Over the period of 2 days 'First Time's publicity on youtube has doubled and now stands at 4888 views worldwide. It has 8 Likes and 0 Dislikes. Viewing the videos statistics over five days from the 20th - present the views went from 314 to 4888. The video has grown popular in a variety of countrys and is currently most popular in the UK, Spain, Poland and Sweden. It is mainly viewed by females aged 13 - 24 and males aged 18 - 24. The picture below holds the evidence.
Over 7 days of being posted on youtube, First time has 2791 views so far. It has be broadcast over Blackberry messenger, Shared on Facebook and of course promoted on youtube.
The support is amazing and alot higher than expected. I can proudly say First Time has been a huge success.
How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?
Here is a short video made by myself to explain in great detail and depth of how effective the combinations of the main product and ancillary tasks were and how I applied this in my music video, Digipak and advertisement of First Time.
Furthermore, here are some screen grabs of how I promoted my 'First Time' product.
Firstly I put my Digipak as my Blackberry messenger profile picture which is a very active piece of social media for my targetted audience and I have around 150 contacts on it. When I posted the picture it would appear on my recent updates (Notifying) all my contacts to see. I also wrote in my personal message 'Everyone Check Out MY New Music Video ... ' and within 2 weeks I had over 11 000 views on YouTube.
Another good way of promoting my media product and ancillary tasks is through the worlds largest social media networking service Facebook. I don't personally have my own account anymore as I deleted to stop distracting me from my coursework however, several of my family members have
As roll of Director and Producer of ‘First Time’ We asked a range people to view first time and give us their honest opinions and critisms on the overall production. The feedback received was mainly positive and not one person claimed to dislike it but we did have a few criticisms from some of the interviewees, however these criticisms are vital to me and my production because it will help me make a difference in future pieces. I will learn from these opinions and benefit from them in the future. Listed below is the successes and critisms from our feedback.
Successes Spoken By Audience:
Very clear narrative
It wasn’t typical
Followed all the conventions
Montage was liked
Fast take and cut on the beat (synchronised)
Made you feel the emotion of the song
Extremely Imaginative
A lot of effort had been put into the video
It was a success, it was enjoyable to watch
Story line was put very well together
Montage was really good
It was a good success
Really enjoyed the location choices in it
Really fantastic
It was loved
Criticisms Spoken By Audience:
Made it look more professional
More varieties of performance like dancing
Crop a few things down that are not supposed to be seen
Use of Tripod more often
In conclusion of the audience feedback, 90% of our results were extremely positive and we succeded to encapture the audiences attention because quite clearly they all enjoyed what they saw.
