Editing

Today I carried on editing on my own as Carla was attending a University interview. I finished cropping the shots so that they're all in the right places and at the right time. I also edited the audio so that we have one less chorus, so I had to rearrange the footage around that. I encountered a real problem with the shots where the couples are getting in Amber and Maxes way.

The problem I had was that the shots were out of time with each other. We filmed Maxes shot without music to guide us so we naturally sped up on that shot, making it out of time with Ambers shot. The way I got around this was that I chopped both of their shots so that they come in one at a time. Like this:

This helped a lot because it meant I could crop Maxes shot to be in time with the lyrics but also the beat. Seeing as we are constantly editing in time to the beat, it is essential that we keep our shots in time all the way through! Overcoming this problem means that we have completed the initial stages of editing. I've made a to-do list of what we need to do now:

-Organise filming to fill in the three shots that we're missing (PRIORITY)

-Change the colour correction on the majority of Amber's shots as they're too dark:

-Precision edit so that there are no gaps between shots, as they interrupt the flow!

-Ancillary tasks:

-Begin the design on the magazine advert: edit photos.

-Work out the words to go on the Magazine advert

-Write song titles for the digi-pak

-Find logos, record labels and 'terms and conditions' info to go on the bottom of the digi-pak.

-Collaborate with Carla to work out where the words will go on both the magazine advert and digi-pak. This needs to be done after we have finalised our design ideas for both.

LOTS of things to be getting on with....

More to follow :)

Lesson update; continued editing!

Continued to edit today - aaaannnndddd luckily we actually finished putting all of our available footage in the right places! This is a big step for us as we've found the editing has been taking longer than we thought it would - although we haven't added any effects onto the footage, all the footage we have is in the right place.

I have to admit we're not too happy with our music video and feel due to being rushed because of various situations our footage is nowhere near as good as it could be. This is a shame but of course a learning curve!

Now we will go through each clip and add any effects or distort/change the clip as much as we need too. Apart from that we just need to continue with ancillary tasks!

I will put up our first draft of the music video ASAP!

Planning of fonts

So this is a post of the planning for the font on the digi-pak. As we are going for an earthy and natural font, we need to go for a fair colour, possibly with a swirly sort of font? So I'm going to find three different types of font, analyse them all and then decide on a final one.

Here's a powerpoint for you:

Font types for our digi-pak from rubygibson2

With our font decided, it means I can get straight to work editing the words on top of the pictures. However, the pictures that Carla's editing on photoshop are still in progress so I need to wait for her to finish those before I begin. They should be done very soon though!

More to follow :)

Planning for the digi-pak: Analysis

So at the moment we are fully immersed in working on our digi-pak. We've worked out our initial design that we want to go on the cd cover. Carla is currently working on the pictures in photoshop, changing the colours and manipulating the images to go with our nature theme. When we allocated job roles, I was allocated the roles of words on our digi-pak and magazine advert, and she was going to do the photographs and pictures. Carla is a photoshop wizard so she is working very hard on making the pictures the best that they can be!

As far as the words and fonts go, I still need to plan what goes on to the digi-pak. I've found a few examples and I'm going to analyse them so i can see what words or specific logos I will need to include on our digi-pak.

So for this digi-pak, there are little or no words, and the main focus is on the pictures. However on the back cover they have included a barcode and a logo next to the barcode. This looks very professional as it relates it to being sold in shops etc but also makes it look like a retail product. Also the inclusion of logos and the EMG logo, makes the product look as if it is being sold in shops, but also relates the sale of the music to a record label. Some audience members will care what record company the band comes from, and with the integration of a very famous record label, makes the product seem popular and very 'in the now'.

The inclusion of the song names is vital. On all CD covers, there is always a track listing, to let the audience know which song is which, but also helps the audience remember the song if they're showing it to other people etc. It also increases the artists and the albums popularity, as more of their songs will be shown to more people, gaining a wider following and fanbase. We need our song titles to be earthy and natural names, as we are going along with the natural theme echoing throughout the entire song. I will give examples of names in my next post.

So all in all, I really like this album cover because it makes it seem very professional and also immediately increases my interest in the band and songs.

More to follow :)

Lesson update!

Today my update is in the form of a wonderful powerpoint!