The student conducted research on music videos and digipaks using various online tools and apps. This included using Blogger to post findings, YouTube to analyze existing music videos, and Google to research music video theories. Animation and editing apps like Pixtrix, Prezi, and Gifs were used to annotate materials. The student also set up social media accounts like Facebook and Twitter to further research target audiences and provide project updates. Video footage was edited in Final Cut Pro and Photoshop was used to design ancillary products like CD covers and advertisements.

1. BY LARAH YEARWOOD

2. AND MORE….

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Whilst I was researching for this project I used
the internet to conduct my research about
music videos and digipaks, and I posted my
findings on blogger. I used animation apps,
such as Pixtrix to annotate cd covers and
adverts, and Prezi and Gifs to analyze music
videos. Gifs were particularly useful when I
was researching about mise-en-scene. I also
used Youtube for my research so I could get
some influence from already existing music
videos, as well as Google images for use of
synergy.

4. 
Instead of just noting things down we
uploaded and posted things to blogger.
Whilst researching I posted my findings
to the blog and got regular feedback
from my teachers. I also used blogger to
evaluate how I was progressing through
the course. I was able keep track of
what I was doing as my posts were in
order and I could plan what to do in the
project on blogger as well.

5. I was told by me
teacher that this
was one of my best
posts
I also have the most
posts in the group.

6. 
Some of the research I did involved
youtube. I had to analyse music videos.
For example, some videos I felt had a
good range of shots, good mise-enscene and good editing. I also had to
analyse videos that influenced me. This
was mainly little mix and the saturdays
videos as they are the same genre as
us.

7. 
I also used Google for research on theories
about music videos, in particular from
Andrew Goodwin and Carol Vernallis. I also
used the internet to find out conventions
about music videos and digipaks as well,
as I needed to know the important do’s and
don’t’s of the work and what I could
possibly challenge. The group also set up a
facebook account to conduct more
research regarding our target audience and
what they would expect or want to hear
from us.

8. This is our Facebook page
for our imaginary target
audience. Young women
aged 15-23. She is 16 on
our page.

9. 
I used the app GoAnimate to create a
conversation about the conventions of a
music video, just for a little fun. I also
used photobucket a lot when I took
screen grabs of my research. These
posts are up on the blog. I used apps
that were new to me as well such as
Animoto, Pixtrix and Slidely to be a bit
more creative.

10. 
Pixtrix is an annotations app I used for
research into my ancillary work. I was
able to analyse digipaks and
advertisements and also show the links
to my work. I was also able to show how
already existing work influenced mine.

13. 
Whilst we were planning we decided to
set up a twitter account for our group
and post tweets updating our followers
on how progress with the video and
album were going. We also had a group
twitter account to keep our teachers up
to date with our filming progress. This
was a new thing.

14. 
This screen shot
here show our
twitter page
updating fans. This
helped the project
seem a little more
realistic.

15. 
We used state of the art video cameras
and memory cards for filming. We then
put the footage into Final Cut pro to edit
it all. Whilst using Final Cut we used
things like slow-motion and color
correction as well on our video. This was
to make our video a little more
professional and to follow the
conventions, where keeping the
audience entertained is concerned.

16. Excuse the poor quality of
this picture, but, it shows
color correction being put
on our video It also shows
our video being base
tracked too which is
another thing we did in
final cut.

17. 
I used the programme photoshop for the
construction of my ancillary products. I
was able to use my skills to produce
some good final products. I used shapes
such as hearts for the synergy and logo
as well as a gradient background for the
inside panels and advertisement.

18. 
We started the ancillary work from scratch
using only a cd template to guide us. We
knew what the conventions were for a
digipak and so I stuck to/challenged them.
Having used photoshop briefly in the past I
had a grip on the tools. I developed my
skills to create all my ancillary work to a
good standard. I used photoshop to re-size
images, make them sharper, add shapes,
color and text.

19. Shapes like this heart were
what I used in photoshop for
my ancillary work