Group meetings - Miss Geogiou

Group meetings
The purpose of group meetings are to make sure that everyone is on the same page and that ideas and thoughts are being shared. This communication allows a group to work better together because they help them relate with eachother and open up about any issues or chnages needed. They are essential to carry out because they make sure that all group members know what is going on with the production, it prevents any confusion and opens up the opinions within the group. The members are enabled to express their ideas and take on board others input making the production overall more likely to work better and run smoothly.

The group meeting helped me and my group when constucting out music video because it gave up alot of communication meaning there where no issues of lack of infoment to other members. We were able to openly talk about our ideas and plans for the production of the video, no one was left out and everything was able to run smoothly. The group meetings ment my group and I were able to sit down with eachother and plan out each element of out music video, we could disucss what we thought would look best and how we wanted everything to fit in. We were able to map out every detail and make sure they met everyones needs and everyone agreed. 

I think a strength within our group meetings what that everyone was heard, all members were allowed to air their opinions and they were always taken on board. The group were easily able to talk about how we wanted our music video to be and this ment that we had a clear image of how we wanted it to look. From this my group and I were able to create our music video to the way we wanted it to look and what we imagined it to be like. 

From carry out the group meetings I have learnt that it is very important to have the communication with a group of people having to work together and that without it the work doesnt run smoothly. Without the meeting there are many more issues and problem that occur because there hasnt been enough dicussion on the point which are important in the product. I think my group and I work well together throughout the creation of our music video, and we kept out communication open. We allowed eachother to say our opinions and we all took them onboard to come up with group decision that met the look everyone was goiong for.
If I were to have to do this again I would have had a few more meetings just to make sure that everything was perfect and any issues were covered. I would also make them more specific to certain elements which wold mean everything was covered on a wider basis.

Photoshoot - Miss Miller

Photoshoot

You need to take pictures when creating the product I am (magazine advert and digipak). Images are needed for these products because they make them more effective and show the audience the different  styles of the album and the personality and ideas of the artist. The pictures are essential because they stop the products from being boring and create a more exciting piece including connotaitons and conventions which appeal to the audience. It is also important to take a variety of image because some may not come out in the intended way or may not look as theyare wanted when it comes to creating the products. Having different pictures make sure there is a back up plan and they also show the different sides the music and the artist. Each image and represent the artist in a different was or show a different emoitons which then reflects on the sonfs within the album.

Before

Image 1-    I took the particular image because I thought it show the audience the representation of the artist very well. She is clearly visible to them and they can see every element of her hair, make-up and costume, as well as some other micro-elements like a long shot and lightings. I have chosen this image to be used in my digipak. It has been used as a message page, where the artist has written a note around her body to her audience. I chose this because I thought the red curtain provided a good blank space for the text   to be focused on therefore the audience would not be destracted by any other elements exept for the artist herself. The image is convetional because it show the classy artist representation. She is shown as a respectable woman in a black dress with nicley done make up and hair, this shows the audience that she repescts herself, which is a common representation in female soul artists. After I edited the image it was in blacka dn white which is also conventional because it show the old fashioned side the the music. Soul orginated in the 1950's and therefore the black and white theme relates to this ear where all videos and image where the same. These conventions make the digipak more effective because they allow the audience to make a deeper connection witht the musicvideo and the soul genre, they can get a better undertsnading of what the elements mean and also what they mean to the artist. I think this audience can build a relationship with the artist through this image because they can see a clear representation of her. The audience are able to see her as a respectable woman and they therefore follow this, they look up to her. They cna also see her hair, make-up nd cotumes which they make like and idolise, this make the build a realtionship with her as they may have the same style. The audience can reate her image to other pople in their lives and then go on to respect her as they would with the people in real life.  

ADD AND AFTER IMAGE 

Image 2 -    This image was taken because it shows the faical expressions of the artist and shows her audience how se if feeling. Not only down the image show this it also the black and white setting which is conventional. I used this image in my digipak, I kept the image the same with no text on it, just an effect to remove some of the colours. 

Image 1 - 

Main

• Include 4 – 5 pictures that you have taken to use for both your magazine advert and digipak
• Write a paragraph for each picture explaining:

• Why you have taken a picture of this particular image?
• Where you intend to use each picture (digipak? Advert?) – include pictures of before and after (actual digipak etc.)?
• How is it conventional/subversive of your chosen genre?
• What you think is good about it?
• How you think they will help the audience build a relationship with your artist?

Conclusion

• Explain how you found taking pictures for your photo shoot – what do you feel you did particularly well? What do you feel you struggled with?
• Explain what representation these pictures give your artist overall
• Explain how as a group you will create individual magazine album adverts and digipaks, and therefore needed to take a variety of photos for each other’s different ideas