MYA's Outfits.

The first distinctive outfit and style we chose its a half up half down loosely curled hair style, with a short sleeved white cropped top and some denim ripped jeans. The lip syncing in the video creates synergy with our digi-pak as well as the photos on our website and also on all of our social media sites. We emphasised the shoes that Mya wore in the video so that it was clear that Mya was in the video with her friends, and that it was her point of view. We chose this outfit and style so that people can identify the artist.

These shoes also show synergy between our music video and our website as the trainers with the silver toe which MYA wears are also available for sale on our website. This creates an opportunity for Mya's fans to feel connected to Mya's style. 

 

Front Cover Inspiration.

We took inspiration for the front cover of our digipak from an image of Selena Gomez from her music video 'Good for you'. We took inspiration from this image as Selena Gomez is also a young, pop, female artist similar to MYA. We also took inspiration from this image as it featured the artist with slightly wet hair which fit perfect with our music video as MYA is shown in the video getting into the shower.

Final Digipack Draft.

This is the digi pack we created. We think it looks more professional than the other one we created and represents our artist better in terms of the photos we have used and how we styled her.

Peer Website Feedback.

Generally most people who marked our website gave an average of 7/10. Lots of the comments included that we needed to make links for our social media pages so that people can click straight on the link and go to our social media pages. Some other comments included that the tour page should have more links to it where people can buy the tickets. A lot of people really liked our merchandise page. Also some people thought that our 'About Me' page should be the first thing that comes up on the website. 

·         The social media accounts should be linked simply through the buttons for the different socials, as a viewer I shouldn’t have to then go and search your username on different social medias. The video underneath the social medias should maybe just be an embedded gif or video without the music and is on a constant loop without the black screen of loading. The music screen has no image or actual music to play. The coloured image in the photo gallery really stands out against the rest which are black and white, breaks the mood that is being given off which a more emotional side than trying to show off glitz and glamour with bright makeup, either make it another black and white picture or take it out. Also some images within the gallery look a bit too casual where as others really do set up the character of the artist. There is no links to buy tickets for the tour, otherwise that page looks really nice, I like the continuation of the little design elements around the writing. Gives a sense of class to the artist that would otherwise maybe not be felt. Songwriter is spelt wrong: “songwriter”. If you moved from LA when you were 2 were you really raised there? The merchandise is all really good and the first site I have seen with reasonable prices that are accurate to the idea of being a new artist on the block. Would maybe not have gbhs emails for your management, maybe have @mya instead. The navigation of the site is really easy, the artist brand looks really clean and professional and is seen throughout, establishing that look all of the time and you can clearly see spaces for future completion of certain tasks. 8/10 Nathan Henton

·         MYA- The one thing that annoys me is that you do not have a link that sends you straight into the social media accounts. This could be an underlying factor because some people do not have the patience to find your Instagram account by using the URL code for example. Accessibility is key in websites. With the tour dates it’s just a load of scribble, maybe have links which take you to an area where you can book the tickets for example. Make it look as professional as you can. As if it’s your business, make it evident how you can pay for these tour dates.

·         MYA – Good design, however not much to it, flesh it out a bit. The social media pages are not linked, could include this, would make it more professional and would add another feature to your site to improve user interaction. The Instagram logo needs the white background remove otherwise it look a bit tacky. Also what is the idea with the yellow for social media, and different title colours, there is no continuity between the titles for each section of your site. 6-10 Ben Griffiths

·         Make a proper shop using Wix-shop. Looks crisp for majority needs a tad of work on some of the fonts and boldness. Level 3

·         First photos are nice. The arrows guide you well. Icons of social media could look better (cut out white). Shall I scroll or click links? A lot of scrolling down the pages to see all of information. Really like the colour scheme and photos used. Merchandise is clean and well done. Nice text on tour. Think the text should match the title and the boarder. Social on every page.

·         Not sure that I like the collage of the photos as you enter the page, they are good photos but could be too many of them as they take up a lot of the room. The tour page looks a bit basic. The gallery looks really good. I like the about me page. Merch looks really good, I love the shoes.

