Finished Digipack

I have completed my digipak ancillary task, it is a triple gatefold sleeve which includes the disc on the right rather than in the middle or to the left.

 

The top 3 panels are the inside ones, it is shown as if It was fully folded out and looked on from above, the bottom panels are the outside ones, the one on the left being the back and the one on the right being the front. For the inside panels the picture which spans across 2 panels is supposed to represent influences towards the song which was written and interests as well, it is a guitar based song which is the reasoning for the guitar, the NME is the largest music magazine in the country and reports on this sort of music, the 2 CD's are muse albums which are personal favourites of the actor used in my video. There are 2 links to Johnny Marr who the song is originally by, first of all the 7" Single on the left is The The, "The Beat(en) Generation which featured Marr in the band and the second is on the bottom right of the picture being Morrissey's, who was in The Smiths with Marr, Autobiography, published by penguin classics. There are also Mod influences in here with the military patch for a parka, the Lambretta Inconetti tie-pin and the RAF logo badge which appeal to me. The other items are ones appreciated by both me and the actor. The 2 photos of the actor are taken on location of the video to link into it and make it more recognisable. The spine features the title in bold and contrasting text as well as the artist name, the catalogue number is also on there as it would be in a genuine release, the record label logo is also featured at the bottom. The back includes songs picked by the artist that he would cover for a B-side, copy right information and a barcode

Feedback 2

Harry Veal-Gray, 17

I feel that the video is of good structure and the quality (sync and sound) are of high standard. The overall video quality could have been better, but this would be down to the given equipment and of course a good video isn't always about eye candy. The quality of the actor is of an enjoyable standard and I feel the whole video works very well.

Feedback 1

Dylan O'Reilly, 17

I thought the video flowed well throughout with only a few shots dragging on too long, the concept of the video is a good idea, the inclusion of the first shot being repeated is well thought through. Acting throughout is very good which adds to the video and keeps it interesting. The video keeps up the beat of the song with various shots appearing for only a second and then onto the next one. Overall a good video, if I was to point out any issues it is the random changes of weather but that is probably beyond the creator of the video.

Filming Completion

The filming and majority of the editing is now complete, the deadline which is 20/12/13 is look realistic towards finishing all aspects of the task including the magazine advert and digipak, this leaves feedback and the evaluation.

First filming session

My first filming session is now complete, I have filmed around 25%-35% of the video with other filiming planned over the next week, so far the first verse and intro has been filmed. Due to technological complications I have lost some footage which have not been recovered and will have to re-filmed. 

Beginning of Filming

The planning stage is now done and I am ready to start filming which will happen imminently, establishing shots will be filmed first and then the actor will be brought in to film the bulk of the video, some parts of the filming will possibly need to be done on certain dates due to planned events. For most of the video I will be using Peterborough City Centre and Queensgate as these are easily accessible locations for me. The plot of the video will be walking around the streets of Peterborough and eventually buying a vinyl album, at the end of the video the vinyl will be spinning showing it to be Johnny Marr's album, for the song which is Johnny Marr's The Right Thing Right the meaning of the song is about Northern Soul all-nighters attended by Marr, due to this I may use local Northern Soul or Mod nights in the video as a way of displaying this. All these areas will require permission for me to film on which I will be trying to get prior to filming.

Story Boarding

For the stage I am now at I need to plan the video shot for shot by story boarding, here I will roughly sketch each shot, name the shot being used and give a brief description of what I want from the shot. My video will be around 4 minutes long so I could be looking at around 40 shots. Most of my video will be filmed on the streets, due to this many shots could be quite similar.