Final Print Tasks

The picture above is of one my final pieces for the print tasks of my coursework. For one of my 3 pages, I created a full page album poster to be run in the music press. I made sure that I included all the relevant information, for example; the record company, where people can download it, the release date and who the album is by. I wanted to make sure that I created a poster that fit with the genre of music that Megan makes, which is folk. So I chose to use the picture of Megan with her guitar to show the sound of her music. I also chose the background of purple as it complimented the picture and made it stand out much more. By making the poster simple and not too hard to read, it means that it will attract the audience. I created this by using InDesign as it was much simpler to use compared to programmes such as Photoshop.

This picture is of another of my final pieces for the print tasks of my coursework. For this one I chose to do a half page advert for the tour to be run in the music press. I made sure that I included all of the relevant information, for example; when and where, where people can buy tickets, the record company and who the tour is for. It was important to me that this advert looked professional because it is meant to be run in the music press and the readers will not pay attention to it if it looks messy or un-professional. Using InDesign I was able to change the picture to black and white so it looks more intriguing. I then made sure that the writing on the image was clear enough to be able to read, so I made it white and bold. The photo follows the 'rule of thirds' composition, with Megan featured on the left third of the image, this makes it all more appealing to the eye of the audience, and makes it easier to receive the information. This allows the text to fill the vast amount of empty space leftover, as this is the most important piece of information to be seen by the audience.

Finally, the picture above shows the final piece for my print task of my coursework. I chose to do a press release to be sent to journalists that includes information about Megan and her music. I included biographical information, news on her album and tour and how people could get a hold of the person in charge if they needed more information. I also included 3 promotional photographs to go along with the information to interest the journalists and potential audiences that will read it. I used Microsoft Word to produce this press release as it gave me the features most suited to what I wanted to achieve. This included line spacing (1.5pt) to make the information clearer and easier to read.

Artist Promotional Video - Final Edit AS Media Coursework

This is my final edit for my broadcasting task as part of my media coursework. I decided to do a promotional video that includes biographical information, live footage of musical performances and an original song that plays in the background.

The camera angles that I used were pretty basic. I mainly used mid wide shots with a few mid-close ups. I decided to use these shots because I wanted the video to be very simplistic and only focus on the singer and what she was saying, rather than anything else in the room. I used natural lighting in the video to also give the video a simplistic feel. This is similar to the music genre that I have chosen to promote and is the reason as to why I made these choices.

The music in the video is non-diegetic and is an original song by the singer, and I was given permission to use the song to avoid copyright issues. Some of the music from live performances that are in the video are originals and others are covers. However, Megan has put her own spin on the covers making it seem as though it is a different song all together.

In editing, I added some effects to the video. When I included the live performances, I made sure to use the swap scene effect to make the video run smoothly. If I did not do this, the video could have looked quite bitty and like it didn't flow properly. To get back into the talking parts of the video, after a music performance, I made sure that the videos faded out so that it would run smoothly again.