Final Music Video

Above is the final music video for the song 'Diver' by Canterbury created by Sam and I. Overall I feel that the music video we have created is an extremely professional product, with many difficult transitions being used in order to create the final effect that we desired. The bits of the video that stand out for me are the chorus. It is a common quality of many music videos for bands to have the screen divided into sections for the singer.

I think that this feature helps the audience to familiarise themselves with each member of the band and the role that they play in the making of the song. Another part of the video which I feel works extremely well is the introduction to the video which was invented by Sam on his home computer, I think that by using this transition the professionalism of our final product has been increased as it was an extremely difficult effect to accomplish.

I feel that the acting in the video portrays the sadness and confusion that can be heard from the lyrics of the song. In particular the chorus involving Sam and I. Another great bit of the video is the use of the black and white transition to display a memory, the different transition gives a connotation of difference to the member of the audience and lets them know that this particular sequence is a flashback from a past experience regarding the actor.

Canterbury final Website

To the left hand side of the page is my final product for the band website, as can be seen my final products has a massive difference from my draft, the main reason for this is the feedback that I received from various classmates of mine. The things that I have changed include a different background. The main reason for this being that I felt that my old colourful background drew the audiences attention too much away from the main content of my website, I also felt that a more neutral coloured background would complement the content of my web page well.

Throughout my web page I have used attributes that I noticed have been used in various other artists web pages, therefore giving connotations of realism. These areas includes the links down the left hand side of the page, the links that I have included are roll over links that when hovered over or clicked change colour, so that the end user of the website knows which link they are currently poised to enter, also on the buttons I have included a stick man that moves when clicked, as mentioned with my CD cover I did this as I feel that it gives connotations of youth, something which I feel the band portray in some of their songs.

Another area which I feel that my website excels in is the use of coding to produce a text box for a band blog, this is something which I encountered often when analysing real websites and is a difficult feature to produce using Dream weaver. Other items that I have included in my website are social networking links and the option to log into the website if you are a member. These are again typical website features.

Other band website features I have included are, the option to purchase tickets and merchandise online, to look for gig dates, and to read up on the latest band news and gossip.

Canterbury final CD case

This is the inside of my CD case and cover, for this product I decided that a minimalistic approach was the one that would prove to be the most successful, this is because I analysed many CD cases and I felt that the ones that worked the best were the ones that had not been overcrowded with things to read. The middle compartment of the CD case and cover is where the CD would be placed within the pack. To the left hand side the white flap that can be seen would be used to hold a bands message to the fans, which is depicted below. Again, I felt that a message to the fans was a common occurrence amongst many bands CD when I was analysing band CD packages in particular. For the background of the CD case I decided to use action shots of the members of the band, there were a few reasons for this and the main one being that I wanted the band to come across as fun loving and normal teenagers, and I feel that the pictures which I selected for usage gave these connotations with success. Once I had imported the pictures onto my canvas I decided that the contrast of colours gave a feel for a lack of professionalism and therefore decided to add a black and white fade to the photographs, making them fit together nicely and regain the sense of professionalism that I feel the rest of my products have achieved.




To the left hand side of the page is the outside of my CD case and cover, again matching the inside I decided to go for the minimal approach with regards to 'less is more' for the outer cover. I also decided to give the CD case a sense of continuity as I decided that the main image to be used on the outside of the case would be the same as the main header which can be seen on my final website, the reason for this is that I believe this is the approach that would be taken within the real market, with regards to a sense of identity. For example a band logo or colour scheme, once a band has used something that people can identify them with they use it on most if not all related products. To get the effect of the photograph I used different artistic effects using the Adobe Photoshop programme, this allowed me to get a cartoon effect on the photograph. Something which I feel gives a teenage connotation. I also believe that the photograph displays a sense of friendship between the band members. After analysing real products I decided to use some attributes which can be found in many of them for example the barcode and copyright paragraph. Overall I feel that my approach to the CD case and cover worked well, however I would have liked to of had the chance to develop a design for the actual CD to go inside the case.

Video Draft 3

This is the third draft of the music video that we have created, we felt that the chorus would appear to be more professional if the screen was sliced into three different screens of the two singers participating in the chorus, after analysing the second draft of our music video we felt that this option was a common aspect of the modern music video, along with other advanced editing options, and felt that this would add a touch of class to the final product.

Also within the third draft we Incorporated the black and white transition as to tell the audience that the clip of the video that they are watching is a memory, they can tell this as the transition makes the certain clips stand out from the rest of the video and therefore gives connotations of difference.

2nd draft video

This is our second draft music video, as can be seen the shots are beginning to come together and the emotional connotations of the song are beginning to be portrayed through the images and footage that we have captured. There are still some imperfections with the video so far, for example the chorus. For our third draft of the video Sam and I intend to have two singers for the video, this will give the video a sense of authenticity as it reflects the amount of singers in the original song.

We also intend to to split the screen on the chorus into 3 different shots, consisting of one large screen and two smaller ones, displaying the singers for the chorus. This will give a different feel to the music video, one that is not often seen.

Another problem with this draft is the improper lighting at places, again we intend to of fixed this for our 3rd draft.

Mock Website

Above is a print screened picture of the whole of my mock website homepage which I have created. Although the web page is not fully completed and not fully operational I have already implemented various stereotypical website features within it. For example, the scroll bar down the middle of the page gives a realistic web page feel, it also maximises the space on the homepage that I am able to use, as the scroll bar can fit as much text as I would like without taking up more space than the size of the scroll bar. In this case I have decided to put 'news' within the scroll bar as when my research was completed it became clear that a typical feature of a bands website was a news feature on the homepage, displaying important information to viewing fans. Another stereotypical website feature which I have added are roll over buttons, meaning that a button is able to change colour when a cursor is hovered over it. This again gives my website a realistic feel, I created the buttons using different states on the Fireworks programme, which were then inserted as a roll over image into Dreamweaver.

First draft music video

This is the first draft music video that Sam and I have created, there are still things that need to be done within the video to give it the effect that we require, however we feel that we have some decent shots, with nice lighting for a first draft. I feel that the chorus works well with Sam singing against the sometimes tense drama action within the verses, at times the video is fast paced. This is commonly found within music videos.