Poster

My images for my digi-pak

3/12/2011

Today we went to Matt's house where we filmed the performance shots so that we could all take photos that we need for our digi-paks and posters. Because we all had similar ideas, we were able to stay in the same location and just take photos in the garden and in his garage where all of the instruments are and where we filmed.
I got photos of the whole band and singular band members both with and without their masks, along with a mask with the corresponding instrument the band member was playing while wearing that specific mask.
We were all able to obtain many interesting photos which met the criteria for our individual ancillary tasks; the only challenge was the the cold weather as we had to stand outside in the clothes we wore in the music video and it was freezing!

Ancillary Task

For our A2 coursework we were put into groups and given the task of making a music video for the song 'My Little Haunting' by the UK band Hot Club De Paris. As a part of this project we have to prepare an ancillary project in which we have to design a digi-pak for our single, a corresponding poster and an evaluation.

Digi-Pak
We have been instructed to create 4 images and a spine for our digi-pak either on the computer or done by hand. I have decided that I will take photos myself and use photoshop in order to edit these images and make them relate to our song, music video and genre. I plan to have images of:
-the band with and without their masks
-instruments with the same mask by it that the band member was wearing
-the fairy lights

Poster
I plan to use one of the band images that I take with my digi-pak photos and, using photoshop, add some text over it to make it appear more like a promotional poster for a 2012 tour and the promotion of the single.


Evaluation
For our evaluation we have to answer these preliminary questions:
-In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge of real media products?
-How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?
-What have you learned form your audience feed back?
-How did you use new media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

These questions have to be answered with a written response of 500-1000 words though we are encouraged to use alternative ways of answering them, so I have decided that I am going to select some volunteers and film their response and get some views and opinions on our music video.

Digi-Pak research