Conversation On Progress - 14/02/13

Bouncing Ball - 12/02/13

The bouncing ball shooting was most probably the hardest so far. It was hard to be able to bounce the ball and get the shots we actually wanted in the space it took for the ball to go up and come back down. After many attempts and re-consideration we did manage to make the shots the best that they can be and after careful editing made it completely in sync with the music.

Bathroom - 05/02/13

I feel the bathroom shots was our best location for lighting so far. It released a natural element for the band as the mise en scene and lighting combined together and gave a really holy/pure ambiance. It showed the side of the band that only gets seen when the band members are on their own and in this case Billy. Its significant to their characteristics as individually they are the perfect kids that their parents like to see for example when they get up in the morning, but when they are together they go wild and just want to have fun. No shooting problems occurred within this location except lack of space and not being able to follow the specific story board camera angles.

29/01/13

After losing our work I had to re edit the parts of the video we had already filmed. There are gaps within our piece as we have had to film different location due to the weather not being in our favour and therefore could not do it in chronological order. We spent an hour on the editing and now need to prepare ourself to shoot some more locations to link the parts we have edited together.

When editing we realised that it was a good thing that we filmed some  'back up shots' as there were cuts that didn't combine well together and by putting the 'back up shots' in between these shots the cuts worked much more smoothly and generally better. Due to this it has made us realise for the future that when filming in certain locations we should always get more shots than we need to just incase things don't go to plan. 

Band Logo

Final Band Members

We felt that these would be the final band members as myself and the other two boys came together nicely as we share a unique chemistry on and off the camera. We created a audition process in which we photographed a load of different boys who wanted to be in the band and chose the most realistic band profile with a connection. Myself, James and Adam suited the most and complimented each other well and due to the age range being similar we could really appeal to our target audience. 

Album Art

Is your digipak really going to sell?

During this lesson I learnt about what it takes to make a good digipak and what i will have to apply to my own to make it sell. I was taught about the codes and conventions of a digipak and they mainly revolve around identity through the us of the print and web design. You have to try and find away to communicate to your audience what the album holds including references to your actual music video i.e. colour, Mise en scene, location shots. The power of the typography on your digipak is very significant as it can not just be random or to stand out but must hold some kind of relevant ideologies to the artist.

Within the lesson we also looked at this famous image created for 'The Rolling Stones' which is incredibly simplistic and very appealing to its target audience and rock genre lovers. It can be questioned what made this image so iconic due to its simplicity of including only a tongue and face joint together using just three colours but it has stayed in the mind of millions for years. The success of this image was determined fully by the graphic designer as it can hardly be related to the Rolling Stone band members so due to such great his great thoughts and design this album cover contributed to selling even more records.