When I was creating my music video using Adobe Premiere Pro CC, I used a range of different techniques, some of which I have included in my final video and some of which I haven't. Some of the techniques I have used may seem quite complicated and can only be used if downloaded separately - however, there are also simple techniques like adding transitions between shots which I have also used. There are an array of different techniques that I have used when creating my music video - however, in this post I am only going to talk about the techniques which I believe took a bit longer to do or were just generally important in relation to how I created my music video. One of the important features I have used is effects by a company called 'Rampant Designs' - however, I have not mentioned them below due to the fact that I have previously already created a post about these effects and how they could be used in a video. Below you will be able to see some of the techniques that I may or may not have used in my final music video, but nonetheless, I did try them out to see if I would like to use them in my music video.
Colour Grading
I think one of the most important techniques I used when creating my music video was the use of colour grading - this technique was especially important for my music video due to the fact that I needed to have quite a dark and gloomy music video and because a lot of the shots I had were quite sunny, I had to rely on the use of colour grading to enable me to make sure the music video is the type of colour that I want it to be. When actually beginning to colour grade, I had to edit each shot separately and this was because all of the various shots were under different lighting - when it came to editing the colour of the shots in the green room and in the loft I mainly just copied and pasted the adjustment layer as all of the lighting was the same - however, with the shots in the woods, I had to use different adjustment layers and different effects - this was due to the fact that each shot was done in a different location which meant that Laura was under different lighting each time.
As each shot was different, I decided to film myself editing one of the shots in my music video to enable you to see what the process is like, but like I said, in the video I have presented, I have only edited one shot and the majority of the rest of the shots will use different effects. At the end of the video you are able to see how the colour of the shot had changed as I change from the original footage to the edited footage. Here is the video I have created:
Removing Objects
When editing my music video I did notice that sometimes there were objects in the background which was extremely annoying as the shots themselves were good - however, object in the background of shots generally isn't conventional in a music video (depending on the genre), but for my music video, it will make it look unprofessional. The only time I really had an issue with this was when I was filming in the loft and at the time I did believe that I had all of the objects out of view, but this wasn't the case. The most annoying thing about this situation was that the objects were only small, so I thought about the things I could possibly do instead of wasting time shooting again, so after some time I realized that I was able to remove the objects from the shots and I have presented how I was able to to do this in a video below.
Here is the video I created:
In the video I have presented above you are able to see that there was a small white object is the corner of the screen and I was simply able to get rid of it by using the 'Content-Aware' tool in Photoshop. You are able to see that all I had to do was save the shot as an image, edit it in Photoshop and then I just had to open it back up on Premiere Pro. However, once it was on Premiere Pro, you are able to see that only the image was shown on the shot and the video was being played behind it, so to solve this I just had to select the masking tool which enabled me to select only the section of the image that I want to use on the video and once I had done that you are able to see that it made it look as if the objects were never there and you are able to see the video being played at the same time.
Fading Heads
One of the techniques that I was unsure whether to use or not was when the audience will see the two heads fading in and out of one of the shots. Before actually shooting the music video I wanted to do this effect as I thought it would be quite interesting and would appeal to the audience, but also because it ties in with the silhouette idea as the silhouette has been used to represent the actors conscience and the two fading heads again reinforce the idea of the conscience even though they actually appear before the silhouette scene. After I thought a lot about the technique, in the end I decided to use it as I asked quite a few people what they thought about it and they said it was 'cool' and 'interesting' (I have no proof of this due to the fact that I actually spoke to these people where I asked them what they thought). Nonetheless, I decided to use the technique and you are able to see how I was able to create it through the use of the video I have presented below.
Here is the video I have created:
Neat Video (Noise Reduction Plug-In)
When I first watched over all of the shots that I took in the loft, I noticed that there was a lot of noise and this was most likely due to the fact that even though I had a spare light with me, the room was quite dark which will commonly cause a lot of noise to appear in a video. As there was quite a bit of noise in the video, I decided to do some research to see how I may be able to remove some of this noise and I came across a plug-in called 'Neat Video' which would reduce the noise in a video, so I downloaded this plug-in and used it in my video. However, after some time I noticed that my video was actually better without the plug-in, but also this plug-in leaves a watermark on the video which was annoying as you will be able to see from my first draft video which uses this plug-in as there is a green box around the shots that were filmed in the loft. Even though I decided not to use this technique I still decided to present how I was able to use this feature, but in the end I just decided not to use it.
