Friday, 28 January 2011
Digi-pak Analysis
Below is my second digi-pak analysis. I analysed The White Stripes album 'The White Stripes'.
Research for my Digi-Pak
After I completed my editing for my video, I had to start thinking about ideas for my Digi-Pak. I have researched a lot of different CD covers and artists to see what appeals to me. I already had one idea and the CD cover that most related my idea was Keane's album cover.
The genre of my song, I would say is alternative rock. My video is quite unusual and is not your conventional music video. I hope to create an album cover to match the way my video is.
Below are some album covers that I thought mirror the way my video is, quite unusual, simple but with a twist.
The genre of my song, I would say is alternative rock. My video is quite unusual and is not your conventional music video. I hope to create an album cover to match the way my video is.
Below are some album covers that I thought mirror the way my video is, quite unusual, simple but with a twist.
I liked this album cover as it is eye catching and quite unusual. The majority of my video is special effects and I want to adopt the same idea into my Digi-pak. I feel that CD covers like this stand out to the buyer more, grabbing their attention.
This is an album cover from The Black Keys, the band where my song choice came from. This CD cover is a contrast to Keane's album cover as it is a lot more simple and straight to the point; direct mode of address.
This is an album cover by The White Stripes. This cover appeals to me as it is quite simple but has a different non conventional feel to it. I like the fact that the images of the band are on rolls of film.
I hope to create my digi-pak on a similar style to one of these albums, adopting different effects and trying new ideas to see how they turn out.
Screen Shots
Below are some more screen shots of my editing in After Effects and Premiere Pro.
While filming my video, I used the green screen so i had to import videos into After Effects and use a tool called Keying in order for me to change the background. Once I was happy with the outcome, I would then import the new clip into Premiere Pro to start editing.
While filming my video, I used the green screen so i had to import videos into After Effects and use a tool called Keying in order for me to change the background. Once I was happy with the outcome, I would then import the new clip into Premiere Pro to start editing.
Screen Shots
Below are some screen shots taken from Photoshop. Before starting to edit my video I had to create shapes in photoshop in order to import them into After Effects.
My inspiration for my video came from the video 'Seven Nation Army' by The White Stripes. I have added the video to see comparisons and to show where my inspiration came from. However, I do not want to base all my work on this particular video, I hope to adopt some of these ideas and create something new.
My inspiration for my video came from the video 'Seven Nation Army' by The White Stripes. I have added the video to see comparisons and to show where my inspiration came from. However, I do not want to base all my work on this particular video, I hope to adopt some of these ideas and create something new.
Above is the video from The White Stripes
Tuesday, 2 November 2010
Music Video
An account of my filming day - Wednesday 27th October
I arrived at my school where the filming was going to take place in the lecture theatre. I had my performers ready and there waiting to film. Sam, who was playing drums had come down from London especially to be part of my video. And Joe, lead singer and guitarist took time out to also be part of it.
For me to successfully capture the effects that I wanted in Postproduction I had to use the green screen. So I started of by putting together the green screen and setting up the floor and lighting. Unfortunately, there was a series of accounts that did not contribute positively to my filming. My teacher had booked out the lecture theatre and lighting room for me and when i turned up I found that the stage I was planning to use had been taken down! Little did I know that was the first of many problems!
My music video consisted of the band performing on stage with their instruments, however it turned out the musical instruments; drums, guitar, microphone and microphone stand were not available for me to use. And with the stage been taken down to it made it impossible for me to capture any of my filming. I had taken with me my shot lists, storyboard, schedule and assets lists and after looking through them, it confirmed to me that I could not even capture a few shots as they were all of the band with their instruments.
Unfortunately, I had to pack up and go home without any filming completed! My band members had had a wasted journey as nothing got done that day. After talking to my teacher, I am now planning to film on Wednesday 10th November where hopefully everything will go to plan!
I arrived at my school where the filming was going to take place in the lecture theatre. I had my performers ready and there waiting to film. Sam, who was playing drums had come down from London especially to be part of my video. And Joe, lead singer and guitarist took time out to also be part of it.
For me to successfully capture the effects that I wanted in Postproduction I had to use the green screen. So I started of by putting together the green screen and setting up the floor and lighting. Unfortunately, there was a series of accounts that did not contribute positively to my filming. My teacher had booked out the lecture theatre and lighting room for me and when i turned up I found that the stage I was planning to use had been taken down! Little did I know that was the first of many problems!
My music video consisted of the band performing on stage with their instruments, however it turned out the musical instruments; drums, guitar, microphone and microphone stand were not available for me to use. And with the stage been taken down to it made it impossible for me to capture any of my filming. I had taken with me my shot lists, storyboard, schedule and assets lists and after looking through them, it confirmed to me that I could not even capture a few shots as they were all of the band with their instruments.
Unfortunately, I had to pack up and go home without any filming completed! My band members had had a wasted journey as nothing got done that day. After talking to my teacher, I am now planning to film on Wednesday 10th November where hopefully everything will go to plan!
Email to The Black Keys label company
Below is a print screen of the email I sent to request permission to use the track 'Strange Times' by The Black Keys. Unfortunately, I have not received a reply.
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