Evaluation 1

Evaluation One 

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

Evaluation 2

Evaluation Two

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

Evaluation 3

Evaluation 3 - What have you learned from your audience feedback? 

Audience Feedback - Post production

1) After watching our music video, what themes come to mind? And what message do you think we're trying to convey?

2) What kind of budget do you think our video had? Would you expect this to be amateur or professional?

3) How well do you think our video links to the lyrics?

4) After watching our music video, would you say that there is a positive representation of feminism, in terms of female independence and empowerment?

5) Do you think that our music video links well with our digipak and website pages?

6) What have you taken away from watching our video?

7) How do you think our video differs from professional videos by artists such as Beyoncé, Katy Perry and Miley Cyrus?







 22.04.15
I have posted the link to our video on Facebook and requested that people respond with a comment to tell us their feedback.

We got a few bits of feedback from our Facebook post.

The people who commented generally found our video to be very good. One viewer described our choreography as 'brilliant' and one viewer said they expected our video to have a budget of around £200, boarding on the professional side.
One viewer commented that it could "do with more movement" which I assume means they'd have like to have seen a wider variety of shots and angles in the video.
Another viewer answered our questions (not question 5 as we didn't have access to the ancillary pieces), suggesting that we linked our video well to the lyrics, and that they felt inspired after watching our video.

From this feedback in particular, I've learned that we maybe could have used a larger variety of shots and angles, though over all we did very well and people seem to enjoy watching it. I personally like the way our angles work, as for the sections in the park and in the basement we did use a variety of angles, and I liked that two of the four solo sections were mainly in medium to long shots. Further more we most definitely used a variety of shots, as almost every line of the song had a different view.



Here is the feedback from Maddie's grandma:

And Maddie's mum:

Evaluation 4

Evaluation Four

How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

Media plan of action!

Tues 05.05.15
- Complete the emaze for evaluation 2

Weds 06.05.15
- Create and complete prezi for evaluation 3

Thurs 07.05.15
- Create and complete iMovie for evaluation 4

Final Website

Website - Final

This is the address for the final design of our website: 

http://tbgsmedia1314.wix.com/little-mix 

Blog to do list

To do list 

- Evaluations

The four questions that must be addressed in the evaluation are:

1. In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?
2. How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?
3. What have you learned from your audience feedback?
4. How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

- Edit all text. make sure all fonts are the same

- spell check

- check all content is correct

- link fb twitter youtube to website

- spell check website
- digipak description 
- put website onto blog

Filming Diary

Filming Diary

On Thursday 6th March, Maddie and I went to Bovey Tracey to begin filming for our music video. We started in the local park, where we filmed me doing various lip sync lines and dances in the forest. We managed to get through my clips quite fast, as I was very cold stood there in my dress in early March! We filmed a variety of angles and shots and got a lot done.
We then went to the clothes shop to film Maddie's solo section and spent about 1-2 hours there filming her. As well as filming the lip syncs, we filmed various shots to input to the instrumental parts of the video too.

On Friday 7th March, we all went to Devon Contract Waste in Exeter to film Kelly in the office. We then went up to Southernhay and Northernhay Gardens to film us for the instrumental parts.

On Monday 9th March we uploaded our footage to iMovie and began editing.

By Wednesday 25th March we had finally finished our editing of the video and published it to YouTube.

'Salute' Bloopers

Salute Bloopers

Here are the bloopers for our video!

Final Digipak

Final Digipak

This is our final digipak. All of the photos were taken by us and are independent to our music video. 

This is the front cover of our digipak. It shows all four of the girls who appeared in the video, allowing us to promote the band through the image of the girls as well as the music. We dressed in plain black for two reasons: to stand out against the red chairs; and because it isn't sexualising the members in any way. We followed how Little Mix do their album covers by using the same font for the 'Little Mix' logo as they use. However, we chose to use a bold army font for the album title 'Salute' to make it stand out and follow the theme of the army and strength which we promoted through the dance in our video. The colour scheme is black and red as we wanted to avoid using any 'feminine colours' as seen in a lot of CD cases for female artists. Red was chosen because it is associated with lipstick. We wanted to write the logo in lipstick and put it into the digipak but we found that the actual font looked far better. Red also stands out well against our black background and with our black costumes.

