Stealomatic

This is our stealomatic and shows some of the ideas we plan to include in our video. We can see the plane shorts which we plan to use on the flight to and from Barcelona, this allows us to capture different views

Institutional Research

Big bands such as the arctic monkey are promoted by the bigger record companies- Dominos. \it would not make sense for us to have a deal with the same company. we need a more unknown record label , we came to the conclusion of creating our own, the magnets music. This shows that we are an indie band as it is an unknown record company. This suits our style and sound.

Final Draft of One Day- Alex Echo

This is our final draft for our video. We have made a few changes from the first draft. Most evidently the 2nd chorus. We filmed an entire new scene as we were not happy whatsoever with the first one. we had Megan in the background and it was not clear as to who Megan was. We filmed a new one with just Dom so tat it was clear at to what was going on. I think we still have a few problmes. For example the colour correction is not quite accurate. The swimming pool scenes still portray the people as quite orange and not their real skin colour. The camera does not come out of the bag for the final chorus which actually spoils the continuity of the video.

Our first draft of our Music Video

This is the first draft of our music video. We know the strong and weak parts of our video, this is why we do various drafts to analyse the video. We can also peer assess each others work in order to achieve a higher mark. Peer assessing may highlight something that we have overlooked. Filming mistakes e.g. a shadow. When we look at our first draft it is clear for us the bits that need improving. Most importantly is the backstage of a gig chorus, it is unclear who the other character is (Megan). To make it more realistic that it is backstage of a gig, we would have to have a lot more people. Alex could be walking in-between them whilst doing their jobs. This demonstrates a more realistic entrance This is something we want to achieve during the shooting having our video look as professional as possible.

The chorus where Alex is actually performing is also not up to scratch with the high standards that we set. Half of the shots during the scene are good such as the low angle and the trainer shot. The long shot where Alex is in-front of a whiteboard is very amateur and lets the video down. We can adjust the lighting in order to achieve a more appropriate chorus performance. When we have re-filmed these two choruses I will be very satisfied with our video as I am really happy with all the GoPro sections.

Website Feedback from Audience

We had to peer assess each groups website which meant that they received feedback from us and in turn we received feedback from them. This is a really good technique as it means we can get new ideas and appraisal for our work. This means all the group can improve their website and achieve a higher mark for their blog. 

WWW - I love the homepage and way that the photos wipe to the next looks really professional. The website fits well for a solo artist and the genre of their music.

EBI - More merchandise (and better quality photos on that page) are needed. URL needs to be changed also.

what went well - the banner at the top is really nice and so is the slideshow of pictures on the homepage.

even better if - it is very plain and takes about a minute to go through the whole website.

WWW - Website looks professional and the font ties in nicely with the genre. I like the idea of having a logo to brand who you are (the magnet) and a banner, be sure to use it in your digipak too!

EBI - Info page is a bit generic in terms of information given. Reword some of it to revamp it. Change the web address so it is Alex Echo and looks professional.

Love how the pictures slide across the page, looks really professional and clear. Great choice of colours, everything is clear. I like how the pictures link and the same concept is repeated throughout, clear connections. Could do with a bit more on each of the links and possibly change the web address. otherwise really great. 

WWW - website looks professional and the font ties in nicely with the genre. I like the idea of having a logo to brand who you are (the magnet) and a banner. Assuming this goes in with the digipak as well the synergy will be there and it'll get good marks

EBI - some of the pages have extremely large font with a few sentences and not a lot else. Perhaps condense two pages into just one page rather than lacking information. Change the web address so it is Alex Echo and looks professional.

Alex Echo is good however, their theme is a bit unconvential and not continuous. Echo's identity isn't clear as there are pictures of him with someone else. Lack of content which needs to be rectified.

Alex Echo's site is professional and fun, and practically screams Indie throughout. The photoshoot is of a high standard and presents conventions of Indie, i.e. colour, layout and typography. There is all of the necessary links, as well as a feed from the social network profiles, keeping fans and followers up to date, creating hype for the single, album and music video. Some videos could be included to complement the photography, i.e. music video teaser, interview etc.  

I like this website as it is both minimalistic and full of content as it has links and information which the fans would be interested in. The website has a good colour scheme and looks very professional. All of the website works well but there was a problem with the merchandise as the picture quality was very bad. If this gets fixed it will be a very good website for the artist.

Alex echos website is well done. I like the unique idea of the pictures on the home page. The home page is very pretty and to me looks quite professional. When looking through the website i noticed that they had very little merchandise so i believe they need to work on this aspect of the website. The info page is quite plane and boring, it would be nice to see a wider variety of photos much like the homepage. Although the website is quite simple it isn't in anyway boring. I dont think they need to have loads going on for it look good and i think adding lots more will make the website look too busy and messy. This could ruin the simple beauty that it has. They have also added all their social networks to keep you up to date .

Good Looking website, nice menu and title, Pictures look really good and also the connect page looks good.

Even Better If:

he merchandise needs a lot of work, use a store app in wix and make sure the images arnt as pixelated as they are now. Is there supposed to be a menu par at the bottom of the page? looks a bit random.why is Sam is the pictures ? hes not mentioned, especially as he is a solo artist? either the font or the colour of the font needs changing on the info page, too hard to read currently.  

The layout for this website is great with very easy access to all different pages on the website. I really like the home page with the sliding images going across your screen.There is a confusing part in the gallery as Alex Echo is a solo artist, however there are a few pictures with sam in them posing also, so this could lead people to be unsure who he is. However apart from this I think this website is really  strong, ticking all the boxes including merchandise.