I started to create the poster for my newspaper, as can be seen from the blog post directly below this one.
I found it quite difficult at first to produce my poster, as I did with my radio advert, purely because there aren't actually many adverts or posters for newspapers in the real world. I'm not sure if this is because these kind of things used to be popular and are not anymore, or if the task was purposely set to be difficult, but as opposed to the actual paper itself, there are not actually any examples that I can use to base my ancillary tasks on.
I used InDesign to make my poster, which is the same program that I used to make my actual newspaper. I used this program as I have become very familiar with it recently due to making my newspaper. Because of this, I found it very simple to create the basic idea of my poster, which is what I have done so far.
The main focus of my poster is on the competition that is earlier mentioned on the front page of my newspaper.
11/21/2011
Florence & The Machine - Dog Days
The other potential track that I would use in the background of my radio advert is 'Dog Days' by Florence & The Machine.
I want to use this track because it is fairly recent, so it would be recognisable to my target audience.
In general, this genre of music is probably the most inoffensive that you could get, which makes it ideal to be used in a radio advert.
Florence Welch's voice has an older feel to it, probably because she is one of the few artists than can genuinely sing in the modern music industry, with or without background music, and DEFINITELY without autotune!
There is never too much going on in Florence's songs, as the instruments are harmonised properly and the overall song doesn't sound too crowded to the listener. Because of this, I believe that it will make a good background for my advert, as I am sure that the music won't overpower my speech.
Another common trait that most of her songs share is that they all tend to build from nothing at the beginning to a real song at the end with all instruments working together. This gives the effect that the song is somewhat growing, and it takes the listener on a small journey. My radio advert will not last for the entirety of the song, which lasts 4 minutes, 10 seconds. This although, is not a bad thing for my advert, as it means that the standard big climactic ending will not have to be included. I see this as a positive because I think that the climax with Florence's singing would totally overpower my speech and would harm the equilibrium of my advert.
In general, this genre of music is probably the most inoffensive that you could get, which makes it ideal to be used in a radio advert.
Florence Welch's voice has an older feel to it, probably because she is one of the few artists than can genuinely sing in the modern music industry, with or without background music, and DEFINITELY without autotune!
There is never too much going on in Florence's songs, as the instruments are harmonised properly and the overall song doesn't sound too crowded to the listener. Because of this, I believe that it will make a good background for my advert, as I am sure that the music won't overpower my speech.
Another common trait that most of her songs share is that they all tend to build from nothing at the beginning to a real song at the end with all instruments working together. This gives the effect that the song is somewhat growing, and it takes the listener on a small journey. My radio advert will not last for the entirety of the song, which lasts 4 minutes, 10 seconds. This although, is not a bad thing for my advert, as it means that the standard big climactic ending will not have to be included. I see this as a positive because I think that the climax with Florence's singing would totally overpower my speech and would harm the equilibrium of my advert.
11/17/2011
Aloe Blacc - I Need A Dollar
I chose to use this song as my background music for a number of reasons:
Firstly, it is quite a recent song, only about a year old, so it will appeal to the audience of younger adults that I am trying to get to.
Also, the song was a relatively big hit and was well-known as it reached number 2 in the UK Chart, so I hope that people will remember my radio advert when they hear it.
The track has an old-school feel to it with the dominant piano tune, so it may also appeal to the slightly older generation that tend to read the most newspapers.
Firstly, it is quite a recent song, only about a year old, so it will appeal to the audience of younger adults that I am trying to get to.
Also, the song was a relatively big hit and was well-known as it reached number 2 in the UK Chart, so I hope that people will remember my radio advert when they hear it.
The track has an old-school feel to it with the dominant piano tune, so it may also appeal to the slightly older generation that tend to read the most newspapers.
11/15/2011
Radio Advert
Recently I have been creating my radio advert for the ancillary task for my full project.
As with most new programmes, it initially took me a fair amount of time to get used to it. Although, after learning the basics around GarageBand, I started to find it quite easy to start making my advert, especially after I found the people that I wanted to use as speakers, as it is as simple as just speaking and recording at first.
At the beginning I thought that I would not enjoy the radio advert task at all, but I have actually ended up enjoying it and finding it quite fun.
As well as having speech in my advert, I also need effects, as well as background music. For effects, I used a website named SoundBible, which I have been told is reliable by my teacher, and it is a website that enables people to both upload and download a various amount of effects from a vast library. Also, it is extremely simple to use this website, as it downloads the file in MP3 format, ready to use straight away in iTunes, and then ready to be imported into GarageBand to be incorporated into my advert.
As for the background music, I have not yet fully decided on which track I will use. I have had a few preliminary ideas, the main one being Aloe Blacc's 'I Need A Dollar', as I think the beat would make for a good background. One problem I have encountered although, is that the intro to the song only lasts for approximately 15 seconds before the singing comes in. Because of the singing, it hinders the ability to hear me speaking about my newspaper. To combat this, my idea was to search for an instrumental version of this track, in hope that it will stay as just background music, and not overpower the actual purpose of the advert.
As with most new programmes, it initially took me a fair amount of time to get used to it. Although, after learning the basics around GarageBand, I started to find it quite easy to start making my advert, especially after I found the people that I wanted to use as speakers, as it is as simple as just speaking and recording at first.
At the beginning I thought that I would not enjoy the radio advert task at all, but I have actually ended up enjoying it and finding it quite fun.
As well as having speech in my advert, I also need effects, as well as background music. For effects, I used a website named SoundBible, which I have been told is reliable by my teacher, and it is a website that enables people to both upload and download a various amount of effects from a vast library. Also, it is extremely simple to use this website, as it downloads the file in MP3 format, ready to use straight away in iTunes, and then ready to be imported into GarageBand to be incorporated into my advert.
As for the background music, I have not yet fully decided on which track I will use. I have had a few preliminary ideas, the main one being Aloe Blacc's 'I Need A Dollar', as I think the beat would make for a good background. One problem I have encountered although, is that the intro to the song only lasts for approximately 15 seconds before the singing comes in. Because of the singing, it hinders the ability to hear me speaking about my newspaper. To combat this, my idea was to search for an instrumental version of this track, in hope that it will stay as just background music, and not overpower the actual purpose of the advert.
11/04/2011
Ancillary Tasks
For our overall project, as well as completing the main newspaper, we have to complete two ancillary tasks, for me this will entail creating a radio advert and a poster both for my Bristol Chronicle.
At the moment, I am beginning to create my radio advert. This has proven to be quite difficult so far because I have found it very hard to find existing examples of real radio adverts for newspapers. I think this is because real companies tend not to use the radio to promote their newspapers. Another reason as to why I am finding this task quite difficult to create is because I need to use a programme on the Apple Mac called GarageBand to record the advert. I haven't used this particular programme before so I am new to it and just getting the hang of it.
At the moment, I am beginning to create my radio advert. This has proven to be quite difficult so far because I have found it very hard to find existing examples of real radio adverts for newspapers. I think this is because real companies tend not to use the radio to promote their newspapers. Another reason as to why I am finding this task quite difficult to create is because I need to use a programme on the Apple Mac called GarageBand to record the advert. I haven't used this particular programme before so I am new to it and just getting the hang of it.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)