Again, I decided to create a video to present to you how I used this technique. Here is the video I created:
In the video I have demonstrated above you are able to see that once this neat video effect has been added to the video, it makes the video look a lot smoother, but at the same time it also gets rid of some parts that are in the video and makes it look fake and this is partly one of the reasons why I decided not to use this technique. However, another reason I decided not to use it was due to the fact that it made the video lag a lot, but also I was unable to remove the green box that appeared when this effect was added, so the best solution for me was to actually just not use this technique which I think has benefited me. In the video above, I don't actually select the download button and this is due to the fact that when I filmed this I had already downloaded the plug-in, so I just wanted to show you the process I went trough to download it and then I went straight back onto Premiere Pro to enable me to start using the plug-in.
Song Title
When I was creating my storyboard and animatic, my initial idea was to have the title of the song which is 'Not Enough' to appear at the beginning of the music video - however, after I tried out a range of different things I decided that it would be best not to use the title of the song at the beginning of the music video and this was due to the fact that for my specific music video, it made it look less professional and unappealing, so I made the decision not to use it. When creating the title, I even used the same fonts that I had used in my ancillary texts to help create continuity between the texts - however, it just wasn't appealing and I didn't want to keep it on my music video. Nonetheless, below I have presented an image of what the title would have looked like if I decided to keep it. Overall, I prefer to have no title in the music video rather than having one which I think is unappealing and will drive the audience away as they may think it is an unprofessional music video as soon as they start watching it.
Here is the image of what my song title perhaps would have looked like if I decided to keep it on my music video:
In the image I have demonstrated above you are able to see that the text is quite unprofessional and even though this is the main font that I have used in my ancillary texts, it just makes my music video look messy and unprofessional. When actually trying to create this song title I did try out various different fonts and techniques, but nothing went well with the video so overall I just decided not to add a song title.
Overall, I believe that all of the effects and techniques I used and may not have used were all very important as they enabled me to edit my music video in the way I wanted it to look and without these techniques I would have never been able to construct the music video I now have. To demonstrate how important these effects and techniques were, I decided to show what my music video would look like if I didn't add any effects to it. So below you will be able to find my music video - however, this time it has no added effects, except from transitions to enable the shots to blend well together. Also, I have presented my final music video with all of the effects to enable you to see the difference between the videos and how the effects can make such a big difference.
When it came to creating my ancillary texts, a lot of research and planning was put into the process to ensure that my texts would look the best I could make them, but would also conform and appeal to the right target audience. While creating the panels on my digi-pack and my album poster, I decided to screenshot the steps I went through to get the outcome I wanted - however, the process I have gone through only presents what I did to achieve my first full draft which I have presented in a previous post, so this will not be my final texts, but also I haven't presented all of the different features I tried out to eventually reach these two drafts. Nonetheless, I have did save these drafts as different documents, so I have been able to present some of the features I tried out before I eventually decided I wanted to go with the features I used in my final first draft. Below you will be able to see the process' I have gone through to get the outcome I wanted for each of the panels on the digi-pack and also for the album poster:
Front Cover
The very first thing I decided to work on when it came to my ancillary texts was the front cover for the digi-pack. There were an array of photos I had taken from my photo shoot which I could have used for the front cover, but below you are able to see the image I actually decided to use. Also, you are able to see that I have presented a before and after image for the front cover where you can see that there is quite a massive change - especially in terms of colour. Below these images I have presented the process I went through to get the outcome for this after image, but also I have demonstrated some of the various other features I tried out before I decided that I wanted my front cover to look like the image I have presented below.
Here is the process I went through to get the outcome of the image I have presented above:
Back Cover
The next panel I decided to begin editing was the back cover, I personally think that this is the panel that took me the longest to create due to the fact that there are a lot more conventional features that needed to be placed on the back cover, but also I needed to ensure that the colour of the image itself and also the colour of Laura was similar to what has been presented on the front cover. Again, below you are able to see the before and after of the image I decided to use for the back cover, where again the majority of the change is in the colour. Nonetheless, I was able to get the outcome I wanted and below these images I have again presented the process I went through to get this image to look this way, but also, I presented the different drafts I went through before I got to this final piece.
