Rough Cut Number 4

Here is the fourth rough cut of my video which is what I've been working on this past week or two. I've gotten more  footage to fix the problems of night time scenes halfway through the video.
I've chosen a different opening to the video so that it starts in the house instead of in the car, which works better for the narrative as a day in the life always starts off in the house.
I've also re-edited some of the footage in the bridge of the song so that the narrative makes more sense, now the video goes from dawn to dusk instead of random scenes of night time thrown in at different places.
The sequencing is more in time to the music I feel, however upon watching the video once exported, I did realise there were a few more shots which need to be edited to the bars of the music as it still looks a little glitchy and jumpy in some places.

In the next couple of days I will be screening this cut to members of my target audience as it is useful for feedback and I can use it for the final cut, to make any changes that would add more appeal to my target audience.

Now I need to work on my digipack and advert - I already have the majority of the images I plan to use for it as I did a shoot back when I was filming the footage. These will be compiled together for a mock up within the next week.

Until next time,
                          Toni

Digipack Cover Mock Designs

Now that I've finished researching and analysing digipacks and adverts from the indie/folk genre, I have a few ideas in mind as to how I want my products to look.
This past week I've been experimenting with some mock ups for my digipack's front cover and these are the results.

I took inspiration from Mumford and Sons' Babel because in their design for their digipack. The template opens up the reveal more of the scene from the cover and the track list is taken from the interior of the building seen on the front cover. This gave me the idea to have my front cover an image of the house we see throughout the video, and the track list to feature an image from the inside of the house.
With this design, it will help to create a visual link between the digipack and the video as the images used will be of the settings I filmed in. The audience will recognise the house when they see the front cover.

In these designs, I wanted to include an image of the outside of the house so that there is a visual link between the products as we will see the house at the beginning and end of the video. As I haven't had the chance to take my own pictures yet, I've used some I found on Google.
 I also want to use a sunrise in the from cover as this will add an eye-catching detail to the album cover. I hope to get a picture of the house whilst there is a sunrise so that the image fits together as the image of the house below is clearly taken at a point in the day where the sun is high in the sky. I hope to get a picture of the house with a sunrise already in the background, but if not I will just photoshop in my own images of a sun rise. I hope to get these images taken within the next week.

I've stuck with the band name, The Shires, however I've changed the name of the album. 

This is because from all the albums and digipacks I've researched they've all had very simple titles and album names. I've decided to rename my album 'Home' as it is what the whole video is based around. It's a day in the life of a couple and we see elements of their life throughout the video, their home being one of them. The song I've chosen also has a homely element to it. The ultimate meaning behind my video and song choice is that the couple have lived a long life together and would happily do it all again together.

The design works well for the indie/folk genre as there elements of the english countryside in this design with the use of a country house and the elements of the sunrise. In my digipack I will be using images of the local woodland which I filmed in as well as taking the sunrise pictures from the woodland (which is the best seat in the house).  Linking back to my first mockup designs, my audience feedback showed great enthusiasm for the woodland elements so I will be including in the digipack design.

So now I've got to get my own images and create the rough design for digipack as well as taking images for my advert as well which will hopefully be done in the next week.

Until next time,

                          Toni

Sigh No More Advert Analysis

This is another advert analysis, it is for Mumford and Son's Sigh No More and created via Prezi.

Until next time,
                         Toni

The First Days of Spring Advert Analysis

This is another advert analysis for Noah and the Whale's The First Days of Spring.

It was created via. Prezi.



Until next time,
                         Toni

Action Plan

This is my action plan for the upcoming half term. This is so that I know my personal deadlines and I can work towards them at my own pace.

In this upcoming week I hope to finish the research and analysis' of my chosen media texts and then i can focus on planning and creating the ancillary products whilst continuing with my video as well.

 

I will spend lesson time and my own time on the ancillary products whereas only my own time will be spent on my video. This is so that i don't spend all of my own time on the video and leave the digipack and advert until the last minute.

 

 

 

 

 

Until next time,
                         Toni