Wednesday 18 December 2013

Filming - practice shots

When doing my first lot of filming, things didn't go as well as I thought it would. Due to injury I was on crutches, meaning I couldn't do the filming to the standard that I wanted to (I couldn't film from the above high angles like I wanted to). Because of this I didn't manage to film all of my video. However I did want to use this footage for a draft, however in another accident I lost the memory card and although I had transferred all of my files to my memory stick they were in the wrong format, meaning they would not transfer to the programme used to create music videos. 
The following shots are examples of some of the filming I completed, which I am now using as test shots. 







All of these shots were not as smooth as I hoped they would be. To improve on these shots the next time I film I will make sure that I practice tilting the camera on the tripod so it goes slower and smoother. 











I do like these shots so I will try to replicate these shots, however the next time I film them I will film them both with a red background and white background, so I have the chose of the two. 




Again I do like this shot, so the next time I film it I will try and improve the lighting and tidy the up-do hair. 






These two shots I think do need improving. The actual acting is just how I wanted it to be, however the setting is not how I wanted it. When re-shooting this shot I will change the background to the white wall, which will hopefully make some improvement. 

Monday 16 December 2013

Ancillary text planning 
Magazine advert draft 




These are drafts I made of magazine adverts, using Photoshop and Google images. As you can see they all feature a medium shot of a model, with a main color scheme of 3 colors (pink, black and white; red and white; black, white and burgundy). My plans also feature a small featurette advertising the CD on iTunes, this is because online downloading has become one of the most popular ways to purchase music, so by advertising this on my advert it makes my advert more realistic. All of the adverts also feature ratings from some of the most popular magazines that feature indie pop music, by featuring these on my advert I am showing my audience that the CD is highly appreciated in the industry. 
Ancillary Text Planning 
Full digipak draft 

I have used the CD cover template available on Disc Wizards to plan out the draft of my ancillary text. 

Thursday 5 December 2013

Ancillary text planning 
Magazine advert 


Above are some magazine adverts of upcoming albums that I like. All of which feature one single image of the artist, mainly medium close ups, which I like as they make the artist the main focus. I particularly like the Delilah album magazine advert, as I think it is very different and almost unconventional. However I also like the way the Ellie Goulding advert incorporates the glitter into her hair, almost to the point where it looks natural.