Evaluation

Final Cut

Final cut of my music video. I've edited the video, based on my focus group's feedback. 

First Cut

This is my first cut for my Music video

I showed this video to my focus group. They thought that it was pretty good, and told me they liked the "Sort of Vintage look of it". They also said they thought the fast pacing of the editing  was well done, and that the instruments were synced quite well. It was brought up, however, that some of the shots were a little too long, and that some of the shots looked brighter than other shots, and suggested I try and make them darker. 

I will likely tur down the brightness on some of these shots, and will shorten, and replace some others, to keep up the fast pacing of the video. 

Final Digipak Design

Below is my Final digipak design. 

I acted on my Focus Group's opinions by removing the Band Bio page. My group felt it was unnecessary.

Final Website

This is my final website design. 

My focus group felt that the signs were a little too small, as some barely fit the text in. As such, I made them larger. 

My Final Homepage Design.

My Final News blog Design.

My Final Bio Design

And Here is my Interactive version, where the websites are linked together.

Props and Costume list

I've made a list of everything my actors will be using and wearing on the day of filming. I've also made sure all these props and costume pieces will be available on the day for filming, to minimise the chance of errors.  

The props list can be found below. 

Costume

I'm looking at costumes used by Punk-Rock Bands, to get an idea of how they would usually dress. I'm going to look mainly at American Punk Rock, as my group originates from the United States.

 

 

 



 These two bands appear to dress almost entirely in black. Most of the members have messy hair and dress in smart-Casual wear. Many members have tatoos, whether small, or covering the majority of their arm. It shows the band members as perhaps being quite carefree and laid back.

 

 

 These Punk-Rock bands are dressed much more casually, many just wearing casual shirts, or T-Shirts, and being represented in rather different ways to one another- Like completely different characters. It represents their individualism, that they're not all just band members. They have their own personalities.

 

 

 

I will likely ask my actors to wear Smart-Casual wear. I will request they make their hair look messy, and that they wear a black T-Shirt, or perhaps a shirt with a Checked pattern.

Second Focus Group

From the Left to the Right; Sam, Callum, Connor, Dean

 I got a Group of Punk-Rock fans together, to discuss my product designs and their opinions on them.

 

 Firstly, I asked their opinions on my Drafted Website Design. I was told that the imagery was clever, and attractive, with its bright and eye-catching colours, and interesting design. I was also told that the choice of background was great, and that the puppets were well done. However, they thought the signs were slightly too small, and that I should perhaps get larger ones for the final draft. I think this's a fair point- The sign seems to be too small, in some cases, to fully fit the text in. By enlarging the signs, I could make the content of the sign larger and more eye-catching. Another person said that they didn't like the font, nor the pink colour used for the text, as it seemed out of place to them, and it was also suggested a curtain be added, so I'm considering how I could photoshop one in.

 After talking about my website design, we turned our attention to my Digipak design. I was told that the style of it was good, and that I've used all the sides rather well, giving them all a Theatre-esque appearance. It was suggested that, rather than having on the Digipak information on the individual members of the band, I just have the Band bio, as the band may be of more importance than writing more personal Bios. It was also suggested that I should add in some stage spot-lights on the Digipaks Special Thanks page.

Website second draft

I've created my website using Photoshop, to form a general idea of how it will look.

 

Home Page

I used a Puppet Booth for the background, the sort often used during puppet shows.

It's a familiar and recognisable scene for most-



Bio

 For the Navigation bar, I've used some Cardboard to the top of the booth, hanging from the top. This represents the DIY ethic popular in the punk-rock genre.

 As the top of the page, the band members are shown holding signs with their names on them. When clicked, the images will link to another page, which will have information concerning that particular band member. This represents each member as an individual with their own stories, background and personalities. This helps represent the Punk-Rock ideology of Individualism, that people should be independant and exercise their own goals in life.

News

 

Digipak Second Draft