This is the back cover of our digipak. The photo is the freeze frame from the ending of our video, showing the four main girls again, this time jumping off of the red chairs which are seen on the front cover. 
We wanted the front of the digipak to show how people think girls are/should look like, prim and proper and being stereotypically girly in our poses; and the back cover to show how girls actually are and want to be seen - having fun and not always being 'perfect'. The same colour scheme is used as the front cover and the songs are in the font used for the 'Salute' title on the front cover. Most of the songs are genuine Little Mix songs, although we chose the ones that sound most likely to be about feminism, female power and strength, as well as making up our own song titles, such as 'Lands Army', 'Sisterhood', and 'We Are Who We Are'. 

This is the picture which would be seen behind the CD. We decided to use a freeze-frame from our music video where Maddie smudges the make up down my face in slow motion. This is to represent how girls don't need makeup to be beautiful and it was also to demonstrate the power and strength women have inside them to stand up against oppression and stereotypes. The simplicity of this photo also reflects how simple it is for women to fight conventions and stand up for themselves. There is no colour scheme to this picture as no writing is involved. It was also decided that Maddie would have bare shoulders for the picture to demonstrate how  women are always expected to be.

This is the inside left picture in our Digipak. We chose a really sparkly shoe and a very muddy patch of grass to show the contrast between how girls are constantly expected to be (a perfect, flawless specimen represented by the shoe) and how girls might actually be (not perfect and actually sometimes flawed as represented by the mud). We thought that this would be quite a powerful image, as it could also suggest that the woman has left the perfection behind (left her shoe) to oppose the stereotypes. We thought this gave a really visual juxtaposition between the two, Similarly, the fact that the heel is stuck in the ground becomes a visual metaphor for girls and women leaving behind the stereotypes and expectations. It could also suggest that these stereotypes are well embedded into society, and with the shoe being stuck in the ground could suggest that it may be difficult to escape these stereotypes and expectations.  


This picture would be the inside right. We chose this one as we believed it shows raw beauty and also natural beauty which is how women should be presented and seen. The sun setting also illustrates how it's time for the sun to set on how media presents women and for a new day to begin where women are not presented as sexual objects. Also, the slightly hazy effect on the image suggests that stereotypes and expectations can be changed as they are not set in stone or crystal clear all the time. Similarly, the colours created by the sun setting corresponds to our colour scheme of reds and blacks slightly. 

This is the back right picture of our Digipak which will be seen when opening the first section. We wanted to have a picture of someone saluting seeing as that was our whole theme during our video. We chose this picture as the long prom dress really contrasts to the setting, and with the wind blowing both my hair and dress, it displays how women are often presented in music videos. The use of false wind and revealing clothing as well as lots of makeup and editing done to make them look perfect defeats the point of even having women in the video as they could just be made. Therefore, we have real wind again accentuating natural beauty, a long and elegant dress and minimal makeup to go against this convention.

Final Music Video - Salute

The final video!

On the 25th March we finished our editing for the music video. It took us about 7 hours to edit together. Both Maddie and I contributed to the filming and editing, and we're very pleased that it's finally finished!

Rehearsal One

Rehearsal One

Here are some pictures and videos taken from our first rehearsal together.

Auditions, Emails and Choreography

Auditions, Emails and Choreography

These are just a few photos and a video from the auditions we held in school for the backup dancers. We now have one definite year 11 and 3 definite year 7's, we've sent an email out to everyone in our school, as seen below, inviting them to come along to start learning the choreography and meet everyone else. Also shown below, is the emails we sent and received for location purposes and a video of Maddie doing the choreography we made up for the chorus.

Location Replies

Email For School

Choreography

Survey Answers

Responses to online survey

'Salute' in the Media

'Salute' In The Media

There is an article on the BBC about a woman dancing to 'Salute' on an underground train in Iran. It is an example of women rebelling against their countries restrictions on women. The article can be found at 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-30228632.