·         The continuity of black and white is good throughout and the pictures and the photographs used have created shows across the image of the artist well. You also have a good range of merchandise for fans to choose from. Although to improve it I would make the home page more interesting and the icons used for the social media do not fit the rest of the website and some of the borders between pages also do not fit. I think you need more about you as an artist. Level 2- 5/10

·         Merch page looks professional Text on About Me page is really good Think every page should be individual instead of just being all on one page Need more on Home page instead of just picture – combine About page and Home? Should have social media links instead of just having username Cant click photos Not sure about colour yellow of button when you’re on it Level 3 – 7

·         7, - I like the animations and transitions used throughout the website. I also like how the font type is used. Pointless crown.

·         6- The links to the social media do not work, this will make it better if the links work, the tour dates do not work, have a link to bands in town, I look the photos on the website and Need some more details about the artist.

·         like the logo, don’t like the font, can’t buy the merchandise, not that many photos. 5/10

·         6 - Good first page, maybe add in a quote from a magazine company etc.? Add a picture to the music album. On the tour thing, you can use bandsintown and it makes the tour thing interactive so if you wanted to improve the tour. Use the shop feature on the merchandise area. Also link the Facebook link at the bottom.

·         The images of social media should link to the artist’s account. You need to add more songs to the media player as it’s meant to be the whole album. The coloured photo on the gallery doesn’t fit with the black and white I think you should either keep them all in black and white or add more colour photos. I also think that you need to add more photos in different locations. With the tour dates there is no link for the audience to buy tickets so how do they come to the show. The light box isn’t personalised which doesn’t make it unique. I’d give it a 6/10.

·         Links could be added for the social media sites. Could put more songs on the music page – like the links to listen to them. Not sure the coloured image matches how the rest of the images are all black and white. Could put link to ticket master on tour page. Id mark this website a 6.

·         Home page picture cuts off her head. Like the design and layout of the website. Like the merchandise, different products. Need links to buy tickets. - High Level 2

·         No videos under the video icon. Could maybe have a different font at the top as it is a little bit plain. I like the way it zooms in at the top and the pictures are nice and clear. Could have some more pictures on the slide show. Level 3- Grade 8 Jono

·         Would be good if you could navigate through the photos, merchandise is good and some of the products are unique (teddy bear and shoes), maybe the home page picture could be a single picture instead of tile effect? good colour scheme of black and white with a pop of colour. - 6/10 Level 2

·         Really like the layout of the website - images match the synergy and look professional (Level 3) Like how each page transitions and also how there is a pop up where you can subscribe! Really like the photo album- however throughout the website, the scrolling becomes annoying and confusing

·         Level 3 - Great pictures and good synergy! Maybe have some more pictures of her not being so serious, so that you can see a more caring fun loving side to her.

 

Peer Digipack Feedback.

All the classes had to write feedback on each artist's digipack and give them a score. This is the feedback we received. The class got shown two of our digipacks, one being the final one we are using and another one that we had made earlier in the music video process that includes photos of our artist when we was trying to create an edgy vibe for our artist.

• The digipack looks good in black and white, the different sections look good, although the bottom left could have something else on it, to break up the page a bit, maybe some text, a quote or something. 8
• The black and white theme makes it all look really slick and the photographs used make it look really clear and crisp. I like the blending on the disc too.
• To improve you could put a barcode on the back cover and the title of the album in the spines. Also you could maybe add the record label on the back cover too. 8/10
•  Really like the colour scheme – as it matches throughout. The images look highly professional and highlight the synergy. I prefer the digipack without the black section with ‘Parental advisory’, as it seems a little pointless. Overall, really liked it, would just change a few things. (Level 3)
• Love the synergy, really works with the look they are trying to get across. Gives a really quirky and original look to Mya. Definitely prefer the first digipack as Lollie looks so good a professional.  Second digipack is less eye-catching. LEVEL 3  
• I feel the photos are amazing and portray the dominance of the female artist. Furthermore, the font is appropriate and matches the rest of the colour scheme well. However, I feel like the image for where the CD is placed could be more interesting.
• I love the black and white theme throughout the digipack. To improve you should add something else to the page to the black page.
• Good images, the parental advisory needs changing as the sides have been cut off, looks a bit messy. The font used on the back page for the sons also needs changing as it is very basic and isn’t really visible.
• The theme is good and constant throughout. The entire design is interesting and engaging. 8

Magazine Cover.



We decided to redo the magazine cover and use a photo that represents our artist better as we have changed her image slightly. The makeup we used on Mya is more natural and a bit more glamorous as opposed to the funky bright coloured makeup that we used on her originally.

