Evaluation 2

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary

texts?

About my music video…

• My music video is based on the song ‘Iambic Red’ which was created by the unsigned band ‘Scarlet Creek’. The genre of this music video

is Indie Rock and has a target audience of predominately males with the age between

18-25 years.

HOW THE DIGIPAK SUPPORTS THE MUSIC VIDEO

• When editing my music video I decided to use different effects for the band and the narrative parts of the

video. This was to show a definite difference between the place and time during the video. I decided to do

this throughout my music video after I looked at different indie music videos and discovered that this was a usual convention. The narrative parts of the

video used more natural lighting then the performance aspects, which were usually under spotlights with plain

backgrounds. This allows the audience to determine the difference between the two aspects and allows the

audience to focus on the band.

This is a print screen from the narrative aspect of my final music video. The lighting is natural, relating to the indie subgenre.

This is a print screen of the performance aspect from my music video. Spotlights have been used to highlight the band, to determine a difference between both aspects, making the video more understandable and easier to follow.

• We can determine that the music video is from the indie genre as the band members wear casual

clothing which is a convention of the indie genre. My music video also has a unique touch to it where I have played with the aspect of time. However, my digi-pak and print ad only follow one aspect of my music video, incorporating a similar style or colour

scheme to that. I decided to use a different style within my designs, as from my research I found out

that bands from the indie genre usually have unique styles and do not usually have an image of the band on the front cover. Therefore, I decided to follow this

convention and had an old arty sketch style to my designs for the digi-pak and print ad.

Both of my final products follow a similar ‘old style’ to them. I added the effect ‘old paper’ to this key frame of my video, which allows the audience to think back at the two main characters relationship of how it was before the breakup. I wanted to incorporate this into my ancillary product to show links to my video, which will appeal to my target audience.

• From the research I also discovered that there is usually some sort of link from the designs to a music video from that band. Therefore, I used a thematic

connection to link up my digi-pak to the music video. I used an image of an umbrella, which is from a clip during my music video, and is also mentioned in the

lyrics as ‘brolly’.

• The image of the girl in which I also used within my design for the digi-pak shows a connection to the video. This is because the music video is based around a girl.

• The leaves used within my design were to illustrate that the umbrella was floating away. Leaves were in my music video but the idea of the leaves was to show symbolism with the design. The leaves also show that the music video is set in an outside setting. The umbrella which appears to be flying away from the girl was to show how her ‘love’ life has been tainted in some way. Both leaves and the umbrella flying away have been incorporated within my music video.

• Another thematic connection within my digi-pak is the use of images of birds with the umbrella. The line ‘the girl he loves with all the doves’ which is from the song used

in my music video is illustrated by the birds in the design. Following the idea that birds are classed as beautiful

creatures and doves symbolise love, I decided to incorporate them within my design. Within my digi-pak

design I decided I used a colour scheme of red for all the images used. This also follows the idea of love from the music video and in the lyrics I picked out the word ‘red’.

• However, I followed another convention from the indie genre by creating the band a unique icon. For

example, the whole digi-pak design is based on this old style look with the red images which

appear to be drawn as they are scratchy. Also, the font in which I decided to use creates the band a

unique image as again the letterings appear to be scribbled. These aspects created an overall unique design which will attract the target audience as it is

easy to identify that the band are from an indie genre. I used images of the band inside my digi-pak which connects with the music video as the

same band are playing in it.

HOW THE PRINT AD SUPPORTS THE DIGIPAK

• Within my print ad I have decided to use the same design from the front cover of my digi-pak. This was because from the research in which I conducted, the majority of the indie bands print ads had the same design as the front cover from their digi-pak. This enables the target audience to formally

identify the digi-pak after seeing the print ad advertising it. I used the same font within my print ad for all the text used. By doing that it created a sense of consistency throughout

the design, which helps the audience to focus on all aspects of the design. The font used for the band’s name ‘Scarlet creek’ is much larger than the rest of the text within the

piece. This helps to promote the band itself.

HOW EFFECTIVE IS THE COMBINATION

• I feel that the combination of the music video and the ancillary products work well together. This is because you can see clear connections between all three products. This will help to establish that the music video is a part of the digi-pak itself. It will also help the audience to understand the artwork of the piece. However, I feel that the overall

image of the digi-pak and print ad do not directly link to the music video, for example, with the same colour scheme used. However, there is clear thematic connections so it

will engage the audience more into both products. However, using different colour schemes is a convention

form the indie subgenre.

• I asked the target audience from the genre of indie to establish whether they can recognise a combination between the three products. I

asked 15 people aged between 18 and 25 years. These were the results:

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Does the target audience recognise the combination?

• I discovered that the majority of my target audience could recognise the combination

between the products and commented:

• “I can see a clear combination of the umbrella and the girl used within the design of the digi-pak linked to the music video. After watching

the music video I understood the concept of the digi-pak and print ad by symbolising their love

‘lost’, which is also helped by the colour red used within.”

I was inspired to create my design, after analysing many

digi-pak and products and discovered that indie bands usually have unique simple

designs.