Auditions Poster

Audition Poster

This is the poster that we put up around our school and in registers to promote our music video auditions. 7 different girls turned up for the auditions. 

Letter

Letter For Location Filming Permission

Storyboard

Storyboard and Shot Ideas

In the end we decided not to story board our video, as with having different shots for almost every line of the song it would have used up a lot of our filming time. 

Create a Copy | View Larger

Audience Interviews

Audience Interviews

Before we began storyboarding our music video, Maddie interviewed different people to find some ideas of what we should include in our video. I also went on to ask a few females the same questions, although these were not recorded.


The feedback that Maddie received during these interviews showed that people can have different interpretations of feminism and so we will attempt to combat the negative stereotype of a feminist. Our costumes will be influenced by the fact that many people mentioned the army theme. All of the people interviewed mentioned the idea of having an independent woman as a main character, by showing her gradually climbing the career ladder until she is at the top controlling the men.


My survey:

Update: 27/11/14

We have since received 7 responses to our survey. Here are these results:

As we can see, further army themes have been suggested. I really like the idea by number 7 saying "Just women in a day to day environment, doing normal things. Just wearing nice normal clothes to show women are just normal people!". I would love to incorporate this in our video, which we will be doing in our office environments. 

Pitch for music video

Pitch for our music video

Thursday 6th November

Today we have performed our pitch to the class. We received great feedback which will enable us to further improve our video.

Feedback:
- Music video challenges due to sexualisation of females. Almost acting as a protest to the heavy sexualisation of females in the music industry.
- Role reversal between the genders - comical aspect to our film. Have males shopping and getting their nails done. Driving stereotype.
- Costume - camouflage/professional outfits e.g. office attire/firewoman/policewoman/dr etc.
- Locations - mainly in Exeter - shopping centres, office, salon etc. - I drive so the location is fairly flexible
- Co-ordination within group for locations - due to the fact that I drive we'll be able to more easily arrange travel for the group
- Permission for filming in salon - my friend owns a nail bar/salon in Exeter so we can use this location with ease. Also it is only 2 minutes from my parent's office where we will also be filming.
- Audition process - ask people to compose a 30 second dance. Advertising auditions around the school for one particular lunchtime.

Lyric Inspiration

Lyric Analysis and Ideas

Pitch Emaze

Little Mix - Salute Pitch

Lip Sync Practice

Unfortunately for the lip sync practice editing I was absent for a week due to tonsillitis and was unable to do an edit of what we had filmed.

Films watched over the A2 course

1. 22 Jump Street
2. The Fault In Our Stars
3. Sex Tape
4. Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter
5. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
6. Divergent
7. Human Centipede
8. Human Centipede 2
9. Deliver us from Evil
10. Lucy
11. Inbetweeners 2
12. What If
13. Before I go to Sleep
14. A Walk Among The Tombstones
15. Gone Girl
16. Let's be cops
17. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
18. Delivery Man
19. The Haunting in Massachusetts
20. The Wolf of Wall Street
21. This Means War
22. Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
23. Non-Stop
24. Starred Up
25. The Quiet Ones
26. The Other Woman
27. Transcendence
28. Edge of Tomorrow
29. 3 Days to Kill
30. Walking On Sunshine
31. Begin Again
32. Willy Wonka
33. If I stay
34. The Rite
35. Unbroken
36. Paddington The Movie
37. The Nativity
38. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
39. The Snowman
40. Ted
41. 10 things I hate about you
42. Pitch Perfect
43. Mrs Browns Boys D'Movie
44. The Imitation Game
45. Olympus Has Fallen
46. Happy
47. 12 Years A Slave
48. The C Word
49. It's A Boy Girl Thing
50. Legally Blonde


To watch:
- Woman in Black 2
- American Sniper
- Night at the Museum 3
- Annabelle
- Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
- Chef
- The Calling
- The Judge
- The Best Of Me
- Love, Rosie
- The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman
- Ouija

Little Mix - Band History

Band History of Little Mix

Originally this was going to be an iMovie. However, during the time that we should have been doing the voice over for the presentation, I had tonsillitis and so this is now a Prezi.

