My Evaluation

This is my final and finished music video for the song 'easy.'

Although my original idea has changed, the actual style and look of the video has always been the same.

The New Song

I have changed the song i am going to use and i have now decided to create a music video for the song 'EASY'
(It is a Kakuzi song, available to download on iTunes and also to listen to on myspace.)

Song Lyrics

Go easy on yourself
All the world lined up on front of you, on a windowshelf
But your toys keep falling down and down and down
You line the men up against the wall, just so you can tell yourself
This is nothing to do with me, i know it's nothing to do with me
Just played by the world to see, it really doesn't matter to me

Walk to the sound of the marching band
They said your feet move forward but you don't get around
You keep falling down and down and down
You make it easy on yourself, this is nothing to do with me
I know it's nothing to do with me, just played by the world to see
I'll march you out in to the sea

Oh.....

And all the world, they keep calling for your hand

Oh.....

It's going to be a royal blood shed, a blood shed....

Oh.....

That's nothing to do with me
No it's nothing to do with me
It's played the world to see
It really doesn't matter to me

New Idea

My new idea is not entirely different to my previous one. I am still keeping within the same genre, same band, and same style. I am however changing the song i am using, it is still a Kakuzi song, however i am going to make out that it is more a solo artist single release rather than a new band release.

I am doing this because my brother (the lead guitarist) left the band and therefore it is extremely difficult to arrange times we can practise, and perform together. He is also a university student therefore his schedule also causes problems when it comes to my planning.

It is going to be based on Sam Yoneda being a new song writer, and this is his first ever single release. It is a Kakuzi song and therefore i am going to have them as featuring artists in it, which would also help promote them as a new band.
This will be useful when it comes to creating a webpage as this can also include information on them giving the audience a much wider choice on what they wish to know.
I think this may actually work better for my work, as it is a much simpler idea and i believe will fit in to the codes and conventions of this genre a lot better.

Complete restart!

Kakuzi have recently lost their lead guitarist and therefore i am unable to work with them for my A2 media project, therefore i am going to have to come up with another idea. I would like to keep within the rock genre of music videos though.

Billboard Advert

I decided to do a billboard advert for the EP release asi thought it fitted better with the fact i had also chosen to create a EP DVD release for Kakuzi. I used a different image in order to not make it too repetitive and also give the band a look as in the other image you do not see their faces. I adjusted the contrast in the images in order to make their appearance slightly mysterious.
Although i know as a new band it is key to get your audience to recognise you, but i thought in doing this it would attract the audience to research more in to this band and perhaps search them on the internet leading to the findings of their facebook and myspace pages.
I thought as they already have a myspace page, facebook page, and website i thought it was not necessary for me to create my own and therefore i created this Billoard advert to compliment exisiting promotional material for the band.

DVD EP Album release

'Can't Pretend'

This is the front of my CD cover which i designed using one of the photographs i took, of stills from the footage i was going to use in my music video.
I think that by using an image of the character on the front cover it emphasises what the narrative of the music video is going to be. I also like the use of black and white for the image as i think it gives the image a much more interesting look and feel. The colour and font of the writing fits in with this perfectly, however as a first ever single from the band i am not sure it promotes them as much as i would like.
However i think that using an image of the actual band on stage on the back of the CD cover would make it look more like a new single release. I think keeping with the black and white colour scheme and also the same font would make this a really successful first CD cover. I think that writing the song name, band members etc. over the image of the band will make it look really professional and will still promote the band even though it also has an image of the storyline of the actual song on the front.



What i like about this image is the fact it is a still image of one of Kakuzi's live performances. The front of the CD will attract the audience as i find it quite a captivating image. The back will show the audience they are not just a small time band and have had plenty of performance experience meaning they already have a large fan base, attracting buyers as they will want to know why this band are so popular.

I also added the "preview of music video 'can't pretend'" because this is often something that is included in single releases, and this can also be used to promote the band and make their faces known to their audience and within the music industry.