Production Log 8

I have now completed my research for digipaks. Looking at existing digipaks helped me to get ideas for my own, as I now know what most of them should generally include to make a good digipak. I also looked at magazine adverts for albums which also helped me to develop ideas for my own advertising. I am continuing my research and planning so that I can begin to film as soon as I have everything ready. I feel that I should not begin filming until my research and planning has been fully completed as this will enable me to focus simply on filming. The planning will also help me to create the best footage as I will know exactly what I am doing on the day I film, which will also save a lot of time.

I continute to draw my story board, it has taken quite a while because of how many cuts there are in the video, but I feel the more detailed my story board is, the easier it will be to film as I will know each exact shot I wish to take and in what order. This will also help when it comes to editing as I will know what clip should be where and should hopefully save me time.

Digipak Analysis

Digipak analysis from katiecurrant

Album Adverts

Here I have analysed some magazine adverts for music albums. This has helped me to see what needs to be included on a good advertisement. I learnt that to have a good advert, there is certain information that needs to be included. This includes: the artist or band name, the album name, a date of release, and good imagery to entice the audience to look at the advertisement. Thi research will now help me to come up with my own music magazine advert, as looking at others has given me some inspirtation.

Production Log 7

I have finished writing my script. This has helped me to plan my video and know what is going to happen during each scene. I have made some changes and I am also continuously thinking of new ways to improve the script by adding new ideas. My story board is also coming along. To help me story board I'm using my script to draw out each shot and scene just to give me an idea of a visual plan for my video.

During both my script writing and story boarding, I am starting to consider whether I should keep with my original idea of having a split screen and two characters, or whether I should follow just the life of one of them. This is because I think that the song is so powerful and my idea is quite sensitive, having two sensitive stories with this song may be a bit emotionally upsetting to people. I want my music video to have an impact on people, but I don't want to confuse them with too much going on. I would rather they could have a clear story and see what is happening as this would make the song more clear. Because of this, I have decided to film my original idea, along with some extra scenes from each character, and then look at the footage to see what I think I should use. If I think the footage can be editied in a way that makes the split screen footage clear to the audience then I will stick with my original idea but perhaps change the endings. If not, I will choose one of my characters and use their daily lifestyle for my music video.

I have now looked at what digipaks are, and my next step is to analyse some of them to gain some ideas for my own and see what they need to include. I also plan to get my story board finished within the next two weeks.

What is a Digipak?

This video gives a bit of information on what a digipak is and what it is used for. This helped me to fully understand why they are used and why they are an  important aspect of a CD. I am going to look into these further and see what is used on digipaks to make them interesting and what key elements are used to attract people to buy a CD based on what they see.

Medicine Script for my Music Video

This is the script for my music video. This script is based on my original idea. However whilst I was creating this script, other ideas began to form in my head. For example I thought of different endings and ways of showing people that the two characters are living contrasting life styles which switch. I have now decided that I will film using this script, but I may also add some extra scenes incase I wish to only use one of the charaters lives for my video rather than both of them in contrast. I will decide this after I have filmed all of my footage as I can change the story during the editing stages to piece together a whole video based on a particular character. At the present moment I am going to base my story board on this script.

Production Log 6

I have recently been writing the script for my music video which is coming along nicely. I'm near to the ending which I am starting to plan out to put into the script. During this I am also making slight altercations to the rest of the script as I develop more ideas. Now that I have started writing my script, I can start to create my story board. This will help me to make my music video as it would be fully planned before I start to film.

I have continued with my research to help me with my coursework. Lately I have been looking at research into my band and artist and research into music channels. This helps me to get a better understanding of the music industry and what I should be thinking about.

I am now moving onto research into digipaks which I should have onto my blog shortly. Today I am going to begin story boarding and will hopefully finish my script by next week.