Here are some ideas for what we could include to increase the appeal of the single:
- Lyrics
- Limited edition status
- Live performances
- Interviews with band members
-TV advertisements
-Local gigs
Freebies:
- Stickers
- Posters
- Postcards
- Competitions
- Vouchers
- Priority tickets
- Signed stuff
Thursday, 26 November 2009
Thoughts on the Music Video in general
Due to bad planning and people not attending the lessons we fell quite far behind. Once we found out the final deadlines we started to get a move on. We quickly planned out a short narrative and shot it in one lesson. Although our video was not as good as it could have been, we still included some of the conventions that a typical music video has, including lip synchronising. The editing and green screening we felt worked well, although some parts of it did not quite work. For example when Danni is singing in the street, people just walk through her, which we feel we could've made better if we had more time, or if we had planned better in advance.
The codes and conventions of a music video magazine
Codes and Conventions
The codes and conventions for music magazine adverts are;
The codes and conventions for music magazine adverts are;
- Using the face of the artist to sell the product.
- Been unusuall and different to stand out and make people remember it and want to buy it.
- Advertise the brand name on the advert.
- Keeping the style throughout the different products the same, consitency, so people can recognise, for example a symbol.
- Song/Album title
- Visual links to videos- Intertextuality
- Condensed information on content
- Release date
- Artist name
- Where is it available to purchase
- Record label logo
font ideas
These are a few fonts we have found that match the image which our song creates. We will be using the same font from on the digipak and our magazine advert to show the connection between the two. However due to other group members the name of the band was changed to " the girl in the mirror" and not Bassboosa which is written.
Ideas for Magazine
For the background of our advert we are going to use the same picture that's the background of our digipak. This is an abstract version of the sunrise featured in the original music video, the reason its abstract is to match our abstract music video. Our magazine advertisement will also have the same font used on the digipak so people can remember and associate the digipak with our advert. Our advert it will consist of:
- The name of our band
- The name of our album
- The dates of our tours
- Our website
- The name of our most recent songs
- The other types of media available. Eg. itunes, DVD
- Our record labels logos
digipack idea
We are making our CD available as part of a digipak, which means it will come with bonuses such as special features including an interview with the band, a making of music video documentary & posters of the band. It will be in the style of a unique CD style which folds from the right and overlapping from the left having the information and images on the outer casing.but when it is put into a DVD player, the interview and making of... will be able to be viewed.