http://beesonjack01.wix.com/cdotofficial
Final Website
Please follow the link to our final website as shown below:
http://beesonjack01.wix.com/cdotofficial
http://beesonjack01.wix.com/cdotofficial
Final Tour Poster
Below is our final tour poster. This was our third attempt at creating our tour poster for our artist C.DOT.
Director's Cut on Music Video
We decided to make a directors commentary over our final music video, to reflect on the whole music video.
Tour poster changes to get Draft 3
Today we made some changes to the tour poster, these include minor picture and text tweaks. We completed this on request of feedback we received. This first poster was the original tour poster I created, we were quickly told to change it due to its over-simple design. It then progressed to the second which was more structured. I took the design from an ASAP Rocky and Wiz Khalifa tour poster I had seen. This design showed promise. The final design compiled images from the digipack allowing branding to shine through. The pictures are easily recognisable and take influence from other beautiful tour posters.
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Feedback on music video
Today we received feedback on our latest draft of our music video - Nikes on my feet. We had a large amount of response as 17 fellow peers marked our work. They have various views and opinions from the outline bellow on the feedback sheets. We then were scored from 0-40 with 40 being full marks and a perfect music video. The feedback is shown below.
In each section we were given feedback as shown below by picking out 5 random examples:
The overall scores that we received from our feedback all of which was 30+ which is high level 3 and level 4. Below is overall scores:
30 marks - 1 person gave us this score
31 marks - 1 person gave us this score
34 marks - 4 people gave us this score
35 marks - 2 people gave us this score
37 marks - 2 people gave us this score
38 marks - 3 people gave us this score
39 marks - 1 person gave us this score
From these overall scores it shows us that the majority of our fellow peers who watched our latest music video draft felt as though we were a strong level 4. This shows us that our music video was liked by a wide range of people.
We were given a set of positive feedback which was said by more than one person:
- Close ups of Connor work very well and shots link well with the speed of the video itself.
- Good use of the different variety of shots
- Good appropriate locations and costumes
- Performance is very good
- Good transitions and different techniques keep your entertained in the video
Negative feedback on the music video:
- The scene next to the card does not work, the cloth on Connors head was not a good choice of clothing
- Less shots inside the room
- Less shots inside the dome
- Some lip syncing could be adjusted towards the end of the video
- Shots inside different rooms are of poorer quality, cereal killer cafe
- The gin doesn't work
From this wide range of feedback, we noticed that there was constraining views between different sets of people. For example the Bombay sapphire was judged however we have recently stated as to why we have the gin in the music video. However after looking at this feedback we know that maybe we need to change the quality of the image inside cereal killer cafe at which after looking at it again it is significantly weaker than our other footage.
Discount Coupon on Website
Here is how I constructed the discount code to work on the website. This would give customers a 15% discount to celebrate the recently announced new album from C.DOT, hence the code "YSD15" relating to Yellow Shop Dreams.
How I created the coupon.
The coupon in use on the live website
The coupon being advertised on the website navigational bar
How I created the coupon.
The coupon in use on the live website
The coupon being advertised on the website navigational bar
My Feedback
Below is my feedback on my fellow peers groups on there very own digipaks and feedback on there own websites.
Loud Summit:
Digipak feedback:
Images/photography and colour scheme/effects:
I like the colour scheme as it matches in every single photo. The front cover and the back cover photos are of very high quality and the logo above the band name loud summit also works very well. The guitar image on the back cover is good as bands always have a guitar in. This matches the genre very well. I don't like the right hand corner photo as the quality is poor. However I like the idea of having Marcus coming out of the doors as he is the lead singer at which take more of the limelight.
The text is very clear and it is matched throughout the digipak. The front cover text is very good as the purple over the loud summit works very well. The star image is shown with Marcus as he is in the centre of the frame between the three of them. I would change the quality of the right hand side corner. I like the CD section and the different colours work well.
Final grade - 8/9
Website feedback:
There is a large gap at the top of the website could that be reduced? Very good detailed information on the front page. I don't like the background tho and i don't see how it links with the genre. The gallery is good. I like the tour poster page and the store. It can be improved by the background.
