Final Magazine Advert

For a final magazine advert we decided to get rid of the picture of Damian and enlarge the picture of the album cover and make it more central. Our audience feedback suggested this looked more conventional thus professional.

Magazine Advert

We tried having both a picture of the front cover of the album as well as a picture of the artist however we felt, and our audience agreed, that it just didn't visually look like a conventional music album advert.

Evaluation Question 4: How did you use media technologies in the research, planning, construction and evaluation stages?

Magazine Advert (edited)

I acted upon the feedback and experimented with font colour and style and already it looks more visually dynamic than the previous edit. I also asked some peers what they thought of it (off record chat) and the general response I got was very positive. They commented on how it looks professional as well as explaining the design and layout grabbed their attention. All thats left now is to add a picture of the "star" then I will ask for feedback in the form of an open conversation with one or two groups of people.

Pictures "Star Image"

Here are some pictures that we could potential use in both our digipaks and our album advert in a magazine.

The pictures on top are the original images we took and the ones directly below are the photoshopped versions. We had very positive feedback on the images and the way they were edited to look more "visually appealing" which is what we intended. I think thats very important. I now have the task of picking one of the images to use in the album advert which will feature in a music magazine. I also have to choose one or two pictures which can feature in the digipak. To make a decision I will create a survey and ask 25 students for their opinion. 

Costume

Damian (the star) - He wears casual clothes as appropriate for the indie genre. Jeans, t-shirt, hoodie, and he also wears a gillet as they are very fashionable at the moment. The costume was carefully thought about and inspired by the many indie music videos I watched as part of my research. All the costumes are very similar making it a convention of a indie music video which we decided to adhere to.

Prop List

Guitar - for the performance aspect of the video
Mobile phone - for Ashleigh
A sign with a message on it - narrative aspect