Digipak Inspiration

Digipaks generally have between 2-8 panels. Usually the standard is 4.

 

Here is an example of a digipak which is for the rock artist 'TV on the Radio':

'ACDC' digipak:

'You Me At Six' digipak:

Audience Feedback

After receiving audience feedback last time for our ending and overall concept, we found it to be useful and decided to ask people what they like and think needs improvements in what we have achieved so far.

Here are the responses to the questions 'What went well?' and 'Even better if?'





After receiving this information we decided to get footage (a low angle close up/mid shot) of the male protagonist dropping a rock, to suggest how the female protagonist dies. We also repeated some of the opening shots at the end to remind the audience that she is now in spirit form and we also lengthened the shot of the protagonist walking into the guy at the end so it is more obvious what has happened.

During our music video showcase we had audience members fill out a form to say what they thought went well and what didn't work as well:

Here is a good example of an audience member  critiquing our music video:

 

If I was to make improvements I would include more paramedic scenes to make the idea more obvious to the eye that the protagonist is dead and create a more dramatic scene as well as adding in a scene where the protagonist gets up and runs away. We attempted this however I feel it could have been more successful.

Half Term

Over half term I have had some commissioning opportunities such as photographing Barristers in London. Here are some of my photographs:

 

By taking on this task and opportunity I was able to get inspiration and ideas on what compositions work and how I can develop my framing and angels in our music video.

 

 

I also had the opportunity to interview and film successful pub owners in and around London which is footage I have been commissioned to then edited together into three videos on how to start and develop your own business, which is to be put onto the William Read Business Media website and the Heineken website. 

 

Here are a couple of location and set up shots I took and the finished products will be uploaded when complete.

 



Editing

Laura and I did some editing recently and found editing to the beat of the music to be specifically difficult, as well as cutting out a minute of the instrumental, making sure it still flowed smoothly. Here is us editing:

 

To differentiate between the representations of our protagonist we used black and white colouring and the 'romantic' filter for the past, we increased the contrast for 'the dead' scenes and kept the footage normal for the present:

 



A2 Inspiration

Taking inspiration from other A2 music videos we have decided to incorporate hand held camera wok using depth of field so the audiences focus is on the protagonist:

We also like the way this long shot was used and edited so that the shot is broken up and not one long continuous shot:

Both of these ideas from this A2 video are things we will use when filming and editing our own music video.

Plan

Here are some of this ideas we liked from the Maroon 5 video incorporated into our music video plan:

Inspiration

Maroon 5's music video to their song 'Maps' inspired us to incorporate ideas they used in their video and fit it to our narrative.



We like the fact that the video began with the ending of the narrative, giving the audience hints as to what has happened but not giving it away fully until shown again at the end, linking everything together.

Within this idea we enjoyed the fast pass of a series of close up shots, as if to create confusion and keep the audiences guessing. This also being edited to fit the beat allows the narrative to move from a short story to a music video with interesting shots and angles.

We also liked the use of hand held footage to fit the theme of fast passed and tragedy, as well tilted camera angles to also portray this idea.