6/7
iSO:
Digipak feedback:
Images/photography and colour scheme/effects:
I don't like the colour scheme, the black with the information of the album songs aswell as the special thanks page does not go well together. There is to much contrast. The front cover is good as it has one image of the artist centre of the frame and the font works very well throughout the digipak it matches the rap genre. I would prefer to see ISO's name in a larger font as this is his first album and they have focused more on the album title. The two DNA effect to match the album title is a good idea however I feel the use of one is better as this doesn't really advertise ISO as an artist. I like the CD I think that a simple CD with the colours works really well and matches the genre. There is a good range of information on the digipak. I think there could be more photos of ISO, that are different, the same image is used three times on the digipak and I think it works for the front cover but not the rest.
Final grade - 6
Digipak feedback:
Images/photography and colour scheme/effects:
The colour scheme is lost halfway through the digipak, it starts off black and white although then there is colour on his face aswell as the clouds in the sky, therefore the colour scheme is not the same throughout. The photos match the genre of indie pop, at which it is an abstract genre, although i think the digipak is quite plain and dull, there is not much to be entertained about. I like the fact that there band name is in a larger font than the album name. The back of the album the tracks are not very clear and there is little information on the digipak itself. I think that there is a lot needed to improve this digipak. I think there needs to be more theme towards there music video which is water, this at the moment is not effective with the music video aswell.
Final grade - 5
Website feedback:
Digipak feedback:
Images/photography and colour scheme/effects
The colour scheme works really well together and matches the genre of indie. The CD itself is really good and i liked the paint effect which is a theme throughout the music video aswell. The image on the front I think is really effective as they have a constant theme at which Soraya's hair is covering her face. The layout of the album is very good and the track list is very well done. The quality of the photos is the same throughout all the photos and it is of very good quality. I like the font which they used on the digipak and i liked the fact that the artists name is in a larger font than the album title as as a new artist she needs to advertise herself. The digipak however does remind me of Rihanna's front digipak which hints towards more pop genre.
Final grade - 7/8
Sweet Nothing:
The digipak has a constant theme of silhouettes which i think is very good as it links well with the album title light me up. I like the fact that as a band they have all their photos on the main front cover as usually bands only have the lead singer. I think as though this was a little rushed for the first draft therefore it is difficult to give feedback. They need to make sure that it is not too repetitive, there could maybe be more information given on the images of the silhouettes
Final grade - 6-7
Website feedback:
Very good layout and the photo on the front is good. I like the way the name of there band appears. Very good movement on the other pages. Good in depth information about each individual artist. The store can be improved I think in the sense of the cart and maybe a discount? Other than that i like the gallery and it suits the genre very well.
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Loud Summit:
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| Digipak 1st draft |
Digipak feedback:
Images/photography and colour scheme/effects:
I like the colour scheme as it matches in every single photo. The front cover and the back cover photos are of very high quality and the logo above the band name loud summit also works very well. The guitar image on the back cover is good as bands always have a guitar in. This matches the genre very well. I don't like the right hand corner photo as the quality is poor. However I like the idea of having Marcus coming out of the doors as he is the lead singer at which take more of the limelight.
The text is very clear and it is matched throughout the digipak. The front cover text is very good as the purple over the loud summit works very well. The star image is shown with Marcus as he is in the centre of the frame between the three of them. I would change the quality of the right hand side corner. I like the CD section and the different colours work well.
Final grade - 8/9
Website feedback:
There is a large gap at the top of the website could that be reduced? Very good detailed information on the front page. I don't like the background tho and i don't see how it links with the genre. The gallery is good. I like the tour poster page and the store. It can be improved by the background.
6/7
iSO:
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| Digipak 1st draft |
Images/photography and colour scheme/effects:
I don't like the colour scheme, the black with the information of the album songs aswell as the special thanks page does not go well together. There is to much contrast. The front cover is good as it has one image of the artist centre of the frame and the font works very well throughout the digipak it matches the rap genre. I would prefer to see ISO's name in a larger font as this is his first album and they have focused more on the album title. The two DNA effect to match the album title is a good idea however I feel the use of one is better as this doesn't really advertise ISO as an artist. I like the CD I think that a simple CD with the colours works really well and matches the genre. There is a good range of information on the digipak. I think there could be more photos of ISO, that are different, the same image is used three times on the digipak and I think it works for the front cover but not the rest.