 

Shooting Schedule.

This is the rest of the footage that we need to film for the rest of the music video.

• Record Lollie going back to bed - opening the door, going up the stairs and then getting back into bed to finish the video as we have filmed a day in our artists life. (6/12/2016)
• Record lip syncing - Graffiti wall in Chelmsford, with black and white effect so that it creates synergy with our digi-pack, social media accounts and our website. Lollie will be wearing a white baggy top with make up and hair done the same as the photo on our digi-pack, hair half up in a bun and the rest down with loose curls. (7/12/2016)
• Film Lollie, Charlotte and Ella sitting down in a restaurant/coffee shop having a drink together to reassure the idea to the audience that this is a point of view video on behalf of our artist and she isn't just following Charlotte and Ella around. (8/12/2016)
• Film more scenes, in a swimming pool, also do some lip syncing of the girls just having fun.

 

First Draft Feedback.

The first drafts of everyone's videos were shown to the students to gather feedback on it so far. We showed both of the videos that we had recorded. Below is the feedback that we got.

Love Now

• Green screen - film in drama studio instead, black and white at the start should carry on or be more dramatic when it changes, friends- its fun and its young, traffic time lapse - too long and irrelevant, its unique and prefer this one
• Much more creative, fun to watch
• Better story with good shots
• Flashing ticks were a bit too much, time lapse too long, use some different shots other than POV, use different frame shots and stabilize them and needs more lip syncing
• Too many shots in one place, could do with more close ups
• Looks more professional and add in lip syncing, too many black screens
• Needs more integrated singing shots and has good footage
• Love lip sync with the POV, locations make the POV really nice but needs more close ups
• Time lapse too long with not enough lip syncing
• Love the story but the car scene is too long and needs more of Lollie singing
• Can't read message on the phone and car section seems irrelevant
• Time lapse too long, lip syncing not in time but like the Go Pro idea.

No Pressure

• Needs lighting improvement
• Eye contact needs to be made more, too long shots, colour correct on the stool, not sure what else you could do, becomes boring
• Shots are on too long, needs more locations, dull
• Quite boring
• Love the black and white and Lollie looks pretty
• Some shots are too long, could have some sparks of colour, like the black and white shot on the chair and colouring needs looking at

Based on the feedback it seems the students preferred the Love Now video so we decided to back and use this as our video and song. We are glad that we experimented with the new video as it made us realise what was good about our original video and that it stands out for being so different from the other videos.

Magazine Article.

This is the final magazine article that we done or MYA.

Digipack Feedback.

Tori Lorente.
Really like the front cover, a really nice bold photo, it looks really professional. I like that the font is simple, but I think that instead of ‘Tori Lorente’ shouldn’t be in a bigger size font than ‘unseen’ I think it should be the other way round. I like that the before every song that is listed, there is a ‘T’ instead of like numbers or bullets. I like that you have kept the whole digipack black and white but I there isn’t any synergy between any of the photos, it isn’t very clear what kind of vibe you are giving your artist, like are you trying to make her edgy/cool or very clean and innocent?

Heidi Holmes.

I like the pastel colours that have been used throughout, it is very clear how you are trying to portray the artist, in a friendly way. I love the back cover where you have put the list of songs, I think the tree trunk looks really good, and I also like the fact you have included a barcode. I’m not sure if I think that when you look at it, it just seems too busy? There is quite a lot going on. The CD cover is nice. The photo with the boots isn’t very good quality compared to the other photos, and the writing on that page doesn’t fit the theme of the digipack. The font is too faint you can barely read it and where you have used pastel colours in the rest of your digipack it doesn’t suit.

AVA.

I love the first digipack with the red theme, this front cover is so good, looks really professional. I also think that the way you have displayed the songs is really original and looks really good he whole digipack is actually full of really good original ideas. I’m not too sure on the camouflage red part but the rest of it is really good. The yellow themed digipack is good but compared to the other one it makes your artist seem a lot younger and as if you are targeting a younger audience. I think that for the front cover you should do the exact same the red one in terms of where it says ‘AVA’ over the eyes but just don’t make it red if the problem is the colour not having synergy within the video. I like the idea or the different writing saying Ava that looks really good. I don’t like the upside down photos in the top left corner in comparison to the rest of the digipack it looks rushed.

