My A2 Media Studies Evaluation

My music video

Website

Here is the link to my website

http://teamblackoutmusic.weebly.com/

Tour poster

Editing

I have started to edit my video, at this stage I have the majority of the footage for my video so there is no problem with starting the editing stage of my project. Using i movie to create my music video has made it quite simple to edit, it is simple to cut away at my video clips making sure to use professional standard shots for my video making sure they are not shaky or distorted in any way.

Tour Dates

All artists will have created a detailed tour plan, as I have stated in past posts that it is common for the tour dates to be displayed on a certain poster for the artist so the fans are very much aware and are furthermore encouraged to purchase tickets.

Such as this poster, this is a tour date poster for Nero's 'Second Reality Tour'. Im not sure if i'm a fan of the way they have decided to display the dates, I think i'd prefer to use some sort of a grid method. Even so I cant deny that it is eye catching which is what they want so you want to buy a ticket.

After looking at a few tour posters I have noticed that the fonts differ from each other for the mast heads and the fonts used for the actual tour dates. Using this poster as an example the heading is done in the artists set house style font, and they have used a second font for the dates and locations which seems to be a similar font to what you will find on the back of a DVD box used for the company descriptions.

October 2014

WED          1  
THU           2
SAT           4
SUN          5
MON         6
WED         8
THU          9
FRI           10
SUN         12
TUE          14
FRI           17
SAT         18
SUN        19

Using Characters & Symbols in the Music Industry

Characters and symbols are very common in the music industry, these make the artists work stick in the listeners minds making the artists stand out from the rest of the music industry.


Feed Me has been using this cartoon character since there music began, majority of album covers feature this little character. The merchandise for this artist revolves around this character, people find it cool therefore they remember it and keep listening the music and buying the merchandise.








Deadmou5 is another artist who relies on a character or persona to be successful across the board. His music is popular enough but the fact that he uses this mask to create a character makes him even more popular and again makes him stand out from the industry. This was also a huge marketing possibility which proved successful since you are able to purchase these masks.










I think this would be one of the older characters from the selection I have here but the Kanye West Bear was quite popular after seeing him featured in music videos such as the single graduation. This proved popular with fans so they began creating merchandise for this character from teddy bears clothing and personalised items. This character has died down now and hardly see anything concerning it in music stores or online.