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Website skills Development

Using Wix I created a mock website as a way to practice for when I create my outcome, this gave me an understanding on what i will need to include on my website and how i would be able to do so.

http://09aguinaesilva.wix.com/imaniwinds

Ideas Update

Video

For my video I want to create a narrative that is easy for the viewer to understand, the idea is that we see a character (the artists) in various scenarios that they find boring and therefore makes them unhappy  due to the false nature of those scenarios. I want to make use of a shift in colour which would connote to the shift in the character's circumstances. 

Digipak 

Initially I was inspired by Rosie The Riveter and considered doing a modern day interpretation of her look including the bright yellow background, when looking back I saw that this concept had been done many times before and not very original. I then decided to simplify  this ideas by making use of the bright yellow background behind a teacup with a black liquid being poured in. This imagery would of been a comment on the themes expressed in the video as the cup would over represented the artist and the black liquid would of stood for the poison and lies she felt like she was being fed. It would also be a a comment in some of the scenes in the music video where the artist would of been seen with that same cup. 

Website 

I saw that simple websites are more popular among contemporary artists as it appeals to a people who use the website to those who go on them mainly to purchase merchandise and find updates on the artist. For my website i want to have the theme of the Yellow Walls all throughout it as a way to promote my album. This  including a Yellow background and the merchandise being yellow. I will also have images of my artist in a similar outfit to what she is wearing in the packaging and video so to link all the products together. 

Brainstorming Album Names

Locations

For my video I plan on having three different scenes set in three different locations, i visited the locations so to see whether or not they would be suitable for my music video. This also allowed me to see their accessibility and any hazards at the location.By visiting the locations I was also able to see whether or not it would work with the aesthetic I wanted to achieve for my video. One of the is a forest setting, I am aware that there a thew possible locations to do this in. The first is a path near Thorpe road:
This is a google maps satellite image of the location.

Bellow is the picture I took of he location. 

Another is a path behind Nene park academy, this is the satellite image of the location:

This is an image of that location:

The other scenes i want to do in my house where i can customise and decorate the setting to create the set I want, this is also because it is easily accessible. 

I have drawn out rough sketches with my ideas for these sets so i'll have some idea of what i'll need to create the set (thought most features such as the furniture are already there). 

Because this location is so easily accessible to me I am able to change certain features such as the lighting and background. I would want to potential experiment with placing black curtains in the around the walls of the dining room setting as it would could have a more ominous and edgy affect, similar to what is done for professionally made music videos of my chosen genre. 

Location and Sets research

Because of the niche market my chosen genre markets too, professional videos can vary in budget meaning sets can go from being in one location with a plain background, such as in the video for The Way by Kehlani:

This video shows a simple background being used where the lighting is changed to show a change i the mood of the song, because the key aspect of the video are the dancers their movement also goes with the song. This is an example of a lower budget music video. A music video in my chosen genre with a higher budget could make use of a variation of sets and locations so the demonstrate the story and themes depicted in the song. Janelle Monae's Q.U.E.E.N and Primetime are examples of videos that con sited of a higher budget and therefore the sets were more sophisticated but still were in one with the story and themes in the song.





More sophisticated videos can use a variation of settings and locations, The above were done in a studio setting and in a night club, which is also another common location used for music videos of my chosen genre. Videos can also be shot outdoors, forrest settings are very commonly used in these music videos as they can represent a character's search for something or their feeling of loneliness and isolation. Videos that make comments on the attitudes of today's society would commonly be set in a city location where it is busy and chaotic.

Frank Ocean's video for Swim Good is an example of a rural setting being used:

Model release Forms

Rough Design of webpage

Rough design of Digipak

Visit to the National Media Museum in Bradford

As part of my primary research I visited the national Media Museum in Bradford, UK. The visit was practical in allowing to learn about modern ways of sharing information which made me understand how I could promote my artist and music video to my target audience. The trip also had interesting display demonstrating how technical equipment is used in professional settings,

How a blue screen can be used to have a scene in a different setting

 

This display is showing the evolution of technology through the ages as a way to make people understand how our forms of communicating has broaden in such a shot period of time 



A camera in a mock TV set

Pitch Feedback

After my pitch I had my audience  write down their opinions on my ideas for my music video. When reviewing this feedback I saw that the majority of people questioned the accessibility of certain resources. I took this into account and considered altering some ideas for props which would mean they are easier to access such as items i already have access too. People also pointed out the lack of information and detail n certain aspects of the pitch meaning i'd have to review my ideas further so to allow me to have a clear understanding  on what i will do for my final outcome, they also felt that the fact that my chosen song didn't have a video could possibly limit me.
Many of the viewers liked the idea of the juxtaposition between light and dark i wanted to include in my video and also saw that the Pinterest of ideas consisted of a clear views in my inspirations for my ideas.

Pitch for my music Video

As a way to receive criticism and feedback on my ideas we presented them through a pitch to a group of people from my potential target market, This is a script I hope would guide me in my presentation to my class peers. 

Pitch from 09AGuinaesilva

This is a recording of me presenting my pitch: