video. I have used many different methods of getting my music video target audience to take the survey in order to give me sufficient audience feedback.

To get a good amount of survey responses, I used social networking methods such as Facebook:

All of the Media Studies students put together a Facebook group conversation and we decided to send the group our individual surveys with the videos, so that we could all watch eachothers music videos and fill out eachothers surveys to help eachother. I thought this was a great idea as we are able to get feedback from fellow Media students who actually know what they are talking about and can understand perhaps more "Media-suited" questions, such as ones about camera angles etc. Also, this means I'm getting sufficient feedback from my actual target audience.

I also set a status on Facebook:

I also used methods such as Twitter:

As you can see, I set a status asking people to fill out my survey. I feel it is unlikely that tweeters will take the time out of their day to fill out a survey they are not that bothered about realistically, however I felt that it was necessary to get as many responses as possible, and it is worth a try. It's also good to get feedback from people who are out of the Media A level circle and see what their view is on my music video.

I also texted a few of my friends and told my family about this survey. I found that all of these methods were well-suited and successful, as even though some of my family are not my target audience, it will be useful to get opinions from varied age groups.

Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter are of course very useful for surveys, particularly for me, because they involve mainly the people who are my target audience, so it's a perfect way to hand out my survey.

I am currently awaiting responses for my survey. So far I have 7, and I'm hoping to have near 20 by the end of next week.