Finished Digipak

Here is my finished Digipak piece in a template for printing. This would not be sent

off to print, for the creation of the new album. The template contains the front, back,

inside cover and CD design. 

Digipak Preliminary Design

I drew up some preliminary designs for my digipak in hard copy. The design would

be transformed into a digital image using programs such as Photoshop. 

Digipak Research

Digipak is a patented style of optical disc packaging, usually found on an album cover. They usually contain the artists name and album name on the front cover, with various other artist information on the inside. Also on the inside will be the disc itself, that tends to have a similar look to the rest of the digipak.

Digipak Analysis

Chase and Status- 'No More Idols'
The images below show each part of the digipak created for the album 'No More Idols' by Chase and Status.

The front cover of the album cover is quite interesting and unusual. Firstly the bright yellow bold title is eye-catching and grabs the audiences attention, allowing the audience to easily distinguish the artists identity and album name. Also the choice of bright lettering and a black and white background compliment each other nicely. The bulldog in behind the lettering takes up the majority of the front cover and I think this is purely for affect as it makes it look individual and a distinctive feature that can be attributed to the artist.

The CD shares many similarities to the front cover of the album. The consistency of the black and yellow theme is present throughout including the same font used. This consistency of fonts and colour makes the artist more recognisable and presentable when it comes to distributing the album.

Finally, the back of the album is much the same to the front cover and disc. The colour scheme and font are exactly the same keeping the consistent theme throughout. The song list is also represented in this section as well as other information such as record labels and the barcode

Final Video Feedback

The Soundcloud link above is an interview with a few of my classmates on what they thought of our final music video. With the information they provided, we can make adjustments in the re-edit to make sure that the video is the best it can be. 

From listening to the clip, many enjoyed the colour scheme that we had attempted to create and also the variety of angles we used such as high angle and closeups. 

To improve, some commented on the lip-syncing being slightly out with the timing on the music and we will work to make sure it all fits perfectly.

Final Music Video

Location Shots

We used a local woodlands area for many of the scenes in our music video. We thought that the woods would be a good place to shoot because of the naturally dark atmosphere attributed to woods. Due to our video being filmed in black and white, this will add to the sinister tone that we are trying to convey to the audience.

Woodlands can also convey a sense of isolation to the audience as the subject in the video appears lonely and detached from society. The idea of escapism is prominent in our video as it appears as if the character is trying to escape or get away from everyone else. This can be quite comforting for some of the audience members who could use the video for this very reason.

Rough Cut Feedback

Below are some of the comments from a feedback survey we conducted to find out what others though about the rough cut. 

Here we asked five questions that will help us understand where we need to improve and what's good with the rough cut. 

When asked about the colour scheme, we found that the colour scheme of orange against the dark black and white background worked well, with many people finding the effect interesting and appealing. The positive feedback from this part of the video means that we are going to carry this through to the finished product.

The narrative appeared quite confusing and unclear from the feedback, so we'll work on this to make the narrative more explicit. However, we will leave some implicit parts so that some members of the audience can make their own interpretations up of what they believe the narrative is about.

We found that many believed that we needed more scenes as a few were repeated as a result of the lack of footage. This is something that we will change dramatically, with more footage and faster cuts to split it up. 

Rough Cut

The video above is the rough cut for our final music video. As this is only a rough cut, many of the scenes are not in the right place and editing hasn't been completed. However, it gives a rough idea of what the final product will look like.

Animatic

Storyboard

Below are the images of the initial planning phase of our music video. The storyboard images allow us to get a visual image of what our video will look like when its finally completed.

Production Schedule

Shooting Schedule

2nd November
Shoot walking scene down path including close up shots- 1.30pm-2.30pm

Location: Canal path down from Wem Mill
Props: none
Costume: Orange Coat, Black Jeans, Trainers
Actors: Connor Benns

4th November
Lip Syncing- 11am-12

Location: Clearing in woods down from canal
Props: none
Costume: Orange Coat, Black Jeans, Trainers
Actors: Connor Benns

7th November
Alley Shot
Dancing scene in alley and other various shots.

Location: Alley in Wem.
Props: none
Costume: Orange Coat, Black Jeans, Trainers
Actors: Connor Benns

4th December
Finishing woodland shots
Various scenes

Location: Woodlands and field with long grass
Props: none
Costume: Orange Coat, Black Jeans, Trainers
Actors: Connor Benns

Risk Assessment

The images above show our risk assessment that will help us assess how dangerous each part of the video is. We have listed some of the props that could be hazardous such as the smoke grenade and also natural hazards such as trips and water. We can determine how risky each is by the potential that the event could happen on the day of filming.