Digipak first draft- Analysed

This is my first draft for my digipak for Kiki's album.

Creating my Digipak

I am going to start creating my Digipak for Kiki. Initially, I need a template, I'll be using this one from google, it's pretty simple and easy to use.

I'll be using editing software Photoshop as it's complex features allow for effective editing and I find it easy to use as I have used it previously for other work.

I had already edited some of my images which I put in my previous post. I needed to deiced which ones were appropriate for each space.

Front Cover

I wanted to use a close-up of Kiki's face, I edited two but I preferred the simplicity of the first one.

Back Cover

The back cover needed space for my track listing, but I wanted to incorporate my artists face so I placed it sat the bottom. I then added my track listing with the same font as the front and with the lines.

House Style

I had already edited this one but I needed to alter it slightly to fit the theme of my front and back cover. The theme uses the artists and the flowers, with a brown tint, following the Indie Folk genre.

Lyric Book

I wanted to keep the flower theme recurring, so I used it in my font for the lyric book.

First CD

I used this image in my first CD, I had to crop it into a circle of course. Again, I've used the artists and the theme of the flowers.

Second CD

I used this image I took of the flowers for my second CD, I didn't want my artists in every single part of my digipak so I thought it would be appropriate to use just flowers in one of the discs.

10 Things That Could Potentially Ruin My Music Video

1.Camera battery running out

When out filming, my battery could die which would mean filming would be disrupted. To avoid this I would have to ensure my battery is fully charged before going out to shoot and could take a spare one if possible.

2.The Weather

Of course the weather is unpredictable, and if it snows/rains then this could ruin the shoot and could damage equipment. To try and avoid this I should check the weather online ahead of the planned day and plan a back up day in case it does still rain/snow.

3.Performer may have to cancel

The performer I'm using may not be able to make the planned day if they become ill or have to attend an emergency. To ensure this doesn't happen I will have to confirm with the performer that they aren't busy that day and if there is an emergency then plan a back up day.

4. SD Card runs out of memory

SD Cards can only hold a certain amount of footage until the memory runs out. I will have to use a large storage SD Card (probably around 16-32GB) to hold all my footage as filming takes up a lot of memory. To ensure it doesn't run out I will have to clear the memory card.

5.Performer doesn't perform well

In order for my music video too be successful I need my performer to be good at miming/performance. To ensure I have the right person, I should rehearse with them before the actual shooting so I know they are capable of the job.

6.Broken Equipment

If the equipment is faulty on the day it would mean I wouldn't be able to shoot the way I planned. When choosing equipment I would have to double check it is in full working condition before the day of shooting.

7.Discovering the whole video idea doesn't work

It could be that as I'm shooting I discover the whole idea just isn't working, in which case I would have to re-plan again which would take a long time. To ensure this doesn't happen I should look over my animatic and storyboard and confirm with my teacher that the idea would be successful.

8.Camera settings aren't right

When shooting, the light needs to be right otherwise the video quality will be bad and the whole video could flop. To ensure this doesn't happen I could research the right settings when using a DSLR to film and also practice before the shooting day.

9.Lip-syncing mess up

The miming and the singer in the song need to match up so it looks as if my performer is actually singing the song. To ensure this works, I will have to play the song as the person sings and rehearse the miming before to get it near-perfect.

10.Time Management

I need to ensure I have enough time to complete my shots, of course it's going to be lengthy so I need to take this into consideration.  I want to film my shots in the day as well and because it gets dark around 4pm I need it to be done before then.



Music Video Pitch Feedback

'Might need more shots that are on your storyboard', I can see that I probably will need more shots in my actual shooting as shots in music videos are about 2 seconds on average.

'lighting, colour and setting link to genre' similar videos in my genre use yellows/greens and a theme of nature, I need to ensure I use this in my video to show the link with the genre.

Music Video Pitch

Animatic For Middle Of The Bed

I have created a storyboard for my music video and then scanned the images in and created an animatic on Final Cut Pro X. Doing this animatic has been beneficial as it has; gave me a guideline for when I shoot and edit my shots, gave me a warm up using the new Final Cut Pro software and allows me to see what my video may look like before actually making and so I can now reflect on any changes that need to be made.

Storyboard

Digipak Images

Digipak Photographs- Editing

Before I make my digipak, I am going to experiment with editing the images. I feel, as they are, they wouldn't work well and need to be altered to fit with the genre and artists. Here is the process of the editing:

Here is the photoshop page, the software I used to edit the images. I have cropped them into square format, because this is what they'll be in the digipak. I have then edited the colour balance, the yellows, greens and reds to create a yellow tint. This is quite vintage and summerly which works well with the Indie Folk genre. 

I also added contrast to bring out the colours.

I also changed the offset, which creates a faded effect.

Digipak and Poster Shoot- Analysis

These are the photographs I have taken and analysed: