Friday, 8 January 2016

Research and planning: Drafts for Advert



Advert


To make sure we created a conventional advert that appealed to our intended target audience, it was important that we created drafts of our work and receive feedback on them. Receiving feedback on our drafts allowed us to analyse and review our use of conventions, what worked and what didn’t. Below are the drafts that my group and I created.

Draft 1:





The positive criticism we got were:

- Image of the diamonds are good
- Ideas compliment each other well

The constructive criticism we got were:

-         Album name/ artist name
-         Key information missing
-         Artist image

-         Does not compliment digipak

Draft 2:





The positive criticism we got were: 


- Typography more consistent and relevant to artist/genre
- Colour scheme works & compliments digipak

- Key information present


The constructive criticism we got were: 

- Not enough gold in typography
- Song outlines are too faint

- All space has not been used


Draft 3:




The positive criticism we got were: 

- Key information stand out 
- all space used
The constructive criticism we got were: 

- artist image


From the drafting process we have received critical opinions from a person experienced in media which fine-tuned our connotations to genre characteristics, mise en scene and theory.

Conclusion:
To make sure we created a conventional advert that appealed to our intended target audience, it was important that we created drafts of our work and feedback on them. We created two in total and this process allowed us to analyse and review our use of conventions, what worked and what didn’t. Below are the drafts that my group and I created. 



Research and planning: Drafts for Digipak


Digipak

In our groups, we planned out what our digipak will include, as this is our first digipak we created drafts of our work and received feedback on them. This helped us to make sure that we created a conventional digipak that appealed to our intended target audience. We researched about other digipak examples that helped us to have an idea of different type of digipak's that is conventional to the music genre tat we are doing. Also, we created two digipak's in total and this process allowed us to analyse and review our use of conventions, what worked and what didn’t. Below are the drafts that my group and I created.

Draft 1:





The positive criticism we got were:

-         Like the image of the skull
-         Typography is good
-         Ideas are relevant to genre 
-         good colour scheme
-         sketch of skeleton is creative


The constructive criticism we got were:

-         Panel missing
-         On the back, space not filled
-         Key info missing
-         CD inserts does not look consistent with other panels
- Inconsistent typography
-         Inside does not correlate with other sections
-         Too basic; consider more backgrounds/images


Draft 2:


The positive criticism we got were: 

- Consistent with the advert style


- Better typography

The constructive criticism we got were: 

- CD image needs to be selected better
- Provide some star image
- Key conventions missing from the back

Draft 3:


The positive criticism we got were: 

- Better consistency with front and back

- Colour scheme adjusted to a better genre convention

The constructive criticism we got were: 

- Still needs star image
- Change typography for the production info
- Make barcode stand out more
- Edit coin to suit the campaign

Conclusion:
Overall, creating two drafts for our digipak has allowed us to improve on our editing skills. Receiving feedback on the first draft that we created helped us to create a better digipak for our final draft. Our first draft was very simple and did not include star image, this digipak wouldn't be successful because it does not promote the artist and the typography used for each panel is plain and does not collaborate with each other. 

Wednesday, 6 January 2016

Research and planning: Advert information



Advert information

It is extremely important that we plan the information that we will be including on our magazine advert, this enables the buyer to be aware of the information that would be on the advert. It also makes us appear very professional as we are organised with the information that we want to put on our advert. 


Artist name
Frankie Felone


Album name:  "what if it's Felone season?"


Key Singles: 

-Felone season

- Outro

Album release date: 

- Friday 29th of January

Parental advisory:

-Yes

Typography:

-Sketchy

Available for download:

-Spotify
-Itunes

Tuesday, 5 January 2016

Sunday, 3 January 2016

Research and Planning: Creative brief for Advert

Creative brief for Advert













Who is he?

Frankie Felone is an American rapper who launched his career from performing in local rap battles and making mix tapes in his home made studio. As his reputation grew, he started being hired to perform at urban   festivals and soon headlining shows Eventually he was known for creating a new sound, experimental Hip hop, which created a new audience for him leading him to get signed to a major label company Esoteric records due to the co-founder witnessing his raw talent several years ago. From here, he started to play more of a dominant role for the company where he would write, produce and direct videos for other artist's music. This then enabled him to expand his reputation and name on the Hip hop scene. As he went from performing in small clubs to arenas, it enabled people to know what his music was about and even though his videos were rather commercial, his lyrics were quite niche at the same time resulting in international fame on the Hip hop scene, there is definitely a demand for his 3rd album release.



The advert concept what is it?