Here is the editing process I went through to ensure my back cover looked the way I wanted it:
Inside Right
Similar to when creating the back cover, I did find editing the inside panel challenging and this was again due to the fact that it was hard to get the background colour and also the colour of Laura to look the same as in the front and back cover of the digi-pack - getting the background colour the same was not so hard, but it was mainly the colour of Laura due to the fact that in each of the photos I have used, Laura is under different lighting, so I had to add different effects to each of the images to ensure they looked the same colour to create continuity across the whole of the digi-pack. Below, you are able to see the before and after of the image I decided to use for the inside right panel, but underneath that, you are able to see the process I went through to get this outcome and also the different drafts I came across before I actually decided that I wanted the image I have presented below to be my final first draft image.
Here is the process I went through to get the outcome of the image I have presented above:
Inside Left
Although Laura doesn't appear in the inside left panel, I still found it quite difficult to edit in relation to the colour and this is due to the fact that the top half of the image is brighter than the bottom half, so it meant that I essentially had to split the image in half in order to make the whole of the image look the same colour. Again, I have presented the before and after image below and you are able to see that I was not able to get the bottom and top half of the image to have exactly the same colour - nonetheless, I was able to get it as close as I could to make it fit in with the digi-pack and also look appealing towards the target audience. Underneath these two image, you will again be able to see the process I went through to get this outcome, but also you are able to see various drafts I came across before creating my final first draft piece.
Here is the process I went through to get my final first draft piece for the inside left panel:
Disk 1
When it came to creating my first CD, there wasn't really a before and after process as all I decided to do was get a disk template from Google Images and then just create my first disk from there, where I would add all of the conventional features that I feel would be necessary. On top of that, when it came to using images for my first disk, I didn't use any of my own images and decided just to get designs again from Google Images as it went with my digi-pack more and I personally think it is more appealing. Nonetheless, I have again demonstrated the process I went through to get the outcome I wanted for the first disk, but have also presented the different drafts I created before I decided that I wanted this CD I to look the way I have created it to look.
Here is the process I went through to get the first disk to look the way I wanted it to look:
Disk 2
Similar to the first disk, when it came to creating this second disk there was essentially no before and after process due to the fact that I just decided to get a disk template from Google Images and then decided to create my second disk from there. When adding conventional features to this second disk I essentially just copied the majority of the features that have been used on the first CD onto this one as most of the same conventional features needed to be used which included the artist and album name, some of the logos and even the background image which I just decided to change the brightness of to enable the audience to be able to tell the difference between both of the disks. Nonetheless, I did also add different conventional features as I will need the audience to be able to tell the difference between the disks as the first disk includes all of the music as it is a CD - whereas, this second disk includes videos and instead is a DVD. Again, below I have presented the process I went through to get the outcome I wanted for this disk, but also have demonstrated the different drafts I created before I actually got the outcome for the second disk I have created.
Here is the process I went through to get the outcome I wanted for this second disk:
Spines
Creating the spines was probably the quickest and easiest part of the digi-pack and this was due to the fact that when it came to creating them, I had already edited the rest of the panels, so I already had the images edited in the way I wanted them to be, but also I had the fonts I wanted, so I was essentially just able to copy and paste the features from one of the panels onto the spines. Again, there is not a before and after process for the spines and this is due to the fact that when I constructed them, all I did was create a new document and then I just added conventional features from the other panels onto the spines which was beneficial as it enabled me to create continuity across the whole of the digi-pack. Even though this was all I did to create the spines, I still decided to create a slideshow which presents the process I went through to create these spines. When creating the other panels, I did create various drafts before I actually got the outcome I wanted - however, when it came to creating the spines I didn't actually make different drafts and instead ended up creating these spine straight away and I think this was due to the fact that there minimum information on these spines, but also due to the fact that they were the last features I created on the digi-pack, so I had already created the rest of the digi-pack in the way I wanted it.
Here is the process I went through to create the spines I have presented in the image above:
Album Poster
Creating the album poster was actually quite easy and this was due to the fact that I had already created my first draft for my digi-pack, so I essentially just needed to use the same features that I used in my digi-pack to ensure that continuity would be created across both the digi-pack and the album poster. In this poster you are able to see that I have used the album cover, which is what made the creation of this poster easy for me as I just had to insert this image and then add any conventional features that are usually seen on an album poster. Again, there is not a before and after image for this poster due to the fact that there was no before image that had been used and again I essentially just copied the features that had previously been used on my digi-pack. Nonetheless, there were some conventional features which I did create from scratch which again can be seen in the slideshow I have demonstrated below which presents the process I went through to create this final album poster, but also I have presented the different drafts I actually created before I constructed this final first draft album poster.