Textual Analysis of Music TV Channel Logos

Textual Analysis of Music TV Channel Logos

4 Music

The 4 Music logo is very bold simple and clear, suggesting that the music on the channel is very straightforward mainstream. The colour of the logo is pink which connotes that this channel would target female viewers and include many mainstream pop videos, perhaps mainly by popular female artists. The subtle creation of the number 4 in the shape of the logo would easily help to create brand recognition amongst viewers, and also suggests that the channel is very bold and simplistic in their music choices. Although the colour suggests that viewers may be female, the whole logo is made up of only straight lines, a subtle way of attracting male viewers too, as females are stereotypically associated with more round, curvy fonts than straight lines. The straight lines in the font and logo are also quite masculine in the sense that they are bold and edgy.

4 music is the only Channel 4 branded channel within the Box Television Network - owned by Bauer Media Group and Channel 4 Television Corporation. Channel 4 is known for its controversies in media, surrounding politics and society, in their 'risky' after-the-water-shed documentaries. The fact that 4 music is associated with the Channel 4 brand further implies that they target young people (15-24), and perhaps may not hold back with the videos that they show on their channel (for example, Miley Cyrus' Wrecking Ball was broadcast on 4Music in 2013). 

MTV

MTV is a music channel owned by Viacom Media Networks, and originated in the US. The MTV logo is very bold and simple, which would assist the company in creating brand recognition amongst their viewers. The black colour of the logo suggests that they are targeting males. Additionally, the 'M' of the logo looks bold and 'strong', connoting ideas of masculinity and male strength. The 'V' of the logo looks like a tick, which connotes positivity, as it is associated with things being correct and good, perhaps subtly encouraging viewers to watch the channel over their competitors. This channel clearly targets teens, mainly males. 

Tiny Pop

Tiny Pop is a music TV channel owned by Sony. The logo of Tiny Pop is very colourful and attracts children to view it due to the bright, fun colours. The name also tells us that they play videos to pop artists that are popular with young teacher, for example Little Mix or Steps. The shapes in the logo are circular, connoting images of Smarties or balloons which again attract a young audience. The logo is easy to read, and the font is fairly feminine in the fact that it consists of no straight lines. This channel appears to target mainly female children aged 5-12.

Scuzz

Scuzz is another music TV channel owned by Sony. The logo appears to be quite street/graffiti-like, suggesting that they show quite emo/rock music. It has a paint splatter in the corner which implies that it is unfinished - quite a 'grungy' street look. Additionally, the logo is black, appearing to target teenage boys aged 13-18. However, the font has curves and not many straight lines, which could be a subtle attraction to females. Upon further research I discovered that Scuzz is a channel showing mainstream rock, pop-punk, metal and hardcore music.

Little Mix research and Prezi plan

Research - Little Mix

Little Mix are a British four-piece girl group formed in 2011, consisting of members Perrie Edwards, Jesy Nelson, Leigh-Anne Pinnock and Jade Thirlwall. 

X Factor winners 2011

They were formed exclusively for the eighth series of The X Factor in 2011 and became the first group to win the competition. Following their victory, they signed with Simon Cowell's record label Syco Records and released a cover of Damien Rice's "Cannonball" as their winner's single

Little Mix released their debut album DNA on 19 November 2012. It charted in the top 5 in eight countries, including number two in the UK and number four on the US Billboard 200. This made Little Mix the first girl group since The Pussycat Dolls to reach the U.S. top 5 with their debut album, as well as earning the highest debut U.S. chart position by a British girl group, breaking the record previously held by the Spice Girls, whose 1996 debut Spice charted at number five.^[2] As of February 2014 Little Mix have sold over 5 million records worldwide, with over 3 million single sales and 2 million album sales.^[3][4]

In 2011, Edwards, Thirlwall, Leigh-Pinnock and Nelson successfully auditioned as soloists for the eighth series of The X Factor,^[5] but failed to make it past bootcamp's first challenge.^[6] However, the judges decided to give them another chance in the Groups category.^[6] They were put into separate ensembles by the judges during the group's bootcamp stage, with Edwards and Nelson in four-member group Faux Pas and Thirlwall and Pinnock in three-member group Orion.^[7] However, both groups failed to make it through to the judges' houses. A later decision recalled two members from each group to form the four-piece group Rhythmix, sending them through to the judges' houses.^[8]

