Digipak

During the lesson we were asked to present our digipak draft to the class for feedback.

pros -

• they thought that the images went well with the song
• the colours were also dull which went with the genre of the band
• they especially liked the concept of good and evil and the way we portrayed the concept by placing a contrasting colour of material under each mask.
• there were suggestions that the eye shot made them think about the theme of the song and that it gave them a sense of mystery
• the back cover was also said to suit theme of the song and that the framing was good

cons -

• it was suggested that we didn't use enough photo manipulation and it order to remedy this problem we could put images on the eyes and turn the font into flames.
• they also told us the play with the opacity of the title of the song and smudging it
• they also told us the outline the title of the song so that it didn't blend in with the background

CD covers in our genre

The genre of our band, Hurts, is classified as synthpop. Their covers are usually in black and white or in faded colors, which makes it look vintage. Most of their covers usually have the artists depicted on the front cover.  Other bands of the same genre, such as the killers have a resenblance to their covers as they are mostly in black and white.

digipak

what is a digipak?

a digipak is a patented style of packaging for DVDs and Cd's. the are made from heavy card or different types of cardbard. Cd's from the same artist can include DVDs with their new CD. They usually have 4 or 6 panels.

what is the purpose of a digipak?

unlike the traditional jeweled cases there is more space to include additional Cd's/DVDs. It can also be used for special editions of CD albums and the tall Digipak can be used as a premium package for DVD sets. Digipaks are also less likely to be damaged then jeweled cases and are better for the enviroment as they can be made out of recycled material.

brainstorm- what should it include?
images- masks, forests, wildlife, antiques
colours, dark tones with hints of brighter colour.

feedback from rough cuts

positive feedback -
the audience thought that the way we edited the color made the video more surreal and that they liked the way we experimented with the lighting. they also liked the props we used such as the masks and candles.

negative feedback -
some people thought that the video didn't go to the beat of the music. they also thought that there should be more action instead of still shots and that we should get a singer for some shots in order to tie it all together whilst making it look more like a music video. The audiencealso thought we should change the speed of the video to make it more rapid.

Half Term filiming

During the half term we were unable to use the full week as i had an opening evening on Saturday my partner had gone away from Monday to Sunday. this left us the rest of Friday and Sunday to do any filming.

As we only had a small amount of time to film we decided to use the whole day on Sunday which meant we had a varying range of lighting for some shots.

other problems we encountered was that the weather was too cold and that we we were not wearing enough clothes. Another problem we had was that it was getting darker sooner so we didn't have a lot of time for daylight shots. People would also stop and stare whilst we were filming which would distract us.