A2 Media Studies- Ancillary Text Research Poster

Ancillary Text Research Poster

The Second part to the completion of my Ancillary Texts is to create a poster in order to promote my Music Video to the single 'Give Your Heart A Break'. 

Therefore i researched into other artists and the posters they have come up with in order to promote their singles and music videos to their intended audiences. 

The first artist i looked at is ADELE for her album 21. This a extremely simple poster and she has used the cover of her DVD cover on her Poster. I like the fact that she has kept it black and white as it gives off that more mature vibe.     

The next poster i looked at was form the very popular band 'Plan B' and their album 'The deformation of Strickland Banks'. Yet again this is another poster that has taken the DVD cover and its simple yet effective and eye catching thats why i really like. It's a simple  way of catching the intended audiences attention.

Another poster i looked at was Lady Gaga's 'Alejandro', which is a single to a music video she released. the poster are images that are within the music video showing the continuity between the music video and the poster. I think this is a really effective poster and something i may consider to include within mine.

This is the research i carried out for my poster for my Ancillary texts in order to get inspiration and an idea of what the poster should look like in order to promote to my intended audience.

A2 Media Studies- Ancillary Text Research DVD Cover

Ancillary Text Research DVD Cover 

As I'm doing a DVD cover for my music video single 'Give Your Heart A Break' and a poster i wanted to research into other people have come up with and see if i can try and make a DVD and poster which matches up to what they have done.

Here some research into the DVD covers. One of my favourite bands of all time is 'Green Day' and therefore i found this and i thought it was really interesting for a green day DVD cover...

As Green Day are a rock band they have gone for the dark colours, blacks, whites and greys. But what really makes this album/ DVD cover pop is the red, which i find to be a great way to make this DVD cover eye catching and enticing to their intended audience.

Another artist I'm really interested in is the one and only 'Lady Gaga' she is something different and that inspires here very niche audience, i think the fact she is so different makes her intriguing to audiences. Below is her DVD cover for her collection of music video's.

This Music video DVD cover inspires me, it something that is not only eye catching but interesting and audiences want to see what's inside. It's a very mature type of DVD cover and that is something i want to strongly include on my DVD cover and also i want to reflect that on my poster. I also like that dash of colour incorporated on the back cover, so i think will consider maybe incorporating that as well.

Here are someother examples of DVD cover for music video's, but i didnt really think they were relevent to my music video but they are pretty nice....

This is th research i conduncted on my ancillary text of a DVD for the music video i have created hope you enjoyed and have a better idea of what im looking for when it comes to my music video DVD cover!!! 

A2 Media Studies- Photoshot For Ancillary Text

Photoshoot For Ancillary Text

As I'm creating a DVD cover for my music video and an advertisement poster, I needed to get some shots that i can edit and photo shop in order to get the image i was looking for. Therefore i took my lead character 'Francesca Montanino' and we took a variety of different shots to capture my vision. 

I wanted to go for a mature look when it came to the DVD cover and poster and i wanted it to be extremely classic, therefore i tried a number of different things in order to capture this. Here some examples below:

 

After i had done the photo shoot i needed to edit the photo's therefore i used my Imac, with various editing technology and i also used photo shop. Below are the very few photo's that i have eidted, but its extremely difficult picking one that fits the song....hope you like what i have done with the pictures:

 

 

 

There is so many to choose from and if you have any suggestions that would be great!!! need to edit them further to make them more realistic, but this is what i have done so far!! Not sure which pictures I will be using for my DVD cover and Poster just yet but i will keep you posted and show you first before creating them. Hoped you enjoyed my post and are excited about what is to comes from my DVD and poster covers.  

A2 Media Studies- Ancillary ary Text Research

Ancillary Text Research

As you know i am doing a music Video for my final piece in A2 media studies. When choosing the following breif:

A promotion package for the release of an ablbum, to include a music promo video, together with two of the following 3 options:

• A website homepage for the band
• A cover for its release on DVD
• A magazine advertisement for the DVD

The options above are known as our auxiliary texts and i have chosen to do the:

• A cover for its release on DVD
• A magazine advertisment for the DVD

Therefore i will be taking out some research on a DVD cover and a Magazine advertisment which i have chosen to be a poster!!

Below is the poster and DVD cover for Demi Lovato and 'Give Your Heart A Break':

Above is the actual poster for Demi Lovatos 'Give Your Heart A Break' single release!!!

Above is the DVD/ CD cover for Demi Lovato's  'Give Your Heart A Break' single release!!!

E News also did advetisement for Demi Lovato and this is the poster they came up with to help the star advertise her new single.



 I will be doing further research into DVD's and posters i like as i want a completely different look to Demi Lovato because i want more of a sexy, striking look and less soft.

Hope you enjoyed my post!!!

A2 media Studies- Music video Research

Music video Research

When Taylor Swift released her new song 'I knew you were trouble when you walked in' i didnt think it was anything that would i would enjoy and i assumed before not watching the video it was going to be innocent and boring. However i was truely mistake....

Take a look yourself:

Okay yes i have to admit that the introduction is a little dragged out and long winded, however it ties the whole story together. What i like about this music video is it's different, something out of the artists 'Norm' as they say and we dont expect that type of person to come out in that music video. It gives Taylor Swift a new image and makes her more relateable to a different type of audience, after watching this i certainly have more respect for her as an artist and the surprises she has to offer. 

Hope you enjoyed the music video and have been more inspired to listen more to taylor swift, i know after watching this video im a new fan.

Thanks!!!