2nd draft: digipak poster

This is my second draft of my digipak. I decided to use an image from the filming we did the other day, i then decided to put a photo over the top and turn the opacity down so it made it look more vintage. I found a picture that i used from my inner pannel of my digipak and removed the back ground. i feel this is an improvement from my last poster as the other was too bland and plain where as this one has an edge to it and convey's our genre more. I may however, change the colour of the text from the title so it matches with the rest of the typography.

Digipak Poll

Test shots

12th December

Discussions and editing.
We have decided that some of the shots we have used in the video are not good and have decided to look again through the footage and edit some more into it to see if they fit better in with the footage.

We also did test shots of the images and videos before filming the lip syncing. We wanted to have a shallow depth of field so we used a 50mm lens. We have decided this will be a perfect camera and lens for our further filming.

11th december

Today i fixed the problem we was having with the sound be bumpy, i did this by downloading thr sound from you tube to an mp3 file and then converted it again to an aiff file. The sound is now much better and i am happy with it.

 I also edited the footage we filmed yesterday it is in order and ready to put the next bit of footage into it.

10th December

Today we converted the files from the camera, we also checked through them to see which ones are the best for the video. After choosing we can begin to edit.

9th December

We finally started filming for our music video today, we are happy with the progress we have made and are going to edit it as soon as possible so we can film soon. We just need to shoot a couple more shots at Danson and then the rest at London. These include the chorus "suddenly i see" and some of the beginning shots.

4th draft

This is my new digipak. i made some small changes like changing the typography to something called 'super rad' this, i feel, is a lot more bold and stands out. It related to the genre more as it is similar to artists like Lana del rey and Haim. 

I also changed the back picture of the river at danson this matches with the interior image as we are standing infront of the river. 

Digipak: Daft 3

This is my new idea for my digipak. After hearing feedback from class mates, they suggested changing the interior image as it was back light and came to be a bit blurry. It is for this reason that i went back to the pictures from Danson and had a play around with some of the photos to see what each would look like as a interior image.  I chose this one as i felt it was bright enough and not blurry. I also think that it is a goo image as it is a long shot and therefore shows the band are more about the music than their image.

I think i will defiantly keep the interior panel as one photo as most digipaks i have looked at have one image inside. I want to keep the lyrics as the main focus of the album is the song "Suddenly i See".

2nd December

I had a discussion with Sinead today about what will make my digipak better. She suggested adding different images as it doesn't appear to be a Indie group, i have now decided to take more photos of the the band and replace the back (track listing) photo and the bottom right one, i am hoping this will make it look better.

Discussions 3

Filming Research

We researched to get to the places we want today. For example we know we need to get to charing cross via the northern line, this will also be able to take us to waterloo where we can get to Big Ben and the London Eye. From the northern line we can get a tube from Lester square to the Piccadilly circus.  

We also found out that some places are not allowed to be filmed, for example South Bank is not allowed to be filmed as it is private property. 

In our storyboads we wanted to get a point of view shot of us when we are on the tour bus, however we found out today that it is cheaper to go on a cruise around london and we would still get all the views and sites. This is going to be a decision we will have to make as a group. 

Print Advert

Today i edited my print advertisement. I wanted to keep the poster simple so it suggests that the band are more about the music then their looks. I used a white typography to make it stand out with a black background to make it more eye catching. I made the advertisement appeal to my audience as i added a "feat. Kings of Leon" but which the audience would be a fan of and therefore make it more appealing to them.

The idea of a black back ground came from Florence and The Machines print advert for "Lungs" which uses, similar to mine, a black back ground with the album art work in the middle of the poster, making it the central focus. If the audience want to find out any information they can find it on itunes, which is the reason the itunes icon is located on the bottom right of the poster.

Shooting schedule

Theses are the days we have planned to film, we have decided that we will be filming any Danson park or woods footage on the friday as we only have a couple of hours and then filming the London footage on saturday. This way during the following week we can edit the footage we already have and then film again the next weekend and edit that into the previous part. We feel this will help us to keep on top of things and make sure we can finish the final bit of filming by the end of December.

Digipak: 2nd draft

This is the second draft of my digipak. I am happy with the way it has turned out and think it has made more of an improvement than before. I will ask for feedback from Leanne and Sinhead to see whether they like the improvements i have made and the new photos.

I edited the contrast on the back of the digipak so it is still light but the typography shows through more clearly than before. As Leanne suggested last time if i was to have the inner panel one photo that i would have to add something on it, i decided to use the lyrics from the song "suddenly i see" so the panel isn't  so plain, i feel like it works well as the album is mainly based on that song.

I feel the close up represents the record labels needs on how to sell the band, and as its their first album it is common to find close ups of the band so the the audience get an idea of who the band are.

20th November: showing of animatics

We showed our animatics to the class. I am happy with the feedback we received, our genre came across well and the shots matched the beat of the song. Many said that they would have multiple viewings of the piece

However, some said they didn't notice our intertextual references and notion of looking, however we did explain that we did include them but they're not as clear on the storyboards

Digipak photo shoot

These are some of the pictures from the photo shoot, it is not all as their was 236, i narrowed it down to the ones i considered to use for my digipak. I will considered Sinnead and Leanne's opinion.

Digipak edit

I wanted our front picture to be a close up of our faces but the original picture didn't match the others. I then decided to cut the background out and added in a picture of the grass. I smudged the edges so the picture didn't sit on top of the background, and i am very happy with the way it has turned out.

18th November

After hearing feedback about my digital from Leanne and the class I have decided to start my second draft of my digipak. On Friday we went to megs house to take some more pictures. We tried to take as many as possible and ended up with 236 photos that I sorted through today and decided on which ones I wanted for my digipak. However I have decided to keep one of my old images from the ones we took in danson. This is because I feel the image is the only suitable one for the inner panel. Although I have taken Leanne's advice on board and have added text onto the pictures so its not to bland.