Final grade - 6
Website feedback:
Good layout on the front page and its good that it points straight to the new album. The quality of the iso could be improved. The about page is good and i like the way it goes straight to instagram. News page is the best page and its very good detail. I like the discount on the store. The map on the contact page is good. Could the background move at all?
Good layout on the front page and its good that it points straight to the new album. The quality of the iso could be improved. The about page is good and i like the way it goes straight to instagram. News page is the best page and its very good detail. I like the discount on the store. The map on the contact page is good. Could the background move at all?
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No Individual: |
| Digipak 1st draft |
Images/photography and colour scheme/effects:
The colour scheme is lost halfway through the digipak, it starts off black and white although then there is colour on his face aswell as the clouds in the sky, therefore the colour scheme is not the same throughout. The photos match the genre of indie pop, at which it is an abstract genre, although i think the digipak is quite plain and dull, there is not much to be entertained about. I like the fact that there band name is in a larger font than the album name. The back of the album the tracks are not very clear and there is little information on the digipak itself. I think that there is a lot needed to improve this digipak. I think there needs to be more theme towards there music video which is water, this at the moment is not effective with the music video aswell.
Final grade - 5
Website feedback:
The home page is good although the email bit to the left hand side doesnt work. Quite dull at the front page. The background on the other pages are very good i like the movement. I want a link with water on the front page. Good information about the band members themselves.
7
Soraya:
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| Digipak 1st draft |
Images/photography and colour scheme/effects
The colour scheme works really well together and matches the genre of indie. The CD itself is really good and i liked the paint effect which is a theme throughout the music video aswell. The image on the front I think is really effective as they have a constant theme at which Soraya's hair is covering her face. The layout of the album is very good and the track list is very well done. The quality of the photos is the same throughout all the photos and it is of very good quality. I like the font which they used on the digipak and i liked the fact that the artists name is in a larger font than the album title as as a new artist she needs to advertise herself. The digipak however does remind me of Rihanna's front digipak which hints towards more pop genre.
Final grade - 7/8
Website feedback:
Looks like Rihannas digipak the front cover remind me to much of that. Layout on the front can be improved although the top of the website has a very nice layout. The movement of the background i really like and the news page is very good. The gallery style works very well. The sign up page works well. and the store is good.
Looks like Rihannas digipak the front cover remind me to much of that. Layout on the front can be improved although the top of the website has a very nice layout. The movement of the background i really like and the news page is very good. The gallery style works very well. The sign up page works well. and the store is good.
7
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| Digipak 1st draft |
Digipak feedback:
Images/photography and colour scheme/effectsThe digipak has a constant theme of silhouettes which i think is very good as it links well with the album title light me up. I like the fact that as a band they have all their photos on the main front cover as usually bands only have the lead singer. I think as though this was a little rushed for the first draft therefore it is difficult to give feedback. They need to make sure that it is not too repetitive, there could maybe be more information given on the images of the silhouettes
Final grade - 6-7
Website feedback:
Very good layout and the photo on the front is good. I like the way the name of there band appears. Very good movement on the other pages. Good in depth information about each individual artist. The store can be improved I think in the sense of the cart and maybe a discount? Other than that i like the gallery and it suits the genre very well.
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Digipak feedback
Today we received our Digipak research on our first draft. Below is 10 peoples results from our fellow peers. They had to give positives and negatives on the Digipak and then say a score out of 10 from 1 - being poor to 10- excellent.
Our overall scores were:
Person 1
Images look too edited.
Don't look like a real digipak/ CD case
I like the font as it makes C.DOT seem royal and important
I like the picture of C.DOT on the front cover, however i dont like the text behind it.
It does look like a rap artist CD
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Our overall scores were:
Person 1
Images look too edited.
Don't look like a real digipak/ CD case
I like the font as it makes C.DOT seem royal and important
I like the picture of C.DOT on the front cover, however i dont like the text behind it.
It does look like a rap artist CD
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Website Feedback
Below is feedback which was received after showing fellow media peers and our teachers our website. There was no guidelines as to what people would comment on, this was mainly based upon peoples own view and there own opinion. They had to give positives and negatives of the website and then say a score out of 10 from 1 - being poor to 10- excellent.
C.DOT - Person 1
Good homepage,
I like the moving background,
The colour scheme fits the digipak.
