Final Digipak

Evaluation Question 3- Final.

New Band Member Recruited

We have now been able to cast a replacement band member for Max (who is now permanently unavailable). And he will be introduced to the song and video ideas today ready for filming tomorrow.
We contacted a significant number of potential candidates, many candidates weren't available for briefing and filming on the three day we had chosen and therefore were unsuitable for the role.
In the end we narrowed it down to two candidates and chose Louis Grocott for the role.
We are happy with this decisions and see Louis to be a valuable addition to the team.

Pull Out For Digipak Draft 1 // Nathan Beard

Magazine Advert Draft 1 // Nathan Beard

Digipak Draft 1 // Nathan Beard

Digipak And Magazine Analyis x 3 // Nathan Beard

Album Cover Analysis

Font Ideas for Digipak // Ben Wakeford

Digipak Inspiration // Joe Ford

This album cover is from 'Garbage' by Bones. The first thing that drew me to this album cover was the white noise effect across the middle. It is designed to give the effect as if it's losing signal. It blurs out his face and conforms to the grainy effect of the rest of the image surrounding him. This effects is also seen in the single taken from this album, 'ribs'. 

Again, the grainy, olden look to this album cover is what immediately appealed to me. the graffiti style writing in the background is used to good effect as it fits perfectly with the mise en scene of the image and also adds colour to the image which draws the attention of passers-by.

This album cover is from 'easy easy' by King Krule. The abstract artwork really strikes the attention at first glance and draw you in to look closer. The artist or designer may have took inspiration from an 'Escher' painting. The colours and way the image is worked with the reflection at the bottom definitely shows some similarities.

The simple nature of this album cover used for one of 'Mura Masa' singles really interested me at first glance. We see the grainy style used on the image used to great effect again and is something I am hoping to use in my own digipak. 

Digipak Ideas

I like the idea of having this kind of picture of a desolate and relaxed area of forest as the front cover for the Digipak. This is because if the band is a relaxed and chilled out kind of music vibe then this would be more realistic and better for the representation of the band Digipak.

I like this picture because it shows a different vibe of the band because Indie/ alternative music could be associated towards smoking and this represented in the photo. The butterfly flying out of the pipe shows that it is chilled out and represents peace and a chilled group of people. People would like this picture and would draw them in.  

This photo is intersting and is trippy. It would be good because it would draw people into the digipak and they would read the band cover and who the band are. 

I like this image because it shows the countryside and the peaceful nature of it. It is nice and colourful and this would draw people into the Digipak and this would make it more likely to get sales.

Styling for the video

These are some images that I have found which represent the style that we want to represent in our video.
These are styles that I think accurately represent what the target audience wear themselves and what they want to see in their favorite bands. It also fits in with the image of modern and simple that we are trying to portray with our band.

Camera Shot Ideas

Camera Shot Ideas

Blog Design Update

I have updated the Blog design theme to be more in line with the SmallRuin image, this includes a cover image that matches the twitter photo and a colour theme. I have also chosen a new easy to read font that matches the style.

Update of the Twitter page

Location Desicion

Based on the research we did and the mood boards I compiled, we have come to a decision where our video will be filmed. The video will be filmed across both an urban environment, for example city streets or an underground or multi story car park and a studio.
We feel that this delivers the best of both worlds as certain parts of the song can be filmed in the studio like the chorus, in order to put maximum focus on the band and have no distractions, and other solo type parts can be filmed in the urban environment, this will allow us more creative freedom and give the ability to present the song in a new way. It will also counter the blankness of the studio and vice versa.

Mood Board - Studio (Potential Location)

I have compiled some images into a mood board, the studio is a place that we feel would give a chance to really put the focus on the band members and the instruments which would give the video the 'stripped back' anti mainstream feel that indie music fans appreciate. This therefore makes the studio a good location to film our video. The disadvantages to using a studio is that it can sometimes come across as 'clinical' and blank or lacking in creativity, which is not the message we want to put across.

Mood board - Urban street (Potential Location)

I have made a mood board of an urban environment as I feel that this would be a good place to film our video. It fits in the the indie genre well as it is different and creative. It also has the added bonus of being cheap and easy to access. It offers plenty of opportunities to do some 'Cinematic style shots of the main singer and the other band members, as well as adding depth to the video.
A disadvantage to filming on the streets or in other such urban environments is that it can be difficult to get the right shot as there is always going to be people and other things in the way. It will therefore low down filming relatively significantly.

Band Members Alongside Two Door Cinema Club

Individual band members biography with photos

Andy Walters- 22 year old professional musician from Leeds who started playing the guitar at the age of 6. Now he is one of the rhythm premier guitarists in England, featuring on songs with the Wombats and the Kooks. Now one of the leading front men in the country after developing his singing skills after critic from Artic Monkeys lead singer Alex Turner.

Ben Smith- 21 year old musician who is originally from Newcastle who was late into playing a musical instrument and self-taught himself the guitar and the keyboard and is now one of the most upcoming lead guitarists in the country.   

Max Wilson- 22 year old musician who is also from leeds and has been best friends with Andy Walters another band member for all their lives. Aggressive bass player with quick fingers and brilliant ability to adapt. 

Whole band photo