Final Cut Task

                            

The task was to make a music video on final cut using certain clips from another music video and sound clips from different songs, we used final cut to create the music video. We had a folder on our laptops which contained clips of a music video and different clips of songs. We picked a song and dragged the file into the time line, I then dragged a few of the video files and used the cut tool to cut the clips up into bits of them I wanted to use and then deleted the one I didn't want. I then started to arrange the bits of clips in the order I wanted them to play with the music. It was a fun task which I enjoyed exploring my final cut skills.

Feedback on digi pack

We recorded ourselves answering questions about our digi packs, here is mine:

And then we got feedback from another group:

Finished DigiPak

This is my finished front cover for my digipak, I used a tutorial to learn how to make a spotlight effect, so it looks like they're dancing underneath a spotlight on a dance floor. I stuck with my original idea for the colour scheme which was red, black and white. I think the colours work well together and don't clash, or stand out too much. I think my design is eye catching and goes well with the name of the song and band.

The back of my digi pak is simular I have used the same colours and used another sillhuette I created. The sillhuette which I created is Sophie sitting against a wall, her body language tells you that she is upset, which is what I wanted as the song is based on a break up. I added a barcode which I got from Google images, and the logo next to it and the copy right is from Hey Mondays Official Website. 

Overall I think I done a good job creating my digi pak, im pleased with the finished result, I don't think I made it too dramatic or too simple.

Feedback On Digipak

I didn't get alot of feedback on my design as I missed the fist 10 minutes of the lesson, but I got my table to give me some feedback, I gave them a piece of paper and a pen and asked them to write something about my digi pak and pass it round. The feedback I got wasn't all positve but it helped me to make a better digi pak. Most of the feedback was about the colours I had used or the sillhuettes. The negative feedback was more about blank space on the album cover which could be filled. The feedback helped me create a better and stronger design for my digi pak.

Digipack

 Alternative Rock Band Album Covers

To plan for my digipack I thought I would look at some other alternative rock album covers/digipacks. A lot of the album covers are quite random, a lot of the albums use dark, dingy colours, but then some use album covers use bright, inviting colours. I think Blur's album cover is the most effective and I think it relates/connects to the bands name, it's a blurred picture of someone pushing a hospital bed through the corridor. 

For my digipak I had the idea of using silhouette brushes on photoshop, but Dave saidit would look better if I made the silhouette myself, so I asked Alex and Sophie if they would let me take some pictures of them doing dancing positions, they agreed and i started thinking about what positions I should use. After I had took the photo's I had to import them onto the laptop through iPhoto, I then opened the best picture into Photoshop. I used the pen tool to draw around the outline of Alex's and Sophie's bodies, it took a while and was very stressful, but I finished the outline eventually. I then filled the outline in white and the background black.

To help pick the font I wanted to use on my digipak I used photoshop and opened a new document, I then filled the background with black like my digipak's background, and looked through some of the fonts, I then wrote the name of the band and then choose the next font and done the same untill i had filled a page with different fonts. I then picked my favourite and have used it for my digipak.

For the back of my digipak I wanted to use another silhouette but of sophie sitting against a wall, so I went back to using photoshop and the pen tool too cut out the shape of sophie's body which was extremely tricky. Overall I think my silhouette's turned out really well and i'm very proud of them.

Photo Shoot

Today was the day of the photo shoot for the videos. Firstly we had to get into character and look like we was part of an alternative rock band. Leanne brought in some dark make up to make us look more "rock chick" I was also wearing high top converses which is a big brand connected to the Alternative rock scene, and I was also wearing a red studded belt. Firstly we had to sketch out the shots we were going to take, for example what camera shots we were going to use, what poses we were going to do. We then went on to getting ready for the photo shoot, so doing the dark make up and changing clothes, Leanne brought in a studded belt and some converse shoes for me to wear. When we were ready we headed off out to find the perfect location to take the photo's, we decided that the woods would be a great location. We took a few pictures of the same poses in the same place and then moved on to the next, in the morning we took quite serious photo's, but when we went back out in the afternoon we had more fun with it, we used props that we found in the woods for example sticks. 

Photo Shoot Research

You Me At Six

 

 In You Me At Six photo's they use a variety of poses, in many of their photo shoots they look like they re messing about and not really taking it seriously but then, they are probably just being themselves. You can see how much they have changed through the years from looking at their photo shoots, in many of them they are having fun in the shoots, but in a recent one they all look so different, they look grown up and serious about their jobs. With this group what you see is what you get, if they look immature in their photo shoots, then their music video is likely to show you the band acting in an immature way. The video's are very random and don't always follow a story line. Maybe it's not them being immature, maybe they're just being creative.