Combination of ancillary task
     and music video
Ancillary and Music Video

                                      My group believe that our research
We feel that the poster works well    has helped a lot during this task
with the album cover we have          because this allowed us to see that
produced and the music video we       the music videos produced show
have created. This is due to using    how the album shows similar
the same style of backgrounds.        conventions and styles used to      Me and my group wanted to
This means we have been able to       make it flow constantly.            create a digi pack and poster
use the ‘house’ in the background                                         which reflected the story line in
throughout our music                                                      our music video.
video, poster and CD cover.

                                                                                            When we looked into
                                     How well did they work                                 different CD covers in
                                                                                            our pre production
                                          together?                                         research we noticed
                                                                                            different themes which
    Themes                                                                                  were used throughout
    included, colours and                                                                   the exemplar covers.
    fonts, different
    backgrounds, and most
    importantly the albums              My group decided that           We feel that we have created a
    flowed all the way                  to keep to the same style       digi pack which matches well
    through and kept to the             we would add in a               with our music video we have
    same style.                         background which could          created, using images to tell the
                                        be used on the majority         storyline through the albums
                                        of our work.                    name ‘Secrets’.
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I believe that our digi pack supports our   We wanted to make sure           We believe that the majority of our images
music video. This is because we have        that our album covers            created for our digi pack supports our music
selected and created middle pages           flowed all the way through       video, however the middle page ‘when your
which show the storyline of the music       so we could allow our            gone’ music lyrics we choose a subtle image
video. This means cheating on someone       product to match the CD          which allowed us to step away from the
and loving someone else and the other       covers which Avril Lavigne       conventions of our music video.
partner does not know about this.           has.
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Ancillary and Music Video- The Poster

                                        With our poster we wanted to show continuity of using a
                                        photograph which allowed us to see continuity throughout
                                        the music video.

                                        We believe that photo conveys the personality of the artist
                                        and the artist throughout our music video. We wanted our
                                        artist to be able to look like she is missing someone and
                                        keeping a secret.




                                         We have done this by using different facial expressions
                                         where she does not give much information away at all to
                                         how she is feeling. The image of Avril shows the sort of
                                         expression we wanted to aim for.

                                         The image shown below is a shot from our music
                                         video, and we can see that the facial expression is used on
                                         the poster. We wanted to carry this through the whloe
                                         digi pack as it creates a sense of what the artist is feeling.
When we created our CD cover we
 wanted to keep the secret behind
 the expression the artist is               The expressions in the music
 portraying. Therefore in our music
 video our artist also chooses to hide
                                            video are however revealed in
 behind her facial expression and the       sections where we see the
 audience have to keep guessing             storylines unravel and the
 whats wrong.                               audience are able to see why the
                                            aritst is looking sad and full of
                                            emotion.




This is the same story for Digi pack we
have created because (Avril) Aletta is
creating a facial expression which is
hard to read until you open up the
digi pack and see the inserts. The
inserts suggest that the artist is hiding   Therefore we believe that our
a secret. The second image reveals          poster matches our music video
this with the back cover saying ‘Shut
                                            and digi pack which we have
the hell up’.
                                            produced.
One of the main factors we wanted to show the audience is a           Comparing ancillary to our digi packs
connection between our music video , the digi pack and poster.
We aimed to do this by using similar costumes and using the same
setting. In Avril Lavignes original music video only a few settings
were used and only a few costume changes which made the video
seem simple and effective.
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3                                                            In our music video we chose to use a simple prom dress
                                                             which was simple and graceful which is shown in
                                                             pictures 1 and 2. We wanted to choose a background to
                                                             have in our music video as In Avril’s original she uses
                                                             trees and houses as her main focus for performance and
                                                             narrative shots. Therefore we decided to use a wall, and
                                                             a main house throughout the whole of the song, which
                                                             later on continued throughout our ancillary task. By
                                                             doing this, this showed the audience a link between
                                                             both music video and our digi packs.
How well do the ancillary task and video go together?                                          We used a long shot on the
                                                                                               poster which includes the house
                                                                                               which is featured through our
                                           The setting shows a flow across                     music video, CD cover and inside
 I believe that these images
                                           both pieces of work including                       the digi pack.
 work well together as they
                                           the costume used, the
 allow continuity throughout
                                           brightness and the shot types.
 both pieces.                                                                  2

