Poster and Dvd Cover

We are now looking into our poster and dvd cover. We have looked at many screen shots of our filming and we have also emailed the band asking if we can use their music over the top of our promotional video and if we can borrow their photo as our plan of using a live shot did not go to plan. Additionally, as the band are well known locally, a few of their photos are recognisable amongst the public which can help to improve advertisement and attract a bigger audience.

Although our live shots were good, the lighting was not brillliant and when put on the dvd cover it did not look that appropriate, this means that looking from the eye of the audience it is less likely to sell.

For the DVD cover we had to look into the age limits on DVD's, when looking into them we dicided that maybe an age restriction was not appropriate but a warning saying "parental guidance" "explict lyrics" was required.

We also decided that it required a barcode and that the production companys name had to be written on it. We thought about creating a logo but we decided that writing the companys name was enough as it explained to the audience exactly who we are and it advertises the company as a business alongside an example of our work.

We have also created some pre-production work on the poster and DVD cover including drawings of the design of the dvd cover and poster, a dvd deconstruction and a poster deconstruction and a story board, to construct a plan of what we want to do for our production work.

Editing the filming

This week we finally managed to upload all the footage we have shot. We have began to edit the footage that we had collected from the gig we went to last week, and shortened it down to a manageable size. We have also cut in the interviews with various people throughout the video. Even when the interviews are taking place the bands music will still play over the top as a background sound.

We have also got a few considerations that we will need to take in such as:Putting the bands name up on the first frame of the video so that the viewer knows who they are watching. In order to this we can either use the logo for the band that they originally use (which would be the best idea as it will be more recognizable to the audience) or we can alter it to make it appear more original.

For this we had to look at ideas of shot types, angles, and the timeline of how the shots will appear and the transitions between each shot.
For this we chose according to what we believed to fit our genre. For example for out shot types we researched into close up, wide shots and extreme close ups: we planned to keep it simple as we wanted the DVD to be about the band. using in the video only wide shot, extreme wide shots and close ups. We also took this into consideration with the poster and DVD cover using average wide shots of the band and equipment to focus mainly on the music.
We also looked at low and high shots to decider the angle we wanted. coming to the conclusion of a low shot this gives the allusion that the camera is a member of the crowd and it gives the band power. this was also useful to use as we had to film live, meaning that we wouldn't be able to say wait one Minuit whilst we move, meaning that we were able to keep the band in shot at all time with out getting in the way.

Finishing touches to pre-production

This week we have had alot of trouble with the system and uploading the video therefore we have decided that we will do the finishing touches to the pre-production, checking spellings, grammer and adding things we feel need to be said.
We have also started doing sketches of the designs for our poster and dvd cover we have also sketched a rough storyboard for our music promotional video, so that we have more idea's of how we want to arrange it when we have been able to upload all the footage.
We have been through all our work and doule checked it adding more to the pre-production and production work
and will begin working on our indervisual evalations soon.

Proposal

James , Gemma and Becca

Proposal

We have chosen to a package for a release of an album and to include a music promotion video. The reason for our group to choose this was because it looked the most interesting out of the five packages’ that were available to do. Also we found out that we all are into the music industry and have different music backgrounds that will help us throughout the task. We felt that we would be able to get the best out of this package because the other tasks we weren’t as keen on.

Preproduction has helped us before starting the production because it has enabled us to have an outlook at present bands that have there own music promotion videos and how they have made them. We also looked into current music MySpace pages looking into how they created them and what they had included. Also looking into how colours and text can help in presentation.

As well has this we have also looked into gig posters that bands have had made for them to help promote their tours. We looked into how they had laid the poster out and what they had included.

We intend to go to a well known band in Portsmouth and create a music promotion video for the band, using different camera skills and angles to create this. As well as this we will also be interviewing the band co coincide with the live footage we produce. We will also interview a number of fans and get their point of views and opinions ECT. Once this has all been produced we will convert the footage onto a apple Mac and edit the video to a standard that we are all happy with.

Along side this photo shoot will be taken of the band for the magazine advertisement and the cover for the DVD. These photos could include portrait shots and capturing the band playing live at a gig.

The style of the band that we have chosen for the pre production is a mix between indie and rock. We found this a point of interest and found it very accessible to analyze other bands like this. The style of filming that we are going to use we have adopted from other music production videos as we found this most effective as they have really captured the band and the live moment with the fans.

The band that we have chosen for our production is Guilded Youth, The location for out filming for the live footage will be at one of there live gigs in Portsmouth/ the surrounding aria. As well as this we will have to arrange locations for photo shoots. We will take a variety of photos so that we have a wide range to choose from for are magazine and DVD cover.

We are planning to go to a gig and arrange a quick interview with the band before the gig to get some information into them. Then we also plan on getting photos and interviews with various fans. Throughout the gig we will be capturing footage of the band. Then after the gig we plan on getting interviews with certain fans getting there views on the gig and the band.