Discussions 2

We had a discussion with leaane about our music video, she helped us to decide on our intertextual references and suggested that we looked at people like blondie. We then realised that she would be perfect to inspire our band

Survey

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15th: digipak photos

As we received feedback that our digipak wasn't working well, we have decided to do a photo shoot today, we took some pictures at megan's house and then needing to reshoot some at danson. For example we experimented with taking ones laying down and ones that we had drawn out for our initial idea on our digipaks. We also took many other ones that will posted soon, i will experiment will mixing around with the photos and see which one my target audience will like best and take their advice.

Goodwin's theory

• Notion of looking; we applied this to ours but using point of view shots. This makes the audience feel more involved with the video and thus more connected to the artist
• A relationship between the music and visuals; at the beginning we are going to cut the shot at the same time the music beats, this is so everything fits well together
• Intertextual references; we decide that blondie is an iconic artist that most people know about, including our target audience, and luckily this fits into our secondary audience as the artist/ song is from the 1900's they recognise it from that era 
• Record label influence; we decided that as our record label is rough trade and most of their artist like War Paint and Palma Violets have close ups in their music video and showing them playing instruments, that we could take this on board and feature it in our music video
• A relationship between the music and lyrics; we tried to make this one match, for example we have lots of shots of the band singing towards the camera.

Animatics

Today we decided to make an animatic of the storyboards to give a clue of whta the video will look like. This also gave us an idea of what the timings would be as they were a lot different to what we expecting them to be. We are hoping to show it to it to the class and gain feedback on thursday, we can then make are video better by using the ideas our class will give us.

15th Novemeber

 We finally finished our storyboards today. I am pleased with the way they came out as they are a lot better than i expected, we included an intertextual reference from blondies video, we feel that as our target audience will be indie/rock fans, they will know of blondie and will recognise this moment as it runs throughout most of the video. We also added in the beginning shots of the instrumental, we made 10 shots of each location in the video so it foreshadows what will happen later on in the video. We decided that having a narrative wasn't that important in this case in our video. However we did stick to Goodwin's theory's on music video and consider and made every stage he spoke about. We are hoping to film as soon as possible, filming the london bits first.

Back of digipak: Tracklist

This is my new idea for the picture for my digipak. I have used the photos we took from danson and brought down the contrast so the typography is more clear and readable. I hope this is an improvement from the last digipak.

Digipak presentation

14th november

I am very pleased with the progress we've made today. We are now at the last stages of our storyboarding and we started animatics. This is what we had planned to do. Today i also looked for intertextual references from iconic people like blondie, that our audience would recognise however we haven't had such luck yet.

Feedback

This is our feedback sheets, we have took on all the feedback on board and our going to work to improve our artist. we are going to put more of a narrative into our music video, as suggested by some one in the class. For example "i feel like walking the world" we have us walking and touring london and different areas. 

We are pleased that our narrative has came through and is shown through and that they understand that we have a nature theme that runs throughout

Presentation to the class

12th november

Today we carried on storyboarding, were now 2 chorus' from the end. We also wrote on the sides the timing so we know exactly when to shoot and how long each shot will be.

Digipak: first draft

This is the first draft of my digipak. I was happy with the out come of the draft. However, after speaking to leanne i realise that we need to take some more pictures as some of the pictures are not good. For example the inter pannel is stretched as it is one image and i wanted it to fit across three pannels. I am planning to take some more pictures with the girls next friday and try some of our original ideas as we didn't bother taking them last time. I am planning to keep the typography, however, after hearing from leanne that it is not easy to read i have decided to keep the typography white but change the contrast of the background, just making the trees a bit darker. I also received feedback from my target audience that they like the CD so i am thinking about keeping that too.

6th November

Today i decided to use photoshop to put all my pictures together on my digipak. I have changed the typography on them to leaf1 i feel this one conveys our genre the best. I made the typography on the digipak white so it stands out, this was suggested by one of my target audience. I decided on one image to run through the inner pannel and then three separate ones for the bottom. This will be ready for feedback from the class on monday.

Digpak Pictures

I made a short video of all of our digipak photos, this will be shown on monday so if the class this one of the other pictures we took is more approiate they can suggest it and we can change it so it is more suitable for our audience

4th November

Today we took pictures for our digipaks. Although the whether was bright, the ground was still damp from were it had rained earlier. Therefore we was unable to take some of the pictures that we had originally planned to take. However we improvised through the pictures and managed to take some pictures that we already planned to take. I am very pleased with the way it has turned out, some of the pictures are better than i expected them to be. I'm hoping that our audience will like them just as much as i do, i will create a survey soon to see what they think of it.

Track list survey results

I am really happy with the results I found from the track list survey. Generally everyone knew the genre of the artist, and all agreed that they, either would listen to it or would consider it.

Based on the results from the question 'how do you think it could be improved' I think I will make the track list longer, as suggested by a respondent. I will also change the order of the songs to make sure they don't clash and flow through instead of 'fast/slow/fast'.

Typography

After presenting our pitch to the class and receiving feedback, we found that people disagreed with our typography and believed that it made it look gothic, someone on my survey said it looked like a restaurant sign. I decided to look on dafont for some other ideas on what our bands logo/ typography could be. These are my choices.

Survey

I made a survey to get feedback on the track list on my digipak, click here to take the survey...

Track list survey.

I have created a survey based on my track listing. I have done this so that i can get my target audiences opinion and feedback, i can also make improvements if the results show that the audience think it could be better. I will check the results in a week and post them, also including the changes made.