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The costume used in our music video                I also believe that they
wasn’t used on the our CD cover or                 go well together is
poster, however a very similar dress has           because of the mystery     The main theme of our CD cover was ‘school
been used.                                         behind the facial          prom’ style. However we believe that our music
                                                   expression which the       video relates to this theme as it is still
                                                   artist has created.        concerning friendships and relationships which
                                                                              are shown in the digi pack.
Another similarity which we chose to carry through both the music video and the ancillary
    tasks is the theme of the video. Which in this case was heart break and cheating. We wanted
    to combine the two in order to show continuity.

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                                   2
                                                                   This shot helps portray the theme in
                                                                   the video, which we wanted to flow
                                                                   through both the main piece and
                                                                   ancillary tasks.




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Various different shot types portray these in the music
video me and my group produced. Therefore we wanted to
carry this through into our main ancillary task.

In the main video we have a boy and a girl who are
                                                             In order to portray this we decided that we
engaged, however the boy is secretly seeing                  would create a image where Aletta (Avril) is
someone else, which gets revealed in the video.              with her boyfriend, but cheating with another
                                                             boy.
The image we wanted to create for our artist
                                                                                 This is another example of an artist
When we looked at different media products, each artist meant they were          with a blank facial expression.
being represented in a different way which the audience could relate too.        Creating a representation of a
                                                                                 lonely character will help the
 In Avril Lavignes ‘Wish you were here’ album, a facial                          audience identify what the artist is
 expression has been created on the front which we                               really feeling throughout our music
 wanted to portray her as a mysterious character, who                            video and our ancillary tasks.
 has a blank expression.



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                                     The audience therefore
                                     sympathize with the
                                     character as they do not
                                     know the full story.
                                     Therefore we wanted to
                                     represent our artist the
                                     same, where the audience
                                     don’t really know how
                                     Avril is feeling.




As we were only creating a music video for one                              Even though Avril is usually
song of the album, we wanted to create a                                    portrayed as the pop rock artist, we
representation of our artist which the audience                             wanted the video to portray our
are able to relate too. Using subtle and simple                             artist of being caring, and therefore
costumers we are able to identify that we                                   the audience are able to identify
                                                                            with the artist.
wanted to create a representation which
symbolises purity.

