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.
Digi-pak research and analysis completed, First Time – Digi-pak Second Draft done on Photoshop, Equipment Analysis of First Time Production, First Time Album Cover First Draft.
A Digipak/ Digi-pak patented method of CD, DVD or BD packaging and is a registered trademark of AGI World Ltd, an Atlas Holdings Company.
Patented is when a document given the exclusive right to make or sell an invention.
A registered trademark is when a firm legally uses a name or symbol to distinguish its goods.
There are different types of digi-pak -
(2 panels 1 tray and tube pocket)
4 Panel Digi Pak 1 tray 1 tube pocket
Digipak style packaging is often used for CD singles or special editions of CD albums and the tall DVD Digipak (DVDigipak)this is used as a premium package for DVDs and DVD sets. Digi-pak style casing grew poplular in the 2000’s among famous record labelling companies. Such packaging is less resistant to getting scraped than jewel cases, it tends to show signs of wear quicker than others. Licensed digipak manufacturers such as domestic U.S. printer and disc replicator Oasis Disc Manufacturing recommended coating it with the raw printed paper with a protective UV coating, ensuring it a longerlife.
Traditional Jewel Cases -
Digipaks -
Digipaks typically consist of a folded book type paperboard or card stock outer binding, with one or a few plastic trays capable of holding a CDs or DVD held on the inside. Digipaks was one of the first differences to jewel cases to be used by major record companies, and because there is no other common name for Digipak type packaging made by any other companies, the term digipak or Digi-Pak is often used generically, even when the media holder is a hubrather than a full plastic tray.
What are the key elements of a digipak?
Text-name of band, name of album, track listings, price, bonus material, website, blog, credits: name of record company, songwriters, record producer, musicians, musicians thanks, where/when recorded.
Pictorial-picture of band, band logo, record label logo (back), barcode (back), DVD logo (back), CD logo (back), website banner (back), MPTS logo (back).
Design-colour and style to fit artists genre, unfolds, cardboard sleeve, adverts, booklet, DVD, shape.
These are just a few examples, not all of them apply to the music industry.
One of the first bands to use digi-paking was Show Of Hands when they release their 1997 Dark Fields album. Back in the day digi-paks were only available for sale in large quantities, However the AGI recently introduced the new product called Digipak i-create for consumer markets. Digipak i-create is a web-supported concept that is aimed at music, photo and creative markets.
30/11/11: The First Time filming is officially complete now just editing to be done, Chose Plan B as my magazine advert analysis and completed that, Risk Assessments of production Completed.
During the production and making of ‘First Time’ we come across a few risk factors but managed to overcome them in a simple manor and by altering some of the plans.
1. One of the scenes that we did took place on an overhead bridge above the A127 one of the busiest roads in Romford, Essex. The plan was for Ms Sarra to tear up a love letter given to her by Tears and then chuck it in the air so that it could be edited into slow motion. However, unfortunately on the evening we filmed it was very windy and that if we would have continued for me to throw the paper, it would have fallen on the main roads and distracted passing drivers. This risk could have resulted in accidents and fatal consequences. Therefore I decided to just have shot the tearing up of the paper and leave the filming of the pieces being thrown away to avoid any of these hazards. Once the paper had been ripped up, I responsibly placed the remains in a bin.
2. Over the process of filming, most of the college tripods were out for hire, which meant we didn’thave the use of one for quite some time of our filming. It was risky protecting the camera hand held but I ensured that it was used in a safe environment and the cinematographer was not making any sudden movements and un intentionally the handheld camerawork actually worked very well within the final video edit as we synced jolts in with the beats.
3. Whilst ‘First Time’ was evenly filmed both Interior and Exterior, we always had that risk concern for the weather forecast. The weather conditions could have caused film plans to change or caused cancellation of filming overall. However the only weather interruption we had was the wind in point 1.
4. Inappropriate locations – For tears studio shots we couldn’t manage to find a big enough back drop to cover the cameras footage. Therefore our shots were not as successful as we would have liked them to be but they still worked well in the video and editing could easily sort it out.
