Audience Feedback

After showing my rough cut to various students I realise there are some aspects of my video that work well and some elements that need improving. I took pictures of these students as evidence and for my evaluation question. 

The comments made were: 

• The lyrics work well with the videos
• I don't think some of the videos flow 
• I think more bits should be speeded up 
• I think you should include more footage as a child 
• I like how original the idea is.

After receiving this feedback I will be re-editing sections to make some improvements. 

Rough Cut Video

This is my rough cut video. Although it is not complete I will be asking students and my teacher feedback to see if there is any improvements I can make.  

My Own Website

Toying with Two -
I am fully aware that there are various sites in which you can create a website. I was already familiar with Weebly and therefore decided to use this create my own site.

Weebly - (www.weebly.com) did not cater for all my needs due to its basic functions. For example it did not let me create additional pages for free. Also I was need keen on the layout as I felt it was too basic and not the image of most band pages.

Wix(www.wix.com)  was my second and final website choice. To me it has a lot more choice than Weebly and allows me to have additional pages free of charge. Furthermore it gave me a choice of a style of website i.e music, bussiness,fashion and therefore catered for my specific 'music style'.

Website Research

Keeping in with my artists genre I have researched a number of Websites - The reason for doing this is because I want to make my website as authentic as possible. 

Ben Howard -

On Ben Howard's Website he includes his music video for 'I Forget Where We Were'. This is on his homepage and straight away grabs your attention. I like how he has used this and I will possibly be using this for my own website.  

Ed Sheeran -

Ed Sheeran includes advertising on his website. For example his album, his lastest tweet and instagram posts. He also includes his logo 'X'. A logo is something I will be considering when I create my website and digipak.

James Morrison -

I particularly enjoyed looking through James Morrisons website. I liked the simplicity of it and how the layout was not a typical format, as it enabled you to scroll down instead of clicking on a tab and taking you to the next page. This is something I am very keen to use in  my own piece. Additionally I like how he had his tour dates on the site and the dates, times and availability.

More Filming

After researching more into my chosen genre I felt it would improve my piece if I included typical conventions,

For example:
I sing in my piece
I have video of myself with a Guitar
I have taken shots in a natural setting (forest) 

Digipak Design

This is my first attempt at creating a digipak -

I have researched other digipaks in my genre to see the layout. For my own digipak I will be including a front cover, a lyric page, back cover (track list), two images and a CD holder. 

I will be using a collage type front cover as this combines all my experiences together. The colours will primarily be browns, blacks, greens and I will use white writing to contrast with this, similarly to the other digipaks I have researched. 

The two images I will be including I have not yet chosen at this present moment however I may include a guitar images to reinforce the genre. Subsequently I will add these when I have finished filming. 

Genre

George Ezra genre - includes: Folk, Blues and Rock 

Folk Music - 
'music that originates in traditional popular culture or that is written in such a style. Folk music is typically of unknown authorship and is transmitted orally from generation to generation'

Blues -
'melancholic music of black American folk origin, typically in a twelve-bar sequence. It developed in the rural southern US towards the end of the 19th century, finding a wider audience in the 1940s, as blacks migrated to the cities. This urban blues gave rise to rhythm and blues and rock and roll'

Rock- 
'a form of popular music which evolved from rock and roll and pop music during the mid and late 1960s'

Artists similar to George Ezra include:
James Bay, Hozier, Vance Joy, Tom Odell, Ed Sheeran, Ben Howard 

Typical conventions of this genre in a music video are:
A person with a guitar (usually the artist/band). There is often a narrative which involves scenes of a natural setting. For example scenery of the outside. This often reflects the music or theme of the piece. There are often close up shots of the artist, who are commonly shown singing the song. The clothing worn by the people in the video are often basic and natural - a representation of the setting