Little Mix performing in 2012

They eventually reached the live shows and were mentored by Tulisa Contostavlos.^[9] During the first live show on 8 October 2011, Rhythmix performedSuper Bass by American recording artist Nicki Minaj. Their rendition was praised by the judges with Gary Barlow calling them the “best girl band that’s ever been onThe X Factor.^[10] On 26 October 2011, Rhythmix announced that they would change their name following a dispute with a Brighton-based children's music charity of the same name, after the programme tried to trademark "Rhythmix".^[11][12] A spokesman for The X Factor said, "At the request of the charity Rhythmix, the members of the girl group Rhythmix have decided to change their name, a decision which has the support of Syco and TalkbackTHAMES."^[13] It was reported that the group decided to make the change, with no legal requirement to do so, to avoid any difficulties for the charity.^[13] On 28 October 2011, it was announced that the group's new name would be "Little Mix".^[14] On 20 November 2011, Little Mix became the first girl group in the show's eight-year history to progress past the seventh live show. The previous longest-surviving girl groups were The Conway Sisters (series 2) and Hope (series 4), who had both lasted until week 7.^[15] Through the remaining course of the competition the group generally received positive feedback. During the semi-final stage of the show, Little Mix performed The Supremes's You Keep Me Hangin' On as well as Beyoncé’s hit If I Were a Boy. Their performance of You Keep Me Hangin' On received mostly negative feedback from the judges with Louis Walsh stating that they “lost their mojo” and Kelly Rowland telling the girl group she seen them do “better vocal performances.” Their second performance of the night, If I Were A Boy, was generally acclaimed by the judges with Walsh telling them they have “amazing potential” and calling them the “next big girl band.” Rowland also told them they could be “incredibly dynamic” and “change the world” when they find the strength within each other. The group advanced through to the final live shows along with Marcus Collins and Amelia Lily following the public vote.

On 11 December, Little Mix were announced as the winners, the first-ever group to win.^[16] Their winner's single was a cover of Damien Rice's song "Cannonball", which was released via digital download on 11 December 2011, and on CD on 14 December 2011.^[17][18] The Xtra Factor: The Winner's Story was shown on ITV2 on 17 December 2011.^[19] Their debut single topped the UK Singles Chart on 18 December 2011.^[20] They made the Christmas number one spot on the Irish Singles Chart, beating novelty songs by The Saw Doctors and Ryan Sheridan.^[21]

2012–13: DNA and international breakthrough

Little Mix performing in 2012

On 25 January 2012, Little Mix made an appearance at the National Television Awards and performed the En Vogue song "Don't Let Go (Love)". They also accompanied fellow judges Gary Barlow and Tulisa Contostavlos on stage to receive the Best Talent Show award that had been won by The X Factor.^[25] In May 2012, Little Mix reportedly signed a deal with Vivid and Bravado to release signature products including dolls, puzzles, accessories and games.^[26]

Prior to their debut single release, the band covered an a cappella version of Beyoncé’s “End of Time” and uploaded it on YouTube; the cover was publically praised, especially for the group’s impressive harmonies.^[27] Later in August, they also uploaded another cover, this time an acoustic cover of “We Are Young” byFun ft. Janelle Monae which again received positive feedback, generally, for the group’s harmonies. On 1 June, a snippet of their debut single “Wings” previewed on chat show Alan Carr: Chatty Man before its later release date in August.^[28]

Little Mix performed their debut single "Wings" for the first time at the T4 on the Beach concert on 1 July.^[29] The single debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart.^[30] On 31 August 2012, the group's autobiography, titled Ready to Fly, was released by Harper Collins.^{[31][32][33][34]} In October 2012, the group went on a promotional visit to Australia due to their expanding fan base there, destinations included Melbourne and Sydney. The trip lasted a week and the group visited radio stations to promote the single and debut album. They performed their single “Wings” on The X Factor (Australia) and on Australian breakfast-television show Sunrise. Subsequently their single “Wings” reached number 2 on the Australian iTunes chart and number 3 on the ARIA charts.^[35]