Avenue.

I really like the top three pictures where the lyrics cover your faces as I like the black and white and then the bright colours on your faces as well.  There is a big difference between the top row of photos and the bottom row of faces, and it doesn’t match. The background on the bottom photos looks like flowers???  I think the text on the list of songs on the album should maybe be in a bolder colour so that it stands out more. The two different rows of the digipack look a completely different standard. I think the colour of the cd which is grey doesn’t go with the theme of the digipack or the yellow writing on the CD. The yellow writing on the CD should maybe be changed to either red, blue or green so that it matches with the rest of the digipack.

Iuris

I really like the whole theme of the digipack, there is clear synergy throughout the whole thing. It is very unique, and personal to your artist in terms of representing the video and the website which it really good. I really like all of the pictures you have used as none are in the same location yet they are similar because the artist is wearing the same clothes. I really like all of the writing around all of the images as I think it is very unique and different. The bottom left photo by the lake looks a different quality of photo to the others, maybe use a different one.

Annika

I like the colour scheme you have used however you need to add spines to your digipack because each section is blending together because the backgrounds are all dark. The photos are good quality and the artist looks appealing. On the image with black writing the word ‘stay’ is not clear and could be put in a more bold text to make it stand out more. The text on the songs is hard to read and should be bolder, it’s hard to judge it as a whole because not much has been done.

Ivory

The front cover photo is really nice, the artist looks really nice and it is appealing for a cover. The text on the front cover is really nice and suits the front cover without being too bold or too faint, it looks really nice. In comparison to the front cover and the rest of the pictures the CD is quite dull. The picture that is in the woods doesn’t really synergise with the rest of the digipack or your artist that we have seen in the video and on your website in terms of black and white and colour. I like the picture of your artist with the lipstick smudged as that shows synergy with the video. The writing for the list of songs could stand out a bit more if you made it bolder.

Luella

I like the red and black theme as this synergises with your music video and also your website. I also like how you have used the roses in your digipack, website and music video.  I think the CD picture and the picture of the red smoke are a bit too similar to be next to each other and should maybe be separated with another photo or something or edit one slightly to differentiate it more. I like how you have written the song titles as I think the white writing stands out from the red and black in the picture. The writing on the photo with the pond doesn’t stand out and is hard to read, in terms of the font and the colour, the font should be the same as the song titles is simpler and looks better. There needs to be something behind the CD cover because in all the other photos they are dark and then you have two photos on the top right that are very light and it’s quite random.

Stellato Star

I really like the front cover, I think the text is in a good place and it stand out also I like the colours used. The photo that you have used is really like and represents your artist well in terms of your website and music video. I also really like the picture you have used in the photo above the front cover and the way you have edited it. I like the picture you have used for behind the songs on the album but I think the red writing doesn’t really stand out from the picture so maybe you should put it in white or make it bolder so that it stands out more from the picture behind it. I like how you have done the CD. The black and white picture is a bit too similar to the front cover and also doesn’t make sense that it is in black and white considering the rest of the digipack is in colour? Maybe you should change it to colour or use a different photo so it isn’t too similar. I think that as a whole the digipack is good but it really dark and should maybe consider featuring some light images to brighten up the digipack.

Sempa

I like the editing used on the top left and bottom middle picture as it makes them different and unique. I like the picture on the top right as it goes well with the video but I think it could have some writing to something on it to make it a bit more interesting and eye-catching. I think the picture with the ‘keep clear’ sign is quite plain and maybe you should use the black and white for the front cover as it is the most interesting picture.

Styling Inspiration.

This is the kind of vibe we are going for in terms of styling our artist. It is simple yet the artist portrays her own style. This is how Mya will appear in the lip syncing parts of the video, it also links into the theme and the style of our digipack and during the process of filming our music video, we will continually update our social media accounts and website gallery of photos that emphasise the style of MYA, we will include photos of her in the same outfit and hair and makeup that she will be in throughout the music video to create synergy.

Shotting Schedule.

As a group we completely changed the whole idea of the music video. We used a whole day of filming at Lollie's house and managed to get all of the footage we needed in one day. We still wasn't 100% sure if we wanted to replace our love now video for definite, but we wanted to film and edit so we had the option to.

Production Diary.

