Indie Rock Genre Research

This is my research for the indie rock genre. This has helped me understand the genre better and has helped melearn more about the history of the genre and where it originated from.

Production Log 13

I have now done a second draft of my digipak and magazine advert. This has allowed me to experiement more with my own photographs that I took during a photoshoot. I created a contact sheet of all the images I took and edited so that it would enable me to see what images I took more clearly and to compare images better. There are a few that I liked in particular and thought they would be good to use for my advert and digipak so I edited them and did a another draft using these images. This was a good test because I got to see what the images would look like. It was benefical because I actually decided that I wasn't too keen with the images being completely black and white and that adding some colour would enhance the advert and digipak to capture the audiences attention.

My next step is to fully finalise the advert and the digipak.

Digipak Second Draft

 

This is the second draft of my digipak, like my magazine advert I have used my own images, however I still feel that the arrangement of some of the pictures could be better and that the design lacks something such as colour. I also think I want to change the layout of the back cover in terms of moving the song list to the bottom of the page to make it look more realistic compared to current digipaks. 

Magazine Adverts Second Draft

These are the secon drafts of my music album magazine adverts. I have not classed them as my final as I am not overally pleased with them. I have started to use my own images within my drafts that I took during a photoshoot, however I feel that the adverts lack something. I also think I need to play around with the fonts of the quotes that are used as they do not suit the advert. Looking at other magazine designs, they use around three colours where mine are only in black and white. So I think I should try and incorporate some colour into the design to capture the eye of the audience more, whilst still trying to keep the same message that the advert portrays in black and white.

Props and Costume Planning

Photoshoot for digipak and magazine advert coversheet

Production Log 12

I have now completed my photoshoot for my digipak and magazine advert. I based my photos around the images I used in the draft of my ad and digipak as I liked the idea of resembling what my music video was about. Seeing as the video has the narrative of someone who someone sees alchol as a form of medicine, I used a lot of bottles in my images. I have only edited a small number of photographs so far, but will edit a few that will be used for my ad and digipak. I am continuing to develop this further and hopefully have both fully completed soon.

I have also chosen my locations for filming and have finalized an idea. I have also gotten permission from my two actors that I am going to be using which I did using a contact sheet. I will upload this shortly.  I completed the health and risk assessment based on the locations that I chose to use and in terms of equipment and actors health and safety as well as my own. This has helped me to think about how I can prevent an incident from occuring. The next thing I plan to do is to get an equipment list of everything I am going to use on the day and also which programs I am planning to use for editing and piecing the video together. I will also plan what costume and makeup my actors will wear on the day of filming. I plan to film within the next week so hopefully I will have the majority of my planning done by this time.