Ancillary task research

For our first ancillary task we are going to make a CD cover to accompany our video and promote the band etc.
Our ideas include using simple, yet vivid colours and shapes, with a fairly basic layout in order to avoid the cover becoming too complex and crowded. A good example of this sort of album artwork is American Idiot by Green Day, as shown below:

Another good example, which has inspired us is the album cover of Billy Talent's first self-titled album, which features the band members silhouetted against an explosion. Again, the colours are very basic, but have a dramatic effect:

Feedback 6.12.09

Guys, you need to scan one of your completed questionnaires in and post on blog. Also quantify some of your results in charts etc. Your discussion of this is too broef and there's no evidence that you've even done this. You also need to discuss your actual video ideas/concept in detail and post your track on here. You need to be filming this side of Xmas to allow plenty of editing time and time for ancillary tasks. Don't assume you can have equipment over Xmas unless you've already booked it as it is being booked out already!

Mrs A

Questionnaire Results

rom our Questionnaire which we tested it upon a group of students from different sections of the college and the results are as follows.

The majority of the group we tested were aged 16-18 which is the lower end of our projected audience age range and the majority of the people who took our questionnaire were male, which is a disadvantage as we are aiming to tar

get both genders so if we had time to do it again we would make sure it was an equal balance.

The channels watched include VH1, Viva, 4Music, Kerrang and Scuzz. These are channels that associate with the kind of music we are using to create our product which is a positive for us. The audience for which we targeted said they would prefer a Mix between a narrative based product and a performance based product.

The majority of the people tested prefer a genre of music with a Rock influence, with a lot of different types of Rock being mentioned and only a few saying the preferred things along the lines of Pop/RnB or Rap music. When asked what platform they view their videos on it was a very mixed decision. Most of the audience also said a video would not influence them to buy the CD/DVD but it would make them download it, however, a small minority said they would stull buy it.

Taran

Research Questionnaires

Location Shots

 

         

These are some shots of the Dance Studio in our college's Dance and Drama Department which we will be using for the Performance based part of our Music Video product.

The next set of photos are from the second location, the derelict power station near to our home town, this is the location we are using to add to the 'punk' image as it is a typical location in most 'professional' music videos.

Studio Shots During Recording

These are just some simple shots from our recording time in the studio, they show some of the equipment we have used to record our track and the guitars the band members are going to be using.