Their debut album, DNA, was released in November 2012. Nicola Roberts co-penned a track called "Going Nowhere." on the DNA album^[36] The album reached #3 in both Ireland and the UK. A second single, "DNA", was released in October,^[37]and in January 2013 they signed a record deal with Columbia Records in North America.^[38] "Wings" was released as their debut single in America on 5 February 2013.^[39] On 3 February 2013, they released "Change Your Life" as the album's third single, which charted at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.^[40] On 4 March 2013, it was announced that "How Ya Doin'?" would be released as the fourth and final single from their debut album.^[41]

On 21 March, they announced that their next single, "How Ya Doin'?", would feature Grammy Award-winning musician,Missy Elliott.^[42] On 4 April 2013, the group revealed that Schwarzkopf hair dye Live Colour XXL would be promoted through their music video for "How Ya Doin'?" in a new sponsorship deal.^[43] "How Ya Doin'?" debuted at number 57 on the UK Singles Chart on 20 April 2013, before ascending to number 23 the week after.^[44] In its third week, the song peaked at number 16,^[45] marking Little Mix's fifth consecutive UK top 20 hit.^[46] It charted for a total of seven weeks.^[46] "How Ya Doin'?" sold 120,000 copies in the UK. The single debuted at number 55 on the Irish Singles Chart on 11 April 2013.^[47] It then climbed the chart to peak at number 26. Consequently, "How Ya Doin'?" became Little Mix's first single to miss the top 20 in Ireland, but spent a total of seven weeks on the chart.^[48] The single peaked at number 16 on the Scottish Singles Chart on 11 May 2013,^[49] marking the group's fifth consecutive top 20 hit in Scotland.^[50]

2013–present: Salute

In March 2013, Little Mix began their first promotional campaign in the US. In multiple interviews with various websites and radio interviewers, the girls said that they would begin working on their second album in April. The group began work writing and recording the album in April and concluded in September. In an interview with Digital Spy in March 2013, they stated that they wanted their second album to have a more R&B sound.^[51] Nelson added: "I personally want to put a lot more dancey stuff in there. As in, one of the songs that comes on in a club that makes you want to dance. Not that David Guettasound, but more R&B – a bit like Eve and Gwen Stefani's "Let Me Blow Ya Mind". They also revealed that they would be starting to write material for the new album in the coming months.^[51] On 4 October, Little Mix uploaded a video to their official YouTube page, announcing that their second album would be called Salute and would be available for pre-order on 7 October.^[52] The album was released on 11 November 2013 in the United Kingdom and was released in the United States on 4 February 2014.^[53] Throughout the recording process, Little Mix worked with several producers, including TMS, Future Cut, Fred Ball, Duvall and Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. The album was largely co-written by Little Mix, who stated that they were more involved in the development of this album than with their debut.

On 23 September 2013, "Move" was premiered on BBC Radio 1. For the single, Little Mix worked with Nathan Duvall, an up and coming R&B producer and Maegan Cottone the girl's vocal coach. "Move" was released on 7 October in Australia and New Zealand. It was later released in the UK and Ireland on 3 November.^[54] It was sent to Mainstream Radio in the US on 18 February 2014 and reached number 38 on that chart. The song peaked at number three in the UK, number 5 in Ireland, number 19 in Japan and number 12 in New Zealand. The single also charted in Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands and Slovak. Since then, "Move" has been certified gold in Australia for sales of 35,000^[55] and silver in the UK for sales of 200,000.^[56] "Little Me" was selected as the second single from the album. The song was co-written by TMS and Iain James, and produced by TMS. On 21 November 2013, Little Mix revealed via a YouTube video message that they decided to release it as the second single because it held a lot meaning to them and was written with their fans in mind.^[57] The song reached number fourteen in the UK, number three in Armenia, number fifteen in Iceland and number 16 in the Netherlands. It also charted in Australia, Ireland and Lebanon. The band released a cover version of the Cameo's song "Word Up!" as the official single for Sport Relief 2014.^[58][59] The song reached number six in the UK and number thirteen in Ireland while also charting in Australia, Austria, Denmark and France.

