Ancilary text research and Analysis's

                                               
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For both of my Ancillary texts to be simple I need to look at other artists products and try and incorporate some of there codes and conventions into my product. I mainly focused on artists that were of a similar Genre to my Music video. An artist or the marketing of an artist now needs to move with the developments in technology and as the Internet has a such a huge global audience then this is a great form of media to communicate and also market an artists produce. Websites offer the audience an interaction with the artist which other forms of products do not offer.

This is a screen shot of the main homepage for Marina and the Diamonds. I wanted to look at her homepage because of the fact that she is the artist who sings the song which will be in my Music video. Marina and the diamonds website is very successful with her fans because of its accessibility and also its simplicity. It has the normal elements of a website on such as the hyperlinks to other places on the Blog such as videos, downloads, lyrics and many other various places that fans can explore. It also clearly shows that everything is up for grabs including tickets, songs and merchandise on the "UK store" there is also a use of social networking which I want to incorporate into my Internet homepage because having both a website and social networking sites is a great way to market yourself. The layout of this website is unique as it is not cluttered but just simple. It has the imagery of the artist in the background of the music video which I want to do but in a very different way. The colours in this are mostly , black and white with a some being blue. It says "The Diamonds Members Area" I want my ancillary text to also be like this making the audience feel as if they are getting something that they would not normally get if they did not use the Internet website. Overall I believe it is a well structured and a great Internet homepage but there will be one thing that I will add to my homepage and that will be the Music video that I Will be producing.

This also is another screen shot for another artists website. Birdy has become very successful at such a young age as she has been able to attract people of her own age. Birdy has also become very successful with her openness to share her videos online and let people know more about her. From the screen shot you can see that she has uploaded a new video of her new song "1901" which is an alternative music video with its own individual touch to it just how I wanted to make my music video. This is a great form of advertising and just like my video being on You tube the people that go on it would of been able to have gone onto my website. You can tell that Birdy is also internationally successful by the flags in the top right hand corner. The colour of the background of this will be very similar to mine as I want to have the same effect. Also I want my artist to also be in my background but not be visible. The website is also linked up to the social networking sites such as Tumblr, You tube, Facebook, twitter and many more different forms of social networking sites, this showing that she is reaching a more youthful audience. Like Marina and the Diamonds the background is simple and not to cluttered and easy to navigate around.

This is Rihanna's Official website. I have choose to look at somebody else's blog from a different Genre to talk about what what I wouldn't do and why I wouldn't do. As soon as you are confronted with this image, you are straight way overwhelmed by all of of the information on this one page. When someone sees my website I want them to feel as though they can move freely and understand the website as soon as they enter the website which is seen in so many Independent and alternative artists Websites. The colours are bright on Rihanna's website and more raunchy as you can more of the artist then you will be seeing of mine. It still has the basic elements of a website such as the navigation system, social networking sites. Most alternative websites do not allow photos of the artist outside of there career on the main page for alternative singers usually promote there image for the one project and music video so they would not want the audience to differ in their opinion of the artist. I will not be making my music video like Rhianna's as I do not believe that it would fit my own individual tastes but also to an alternative audience.

                                                    Magazine advertisement

This is the advertisement for Florence and the machine, she has used art as a way of trying to sell her poster. She has used various different colours but you can still recognise that it is a Florence and the machine because of the hair. Florence and the machine is known for being different when it comes to things. But it has the main basic structure of a poster, It has the dates when Ceremonials is coming out. My magazine will have additional information on it. Florence and the machine already has fans, but I need to gain fans so I will have to impress my audience. 

This is the poster for Katy Perry's new song California Girls which was popular because of the mis en scene in the music video. The poster is bright and colourful and because Katy perry is such a household name now they don't need to put Katy Perry is Big letters because people recognise her and have taken to her well. My music video will not have this use of colour as it would not have the continuity and link to my music video, or other ancillary text which I wish to produce.

    Madonna has had years to promote herself and when she started singing the Internet was not around so she had to come up with original and more contemporary ways of advertising. Posters have always been used for Madonnas songs and they have become very popular in magazines, wall posters and other ways of advertising. The use of the artist not fully being in the poster is what I hope to do when I create mine, this will create mystery and hopefully the audience get intrigued to find out more.

Nicole Sherzinger has been very clever with incorporating her music video into her poster. She has used Mis en Scene well also. The use of the colour red symbolising danger and also passion. There is a clear contrast between the font of "Nicole" and "Poison" maybe showing there similarities as a person but also as a metaphor for danger as the name of the song suggests. This poster is well made. It may be simple but it speaks volume.

By looking at these and other magazine posters and Internet homepages I now know the basic structure of what I need to do for my Ancillary texts. Looking at these I need my Ancillary texts to be different but to have there own individual style to them and this can be a Unique selling point for my products.