The countdown at the bottom is good
There's not enough content on the website itself on C.DOT.
Add more links to other things, tour dates, gallery etc. needs more information, bare minimum on each page.
5
C.DOT - Person 2
Good - colour scheme, background
Bad - do the links work?
Improvements - add tour dates and other links
7
C.DOT - Person 3
I like the movement on the homepage, makes it look more interesting and interactive. Lots of working links and I like the countdown clock. There is a strong theme running throughout. There are only 4 main buttons, to improve you could add more, e.g. info about the artist and images of the artist
7
C.DOT - Person 4
The website link doesn't work but from when i did look at it before i remembered that the song plays out loud and it is a little off putting and i don't think it works with the website. but the colours looked really good and link with the digipak which is really good and shows a clear artist image.
8
C.DOT - Person 5
The C.Dot website is good with the album being the first thing you see which will encourage you to buy the album. The media tab is good because it gives you the chance to see interviews with the band therefore allowing you to feel in touch with the artist. The Press tab is good because it gives lots of information about the band and this is very good because it gives you more information about
6
C.DOT - Person 6
The products are good because they enable you to buy products which relate to the band. It would be good if there was more photography rather than the same photo being used for everything other than this the website is nearly completed.
7
C.DOT - Person 7
What worked well:
I really enjoy the home page due to the subtle moving background. The hyperlink buttons are very bold which makes them stand out better. The 'Press' page clearly shows his magazine articles which have been extremely well photoshot.
Even better if:
It would be better if they had writing on the 'Press' page, explaining more about the artist. other than that it is a good website - level 4,
9
C.DOT - Person 8
Text needs to be bold
Media page is clever and inventive.
Press page is good but the text is hard to read. Get the bold on.
The store layout looked good but the tops dont look good.
9
C.DOT - Person 9
The header looks too big.
The countdown extra looks good.
Their twitter feed looks good on the home page so that you're able to keep up to date with their tweets.
On the media page, the writing is incomplete. So is the writing on the press page.
The links to social media stand out nicely.
The store and merchandise are appropriate and work.
The background is good and links in with the background on their poster and merchandise.
7
C.DOT - Person 10
The continuity of the yellow which matches everything else is good, but I think the text should also do this as it is very different from the C in C.DOT. The front page of the website is also very bare at the moment. I really like the fact that the song plays every time you click on a page as it ensures the song is constantly in your head. The merchandise is all very similar so I think it needs some variation.
8
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| This is our score feedback which we received from 10 different people |
C.DOT - Person 1
Good homepage,
I like the moving background,
The colour scheme fits the digipak.
The countdown at the bottom is good
There's not enough content on the website itself on C.DOT.
Add more links to other things, tour dates, gallery etc. needs more information, bare minimum on each page.
5
C.DOT - Person 2
Good - colour scheme, background
Bad - do the links work?
Improvements - add tour dates and other links
7
C.DOT - Person 3
I like the movement on the homepage, makes it look more interesting and interactive. Lots of working links and I like the countdown clock. There is a strong theme running throughout. There are only 4 main buttons, to improve you could add more, e.g. info about the artist and images of the artist
7
C.DOT - Person 4
The website link doesn't work but from when i did look at it before i remembered that the song plays out loud and it is a little off putting and i don't think it works with the website. but the colours looked really good and link with the digipak which is really good and shows a clear artist image.
8
C.DOT - Person 5
The C.Dot website is good with the album being the first thing you see which will encourage you to buy the album. The media tab is good because it gives you the chance to see interviews with the band therefore allowing you to feel in touch with the artist. The Press tab is good because it gives lots of information about the band and this is very good because it gives you more information about
6
C.DOT - Person 6
The products are good because they enable you to buy products which relate to the band. It would be good if there was more photography rather than the same photo being used for everything other than this the website is nearly completed.
7
C.DOT - Person 7
What worked well:
I really enjoy the home page due to the subtle moving background. The hyperlink buttons are very bold which makes them stand out better. The 'Press' page clearly shows his magazine articles which have been extremely well photoshot.
Even better if:
It would be better if they had writing on the 'Press' page, explaining more about the artist. other than that it is a good website - level 4,
9
C.DOT - Person 8
Text needs to be bold
Media page is clever and inventive.
