Tuesday 20 December 2016

Shooting Scehdule


Shooting Schedule                                     Location                                         Time 


  • Filming Choruses                             Gallery                                           11:25-1:30
  • Neon signs                                        Gods own junkyard                        4:00-6:00
  • filming beginning video                    Erith pier                                       11:25-1:30
  • Journey                                              London tube                                  11:25-1:30

Digipak First Draft

Friday 2 December 2016

Digi Pak- The other panels

 In this panel I decided to add three of the photos from the london shoot. This is because they all have a very similar red, dark look to them. The artist appears like a silhouette as the features are hard to see, this is a feature that makes it obvious that it is not a pop artist as these tend to show clear images of the artist, making them the main focus point of the album. Whereas in these images you would focus more on the colours and theme.
This image will be the back of the CD panel. I faded this picture so it was that bright. I also changed the colour, so I added pink and blue tones to make it fit the theme better. This photo is also dark so that the artist cannot be seen well, continuing with the theme of the digipak.
I made this photo more contrasted so that it was more defined. This made the shadows darker

Thursday 1 December 2016

Our chosen song




We have decided to choose Wet's song- Its all in vain. We like this song as it has a slow pace but has a change of tempo in the chorus, it also has lyrics with a clear meaning so, as a group we thought it would be the best song to make a video for.

DigiPak- Tracklisting


This is the tracklist for the Digipak. I used a photo form the London photo-shoot again, as I feel using the other ones for this would not match the front cover, as these are the two panels you would see when you first look at the Digipak. I continued with the white font as a contrast colour, but I used a different font this time as I feel the other fit would look too crowded and it is also our logo so would not fit in the track listing. I decided to put the titles horizontal with dashes between them as I feel it fitted better with the composition of the picture. If the writing went vertical it would be hard to read over the lights in the picture. I again, turned up the brightness and added a slight red tone over the picture to continue with the theme. I then added  barcode and the record company's logo at the bottom of the track listing, I made them slightly faint so that they didn't stand out and the main focus on the page is the song titles. I also then typed in a short copyright information at the bottom which I got inspiration from other albums on what to write. 


Digi Pak front cover



This the finished front cover of the Digipak. I used one of the photos from the London shoot and, using photoshop, I turned up the brightness on the photo so that it was more clear. I also enhanced the colour red by using the colour board, this made it appear more neon and began to build a theme for the Digipak. I then added the name of the artist, which is also the name of the album, as it is a self titled album. We used the logo of the band which is the font we found from Dafont.com. I made it white so that it stood out and was clear to see against the dark picture. 



Tuesday 29 November 2016

Choosing our song

After researching different artists and songs within our genre we have selected these 3, and now we will select one of these songs to make our music video to.



2nd photoshoot


For our second photo-shoot, we went up to London in the evening as we wanted to get pictures which showed a clear contrast between dark and bright, so therefore it being night time brings the dark, and the lights of London bring the bright. 
I prefer these photos to the first ones as I feel they look more professional and show a clear theme which will be shown when they are on my digipak. 
To find the locations of these pictures, we were walking around central London and would stop whenever we saw a bright/neon light that we thought would make a good picture. 























Friday 25 November 2016

Costume



In the indie pop genre, artists tend to dress in a similar way. It tends to be quite casual and plain, unlike in pop videos when artists tend to wear extravagent and bright outfits.
The outfits in indie pop usually consist of a plain jumper or tshirt with jeans, boots and some kind of jacket.
Here are some examples:
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Tuesday 22 November 2016

Taking Photos for our digipak 1

We begun to take photos for our digipak. To do these pictures, we bought different colour light filters and placed them over a studio light to make the light the colour of the filter.
I feel this created a very interesting effect as it makes me blend in with the all but the shadows stand out.
I prefer the ones which are darker as I feel they match the theme of indie pop, and our song meaning. The brighter ones could appear as more of a pop music theme as you can see the artist more, which is a clear element of a pop CD.



































Pitch



Green Screen Digi Pak Analysis



Digi Pak Analysis 2


Rihanna- Loud







This Digi Pak is a six panel album. It holds one CD with a pattern of a rose which continues throughout the whole digipak. The front cover of the digi pak shows a close up image of the artist, this may be because Rihanna has a large fan base so therefore it is obvious as to who the album is by and will make people buy the Digi Pak. The three bottom panels show an image of Rihanna, this also shows that the artist is the main selling of the album, the colour also matches the rest of the album, which is pink, red and white, which could suggest the album is about love.

Thursday 17 November 2016

Production Log 1

Thursday 17th November

Today we filmed the first chorus for our music video. We wanted it to have a similar feel to it as the Digipak, with the first photo-shoot. This would involve us using the same light filters over the lights to create different colours projected onto the image. However, because we wanted it to change colour to fit the pace of the song, we borrowed a disco light which looked very effective when paired with the light filters. These together produced shadows and a light that fitted our theme very well. We also filmed it at different angles so that it would not look like one continuous shot and would break the chorus up. 

Tuesday 8 November 2016

Music Video Director Research



Mike Lee Thomas is a music video director whose videos I really like. He has directed 2 videos for the band Oh Wonder, one of the bands that we have researched and is close to what we want our artist to be like.

Livewire - Oh Wonder
This scene uses a wide lens to show a large amount of the setting. There is not much happening in the scene so the audiences attention goes straight towards the cars headlights. I really like the colouring in this scene and the way it goes with the slow pace of the song at the time.






In this shot it shows 2 people looking across a balcony. I like this shot as the lens flare from the sun adds a nice effect and it is also contrasts with the other scenes in the video as it is much brighter and appears happier.



This shot has similar colouring to the first shot but this time the background is blurred and the people are the main focus point. However, they are still quite hard to see due to the shadows, making them almost like silhouettes.