How effective is the main combination of your media product and ancillary tasks?
For
my ancillary task, I wanted it to look more artistic and like a painting rather
than a photograph because I found this was quite common with Indie Folk
digipaks and posters. Most posters and digipaks have a photo of the band but
because my genre is Indie Folk I wanted to do something different that would
stand out completely.
In order to make sure that my ancillary tasks linked with my main media product I decided to take a photo at the same setting that quite a lot of my music video was filmed. This meant that it would be easier for my audience to see the links between the products because chances are these products wouldn't be seen in the same places for example the music video would be on TV or on sites like youtube, the poster would be found in various magazines and the digipak would be found in music shops like HMV. This means that it was essential to make sure all of my products linked in some way so that my audience could tell they were all the same product. I decided to have no people in my ancillary photo and just a natural setting as this is similar to existing products.
I took my main photo whilst filming for my main task because then the theme of nature would be consistent throughout my products. This brought them together through the colours and scenery which allowed me to create linking products. The use of the same setting complimented my music video because it added an artistic depth to the products that wasn’t previously there with just the video.
I also used some photos taken of my band at the same time as I filmed these sections and then put the same cutout filter over the top as the main image because then they all looked the same. This also meant that they linked more with my music video.
All of my products fit into the Indie Folk genre and I have stuck to codes and conventions to make sure they have. The most common convention used in Indie Folk products is the use of natural or outdoor locations so I have made sure all of my products have this. I have also used bright lit settings as well as bold bright colours on the poster and digipak.
I chose to use HMV and iTunes as my distributors and put these logo on my poster and digipak because these are the two biggest music distributors in the UK at the moment with one being online and available for digital download and the other being a store selling physical copies. I thought this was important because then it offers a range of format that the product can be bought in and opens up options in terms of my audience.
In order to make sure that my ancillary tasks linked with my main media product I decided to take a photo at the same setting that quite a lot of my music video was filmed. This meant that it would be easier for my audience to see the links between the products because chances are these products wouldn't be seen in the same places for example the music video would be on TV or on sites like youtube, the poster would be found in various magazines and the digipak would be found in music shops like HMV. This means that it was essential to make sure all of my products linked in some way so that my audience could tell they were all the same product. I decided to have no people in my ancillary photo and just a natural setting as this is similar to existing products.
I took my main photo whilst filming for my main task because then the theme of nature would be consistent throughout my products. This brought them together through the colours and scenery which allowed me to create linking products. The use of the same setting complimented my music video because it added an artistic depth to the products that wasn’t previously there with just the video.
I also used some photos taken of my band at the same time as I filmed these sections and then put the same cutout filter over the top as the main image because then they all looked the same. This also meant that they linked more with my music video.
All of my products fit into the Indie Folk genre and I have stuck to codes and conventions to make sure they have. The most common convention used in Indie Folk products is the use of natural or outdoor locations so I have made sure all of my products have this. I have also used bright lit settings as well as bold bright colours on the poster and digipak.
I chose to use HMV and iTunes as my distributors and put these logo on my poster and digipak because these are the two biggest music distributors in the UK at the moment with one being online and available for digital download and the other being a store selling physical copies. I thought this was important because then it offers a range of format that the product can be bought in and opens up options in terms of my audience.
