Mediastudies evaluation

1. WHAT DID YOU
LEARN FROM
AUDIENCE
FEEDBACK?
QUESTION 3
LAURA BRYAN

2. TRACK..
When I first picked my track, I was advised to pick somehting
out of my comfort zone and push my self. Therefore I chose a
track that genre I knew nothing about.
After finishing my research I still had no inspiration for the
performance side of my track.
I played my track out loud to my media class to gain feedback
on what to base it on.
Summarising what they said was to stay within the relationships
such as Lyrics and visuals meaning linking my lyrics to the
performance of a love story.
Because I was working on my own, I did not have anyone to
bounce ideas off or collaborate with. So by asking feedback I
gained a couple of ideas and was able to continuing
brainstorming.

3. FIRSTLY…
At the start of the research stage, I did not really know what
audience my genre was aimed at.
After surfing the internet, I finally came to the conclusion that Rock
and Roll was aimed at many ages due to the recent fashion trend of
„vintage‟.
Therefore I handed out a questionnaire to a verity of ages from 16 to
40 that consisted questions of “ what is your favourite music video
and why?” “What is your opinions on the rock and roll genre?” and
“what would you expect in a rock and roll music video?”. By giving
it a huge age range I thought that I would be able to gain a bigger
audience and also gain a larger interest.

4. RECEIVED INFORMATION:
PLANNING…
I collected in the questionnaires and by surprise some of the
responses were similar. For example people wrote down similar
things in relation to rock and roll. They expected 1950s/60s clothing,
guitars and interments, retro/vintage and the idolised image of Elvis
Presley.
From this information, I used the general knowledge of my audience
and forwarded it into my music video. I used costumes that was
similar to the 50s: polo shirts, spotted circle skirts and plain
cardigan. On the other hand, keeping to my idea of the „in trend‟ the
costume for the lead singer was still in relation to the genre but with
a 2013 twist. He wore a bowtie with braces, smart trousers and
shoes.

5. …
Another thing I learnt was that the music videos people liked
the most was most modern such as Katy Perry - E.T. and
story lines that link with the lyrics Katy Perry – TGIF.
I took this information and analysed the lyrics to try and write
a story line that would compliant the lyrics and also sticking
to the same genre and context of the track.
By giving the audience what seemed „recent‟ and relatable I
felt that my music video would have a larger target audience.

6. TEXT…
To gain the right text for
my digipack and website, I
went onto DAFONT to find
the correct font that linked
with my genre.
Along side my research of
rock and roll bands I found
3 suitable fonts that would
reinforce rock and roll
image.
I placed an image on two
social media websites (
Facebook and Twitter) to
get opinions on which font
most relates back to rock
and roll.
Here is the feedback I
got…

7. DRAFT1:
After I had completed editing, I uploaded
my first draft onto YouTube and shared a
link onto Facebook so my friends and
family could give my constructive
feedback such as things they liked and
which bits needed to be changed.
From the feedback I learnt that
•
I needed more editing in my video to
make it look recent and to also get my
marks up.
• Use dissolves and fades to smooth out
my cuts because it looked to sharp for
the soft and slow track.

8. CONCLUSION…
Overall, by asking for feedback and opinions I was bale to
achieve a suitable music video that is aimed at my audience
and related to the genre. Without the feedback I would have
not seen the improvements and would have been PANTS!
My peers gave me feedback that helped improve my music
video and now is looking slick and professional.