Experimenting with my own images

These are both the same image which i have cropped down. The image to the right has a white boarder around it, and the other doesn't. From experimenting with photoshop, i have come to the conclusion that i think it looks better with a white boarder around it. I like how simple this is too, nothing distracting the artist apart from the words and that is how people are going to know it is a single. I like the idea of half of her face  in the frame instead of a full portrait. I had to chose between each experiment whether a frame looked better or worse, but i also had to decide which colour goes better. I found that the black frame looked to dark considering she is wearing a lot of black clothing in the picture where you can see more of her.

Test Shots - Attempt one

Experiments - CD Cover

Text Idea's

 

I have used 'www.dafont.com' to test out some font idea's to put on my CD or CD cover. Elle Thresh is the main singer in my music video therefore i want her name to be on the cover. So i thought it would be best if i tried it with her name to see if they worked or not. Personally i like the second one from the top because i think it looks elegant but also very neat.

Photograph Idea's for my CD Cover

 

 

I am not to sure whether i would like the picture to be landscape or portrait, overall i like the idea of simple portraits of the main singer. I don't want much mise en scene in the picture because that would make it more complicated and i think it would look to crowded. Although the pictures above of Taylor Swift, she is sat in a window on one of them, the mise en scene is still very clear and not crowded. In all of these pictures, the main person's make up and costume are simple but affective. They have slight colour; That is what i will be aiming for with my main character and model. When i do my test shots, i will do them in both studio and in a specific location.

Test shots for CD cover

(to be done)

CD Covers of well known Artists

This is one of the CD covers which i like, it follows the conventions of my music video because the instruments what are used is mainly a guitar. Also the colours which are used in the cover are quite nutural but look affective. I want my writing to be similar to this too, the name of the artist to be in the biggest letter is more affective because with Taylor Swift being a big superstar now, it will attract her fans. The picture used in this, also refers to the music she has made, with my music video being acoustic/indie then i want something similar to this too. On the other hand i don't like the fact that she is sat in a bedroom, i would prefer it to be based somewhere with nature in it, or at the sea side so it relates personally to my video.

 

This album cover, i like because it seems very stripped back and simple, it also links a lot with nature. With my cover i will be using colour because i don't think black and white will have anything to link to with my video. Rather then not having anything on, i would rather her have clothing on. But i will have the clothes which she wears in my music video. I like the idea of little or no make up, and the hair being brushed out of the face. I like how this picture all links together. The sea in the background reinforces her wet hair. I would like my image to all link together too. I think the text used on this could be a bit bigger. I will having mine more like the previous image rather then this one.

Filming Schedule

At Cactus Jacks -

Sunday 8th December - Get shots of the restaurant - Lights, Atmosphere etc. - 2:00pm - 2:30pm

Sunday 8th December - Shooting the couple in the restaurant. - 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Wednesday 18th December - Bridlington - Chip Shop, amusements and sea front.
(having to delay because of weather) 2:00pm - 4:00pm (possibly move this to a saturday)

Tuesday 10th December - Shooting main girl with black backdrop. 12:40pm - 1:40pm

My Animatic

Animatic - How to do it on IMovie

I needed to find a tutorial on how to do my Animatic, i found that this video which i found on YouTube helped me a lot. The only thing i didn't use was the effects from one slide to the other, i had to work out for myself how to extend certain timings of the pictures so it fits my music for my music video.

This video above is to show me how to save the IMovie to my computer and then go on to put it on YouTube so i can put it on my blog.