Digipack Process

Here are some screen shots of the process of my digipack. As you can see I am half way through and using similar conventions to the poster with the colours, logo, diamonds and photos. On the photos I have used the enhancement tool as well as the blur tool to make the photos look much better and clear. All I need to do now is add the copyright of Sony BMG on the back of the CD where the song list is.

To Do:

We have three weeks up until the deadline and in this time we need to make sure we edit in what we need to in our video including more groups shots and more cuts in the dance performance. Secondly, I need to make sure my poster and digipack is done. My poster had finished however, I feel it can be improved. Although I will make sure I finish my digipack before making final perfections.

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First screening of our Music Video

Screening of video

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Above is a slide show that we presented to our class of our first edit of our music video as well as our drafts of a poster and digipack. As you can see our poster and digipack link in with the bands ideology which is what we were aiming for.

Screen Shots

Here are a few screen shots from editing. It includes the static shots we are using at the beginning however, we would like an effect where it flashes instead of a cut from each one.
Secondly, footage from the studio which looks really good with the black and red lipstick standing out from the white background.
Lastly, the limousine where we add the transition of beth fading in and out on her words.

Editing

The only decent footage we filmed was of Beth so we started editing it in the sequence. On one part where the limousine appears we decided to use a transition so Beth fades in and out. It adds to the effect off the slow pace of this certain part and looks very glamorous also.

Filming postponed

We did film on the first day back however we did not get all the footage we set out to. Therefore, we have to film again this week and make sure we film it perfectly. As we have not started our digipacks yet we have to get decent photos for these also. The footage we need to get is solo as well as the performance. It is taking longer than we thought it would.

Props needed for the studio

- video camera - tripod - dslr - fans Costume : black dresses with a leopard accessory and heels. Red lipstick. Black leggings black top and necklaces

Things to do

We have to film the rest of the footage on the first day back after Christmas to finish the editing for our music video. We also have to take photos for our digipack and our poster. It was difficult to start to create the digipack on photoshop without the photos so I am going to start that after we have finished editing our video.

Screen shots of Editing

Here are some screen shots from editing. As you can see we have been using Final Cut Pro as it does give a better finish to the footage. It is also evident that many cuts have been used.

Editing

We have started to edit the bar and limousine footage for our music video. Using our storyboard we placed the right footage in the places we wanted. We have edited it very well because we want to then be able to put the studio footage once we have filmed after christmas.
We decided in the end to introduce the limousine two thirds of the way through on a slower beat of the song. We have done this so the audience is not bored of the same settings throughout.
We feel like this editing has been very successful and consist of a wide variety of shots as well as editing techniques of split screens. Once we add the limousine shots we will add more techniques such as fading.

Draft of poster

This is a rough draft of what I would like my poster to look like.

I want the diamonds around the edge similar to those in the logo. The background however I want a faded red so they band members fade into the background as they are wearing black they need to stand out on the background.

The logo will be bold along the bottom. The Scarlett will stand out because of the background not being as blood red as the Scarlett is.

To do

Before Christmas I hope to have drafted a digipack and poster on photoshop. I want them both to contain the diamonds and black background as well as our band name cut out. When adding the photos after I hope to fade in the photos so it looks quite glamourous. As the band will be wearing black maybe a red background will be better but we will have to draft it to see.

Photos from second filming at the bar

Here are some photos from the filming at the filming of the bar. As you can see we all filmed at the bar, to show the narrative as well as being in the spotlight on the black background. The individual shots on the black background came out really well because of the shadows but also the red standing out.

The group shot did not turn out very well. For some reason it came out very blurry on the computer but was fine on the video camera. Maybe we can edit the lighting on final cut pro.

To do...

These are the things that needs to be done before the christmas holidays: - screen shots of bar shooting and put on blog - find out how to lighten shots in final cut pro - design poster - draft poster and digipack on photoshop - book studio for after Christmas

Filming schedule

We have filmed all what we need except for our studio shots. We will not be able to film there until a months time so we have decided to roughly edit the footage we have then add the other shots once we have filmed. The studio will also be used for getting good photos for our digipack and photos. We will create our digipack on photoshops and add the photos later.

Second filming at the bar

We went back to film at the bar which turned out very well. We got a shot of all of On a sofa. This isn't brilliant footage however will be useful incase we need a few extras. We then found a black background in the bar with a really nice spotlight. It cast a nice and glamorous shadow for our glamorous band. We then decided to film individually at the bar. We were all in different spots being filmed to give a bit more of a narrative. Screen shots will follow in the next post to show what kind of shots we filmed and how it fits the ideology of the band.

Screen shots from the Limousine

Here are screen shots from the Limousine. When we filmed the camera did not show the outside however, when uploading to the computer we can see outside the limousine. We will have to use editing techniques to sort this out.

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Things to do...

Today we will be filming more footage at the bar. We are going to try to find a new location for Beth (rapper). This will hopefully be her lying on the snooker table. If not we have to film again on the sofa. As it will be hard to find a man at this late hour we will have her by herself. This will connote she is independent and doesn't need a man which is the whole ideology of the band. If she can be on the snooker table it suggests her playful fun side and as snooker is quite a masculine thing, it suggests she is a strong woman.