Little Mix announced on 5 April 2014 that the title track "Salute" will be released as the album's third single. It impacted UK radio on 28 April 2014.^[60] The official music video premiered on 2 May and received over one million views within 24 hours.^[61] It was released on 1 June. In December 2013, the group announced the UK and Ireland dates for their second headlining concert tour, The Salute Tour, North American dates were added in April 2014. The tour began on 16 May 2014 in Birmingham, England at the LG Arena and ended on 27 July 2014 in Scarborough, North Yorkshire at the Scarborough Open Air Theatre. The group were expected to begin the North American leg of the tour in September 2014, but was cancelled, due to the group wanting to work on their third studio album.^[62]

Products and endorsements

In May 2012, Little Mix launched the Union Jack pack of M&M’s.^[65] The group also treated fans to an exclusive performance at the M&M’s World store. Also in 2012, Little Mix released their first book entitled ‘Ready to Fly’. The title of the book is a reference to their debut single "Wings". The book was published through HarperCollins and documents the group’s journey since auditioning for The X Factor.^[66] The girl group signed a joint deal with toymaker Vivid and music merchandiser Bravado to release a range of products including dolls, puzzles, accessories and games in November.^[67]

During 2012, Little Mix also unveiled a kid’s clothing range with clothing retailer Primark. The line is aimed to 7-13 year olds and comprises accessories, t-shirts, leggings and nightwear. The products include the group’s individual trademark icons, Edwards has a flower, Pinnock has a baseball cap, Thirlwall a bow and Nelson’s icon is a boom box.^[68]

On 4 April 2013, the group revealed that Schwarzkopf hair dye Live Colour XXL would be promoted through their music video for "How Ya Doin'?".^[43]

The group teamed up with nail brand Elegant Touch to design their own individual nails, each girl designed their own nails and nail wraps to represent their personality for fashion. Elegant Touch and Little Mix signed up with New Look to officially launch the range. The nail line was released in April 2013.^[69] In early 2014, Little Mix launched their new range of nails with Elegant Touch as a result of the previous success.^[70]

In September, Little Mix announced that they were launching their own makeup line with Collection. Perrie shared, "We are so so excited to unveil our new range to all you makeup lovers out there. As you know we all love dressing up and experimenting with different looks, so creating our own makeup was a dream come true. We designed the collection ourselves and we've all chosen products that reflect our personalities."^[71] Following the success of their previous makeup range with cosmetic brand Collection, Little Mix revealed plans to expand the line by bringing out a second range. During May, the group revealed a preview of the new make-up collection via Instagram. The ‘Little Mix by Collection’ line involves four individual ranges that aim to reflect each girl’s personal style. The group have extended the range to include moisturising lip balms available in each of the girls’ signature shade and favourite scent: Jesy decide on vanilla, Leigh-Anne opted for mint and Jade raspberry. As Perrie has no sense of smell, she' had chosen a shimmery unscented balm instead. The singers have also introduced a bumper eye shadow pallet ‘All about the Eyes Palette’ it includes six shimmery and smoky brown shades ; Feather, Sun kissed, Golden Sand, Dazzling Brown, Cocoa Dream and Blackbird. The new range had been reported to arrive in Superdrug stores on 30 July 2014.^[72][73]

During May 2014 it was revealed that the group had teamed up with Vibe Audio to bring out Little Mix zip cable headphones. The earphones would be available to buy direct from the VIBE store during 2 June coinciding with their ‘Salute’ UK tour. The Vibe-Audio listening devices have availability in two different twin shade combinations, pink and white and/or black and red.^[74]

Philanthropy

Little Mix took part in the recording of the 2011 X Factor charity single along with the finalists of the X Factor 2011 and previous X Factor contestants’ JLS and One Direction.^[75] They covered the 1978 hit single "Wishing on a Star" by Rose Royce. All proceeds from the single went to the children's charity organization, Together for Short Lives. The charity ensures that every life-threatened child, young person and their family gets the best possible care and support from the moment of diagnosis, wherever they live and for as long as they need it. The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart with first-week sales of 98,932 copies. In 2012, the band performed their single "Change Your Life" on theChildren In Need 2012 broadcast appeal show, helping raise over £26,757,446 for the cause which helps disadvantaged kids in the UK.^[76]