Day 1. 22nd September.
In todays lesson we pitched our song choices to the class. We played the songs without the video on the screen so we could get ideas from the class about what we should include in our music video, and the sort of vibes they got from the song. We wrote all of their points down, and discussed them later as a group.

Day 2. 23rd September.
Today, we all listened to our choice of song and filmed ourselves lip syncing to them to see who looked best doing in and who would then go on to become the performer. It was hard, as we wasn't in the best environment and was laughing throughout some of the videos. We have a choice of two songs and feel is though each song is best suited to two different performers. Although this is the recorded version of the lip syncing, we are going to re do the auditions more privately.

Day 3. 26th September.
We had a setback regarding our choice of song due to the song we had chosen 'closer' making its way up in the top charts and therefore becoming too popular for us to make a video too, as it is very likely that the chain smokers would release an official video for the song and therefore would influence our video too much. As a result of this, we took this lesson to research other songs we could potential use and ended up choosing 'Love Now - Calvin Harris.' Although Calvin Harris is a popular and famous artist, the song we have chosen has never been released as a single and doesn't feature Calvin Harris in the vocals, the vocals are sung by an artist called 'All About She.'

Day 4. 27th September.
The priority of todays lesson was to really get started in the preparation and planning of our music video. We allocated every group member jobs to do. Ella was in charge of carrying out the risk assessment, Lollie was gathering all of our ideas together for the visuals of the music videos and is then making a start on the steal-o-matics. Charlotte was in charge of starting the shooting schedule and also creating the story board of what is going to happen in our music video.

Day 6. 30th September
In todays lesson Charlotte created a mood board for events that are going to happen in our music video, including some locations. We also added some style pictures of makeup and outfits to help create a mood for our video.

Day 7. 3rd October.
This evening we went to our first location and started to film. We all went to the A12 bridge and started filming a time lapse of the cars moving on the road below. We arrive there at 6pm and filmed until 7.30. It was just a still shot for an hour that we intend to speed up and cut down to about 5 seconds. We purposely went in the evening as we knew that the sunset was at 6.30pm. The shot shows the sun setting and created an excellent shot when it is all sped up.

Day 8. 4th October.
In todays lesson we gathered our footage from the time-lapse of the cars and edited it so that it was sped up. We then went on to complete some individual tasks for our blogs. I researched music videos in the same genre as our song and analysed them in terms of the editing, mise en scene, camera shots and sound. This was helpful as it allowed to see how other artists have portrayed there song in a visual music video and allowed us to have an insight into some ideas we could potential adapt for our own music video. Today we also created social media accounts for MYA including Twitter, Snap chat and Instagram. The social media usernames are @__myaofficial.

Day 9. 5th October.
We didn't have a media lesson today however after school we all went back to Ella's house and started to get ready for the photo shoot we are doing so that we have photos of MYA for our Digi - pack, and also for the profile photos of MYA's social media accounts, to finally put a face to the name. After we had taken the photos, we went back to school so we could use the green room to film some lip syncing for part of the video. We needed to use the green room so that we can replace the background with a metallic chrome type background to make it look edgy and cool.

Day 10. 6th October.
In todays lesson we started the editing process for our video. We reviewed all the footage and analysed snippets of each clip. We spent about 3 hours doing this as we made sure it was perfect and tried lots of different backgrounds for our green screen. We were really happy with how the footage had turned out, and this made us excited about the rest of our music video.

Day 11. 7th October.
Today, Ella and Charlotte recorded the story board for our music video. We wrote a script before recording so that it would be easier to film as opposed to having to keep starting again if we messed up. We then uploaded the footage to Adobe Premiere and edited it. We included still photos of our initial story board so that when the voice over was playing, the audience could see what we were speaking about. When we had finished editing it, we uploaded it to YouTube and then uploaded it to our blog.

Day 12. 10th October.
Todays tasks were to create a photo shoot for MYA. We needed to do a photo-shoot so that we can add images to our social media accounts, and regularly upload photos to keep the 'fans' updated. We gave Lollie a makeover and done a couple of different makeup looks and hairstyles. We managed to get some really good photos, that had a touch of professionalism. The hairstyles and makeup looks we done were funky and edgy to continue the persona of MYA that we had created. In the media lesson we had today, we also created the website for MYA where we plan to include tour dates, social media accounts, contact details, merchandise and also a list of the songs on the upcoming album.

