Test Shots For My Front Album Cover

After looking at theses images, I have realised that the writing that will be placed on the front cover of my album cover will have to be very light to stand out. This means that it is not my initial idea, therefore I need to edit these images and change the colour to black and white, which will make them look more professional. Personally, I think the close ups are the best images of the above, as I think the lighting is perfect as it emphasises the artists feelings and emotions. The next step is to change location, to give me the option to chose the best image possible for my front cover of my album.

Ideas for my front cover of my Digipak

Above I have edited existing images which will assist me to create my final front cover for my digipak. I have decided to use 2 different types of images to help me to create a better understanding of what type of front cover I want. The first image the model is slightly to the right, whereas the second image is  central. Personally I prefer the second image as I think it is more eye catching as there is a hint of gold on the clothing, so could potentially make it look more professional. I have decided that my artist name is going to be at the top of the album cover as it is very conventional and I think will look perfect on my album cover. Depending on the length of my artists name will depend on what type of style writing I will have. If the name of my artist is long like 'Beyonce' I will have the style of writing like the second image above; as it covers the top of the page so is very eye catching and will stand out.

I have researched digipak templates, to allow me to have the best out come. I have chose to use the six panel digipak for my work with 2 CD's, as it enables me to create a CD with my track list on and a CD for extra features songs and music videos. I believe this is very conventional for music digipaks as by looking at existing products such as Rihanna and Beyonce, I believe that I am able to create something just as good to the audience. 
The image above shows the net of the digipak and what will be placed where. The pack will represent my artist as I have created a image and personality for her, which is unique to the artist. I am going to base my pack around my music video, however having different styles in there as well, never the less i will keep to the conventions of pop artists.

Digipak Ideas

After looking at the full digipak all together it has made me realise how important it is to have the correct colours and what type of camera angle the picture needs to be. For example, most of the front album covers are close ups are a medium close up.

Therefore, my digipak will have the at least 2 different colours that will contrast with each other to allow my product to stand out and the camera angle will be a close up as I think this type of shot is more effective. However inside the digipak I will follow the conventions again and produce a medium/long shot, as variation intrigues the audience; as there will be new images to be seen. I have decided that my 2 main colours will be black and white, as I think black and white looks classy and more professional.

Filming Day 4

I have planned a shoot for the 25th February, which will enable me to re-shoot any filming that needs to be improved to look more professional and to fill in the missing gaps/blank spaces that I have in my 2nd draft music video. This filming was very short notice as my actress (Chloe) has a apprenticeship so is working most days and is very busy however managed to get the day off work; so I have arranged to hire the lighting and filming equipment for the night which is very important in my video to look professional. I have borrowed the filming equipment from college for example the video camera, tracking device and a tripod. The weather also looks like it is going to be good, which will allow my actress to perform at her full potential as if it is windy and cold it can effect the footage. The weather forecast is shown below.

Filming times; that is yet to film or footage that needs re-shooting

'Treasures that they hide' - 1.45

'Like the sun who says the night'-1.50

'Darkened sky'-1.57

'Ohh Ohh' 'We are fire' x2 2.10

'The flame will never die' 2.20

'We will glow' 2.33

'Oh Oh' 2.54

'We are fire, we shoot the flame up high' 2.57

no sound- 3.11

'Oh you and I' 3.17

'Oh Oh' 3.30

'Oh Oh' 3.40

'We will glow' (This will be a re- shoot as I need to make sure my actress stays focused for 7 seconds as it is the end of the music video. My actress will look directly into the camera which will allow the audience to connect with the music video.)

This has helped me as I now know what is left to film in my music video to enable my product to be completed. It will assist me with the planning and my organisation of the rest of my filming days, to enable me to produce the best possible outcomes that the time I have left.

2nd Draft - Music video

          After completing my second draft, it enables me to see where more filming needs to be done. From looking at my music video again, I need to focus on the middle part of my video as this is where there are blank spaces. I will look back at my story board to see what other shots/ filming needs to be done to fill the spaces.
         Overall, I am very pleased with my 2nd draft, as the timings and the varied effects that I have used show a good range of my abilities. For example the lip sync in my video is accurate with the song timings, along with the different types of shot I have used, displays a good understanding of the genre and the lyrics of this popular song. However the last shot I have placed on my timeline, I will need to change, as the clip will need to finish the end of the song which means the clip will need dragging out. In all the video clips of the lip sync 'we will glow', my actress started talking or laughing just after she had finished lip syncing. Therefore this part of my filming will need to be repeated. At this point in time, I was hoping that I would have finished my filming, as I thought all my filming was perfect and looked professional. However looking back at some clips that could have been used, they don't look professional and wouldn't look correct in my music video. Therefore, I need to start filming and editing again straight after half term, to enable my video to be complete.

Conventions of Album Magazine Adverts

Existing Album Magazine Adverts