inside panel 2nd draft

This is an image I used for one of my panels.

For my digi pack And the research I conducted i wanted to ensure my bad is seen as a indie band not a pop band. Pop band sell their image , where as with indie it's about the whole package, their lifestyle music And a bit about their image so I need to show this in my digi pack . By doing this I don't want my digi pack to be covered in images fof the band , I want to use images that sybsllises the band and the music. So I choose to use alcohol and smoking.

The collection of these photo are shown in a previous post but I choose these photo because of the smoke coming from the roll up. This made the image more exciting and stands out , making it look more cooll and professional.

I put all the object on the table and then I took a photo of them with out the smoke , I then thought of the idea of adding smoke , so I light the rizler and then took a number of photos.

In photoshop made this image black

And white as that is the theme of my digi pack.

Overall I happy with this image as I feel it symbolise the image/life style of the band , something which is vital for indie bands and the smoke gives the image a more Exciting feel to the image. 

Howeverr with the image being black and white it makes it look boring so I feel like I need to add more color to

Bring the image to life. So I will

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First Video Shoot

First Video Shoot: 13/12/2013

Today we started our filming for our music video. After making our production plan , this was the first shoot we had to do , and the chosen scene was the running scene involving Charlie ( 3rd transformation).

Location:

The location we filmed was the streets around Welling , we wanted the housing and background to look working class to give off a the type of  background Charlie was brought up in. To do so we used google maps and looked around on street view to find locations/ roads that would be perfect for us to use.
The print screen of google maps shows the road we used. We went down lovel avenue and few of the sides roads as this is all council estate around here , so it fits what we are looking for.

In addition , the video above shows the location of the road we filmed , just for documentation purposes.







Equipment:

The equipment we used were the following shown in this image:
We used a Tri-Pod hired out from Welling School Media Department and a DSL 600 camera.






















Roles:

Charlie Lilly : Actor
Daniel Kelly : Camera man
Charlie Northern: Camera man
Harry Monan: Camera man

We took it in  turns to film so everyone got a go as this is our music video we need to film and create it ourself.

Costume/ Props:

The costume we used for this shoot was a grey tracksuit and running shoes so it goes with the effect that Charlie is training and working out. Shown in the image bellow.

Review:

Overall , this was our first shoot so we wasn't expecting the best. However , we feel like we have came back with some good shots and more ideas for our next film shooting next week. This shoot was more about the wide angles and long shots and a starting progress so we get a rough idea. The next shoot  for this type of scene we are focusing on close ups as we feel out music video needs to be dominated with short cut of close ups to make the video more fast paced. Perhaps , we might wait for the weather to be cold so the cold air coming out of Charlie mouth could give off a good effect to the music video.

Bonus DVD

This is my first draft of my Bonus DVD which I created. The bonus DVD is a bonus for the 'super fans' as its a chance to see the life of the band behind their music videos. The DVD has interviews with the band , their story of how they got signed, clips of live performance and the band producing/ creating their music.  The reason why I chose to have the image of the band in the studio is because the image has a direct link to the content in the DVD. The image is a natural shot of the band producing one of their songs , listening and playing about with it in the studio. This behind the scene image , links in with the content in the DVD as the purpose of the DVD is to show the behind the scenes of the band in how they create their music ect.
I put the image into photoshop and edit it by changing the colour to black and white and then playing around with the contrast , bringing out certain aspects such as the guitar ect.

The only way I felt to have a image and a CD together would be to have a pocket slot for the DVD and I feel like this can be see as a unique idea , something different which is a theme the band like to have. They like to be unique. In addition , the way i created the pocket was simple. I simply got a image of a white CD from google images and then added that on top of the plain grey background. To create the pocket I simply added the image on top of the CD and then brought the width inwards so you can see the CD poking out from the pocket behind the image layer.
To bring out the pocket and DVD more , i added a dark bold black edge around the DVD and image to make it stand out.

Finally , I had to have some sort of text to indicate that this is the Bonus DVD. I tried a number of locations and this looked the best in my opinion.

Overall , I am very pleased in how my Bonus DVD panel turn t out. I feel the pocket idea work well and the  image works perfectly with the purpose of the DVD. However , some minor changes I feel could be added. Firstly I need to change the word 'CD' to 'DVD' as this is a DVD. Secondly , I feel the font could be made better in somehow , perhaps use a better font or location which i well play around with and add to my second draft.

Second Draft CD panel

This is my second and improved draft of my CD panel.

I haven't done much to change from my first draft but improvement wise I changed from colour to black and white. The reason why I done this is due to my digi pack has a black and white theme through out , all the images are black and white and it looked random to have 1 image in colour. I feel like the black and white image works more better and sharper , and adds to that indie feel towards my digi pack which is perfect as that is the type of band we are going for.

However , I do feel I need to add colour to my digi pack so I need to re think about my ideas in how i can add in some sort of colour. 

First Draft CD Panel

This is my first draft of a  CD panel for my CD. 

I used a image from the first photo shoot taken outside a brick wall in school. This image as you can see is a natural photo of the band against the wall. The positioning of the band members is key as I didn't want the band looking like they know the image is being taken. I want natural photos , so as you can see , the band is leant against the wall , looking in other directions and smoking. Clothing wise , I got the band to dress indie and with everyone wearing something different but similar , so skinny jeans and shoes with white t shirts/shirts. In addition , I added some use of props to make it look more realistic and natural such as a fake sleeve (far left) and packet of fags. 

Once the image was taken , I uploaded it to Photoshop and played around the image , bringing the brightness up and contrast down to make the image look more sharp.  I then cut around the image and placed it onto the CD. and then took a photo of the wall as my background. This is because the plan is once the CD is taken out behind the image is going to bee the wall where they was standing but with beer cans ect scattered around to show the lifestyle of the band. This is yet to be done but will be uploaded shortly.

I then added text stating 'Rouges Gallery' to show the name of the band and that they are the band members.

What to do next?

 Well my digi pack as a black and white theme though it so i going to change the colour to black and white as i feel the image looks out of place being in colour as the other panels are in black and white. And i need to take the image of the bottles scattered around. But overall i am happy and pleased with my idea.

Kings Of Leon Album Advert

Kings of leon from Dan Kelly

DigiPack Audio Feedback on Progress

This is audio feedback of me and my teacher talking about current progress in my coursework. As you can hear i am very pleased with the progress so far and the ideas i have got are very exciting , its weather i can pull it off. Hearing the positive attitude towards my idea has gave me a mentality push in conducting what i actually said i will do. Overall , this has made me realise what i am capable of and push my confidence.