Little Mix also performed at the two-part charity music concert Children in Need Rocks 2013 to raise money for Children In Need. Little Mix performed a medley consisting of their hit singles Change Your Life, DNA and Wings. The group performed alongside Kings of Leon, Ellie Goulding among other artists. The concert was broadcast on BBC One during the Children In Need week.^[77]

In March 2014, Little Mix teamed up with BeatBullying, the largest anti-bullying organization in Europe. The quartet is backing the anti-bullying media campaign “The Big March” and the #DeleteCyberbullying project. The aim is to stop bullying and cyberbullying across Europe. Member Leigh-Anne Pinnock said "Myself and the girls have all experienced being bullied at some point in our life. “When we see on Twitter that some of our fans are going through it now we find it so upsetting and that's the reason we feel so passionate about this campaign and the work that BeatBullying does." A key aim of the Big March calls on the European Commission to introduce new laws to protect the right of European children to live without fear of bullying and cyberbullying. The campaign is also calling for 77 million euros (£57m) to be set aside for services that prevent and protect European children from bullying and cyberbullying. It is also proposing an annual awareness day to promote the anti-bullying movement across Europe. Brands including Disney, Moshi Monsters and Storm Models are also backing the Big March.^[78] In March 2014, Little Mix released a cover of Cameo’s single “Word Up!” as the official single for Sport Relief 2014. They performed it live during the Sport Relief telethon. The total amount raised on the night of broadcast was a record breaking £51,242,186. The girl group also visited Liberia to witness the good work done with the Sport Relief donations, a video diary was recorded by each member showing them visit local hospitals and describing their experiences.^[79]

Members

Perrie Edwards

Edwards was born on 10 July 1993 (age 21),^[80] and raised in South Shields, Tyne and Wear to parents Alexander Edwards and Deborah Duffy. Edwards has an older brother named Jonnie. Her first audition was "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette.^[81] She became engaged to One Direction member Zayn Malik in August 2013.^[82]

Jesy Nelson

Nelson was born on 14 June 1991 (age 23),^[83] and raised in Romford, London to parents John Nelson and Janice White. She has an older sister Jade and two brothers, Joseph and Jonathan.^[84][85] Her first audition was "Bust Your Windows" byJazmine Sullivan.^[86] Since joining Little Mix, she has faced cyber-bullying and struggled to cope during her time on The X Factor.^[85][87] Prior to the show, Nelson worked as a barmaid.^[88]

Leigh-Anne Pinnock

Pinnock was born on 4 October 1991 (age 22),^[89] and raised in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire along with her two sisters, Sarah and Sian-Louise.^[90] Pinnock is of Barbadian and Jamaican ancestry.^[91] Before joining Little Mix, she worked as a waitress in Pizza Hut.^[90] Her first audition was "Only Girl (in the World)" by Rihanna.^[86] She is in a relationship with Jordan Kiffin.

Jade Thirlwall

Thirlwall was born on 26 December 1992 (age 21),^[92] and raised in South Shields, Tyne and Wear.^[93] She previously auditioned for The X Factor during series 5 (2008) and series 7 (2010). Her first audition (2011) was "I Want to Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles. Her musical influences are Diana Ross and Cheryl Cole.

- taken from Wikipedia. 

Prezi plan

- Intro of all members, including photos and videos, and basic info such as birthdays and how they got to be a part of the band

- Winning X Factor 2011

- Musical success - charting abroad, UK Charts, record sales, YouTube + Twitter hits

- Image - Nails, Make Up, Clothing for young teenage girls / charitable work with CIN, SR, etc.

Include videos from X Factor, clips of their music videos, images of them and their products, events that they've been to (e.g. red carpets) & photos of their target audience - young teenage girls (who also love One Direction, e.g Perrie and Zayn).