27/11/2013 Final Filming Day

2.30pm: Collected all equipment from various locations

3.10pm: Took equipment into school filming area

3.20pm: Set up set began filming 

6.30pm: Finished filming began packing away and returned home to start editing

Changes to filming techniques etc.

In the draft video we didn't use a wide range of shots or cuts. for example we only had long shots of the whole band or a variety of close ups focusing on just one member, for our final shoot we need to add more mid range shots and pans. Also when editing we need to cut between shots using fades and zooms etc. Other improvements that I think we could make is to have more artificial lighting to make it look a lot more professional. The band members to to be changed and need to actually know how to play the drums/guitar as in the draft it is very obvious that they do not know how to play.

digipak analysis

Velvet Underground and Nico

Minimal cover with a very eye catching design. This was made famous through the use of international artist, Andy Warhol. This produces a link between pop-art and pop music.

suck it and see poster analysis

This advertisement uses two colours and is kept very minimal. this use of colour is very subtle as well as neither of the two are stand out, bright colours that you expect to see as a way of gaining some attention. Also as a well known band the largest text on the page is their name to make them stand out. The next thing is the album name which allows the reader/listener to research into the new album. in small print at the bottom of the page is some advertisement for the record company via their website and logo. I have been inspired by this in terms of the central layout and content. However I have spaced out my page a bit more so the is a bit less empty space.

Final digipak and poster

Final Digipak/Poster

Digipak/Poster Reserch 2

When i was producing my digipak and poster image which i would be using on both to keep continuity throughout i looked into these images below and worked with them all to create something really abstract and different. This is why i have come up with the strange dotted skeleton skull shape on the front of my digipak on poster. I took different parts from each image below and came out tithe the strange abstract dotted skeleton on my digipak and poster. The dotted image with the grey background is from the Killers new single 'Shot at the night'. When i saw this image on the twitter feed i instantly wanted to apply it to my image so this is where the dotted inspiration came from. The skeleton part of my digipak and poster image came from the images below which i research into and tried to give my image the skeleton look as i felt it look good and would suit the indie genre of music. 

Main Inspiration for Digipak/Poster

Simplistic and minimalistic CD covers and posters which all have images to represent the band. This convention in a poster or CD cover i think works really well if the image can get so well known to represent a certain band. The reason i have done my digipak and poster in this simplistic style as i feel it suits my indie band and the image which was created also could become popular enough that no writing on a poster/advertisement/CD cover is necessary. If a simple image is to become so well known and represents a band i think this is a huge achievement for the band and i feel this kind of style on a digipak and poster is more affective than other forms and styles.

Final Video Changes

Location - The location which we used for the draft video was ideal just for the draft and for us to get a bit of experience working with the filming and editing of the video. But for the final video we will be changing the location something more suitable for our indie music video. A possible option for this change of location is Donnington hall which has a number of room which would be mire suited to our style of music and to film our music to Radar Detector in.

Clothing - Some of the feedback which we have received is that we need to change the clothing of band members to be more suited and similar to what a Darwin Deez member would wear. This look is baggy, retro, plain and generally just something different not what you see everyone wearing, indie. A better match of footwear for all band members would also benefit our video and make it more suited to the genre of music. As the main focus of the video is on the guitarist and vocalist in the middle, we need to ensure his clothing is a great representation of his indie style to the target audience.

Drummer - We will also be changing the drummer as we only used this person (Jack) because the original drummer couldn't make the filming day and we didn't have any other option other than to use Jack who unfortunately doesn't know how to play the drums. For the final video we will be finding a person who can actually play the drums and this will improve our video so much and will make it a lot more like a real music video. We haven't yet found a drummer who would suit this role for the final video but will blog a post when this stage is complete.

Digipak/Poster Research

Below is the album cover for Arctic monkeys latest album "AM". As you can instantly tell from the cover it is extremely minimalistic and simplistic which is a factor i have followed with my final digipak. The white lines/image have become famous to Arctic Monkey's that whenever someone sees the cover they can instantly tell that it is an Arctic Monkey's cover. The colour of this cover image is very affective, plain black back ground with white image which makes the cover be bold and stand out. This image which Arctic Monkeys have created can represented as a few different images like sound waves, a pair of glasses, Golden gate bridge in San Francisco  I have followed this convention with my final digipak cover with a plain black background and an unique white dot image in the centre of the cover which i created on photoshop. I feel that my band like Arctic Monkeys could become so well known that the target audience would instantly know when seeing my front cover image who the band is.

Inspiration which i gathered for my poster and digipak was mainly from two bands who are famous for the simplistic look Arctic Monkey's and The XX. The poster below is The XX's for there second album Coexist. As you can see this poster is very simplistic and is literally just an image which represents the band and the name of the band in small font below. The black and white again really allows the poster to stand out and this is a convention which i have followed with my poster and digipak so that i can grab the target audiences attention straight away. Again the same as Arctic Monkeys The XX have this image of an 'X' which represents them as a band so any advertisement or CD cover with the image on it grabs the attention of the target audience and they know straight away who the band is, this is a convention i really like about an album cover/poster just a simple image like these can represent a massive well known band. I have used this convention and made a unique design on photoshop which kind off looks like a a shower head with the white dots as the water falling out of the shower head (Odessa Soviet). Hopefully this image can become so popular and people straight away will associate it with the indie band Odessa Soviet.