Day 13. 11th October.
Today we uploaded all of the photos we had taken the day before to the computer and edited them to make them look professional and flawless. We uploaded them to @__myaofficial social media accounts; Instagram and Twitter. We also created a list of songs for out album and uploaded them onto the website. As well as this, we uploaded lots of other things to our website. We linked the Instagram account to the website, so that every time we post from the @__myaofficial account it goes straight onto the website. The social media account names were also added to the website, along with contact details for MYA's 'management' team; Charlotte and Ella. On the website there is also a personal message from MYA to her fans. 

Day 14. 12th October.
Today we went to a graffiti wall in Chelmsford town and got some footage of MYA lip-syncing to our track 'love now'.  We experimented with the go pro and also the camera that the school had provided us. We was at this location for a couple of hours. We experimented in ways to film such as resting the camera on the window of charlottes car and filming whilst driving in a clean circle to get a 360 degree shot of MYA while she was dancing and moving in a circular motion, this made it look like the camera was following her.

8th November.
In todays lesson we worked on the half way evaluation power point. We all had different slides to do in the power point. We also updated some of our social media accounts, we posted a photo on instagram from the myaoffical account.

9th November.
After going through all of the footage we have in todays lesson, we decided that we needed to refilm the lip syncing footage as we felt as though the outfit and the styling of MYA in the footage didn't really go with the artist we have created up to this point. We also felt that as we have been making this music video for a while, and Lollie has got used to being the performer, we would be able to film the footage again at a higher standard now in order to gain the top marks for performance. Throughout creating this music video, we have included smoke effects on our digi pack and photos and therefore thought it would be a good idea to use a smoke machine while filming the lip syncing to create synergy with our other work.

10th November.
In todays lesson, we reviewed all of the footage from the night before and chose the clips in which we thought looked the most professional and then added them into our music video and started to play around with the editing. As we filmed our lip syncing with a green screen in the back ground, we found it very difficult to use the green screen in the way that we wanted, which was to put a metallic silver background behind MYA lip syncing, but where we had used the smoke machine, it was very difficult to edit and did not look professional at all. As we also filmed the lip syncing without the smoke machine, as it allowed us to use the green screen background as we originally wanted to.

11th November.
The whole class presented their half way evaluations today. The half way evaluations included sneak previews of our music videos so far and also all about our artist. It also included showing our website and digi pack. After each group had finished presenting, we scored them out of 50 in terms of their brand image, website, digi-pack, clear target audience and appropriate music genre. With the feedback we received, we gathered it all together and discussed it all as a group and took on board the suggestions that were made.

14th November.
In todays lesson Charlotte and Ella made a tour poster for MYA that we could potentially use. The colours fit with the whole theme of our artist, and the smoke effect we have put on the poster mimic the theme of the digi-pack showing iconic synergy. Charlottes poster features more dark, grungy colours whereas Ella's as a white background and is genuinely quite light. We have both used different fonts and displayed it all differently, but we have both used the same photo as the main feature on the poster but edited differently.

15th November.
In todays lesson Lollie designed a magazine cover. We took inspiration from other billboard magazine covers such as Rihanna, Beyoncé, Adele. This isn't our final magazine cover, we wanted to see what worked and what didn't, so we experiment with different colours and themes. We decided that a black and white photograph on the cover would suit the theme we have created for MYA better. On the digi pack and tour poster, we have used grungy colours so we are now going to create another magazine cover to suit the theme of the other work we have done, using iconic synergy. Later on today we all came back to the media room and put in another couple of hours of work. we designed another magazine cover, which looked much better. We chose a rolling stone cover of Rihanna and created a cover based on it. We used the same design.
16th November.

17th November.
Today we created a magazine article for MYA to go with the magazine cover we have created. We looked for inspiration by researching 'Rolling Stone' magazine articles that Rihanna has done, as that is the cover that we took inspiration from, but as Rihanna is such a famous artist, there weren't any articles that we could relate to because MYA is an upcoming artist. We searched 'Halsey' magazine articles as she is a new artist and we found a picture we liked and recreated it.

18th November.
Today we reviewed all of our footage and watched our music video to try and gain a perspective of what we still needed to do. We still need to film quite a lot in order to make our video the standard that we want it to be so we can get the marks that we are aiming for. We sat down as a group and discussed times and dates where we can film, and the locations we could film at. We also discussed outfits and styling ideas.

