Inspiration For New Digipak

Updated Storyboard

Storyboard:

Animatic:

*UPDATE: ANIMATIC RE-UPLOADED DUE TO COPYRIGHT ISSUES*

Original Video:

Update - Story Board

Today we have been refining our new story board as we changed our idea quite significantly form the original plan. This has been a lengthily process as it requires a lot of ideas and creativity as well as focus in order to get a good story board, in the next could of days it will be posted on the blog and we will complete an 'animatic' version of it.

Picture: Shot ideas we were coming up with

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.

Band Member Permanently Unavailable

Due to a change in circumstances one of our band members is now unavailable to film anything by the deadline, and we are therefore having to re-cast that part which will be a challenge this close to the deadline (less than a week). However we are putting in every effort to make this possible and make the transition form one to another seamless.

Filming Dates

We have decided that we are going to film on the 26th and 27th of November, this will be at the location we plan to shoot in Leicester City Centre. The shots will be taken in places similar to those in the location mood bards of the urban environments, the lighting for our video is a mixture between sundown type lighting and darker more night like lighting. For this reason we are going to film from about 5PM until we finish with the shots we need on each day.
One of our band members is unavailable on one of the days so all of the shots relating to him will be done on the 27th.

The test shots taken on 20/11/15 were not of satisfactory quality and will only be used to demonstrate a vague representation of the ideas we have.

2nd draft digipak

2nd draft digipak poster

Responding To feedback // Nathan Beard

This was my first draft for this style:

The feedback i received on my digipak was primarily focused around the positioning of some items. The items that needed repositioning where:

• The Logos of the band and record label on the left inside cover needed making smaller. 
• The record label logo on the back cover needed moving to the other side.
• The 'welcome' text on the inside left cover needs aligning better.

Other comments that where made:

• Could do with more songs.
• Needs a catalog number on the margin.
• legal information needs adding to the bottom of the back cover.
• Change the word 'digipak' to album and change 'The SmallRuin Team' to SmallRuin.

This was the resulting digipak with the changes made:

I changed most of the aspects that where commented on however I decided that I didn't need to change the amount of songs, as I think that it sits better with less songs, as the version I tried looked cluttered due to the blue blobs being to regular.

Original Poster

The feedback I received was that that the design was good, and that I should try some of the following versions:

• Move the 'SmallRuin' script above the album name.
• Try one with the record logo on.
• Correct the spelling error.

New poster 1:

New poster 2:

My personal preference out of the above options would be the 3rd so the 2nd new one (with  the record label logo) as this promotes the record label as well as the new album. 

Plan of Action (02/11/15 - 08/11/15)

This week the emphasis is on reacting to feedback on our digipaks and adverts. We will also be filming more shots for our testing and planning, this will give us all chance to get used to our roles. There will also be a big push to learn all the lyrics for the song that we are doing and become familiar with the thinking behind our video in order to make the end product look better thought out.

This weeks tasks for the group members are:

Nathan Beard

• Get used to the equipment involved in the video
• learn the words to the song. 
• Gather an understanding of the video concepts.

Joe Ford

• Learn the words to the song.
• Plan the clothing that needs to be ready for the final shoot.
• Gather an understanding of the video concepts.

Ben Wakeford

• Learn the words to the song.
• Plan the clothing that needs to be ready for the final shoot.
• Gather an understanding of the video concepts.

There will be no more weekly updates or plans of action from this week onward, as the aims will be to get our video done and finalizing the research and planning. 

Plan of Action (19/10/15 - 25/10/15)

This week we will begin filming test shots for our video, this will allow us to evaluate wether the people we have are good enough to successfully be in the video, this will also give us an opportunity to see how the different shots we have planned work.
We will also be completing any changes that needed making for our final digipaks and magazine adverts along with any pull outs.

This weeks tasks for the group members are:

Nathan Beard

• Plan the test shoot (location, members, time, camera)
• Make the changes to the digipak.
• Make the changes to the magazine advert.
• Make the changes to the pull out for the digipak.
• Edit the footage from the test shoot.
• Upload the test footage on to YouTube.
• Write the evaluative post on the test footage.
• Write up the weekly update post.

Joe Ford

• Make the changes to the digipak.
• Make the changes to the magazine advert.
• Make the changes to the pull out for the digipak.
• Attend the test shoot

Ben Wakeford

• Make the changes to the digipak.
• Make the changes to the magazine advert.
• Make the changes to the pull out for the digipak.
• attend the test shoot

Pull Out For Digipak Draft 1 // Nathan Beard

Magazine Advert Draft 1 // Nathan Beard

Digipak Draft 1 // Nathan Beard

Organizing Props

In order to film our music video successfully we need to organise the props prior to filming.
The nature of our video means that we don't need to use many props, however there are a few items that we require:

• Guitars (we plan to get these from the music department and a group member that owns one)

• UV paint (we will buy this on Amazon)

• UV light (we plan to buy this on Amazon)

• Speaker for when we need to play the music in the street (a group member owns one)

Most of the props are either already owned or can be ordered for next day delivery.

Digipak And Magazine Analyis x 3 // Nathan Beard

Album Cover Analysis

Font Ideas // Nathan Beard

Filming Update

As of 12/10/15 we haven't yet started to film our video, however we have been working hard in order to finish our plans on the locations, props and roles so that as soon as we start filming (ideally half term so 19/10/15 - 25/10/15) we are ready to start and will need little interruption to plan something.

I believe that this is going to be highly beneficial so that we can get all the scenes filmed in the least amount of time possible in order to maximize time editing, this will allow us to finish the video earlier. This will give us time to decide what we like and what we don't like, and due to the fact that we allowed time for this we may be able to alter the video to incorporate these changes.

We have now finalized the fact that we want to to film in two locations, in order to achieve the best results possible (in a city street and in a studio). This means that we need to organised a studio (ideally this would be the one the school have available). And get the equipment ready.

Plan of Action (12/10/15 - 18/10/15)

This week we will be shifting our focus back to the video so that we can start filming as soon as possible, this is important as we have already been delayed in this process. We will  also be concentrating on finalizing our draft digipaks and posting them on the blog.

This weeks tasks for the group members are:

Nathan Beard

• Write an update on filming progress.
• Publish the font ideas post.
• Post an update on the props we plan to use.
• Post the Draft 1 of the digipak.
• Post the draft 1 of the magazine advert.
• Post the Draft 1 of the digipak pullout.
• Write the weekly summary.

Joe Ford

• Review some magazine adverts.
• Post the Draft 1 of the digipak.
• Post the draft 1 of the magazine advert.
• Post the Draft 1 of the digipak pullout.

Ben Wakeford

• Analyse album covers.
• Post the Draft 1 of the digipak.
• Post the draft 1 of the magazine advert.
• Post the Draft 1 of the digipak pullout.