Backing and Casting

Well today we created a back for our single, and we created a single cover which is nearly ready to be printed off.

We made sure to include information such as a barcode, logos of stores which the song can be bought from, and the logo for Passenger.

I'd like to stress that this is not the finished version, and we will work on adding a few more industry standard conventions over the next week to provide the back cover with a realistic look.

We have also scouted for people to appear in our music video, and I am pleased to say that we have found 2 actors, Hollie and our teammate Dom.

We will begin the filming of our music video tomorrow, and we hope to get a good way through the filming process for this practise piece.

-Daniel

The CD Insert

So, today we worked on the insert to go inside out CD digipack, and we managed to create something which we are happy with.

I created the image in Photoshop, using things such as adjusting the light levels and colour saturation to create a nice scene with stars in the sky.

I then imported the file into Publisher and we begun adding text and thinking about what to put into the insert.

I believe the product which we have made is one that complies with most industry conventions, and unless we feel that we want to add more pages into our insert, I believe that we will use this one as our finished CD insert.

-Daniel

Location, Location, Location!

Well...

Last week we went out and got some photographs of potential locations for our practise music video, and today we have just got them uploaded onto the computer.

We are definitely moving towards a more natural feel of a video, as you can see from the images below.
Today we will be storyboarding ready to start filming either tomorrow or Friday!

-Daniel

Advertising

Hi there!

Today our group has expanded once more to include Dom, his blog can be found at: http://domsmedia1.blogspot.com/

Also today, we were set the task of creating an A4 advert for our new single which we are creating a video for. I am very please with how mine has turned out, as it shows all of the information required for a good advert and also contains all industry standard information.

When I come to do this for the real practise video, I will ensure I get all the information regarding the video's marketing platforms from iTunes to Android, maybe even YouTube, as YouTube is fast becoming a recognised media and marketing platform for new media products.

-Daniel

Small beginnings

Hi there!

From now until I post saying otherwise, I am doing my preliminary practise piece for unit G324, the music video.

In my group for the practise piece is me, Nicola and Jacob, and as soon as they have started their blogs I will link them below.

Nicola: http://nicolasamplesa2media.blogspot.co.uk

Jacob: http://jai13thmedia.blogspot.co.uk

We are creating a preliminary piece as a way of practising our methods of researching areas to do with music videos, to further our knowledge and skill in terms of recording the videos and to experiment with different methods in editing a video. We have to film, edit and export a short 1-1.5 minute music video, which must feature lip syncing. We also have to create a CD digi pack, which includes a back cover including spines and an insert booklet for the CD. Lastly, we must create an A4 magazine advert advertising the CD.

The song which we will be creating a video for is 'Let Her Go' by Passenger, you can find the official video for the song below. We chose this song as I had a very good idea of what I wanted to do in terms of the video, and due to the song being a first hit for passenger, I felt that it would be perfect, I then pitchedd this idea to the rest of the group. I did this by realising that the official video is fairly simple as it is mainly performance-based, so we decided to feature more of a narrative but with elements of performance such as lip-syncing, and maybe some guitar playing due to the guitar being the main instrument in the song.

We also chose this song as, due to the fact we must record the video on the school site, we knew areas of school which would be perfect for filming the video, such as a small area of trees, a bit of an open area which I feel would suit the feel of the music, due to the music being very calm and relaxing, we felt that a serene setting would be the most suitable.

After taking all of this into consideration, we did finally decide upon this song, and we are currently in the process of creating the CD digipack and coming up with a storyboard for our music video.

-Daniel