We want to create an advertisement that best represents star image in order to pull in a variety of different audiences from the international hip hop scene. We want to create something that will appeal to our audience and also that will reflect the genre we are making our music video for, ‘oh well’. The advert poster will be a very illustrative of his fame and what’s going on at the present time rather than his past or what he wants to work towards. Now that he has a strong and large fan base, this poster is specifically to appeal to them as they can feel closer towards our artist. We are creating this advert as we want to maintain his star image: this in turn will boost our chances of having a music video on the top 10 charts.



Why are we doing it?



Felone's 3rd studio album will bring success to an international audience and the digipak creation will help in order to do this. The art work on the album cover will be crucial in our success. The consumers should be able to understand the values and ideologies as well as the themes the artist is trying to portray. The pictures, typography and backgrounds will allow us to communicate visually to our audience. The theme of the album which is ‘about his fame will allow the consumers to understand the Hip-hop genre, without even having to listen to the music. In more technical terms, we are investing in synergy to enhance the promotion of the album due to the rise of globalization, allowing content to be seen through multiple media platforms. 


Comparable products






Album release: 18th June

Sales of album in first week:  630,000









Album release: September 14th 2009
Sales of album in first week: 2,400,000


Audience:



We want the audience and the consumers to feel like they can understand the artist and enjoy his music to live their lives and get over their problems. The target audience should be able to build and develop a relationship that is different from other artist as this one is about getting to know your true self.


How will we know I worked?



We will know if our album was successful from the sales. We will compare these alongside our sales figures to enable us to see if our album was a hit. Following on, we will be hosting a focus group to allow fans and consumers to look at our first drafts and give us there feedback on our album designs. From there criticism we will know ways in which we can improve.



Launch dates:

Press campaign: 6th January 2016
- TV Launch: 10th January 2016
- Album Release: 15th February 2016





Research: Creative brief for digipak

  1. Creative brief for digipak



     Date: 11/12/2015 
    Album Title/artist: ‘Felone Season' by Frankie Felone
    Project Manager: Lara Lawal
    Release Date: 4th February 2016


    PRODUCT OVERVIEW

    Who is he?

    Frankie Felone is an American rapper who launched his career from performing in local rap battles and making mix tapes in his home made studio. As his reputation grew, he started being hired to perform at urban   festivals and soon headlining shows Eventually he was known for creating a new sound, experimental Hip hop, which created a new audience for him leading him to get signed to a major label company Esoteric records due to the co-founder witnessing his raw talent several years ago. From here, he started to play more of a dominant role for the company where he would write, produce and direct videos for other artist's music. This then enabled him to expand his reputation and name on the Hip hop scene. As he went from performing in small clubs to arenas, it enabled people to know what his music was about and even though his videos were rather commercial, his lyrics were quite niche at the same time resulting in international fame on the Hip hop scene, there is definitely a demand for his 3rd album release.

    THE MAGAZINE ADVERT CONCEPT

    What is it?
    We want to create an advertisement that best represents star image in order to pull in a variety of different audiences from the international hip hop scene. We want to create something that will appeal to our audience and also that will reflect the genre we are making our music video for, ‘oh well’. The advert poster will be a very illustrative of his fame and what’s going on at the present time rather than his past or what he wants to work towards. Now that he has a strong and large fan base, this poster is specifically to appeal to them as they can feel closer towards our artist. We are creating this advert as we want to maintain his star image: this in turn will boost our chances of having a music video on the top 10 charts.

    Why are we doing it?
    Felone's 3rd studio album will bring success to an international audience and the digipak creation will help in order to do this. The art work on the album cover will be crucial in our success. The consumers should be able to understand the values and ideologies as well as the themes the artist is trying to portray. The pictures, typography and backgrounds will allow us to communicate visually to our audience. The theme of the album which is ‘about his fame will allow the consumers to understand the Hip-hop genre, without even having to listen to the music.

    A$AP ROCKY - Long. Live. A$AP



    sale figures: 520.000 sold


    RICK ROSS - Mastermind 



    sale figures: 420,000

    What is the reaction we want?
    We want the audience and the consumers to feel like they can understand the artist and enjoy his music to live their lives and get over their problems. The target audience should be able to build and develop a relationship that is different from other artist as this one is about getting to know your true self.

    How will we know it worked?
    We will know if our album was successful from the sales. We will compare these alongside our sales figures to enable us to see if our album was a hit. Following on, we will be hosting a focus group to allow fans and consumers to look at our first drafts and give us there feedback on our album designs. From there criticism we will know ways in which we can improve.






    Felones campaign dates: 
    Press campaign: 29th January 2016
    TV Launch: 4th Febraury 2016
    Album Release: 4th February 2016