22nd November.
In todays lesson we updated our social media accounts, we posted on instagram a picture of the tour poster and also posted it on twitter.  We also relooked at the magazine article that we had created and double checked it and added some more to it. We changed the layout of it ever so slightly and moved the images slightly aswell. Although the changes we made were small it made the article seem that little bit more professional.

24th November.
In todays lesson we took the time to get ourselves sorted in terms of our blogs, Charlotte updated the production diary. We spoke more about what we was going to do when we next started filming so we were prepared, we spoke about camera angles and lengths of shots. We also discussed what we thought had gone well so far and what hasn't worked as well as we hoped so we know what to do the next time we start filming. For example, when we re-filmed the lip syncing footage, we used a smoke machine in the foreground to create synergy with the rest of our merchandise and our digi-pack and magazine covers and also our tour posters. When we looked at the footage again we found that the smoke in the foreground of the shot of the lip syncing meant we couldn't use the green screen in the way that we wanted because it kept interfering with the background we had chosen. We learnt from this that if we were to use the smoke machine again we should try it in the background of the shot, behind Lollie and see how that works or just try and edit it smoke in or film it separately to the lip syncing.

25th November.
Today we again used our lesson time to update our blogs so we don't fall behind. Charlotte continued to update the production diary and Ella and Lollie reviewed their blogs and made sure they were up to date. We also gathered some feedback from the magazine article that  Mrs Brookes had looked at and used it to make amendments.

28th November.
Today we all sat down as a group and watched our video through and we felt like we had hit a dead end. Throughout the process of making our music video, we had another idea of a slower paced song  called 'No Pressure - Pia Mia'. We listened to the song and started to brainstorm some ideas for the possibility of re filming our music video to a different song, while still keeping the same persona we have created for MYA, the same website, digi-pack and social media accounts. We haven't made a decision yet whether or not we are going to re-film our video but we thought it would be a good idea to gather our thoughts and ideas together to at least keep our options open. We have been researching videos of a similar genre for our steal-o-matic ideas, and overall feel excited by the thought of filming a new video with more of a performance in it to really show of our artist and make it look more professional.

Inspiration.

 

After looking at some other videos for more inspiration. Another video that we found was the Vamps - All Night. It was similar to ours in the sense that they do the POV with a wide view however they keep giving the camera to another person to show all of the group. This could have been a good idea for us to do as we could have shown the main artist. 

Magazine Article Research.

Today we are creating a magazine article for MYA to go with the magazine cover we have created. We looked for inspiration by researching 'Rolling Stone' magazine articles that Rihanna has done, as that is the cover that we took inspiration from, but as Rihanna is such a famous artist, there weren't any articles that we could relate to because MYA is an upcoming artist. We searched 'Halsey' magazine articles as she is a new artist and we found a picture we liked and recreated it.

 



Magazine Cover.

In today's lesson we designed the first draft for our magazine cover. We chose Billboard which is a music magazine and large artists such as Rihanna, Katy Perry and Beyoncé have been featured on the front covers. We wanted to make the headlines interesting but also add in a bit of colour. We took inspiration from several of Billboards front covers.

After playing around with the magazines and looking at some of the others that people had designed we thought we should change the style of the magazine. Taking inspiration from a front cover shoot that Rihanna had done this was our final magazine.

Magazine Cover.

In todays lesson Lollie designed a magazine cover. We took inspiration from other billboard magazine covers such as Rihanna, Beyoncé, Adele. This isn't our final magazine cover, we wanted to see what worked and what didn't, so we experiment with different colours and themes. We decided that a black and white photograph on the cover would suit the theme we have created for MYA better. On the digipack and tour poster, we have used grungy colours so we are now going to create another magazine cover to suit the theme of the other work we have done, using iconic synergy.

Tour Poster.

In todays lesson I made a tour poster for MYA that we could potentially use. The colours fit with the whole theme of our artist, and the smoke effect I have put on the poster mimic the theme of the digi-pack showing iconic synergy.

Tour Poster.

Ella also created a tour poster for MYA. We have decided to use my poster as the tour poster which is the darker one and use Ella's tour poster for inside the magazine. Both of the posters show synergy for MYA as both include smoke and the black and white theme.

 

Magazine Cover Research.

We researched famous magazine covers for inspiration for MYA's magazine cover.