Aims:

• Look through earlier blogs and use research found to support my own social media page.

In the earlier blogs I conducted some research into many different social media pages of different genres and themes in order to create/magpie ideas that I would be able to use in creating my own social media pages.

The main takeaway I got from the research conducted is that most of the artists/bands stick to a certain theme or create a certain type of image of themselves through the use of social media. For example Central Cee has lots of photos and videos of his songs and music videos as well as flaunting his money – very materialistic. Taylor Swift has a specific colour theme and a neatly laid out platform which makes it more powerful and easy on the eye, promoting her music as well as live performances and shows, she also has a highlights reel which is neatly structured in order to attract more fans. The courteeners are promoting their music and newly released album which this continual Pink theme as their album is called ‘pink cactus café’, keeping the link between visual and lyrical to inspire their ideas as well as a highlights reel which isn’t as neat but shows evidence of their works in studios or live performance’s. The Weeknd have a theme of fiery and passionate work which is representative throughout their work and shows the power of their music and the impact it creates on their audience. And lastly, Oasis they throughout show promotion to their music and albums they are producing as well as worldwide tours and other important messages. The one thing they all have in common is that their Bio’s promote themselves or their music so its obvious to their audience.

For myself I wish to create a social media page which is both representative of the music created as well as more behind the scene footage to show to my audience the production methods and work being put into the creation of the music video. I also want to able to promote the brand and band to create the biggest audience impact and make the viewers seem mor invested in what I am producing, so that way I’m able to build a strong influence and reputation as well as keeping strong recognition.

Below is an example of a social media page which I created as a first draft on the app Canva.

As you can see there is evidence of the music which I want to promote in the Bio as well as live performances as well as photos of day to day life, this way I am able to keep in touch with reality as well as showing production levels and other things I wish to create, this way I am able to promote to the audience and viewers that we want to produce something which people can relate to and be proud of following.

FINAL TAKEAWAYS:

• I need to create a social media page which both is able to connect with my audience as well as being able to promote my content
• I want to be able to reference a range of different ways other artists use their social media pages effectively
• During the research I have learnt many different ways which you can make influential and promotional social media pages and I wish to use/magpie the ideas of these celebrities in order to attract an audience of my own.