Press page is good but the text is hard to read. Get the bold on.
The store layout looked good but the tops dont look good.
9
C.DOT - Person 9
The header looks too big.
The countdown extra looks good.
Their twitter feed looks good on the home page so that you're able to keep up to date with their tweets.
On the media page, the writing is incomplete. So is the writing on the press page.
The links to social media stand out nicely.
The store and merchandise are appropriate and work.
The background is good and links in with the background on their poster and merchandise.
7
C.DOT - Person 10
The continuity of the yellow which matches everything else is good, but I think the text should also do this as it is very different from the C in C.DOT. The front page of the website is also very bare at the moment. I really like the fact that the song plays every time you click on a page as it ensures the song is constantly in your head. The merchandise is all very similar so I think it needs some variation.
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Explaining the Use of Bombay Sapphire
Bombay Sapphire
As receiving feedback from people watching our first draft of our video we have had many comments about C.DOT drinking Bombay Sapphire not understanding the drink. This must be due to the age gap of people viewing the video. Here is an example showing Wiz Khalifa and others drinking Bombay Sapphire who is a very popular artist in our genre, this is a very popular drink therefore we will be keeping it in the video defending the different shots of C.DOT drinking.
As receiving feedback from people watching our first draft of our video we have had many comments about C.DOT drinking Bombay Sapphire not understanding the drink. This must be due to the age gap of people viewing the video. Here is an example showing Wiz Khalifa and others drinking Bombay Sapphire who is a very popular artist in our genre, this is a very popular drink therefore we will be keeping it in the video defending the different shots of C.DOT drinking.
Website Draft 1
Below is our first draft of our website:
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| Home page of the website |
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| Media Page link |
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| Press Page link |
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| Continued Press page link |
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| Store page |
The background on every page is a parallax and this is shown below that the background moves.
Final Magazine Article
Below is our final magazine article, for our artist C.DOT. This article would go inside XXL magazines.
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| Two page spread of the magazine article |
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| Close up of the first page of the magazine article. |
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| Close up of the second page of the magazine article |
Music Video Draft 2
Below is our 2nd draft for our music video, there are some gaps at this moment as it is not completely finished.
Merchandise for the website
Below is our merchandise for our store. There is the page which is shown on the website but also there is each item shown below with the prices.
Digipak research #2
This is Digipak research at which i have analysed three different artists; Schoolboy Q, Kris Kasanova and Devlin. I have picked three different albums and have analysed there front and back covers and gave my personal view aswell as things which we could use in order to help our digipak.
Music Video Draft 1
Below is our first music video draft that we created as a group. This is not the final video, these are some of our ideas which are likely going to be modified or changed.
Magazine Article research
From this magazine article the first thing which stood out to me was the name of the artist in different fonts and sizes at which surrounded a photo of the Temi himself. This is something I feel would look very good on our magazine as C.DOT isn't a long name and I think that this is a good method for generating publicity as people are then likely to remember C.DOT name as he is an up coming artist. This article is two pages at which seems to occur a lot in XXL magazines and therefore we are likely to replicate this. I like the right hand corner exclusive however we are more likely to not have the word separated. Like this magazine article there will be some stand out sentences from Connor himself, this is seen in a lot of articles.
From this magazine article you can see that this is also a two page article with a whole page taken up by the artist himself. This is a method at which promotes the artist. I liked the quote "life of a shooting star" this appealed to me as I was thinking we could change this to "Life of a Rising Star" to promote C.DOT as a new artist. However this article is fairly short at which we want to give our audience as much information as we can about C.DOT.
This article is a two page article at which is a similar theme throughout XXL magazines. This is similar to the one above at which is mainly promoting the artist. As he is such a well known artist his initials already tell the audience who he is whereas C.DOT is a rising rapper. I like the layout however I think that the article is too short which doesn't provide enough information about C.DOT.
This magazine article is also a double page spread. In this article the photo of Nas takes up 1 and a half of the page. This is the first article at which the photo has a background which is in the gym. The text has a specific font throughout the article at which also has a stand out line which is shown in the larger font. At the start of the column similar to others there is a large character.
This article is also a double page spread at which also has the artist on a full side of the page. The column itself is divided by the artist on a motorbike at which shows he is the centre of attention.
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