Analysis of Digipack 2

The way I had altered my changes were through the background picture I had used the same picture from the Cd cover which was originally taken and had put it in the background where the CD will open and the transparency of the original picture would be there this gives it a dynamic edge to it will is quite interesting and eye catching to viewers. The reason why I had changed it was because the other picture of the band member did not really fit the concept of where the band members were positioned and was to dark for the setting was not really fitting the transparency of the CD, so when I had added this new picture of the band I had tried different positioning to see where it would fit in best and had achieved the look I was going for, that cool stylish Indie/ Rock look it had given it that quirky edge which I was going for this links to my research of Kasabian album covers of that stamp effect on characters and logos this inspired me to give that edge to my band members. The third print screen shows the development in changes I had made where I had taken the roses background because I had gotten feedback of my peers and they had said that it does not fit the theme I was going for and that it did not suit the Pictures I put in, so I decided to take it out, resized my picture and see what it looked like, I had got my peers views and they had said it looked far better than before. Then I had looked on the positioning of my barcode and record label so I had looked at album covers which links to my research so I had looked at Kasabian new album velociraptor and Arctic Monkeys album Suck it and See which gave me a understanding of how digipack back covers are set out which gave my CD cover a more establishing look. I had also changed the way my pictures would be displayed from the original picture which was relatively dull so I had put a contrast to make it darker with a more black and white theme which came from my original ideas which links to my research of Kasabian album Velociraptor of that black and white theme. Also I changed my logo to the same one as my Front cover and put a darker shadow of black and red on their this gave my band a of a group identity, this was effective because it gave my band a regional identity to look more professional so when used as promotional tool it would catch the consumer eye, because relatively people go to check the back cover to see the song listing and because my band it relatively standing out it will catch consumers eyes with this balderdash look to it, So these edited effects has given my Digipack a more innotive look which most Indie/Rock covers have.

Initial planning ideas for Digipack

Analysis of Digipack

The Reason why I had changed my Digipack was because it was to plain and did not give it that Inside look of lots of band member pictures so I had changed my initial plan and decided to edit more pictures and see what they would look like, In my first picture I had changed the picture a range of times to see which one would be most suited, and I needed a picture where the band was relatively close to each other, so I had cut out a circular template of the band picture and then put the stamp effect on it to give it that innovative edge of that Indie rock look this relates back to my research of the manic street preachers album. In picture 2 I had put a picture of the band in the background where I had contrasted the colours to look darker on the body area making the mise en scene darker to stand out more it gave it that rough urban look, where I had put the CD on top contrasting the colours making the CD background slightly lighter so it blends in with the background with the dark roses on the outline. In the third picture I had uploaded a picture of the two band members where I had put a contrast on the picture putting a lighter background with a darker outline around the two band members putting a dark glow around the two characters face giving them that artistic Indie look. The fourth and Fifth picture show me cutting out part of the border with the crop tool this was to make a pouch for the cover this was my inside cover where my individual band pictures will go in that is where the last three pictures above show where I had an individual shots of the band having the role, signature and band members name on their this will establish my band the connotations used here subsequently brings out that urban rock look of three young lads playing it cool.

Logo name evidence

These are some of the names I had tried on my Digipack before making a desicion on which name suited my Digipack, I had kept this black and white concept of the wrighting they were all stenciled to keep a similar theme I had been going for that rough urban look which most Indie/Rock Bands have on their front cover.

Actual logo name

Record Labels

Existing Record labels

The existing labels show a relatively black and white background showing relatively simple but eloquent signs they are usually iconic for something for people to remember so they use catchy names for people to remember, they are usually shaped in a certain small way (geometric) this would usually be placed on the Digipack/CD.

New Record Labels I have designed

• Ethnel Records
• Astrology Records
• GS Records
• inca prise records
• deathtoll records
• mylank recordings
• santanic records

The record labels I had created were to establish an iconic figures with the pictures I had used, that they are something different that people will always remember, the stencilled or the bold writing make it stand out making it eye catching to the consumer. I had thought that name given to these record labels were balderdash of something which is classy and a bit of urbanism added to the names to give it that edge, I tried keeping it conventional to my research of giving it that cool edged names with darker vibrant colours to suit my theme.

Digipack promoted in the outside world

My CD cover of the band The Everlast has now been promoted on ITunes, Amazon and HMV one of the biggest way to distribute my music, because there has been a growth in online distribution of Music my music will be promoted on the biggest international global scale giving my band and establishing footing in society to become successful due to band recognition.

mock up

The reasons why I had done this was because to understand where my positioning of pictures would go on my Dipack so I had made this rough work of where I would want my Pictures and what I would like to do with them.

Filming day 3

25th January 2013, we had organised the drama studio and Music instruments to use, we had kept an eye out for weather conditions if it will snow heavily because if it did it would have breached our health and safethy regulations, but it had not snowed so we went ahead with filming, we did the shots which were out of focus and shots we thought that were needed to give me a more variety of shots when editing there was some limitations were they were setting out the drama studio for an asembly which would take space, but we worked around it, we will upload our footage and see what is missing.

