Creation of magazine cover (demonstartion)

I have takena exmple of the magazine advertismentand editing the picture this is the planning and i will be taking the image for my actual magazine advertisment in up coming days.

Summarised feedback.

1)What message do you want a music video to represent?
FEEDBACK WAS....Reality

2)In a video what do you prefer it being concept, performance, narrative or other?
FEEDBACK WAS...Narrative

3)What do you look for in music video special effects, storyline, animation or others?
FEEDBACK WAS....Storyline

4)How often do you watch a music video on average in a day 0-2, 3-5, 6-8 or other?
FEEDBACK WAS ...Other

5)What genre of music do you most prefer R&B, Pop, Hip Hop or other?
FEEDBACK WAS...R&B

This feedback is inspiration to know and acknowlegde our aims for the video for the audience we are targeting at that is R&B.

The questionnaire feedback results

How often do you watch a music video on average in a day?
This question shows if music videos play a big part in the audiences life’s and could support the reasons for the previous answered in the feedback and we could try to do a experimental approach to understand and try to interest them in the other option not selected for example give them a narrative but try to add a performance of a dance group so they can appreciate performance based video opening doors for a more wider audience.In the feedback we see the majority of the audience state other meaning they watch a music video more than 8 times a day, therefore they watch these a lot and therefore the music video must be different and unique but at the same time have the elements shown in the feedback the most requested or stated.

What genre of music do you most prefer R&B, Pop, Hip Hop or other?
This question shows how reliable this questionnaire is for example if the preferred was pop more than R&B then the audience feedback would not be reliable and therefore we would not be presenting the final product to the right audience.
However this was not the case as the majority of the audience preferred R&B. this ensued the questionnaire was reliable and therefore we can trust the feedback we have received.

The questionnaire feedback results

In a video what do you prefer it being concept, performance, narrative or other?
This question had to be answered as often audience may want to see more of the star than the main story, but often some videos don’t make much sense and don’t have a strong meaning behind what the story is and can often leave the viewer more confused than understanding the video which could lead to a massive fall for publicity for both the company and the star as video sometimes makes what a song is. The feedback showed the audience more overly wants to see a narrative than concept or performance in a music video. In order to take on this view we must make sure the story is more in focus however as performance is the second best we can show this aspect through the magazine ad which will would be sensible for publicity bases on performance and a good market.
What do you look for in music video special effects, storyline, animation or others?
This question feedback into the ‘in a video what do you prefer it being concept, performance, narrative or other?’ but more in depth of codes and conventions. Unlike the other questions answered there was variety of responses form the audience for each of the elements, the most element with more audience wanting to see in a music video is the storyline. This fits back in to the narrative and again shows the pattern in the previous post showing how important the audience feel narrative and storyline is being the most selected. option in both independent questions asked and feedback.

The questionnaire feedback results

What message do you want a music video to represent?
This question was important as audience would want to watch a music video for a purpose, this purpose could range from to inspiration, truth or simply to take there mind on imagination trip. It was very important to know exactly what message the audience wanted to see instead of guess work which could lead the process in the wrong direction.

This question was based on desirable lifestyle, wealth, reality and other (option given to the audience if the disagreed with the previous options). The audience wanted to see reality in the video but least a desirable lifestyle, the median was seeing wealth being sent as a message. This concept will fit into our music video well as the song and storyboard shows a situation of breaking up and it will not always be a happy ever after or a easy heart break, we will not be heavily glorifying for example big mansions, golf court or cars..

The questionnaire

The questionnaire will be based on a range of different types of questions put forward to be answered by the group. This would give us a greater understanding of the aim we want to try to achieve during the making process and up to the final product; this would be on the bases of the feedback we got from these questions, what message do you want a music video to represent? What do you look for in a music video? In a video what do you prefer it being (concept, performance, narrative and other)? How often do you watch a music video on average in a day? What genre of music do you prefer? In my next post I will show the response and feeback collected from the questionnaire.

Our video

Artist: Jay Sean
Song : All Or Nothing

The video we have planned is challenging the typical conventions of the R&B. Our song is a slow tempo song so the audience can hear the lyrics which link with the storyline. Unlike a stereotypical R&B video the main focus is not always on the star although the song is about the main star persona. This makes it easier to create a narrative and concept which is the main focus in our video. Our concept can be recognised as the visual image relate to the lyrics being sang, almost like the singer it narrating it. Instead of creating a desirable representation our video show the harsh reality of the real world. This is so audiences are not fooled and can relate to there own life which makes our video appealing in this way. The video show the how love will not always last.

DVD flatplan

Mudhiah has completed the dvd covers flatplan

My Flat plan of magaizne advertisment of album 'All or Nothing'

Magazine feedback information

Music magazine advertisment of Hip Hop album

The hip hop ghetto approach is strongly portrayed in this advertisement with the colours and the way star persona has covered his face. Red can be stereotyped for blood stereotyping how hip hop is presented.

R&B magazine advertisement questionnaire

I am extending my research of a music advertisement in a magazine by designing a questionnaire for 16 – 22 year olds as the song is exploring dilemmas of love and this age group will be familiar with this issue and also mature.

Extended in detail plan

I and Mudhiah have gone into detail to organise what we will be doing and what we will need for the music video process. We have done a separate plan for the photos as in our music video we will be doing a lot of flashback from photos, this is very important equally to planning the video as these symbolises the memories of past events form these photos we will show flashbacks in the video.

Timing of the song

Our group member Hannabella has timed the song for every three seconds so we could plan our storyboard for music video this was important so we could make sure each shot had been shown for a period of time decided upon (3sec or more only if there was a reason for this).

Action plan part 2

Here our group member Zoya has typed up a plan for when we should carry out each task; this will help the team to use time efficiently and to know in what part of the process where we are.