light leaks test

Recently I have been using leaks and different effects on my music video, just playing around with what works and what doesn't.

The screen shot above shows how I have used key frames to make the effect more transparent or opaque.

this shot shows how the scale of the effect needs to be made bigger to cover the shot.

this link shows you my first attempt at using these leak effects on my footage.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfkcSgsGH14&feature=youtu.be

Making the conventional and unconventional posters

I first of all wanted to create a funky poster which would definitely not be allowed in a HMV window. During my research stage I realised that most posters advertising albums do not have much colour, therefore i wanted to create an unconventional poster including a lot of colour.

I used a harshly cropped photo to produce this poster, I wanted to use a picture of a band member so that the audience can automatically recognise what the poster is about. I cut around the main singer using the magnetic tool on photoshop, this allowed me to add in a background layer of my choice.

I used a website called 'brusheezy.com' to downloand a brush effect, I carried this effect onto my main picture as well as the background of the poster.

I found it very hard to choose a font for the 'Lizzard Channel' writing. I wanted a clear, easy to read font so I placed four different fonts next to each other to make it easier to choose from.

I started to add in the HMV writing which is compulsory on music posters. I found the writing quite hard to read on the multi coloured background, therefore I used the stroke tool on photoshop to add an outline to the writing.

This is my finished unconventional music poster, I like the layout of the design and I think the colours give off a great effect, I could not see this being placed in a HMV window because of the huge differences this poster has compared to real media products.

This is my conventional poster, I have chosen a fairly dark photo, with some nice lighting on the drummer which makes the poster instantly relatable to the band. I have maximised the use of black spacing on the left hand side of the picture for the majority of the compulsory writing. I have also placed the bands name at the top of the poster which would be the first thing the viewer would pick up on.

Added in the HMV logo of the dog and made a drop shadow to help make it stand out.

Making the digipack

I have started to create my digipak on InDesign and Photoshop. I would like the picture on the inside cover to spread over both panels like you can see below. This is a similar technique used on the blink 182 album that I looked at during the research stage of my A2 coursework. As you can see the photo is of the car park which I have used within my music video which makes this a very recognisable picture.

The CD carries the same picture used on the inside cover because I feel this effect looks professional and could also help the consumer to realise the CD is missing if it were not inside its case.

I used photoshop to create the front cover, I wanted to create a similar effect as seen on the 'Example' front cover which I looked at during my research stage on this coursework. I want a collage of pictures which relate to the music video and symbolise what Lizzard Channel stand for, therefore I used a mixture of shots from different locations.

This is my finished conventional front cover, I used a brush effect which I downloaded from 'www.brushezzy.com'. I wanted to create screwed up paper effect.

I carried the brush effect onto the inside cover to make the digipak similar and relatable throughout.

This picture shows my final digipak, including the parental advisory and sony logo's aswell as a barcode to give the digipak an authentic look.

I also wanted to create an unconventional front cover for my digipak. I feel the 'Lizzard Channel' font works well with the black TV but I do not think this would be a great front cover for an album because it will not be very recognisable as there are no band members on the front cover. But if the band were looking to set their own trend and look individual they may prefer this one.

first draft

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83b9DfgBJQ8&feature=youtu.be

I have uploaded my first draft of my music video to youtube. There are a few parts which are unfinished but I feel I have the majority of the video is in place. I will also show this to Lizzard Channel to gather some feedback.