Evidence of digipack designs

From making my digipack there has been a been many changes at first I had used the editing software Adobe Fireworks cs3 to make the basic templates and backgrounds, but then I had realised my designs were relatively simple and I couldn’t get the effects I wanted on my Digipack and I had initially chosen this software to make my whole design on but I changed it onto Adobe Photoshop cs3 to get a more professional look,, do I had tested a range of backgrounds until I liked one, the reasons why I had changed my initial idea of the grey and black concept because it was to plain and gothic, was not really something that would stand it and be eye catching to the consumers. So I changed my background colour of that sandy brown related to the more Indie Rock genre of the strong vibrant colours like the Arctic Monkeys Digipack of that yellow sandy colour. I had made a logo design to suit the feedback I had gotten of people because they had all liked different various things so I had combined it in one my initial idea was inspired from Kasabian from their unique iconic logo design and the tattoos are inspired from Zayn Malik of that rock and roll pompadour look, the way it relates to my Indie Rock logo is that it gives it that innotive look of standing out from the rest. But when I had constructed everything together the flowery boarder looked to feminine and the front cover with the logo looked more like a poster nothing really stood out, so I decided to change the front Cover by putting a picture the band by using stencil effect on the pictures to give it that standing out effect and had taken the logo and the flowery background to the back cover. The Inspiration I had gotten from was Manic Street Preachers forever delayed album and Greenday unos dos tre album of the stencil look which made my front cover stand out a lot more giving it that bold favourable look.

Filming cancelation

Today we had to cancel filming because the weather conditions were critically bad because of the snow, they had closed the school so we had no access to the studio or filming equipment, and plus it breached the health and safety regulations of our actors, so we rescheduled the date of filming on 23/1/13.

Codes and conventions of a music video

Please click on the link below where it will show a slideshare of the genral codes and conventions of a music video



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planning for filming

Shots we are using tomorrow 18/1/13

Me and my partner had decided when watching our footage back we didn’t have as much variety of shots as we wanted, also some of our shots were out of focus so we are going to re film these parts so I had booked the drama studio and music equipment.

·         cameras- on each band member

·         Close ups- on drum sticks and guitar strings

·         Close up on Lewis face

·         Behind the scenes

·         Close up of Lewis on the microphone (mouth)

·         Spot lights for better lighting

·         Panning shots

·         Focus shots

·         2shots but from different angles

·         Close up of the drummers pedal

·         Close up of the guitarist foot

·         Angle shots of the band from different variety angles of their body

The videos I looked at to get my inspiration from

Maccabees- went away

Foo Fighters- all my life

Prototype logo design

 

The reasons why I had changed it to this prototype is because it included all aspects of what people liked and wanted with the angel wings on the guitar and the half torso man. So this initial design included aspect of what the consumers wanted so I used this information from the research I had collated, this is not a finished version what the actual torso is going to look like but is a brief insigh of the type of design I am looking for. I think that it relates to my Indie/Rock genre because it gives it that cool slender look which I was going for my main inspiration came from Kasabian were they try cool radical ideas with these usual logos which make them stand out from everyone this is the type of concept I tried to put out similarly because I am trying to appeal to that mass audience so I think that because of my logo I can achieve this that people would want to see my logo and be really integued in it. The Idiology I tried to convey in this logo was that this iconic rock look which would be remebered in a unique innotative way but not heavy metal which was used in my previous designs this design has that punk rock edge look however in a cool way which relates to the Indie theme I am going for, I am going to make more prototype versions of this design because this is not finished as of yet but use differnt colour concepts to suit more of my theme which I have already planned out with my designer Abdul Hye.

Behind the scenes

planning and organisation

Today I had to book the drama studio and Musical instruments this friday because we did not get enough behind the scenes footage because of the corrupted memory card, also when I had looked at the footage I had uploaded there was not much variety of shots, so we are planning to do a wider range of shots so we had booked all the technical equipment we will be needing.

   Things we need to book for our music video

• tripod
• wheely tripod
• 2 DSLR cameras
• drama studio
• 2x guitars
• 2xmicrophones
• 1drumset
• Speakers are in place
• Lighting will be set up

Filming day 2

on the 11th We had done filming were I had booked the drama studio and music equipment, when filming we did not know that an examination would be taking place on the monday so the caretaker was setting out the exam hall but did leave us space for filming, also one of the cameras memory card corrupted so we didnt really get much benhind the scenes footage besides a couple pictures. The benefits are that we did get all the footage we hoped off getting which was all in focus which we had uploaded

Lighting

The reason why I had researched lightin is because previously in my AS Media work I made the mistake of not taking lighting into consideration the reason why it had taken longer than expected when shooting my film that the lightin was to dark and we did not have the facilities of lighting equipments to get certain scenes correct because it was to dark outside or something interfering with the lighting. So this time I have been prepared with this problem understanding the lighting and the effect it has and the benefits it will have on the way I shoot my music video.

Filming Day

on 8/1/13 we had finally done filming on this day were we had finished of the narrative scene the drawbacks were had it taken longer than expected to finish clearly because we had to construct properly what we wanted to do and how we wanted it, and my actors were laughing at times so this is why it had taken longer, we did use our understudy Safina Mugal because our last actor did not do the job role aswell, and we are going to upload the footage and see if it is good enough, if not we will reshoot the scenes that werent good.