Combination of ancillary task and music videoo

  • 1.
    Combination of ancillarytask and music video
  • 2.
    Ancillary and MusicVideo My group believe that our research We feel that the poster works well has helped a lot during this task with the album cover we have because this allowed us to see that produced and the music video we the music videos produced show have created. This is due to using how the album shows similar the same style of backgrounds. conventions and styles used to Me and my group wanted to This means we have been able to make it flow constantly. create a digi pack and poster use the ‘house’ in the background which reflected the story line in throughout our music our music video. video, poster and CD cover. When we looked into How well did they work different CD covers in our pre production together? research we noticed different themes which Themes were used throughout included, colours and the exemplar covers. fonts, different backgrounds, and most importantly the albums My group decided that We feel that we have created a flowed all the way to keep to the same style digi pack which matches well through and kept to the we would add in a with our music video we have same style. background which could created, using images to tell the be used on the majority storyline through the albums of our work. name ‘Secrets’.
  • 3.
    1 2 3 I believe that our digi pack supports our We wanted to make sure We believe that the majority of our images music video. This is because we have that our album covers created for our digi pack supports our music selected and created middle pages flowed all the way through video, however the middle page ‘when your which show the storyline of the music so we could allow our gone’ music lyrics we choose a subtle image video. This means cheating on someone product to match the CD which allowed us to step away from the and loving someone else and the other covers which Avril Lavigne conventions of our music video. partner does not know about this. has. 4 5
  • 4.
    Ancillary and MusicVideo- The Poster With our poster we wanted to show continuity of using a photograph which allowed us to see continuity throughout the music video. We believe that photo conveys the personality of the artist and the artist throughout our music video. We wanted our artist to be able to look like she is missing someone and keeping a secret. We have done this by using different facial expressions where she does not give much information away at all to how she is feeling. The image of Avril shows the sort of expression we wanted to aim for. The image shown below is a shot from our music video, and we can see that the facial expression is used on the poster. We wanted to carry this through the whloe digi pack as it creates a sense of what the artist is feeling.
  • 5.
    When we createdour CD cover we wanted to keep the secret behind the expression the artist is The expressions in the music portraying. Therefore in our music video our artist also chooses to hide video are however revealed in behind her facial expression and the sections where we see the audience have to keep guessing storylines unravel and the whats wrong. audience are able to see why the aritst is looking sad and full of emotion. This is the same story for Digi pack we have created because (Avril) Aletta is creating a facial expression which is hard to read until you open up the digi pack and see the inserts. The inserts suggest that the artist is hiding Therefore we believe that our a secret. The second image reveals poster matches our music video this with the back cover saying ‘Shut and digi pack which we have the hell up’. produced.
  • 6.
    One of themain factors we wanted to show the audience is a Comparing ancillary to our digi packs connection between our music video , the digi pack and poster. We aimed to do this by using similar costumes and using the same setting. In Avril Lavignes original music video only a few settings were used and only a few costume changes which made the video seem simple and effective. 1 2 3 In our music video we chose to use a simple prom dress which was simple and graceful which is shown in pictures 1 and 2. We wanted to choose a background to have in our music video as In Avril’s original she uses trees and houses as her main focus for performance and narrative shots. Therefore we decided to use a wall, and a main house throughout the whole of the song, which later on continued throughout our ancillary task. By doing this, this showed the audience a link between both music video and our digi packs.
  • 7.
    How well dothe ancillary task and video go together? We used a long shot on the poster which includes the house which is featured through our The setting shows a flow across music video, CD cover and inside I believe that these images both pieces of work including the digi pack. work well together as they the costume used, the allow continuity throughout brightness and the shot types. both pieces. 2 1 The costume used in our music video I also believe that they wasn’t used on the our CD cover or go well together is poster, however a very similar dress has because of the mystery The main theme of our CD cover was ‘school been used. behind the facial prom’ style. However we believe that our music expression which the video relates to this theme as it is still artist has created. concerning friendships and relationships which are shown in the digi pack.
  • 8.
    Another similarity whichwe chose to carry through both the music video and the ancillary tasks is the theme of the video. Which in this case was heart break and cheating. We wanted to combine the two in order to show continuity. 1 2 This shot helps portray the theme in the video, which we wanted to flow through both the main piece and ancillary tasks. 3 Various different shot types portray these in the music video me and my group produced. Therefore we wanted to carry this through into our main ancillary task. In the main video we have a boy and a girl who are In order to portray this we decided that we engaged, however the boy is secretly seeing would create a image where Aletta (Avril) is someone else, which gets revealed in the video. with her boyfriend, but cheating with another boy.
  • 9.
    The image wewanted to create for our artist This is another example of an artist When we looked at different media products, each artist meant they were with a blank facial expression. being represented in a different way which the audience could relate too. Creating a representation of a lonely character will help the In Avril Lavignes ‘Wish you were here’ album, a facial audience identify what the artist is expression has been created on the front which we really feeling throughout our music wanted to portray her as a mysterious character, who video and our ancillary tasks. has a blank expression. 1 2 3 The audience therefore sympathize with the character as they do not know the full story. Therefore we wanted to represent our artist the same, where the audience don’t really know how Avril is feeling. As we were only creating a music video for one Even though Avril is usually song of the album, we wanted to create a portrayed as the pop rock artist, we representation of our artist which the audience wanted the video to portray our are able to relate too. Using subtle and simple artist of being caring, and therefore costumers we are able to identify that we the audience are able to identify with the artist. wanted to create a representation which symbolises purity.