Evaluation Q1-4

Final Digipack

This is our final digipack product featuring our artist, the first image in the top left corner is the front cover. The following images in the top right corner and bottom left are the inside covers. Finally the back cover is the image in the bottom right. This was split equally between my partner designing two each.

Website PUBLISHED

OUR WEBSITE LINK!

click above to see our Official Website for our artist!!

Final Digipack

Split between me and my partner we had to make a 4 panel digipack for our artist the two at the top are the front cover and inside cover that Adam created and the two below are back cover and inside cover that Mag designed. Using photo shop allowed us to add effects and text over the images and creating some images from scratch for example I created a face made up of images I took on a camera of all different music equipment what fitted the dance music genre such as mixers, decks, speakers and headphones. We had to ensure that all four designs suited each other for example using the consistent colour of purples and different shades.

Final Video!

And so we've completed our music video. It's the 17th of January, 2013.
Now we are working on our digipack and the website to be completed by the end of next week.
We will ask for feedback on our final video and post the evidence on the blog next week.
All the contribution is shown in form of screen captures on our individual blogs.

Video Diary - feedback comments, rough cut.

In class, we gave each other feedback, stating which grade the videos deserve and why and what we need to improve.

ROUGH CUT

Video diary 3rd December

Video Diary - 26th of November 2012

Video Diary - Week 3

Digipak draft (photoshop)

Here is a rough version of what I would like our front cover of our digipak to look like, I collected a random image of a male online because we have not done our photo shoot yet. I also collected other images that relate to the dance music genre such as:
Headphones
Microphone
Microphone leads
Fader
Speaker
Glow stick
After collecting these images i re-sized and rotated them to fit them to the face, they represent the facial figures of our artist.

Call Sheet

Adam: 07518338163
Mag: 07521014870
Kieran: 07983448020
Connie: 07824555295
Bruce: 07710700750

Digipak And Website Draft 1

 For planning I decided to draw out with pencil some drafts. Starting with the website and the layout to give a basic structure to our site including an image of the artist, the music video, tour dates, latest news, information about the artist. We will be creating our website for our artist on Wix.






Here is one of the first drafts of the front cover of our digipak including our artist in the center of the shot posing. The speakers in the background are too add effect as they are blasting our sound behind our artist, this fits with the genre of dance music with our artist.






 

Our second draft had the more creative elements, the image of the artist in the background and features from dance equipment is chopped up and used as the facial features of our artist. For example part of the speakers is used as the eye. This image would be similar to a collage.

Artist Costume

After gathering images on the internet we got a rough idea of what our artists costume will look like during our shoot, going for the fashionable and independent young male image with the boat shoes, skinny jeans, leather jacket, casual plan white tee and bright coloured glasses to match the dance culture.

Visual Style Mood Board

 

^moodboard 1 = by Magg.

^ This is our visual style for most of the video. 

The dim lighting effect & the dominating blue shades of the video give it that sort of old film effect as well the grotty, dirty feel to it, which I'm aiming to achieve with appropriate camera techniques & after-effects when editing in our video. There is a lot of reasons why I thought this visual style would be perfect for our video, some of them include:

* It symbolises the impurity of the girl (Sarah) 

in the video, impurity in their relationship & "dirty" lifestyle.

* It makes it look rough, just as our character's relationship is & lifestyle as well.

Moodboard 2 = by Adam.

Night Club

This is the visual style of the rest of the scenes in our video in the nightclub location 

Colours - Bright, Fluorescent, Abstract, Psychedelic to create the atmosphere of a night club
Lighting - Dark, Dirty, Pictoral
Visual - Distorted, Blurred, Out Of Focus this will relate to the drug use or drinking from the character as it intensely affects his vision.

Other Locations
Colours - Washed Out, Blues, Browns, Reds And Romantic Colours
Lighting - Dim, High Exposure
Visual - Natural

Institutions, Marketing And Strategy

Institutions, Marketing And Strategy on Prezi

I created a collage of visuals and images that represent the promotional campaign for my artists new album release and some of the marketing methods I would use such as:

• social networking sites (facebook, twitter, myspace and soundcloud) - posting messages about the new album release on these sites would encourage people to purchase the album when released. 
• Singles and songs featured on other albums - my artist has already released singles and featured on other artists tracks, the use of posters and wallpapers promoting this helps expand his fan base
• Billboards - even though this is an old method for marketing it is still effective
• Album signings - offering the fans a album signing may encourage more people to buy the album and meet the artist up close in person 
• Live performances and tours - this is essential in our promotional campaign we would like a bigger audience to watch our artist live
• Artists personal website - this allows fans or researchers to find information about our artist and also it will include the release date of the latest album  
• Merchandise - can help create an image, style or fashion for the artist bringing in different types of people from other genres of music. 
• Pop-ups and ringtones - these online advertisements are useful as they grab peoples attention when unexpected. 

Risk Assessment

Before filming on location it is essential that you create a risk assessment for safety issues, this is a plan of what actions will be taken if their is a risk on site. It includes the different hazards you may face and how dangerous the hazard is, the people it could affect and who will take action and when on the day of filming.

Assets List

Creating an assets list is good to plan out your day of filming as you have a list of equipment, props and costumes. This avoids delay when it comes to shooting on the day and so me and my partner are fully prepared to make our video with no mistakes.

Things I need to bring:

• Video Camera
• Video Tape
• Camera Charger
• Tripod
• Lighting 
• Make-Up
• Strobe Lights
• Empty Alcohol Bottles
• Laptop 
• Laptop Charger
• Hair Products
• Money

Kieran: 

• Jeans
• Shirt
• Shoes

Connie: 

• Heels
• Dress
• Lipstick 
• Hair Straighteners

Digipack Influences

Digipack Influences on Prezi

Idea Development

Today we had a group meeting and we discussed in detail all the aspects of our story: the character types, the story types, the genre, the plot and structure of the video and song. We worked out the sections of the song and planned out what happens during the verses and choruses.