Digipak Inspiration

While thinkingbof ideas for a good digipak cover, I found this one that belongs to One Republic, this album cover has inspired me in terms of design and layout and colour for my own digipak.

Diary 26/11/2012

So I have made big steps in completing my digipak, the final version. However, I am at a cross roads as to whether I should use my models on my digipak or have someone else on it. This is because they are only free during the christmas holidays. Which is also when I will film my music video.

Diary 26/11/2012

Today my meda lesson is meant to be Theory instead of coursework. However, my theory teacher is absent today, so this lesson has now been made an inprompto  and I came prepared for a theory lesson, therefore, I did not bring my hardrive or laptop with me which has all my most recent coursework on it. So this lesson will be a very unproductive one for me in terms of coursework. In future to avoid situatinos like this I will transfer my work onto the media home drive at school so my work is also there.

Diary 20/11/2012

I have been working on my digipak for the past couple of lessons and I am finding it quite difficult as every time I feel I'm getting close to my preferred design I get a comment that shows that my digipak isn't giving off the right impression. I need to work on it more but keep in mind my deadlines.

Diary 13/11/2012

I realize that I will need a few choice pictures of the duo I plan to be in my music video for my Digipak and Magazine advert but the ONLY time they are free to film is during the Christmas holidays, this is because they're very difficult to get together due to their university timetable and the distance between my locations and their university.

Diary 13/11/2012

Today in lesson our teacher told us how much time we have left until the interim dead line, he advised us on how many blog posts we should by then and what specific tasks need to be completed. Also a draft version of our music video, needs to be completed before then. Therefore, during the next six weeks I will endeavor to complete everything that is not completed that needs to be

Diary 08/11/12

In lesson today I got information from teacher in regards to my storyboard, he suggested instead of drawing one, that I should do a picture story board. This is because I would not stick to the drawn story board as my performers are regular performers and recording artists, therefore they would have their own artistic views for a video that would more suit their style.

Footage Equipment Choices

For taking pictures of the group for my digipak and magazine advertisement, I will be using a Canon Model 550D. This is because with the equipment in school I can attach remote flash lights to it and use a soft box  so the lighting will not be an issue when filming for the inside scenes.

When I record my music video I will be using the same Canon 550D camera and using a tripod to get steady shots. I feel this would be appropriate as then I can maintain the same quality images throughout for continuity purposes.

My post production equipment will be software's such as Adobe Photoshop CS3 for editing photographs and creating the magazine advertisement. However, for the footage I gathered for my music video I will be using a combination of Adobe Premiere Pro CS3, Sony Vegas Pro 11 and Adobe After Effects CS3.

These advanced high tech programmes will aid me in creating the best product available.

My only issue will be the cross compatibility between all these programs.