Planning our digi-pak

For our course we have also been given the task to create our own digi-pak. Previously I have posted about other digi-pak that I have analysed from artists. I looked at how it was laid out, what sorts of images were used and how many panels there were. I also tried to understand why they used the image they did and what mod it created. From the analysis I have generated ideas that I can put towards my very own digi-pak. As a group we have decided to keep the front cover panel very simple and try to show through the cover the type of music that’s on the CD. We have said that we will use an image from the music video to put on the front to make the whole digi-pak and CD link. However we need to still discuss what we will be doing for the inside of the digi-pak.

Images of the group filming

Here are some pictures we took during the filming process. These pictures show that all the members are participating in the filming part. We also help put ideas forward and shows us as a group working together. 

Group Editing

These are some pictures that i took whilst we were editing our music video. You can see in these images that all the members in the group are taking part in editing process and we all have responsibilities and not left to one member to edit. 

Last bit of editing for the first draft

As we are coming to an end of finishing our music video we are under pressure of finishing the video on time. We have few parts to edit but most of it is nearly finished. We need to find couple more shots that we can add in to make the video flow better. We have left these parts to last because they are much harder to edit and the lip-syncing needs to be exact otherwise it wont flow well. I would say that we are making good progress but we only have a week to hand in the final piece of work which needs to be at a good quality. Below are some screen grabs of the editing process:

Filming

Today we went around school and filmed various part of the music video. As we reviewed our film we decided we need to film more parts over again because the first time round wasn’t up to scratch. Therefore we went filming the first 30 seconds and the penultimate verse. We went to the dance studio to film this part. We filmed through the mirror to give a different effect to the video. We were experimenting and it looked good so we used it for our actual video. We also filmed a scene outside where the character was writing in a note pad the lyrics of the song which made it look like the song was actually written by the character. As I was the character in the video I had to act like I was crying to show different emotions through the video. It was difficult but I think we got some clips of tears. However we still need to upload it and edit it to see if any of the clips we captured are any good. 

Reviewing our film

We have reviewed the editing we have done so far on our music video and we are nearly coming to an end. Nevertheless we have identified that the first 30 seconds of the film does not flow with the rest of the video so we have to go back and film some more and adjust the lighting. The first time round we got the lighting wrong and the position of the singer wrong. We couldn't actually see the character singing because it was too dark and the quality of the camera was poor as well.