Here is the process I went through to create the album poster which I have presented in the image above:
Drafts
As I have previously said, when I was creating my digi-pack and album poster I did try out a range of different features to see what would suit the texts the most and in the process' I have presented above you are not able to see the features I tried out as I have just shown the process I went through to create the final first drafts - nonetheless, below I have constructed a presentation which includes some of the drafts I created before I managed to get the final first draft designs which have been presented under the headings above. In the images I have demonstrated in this presentation, you are able to see that the panels and the poster are not complete and this is due to the fact that at the time of creating these I was just trying out different features to see if anything would be suitable for the texts and was not expecting to get a final piece at the time.
Here is the presentation which includes some of the drafts I had created:
Underneath you will be able to see the first draft for my digi-pack and album poster. I have essentially finished both of these texts - however, I will just need to adjust a few things to ensure that I can make the texts as perfect as possible. The main feature I will need to look at are the two discs that are presented in the digi-pack as at the moment, they have no background and are just disks, so I will need to add a background to ensure that my digi-pack is complete. Other than that, my texts are essentially finished and once I have received some feedback on the texts, I will then be able to make any changes that I feel are necessary. As the images featured in the digi-pack below my be hard to see, I have presented a slideshare presentation underneath which includes all of these images which are larger and clearer for you to look at in more depth.
Here are the first drafts for my two ancillary texts:
Digi-pack
Album Poster
Here is the slideshare presentation which includes the panels from my digi-pack:
When it comes to creating my track list for my artists digi-pack, I do have the option just the copy all of the songs that appear on the album which I got the song I used for my music video and in my case it would mean that I would use all of the tracks off of the album called 'Goodbye Lullaby' by Avril Lavigne as this is the album that 'Not Enough' was taken from. However, I have decided that I would rather choose tracks from different artists to put onto my artists digi-pack and this just enables me to be more creative, but also enables me to keep a continuous theme going across the album and music video as I am able to choose the songs that I want to appear on the album. For example, if I had a music video that was really happy and cheerful, then it is more likely to have various happy and cheerful songs on the album with the exception of some sadder songs. Nonetheless, I now have the ability to choose which songs I would like to appear on the digi-pack and the audience will be able to get a feel for the album just by seeing what the names of the songs are to understand what they may be about.
All of the songs I have decided to use are from Pop Punk/Rock artists which I think ties in nicely with my artists genre. As I have chosen tracks from this genre it means that I own them all myself on my iTunes as this is the generally the genre of music I listen to myself. So below you are able to see the songs I have decided to use on my artists digi-pack, but you are also able to see who the original artist of each of the tracks are (the track I have decided to use is the one that has been selected in each image):
When researching about Pop Punk digi-pack, I noticed that the track listing generally ranges from 11 tracks to 16 tracks and can occasionally go to 20 tracks, but this is quite rare. Overall, I have decided to include 11 different tracks on my artists digi-pack, I have only presented 10 images of different tracks above because the other track I will be including on the album will be the actual song that I have used in my music video which again is called 'Not Enough' by 'Avril Lavigne'. When deciding which tracks to include on my artists digi-pack, all I wanted to do was create a theme of love and heartbreak because obviously the 'Not Enough' music video is about not getting enough in the relationship, so I wanted all of the songs I selected to be part of this theme, but also this is a popular theme in music and is appealing towards audiences, so hopefully it will entice more individuals who may possibly begin to like listening to my artist and will become a fan of her. The images I have presented above have just been demonstrated in a chronological order, but the order I would like to have my track listing in is:
1. Always
2. The First One
3. Not Enough
4. See Me Smiling
5. Alone Together
6. A Daydream Away
7. Everybody Hurts
8. Back To Me
9. Fall To Pieces
10. The Hurt Is Gone
11. Happy Endings
By looking at the order I have put this track list in, you can actually see that there is a meaning to it as at the beginning of the track list the songs are essentially about heartbreak and wanting to get someone back - however, as the track listing gets closer to the end, you are able to see that the songs are more about how the pain of the relationship has gone and how the person is now over it which I think is a meaningful feature and enables the audience to understand who my artist is as a person a bit before they actually even listen to her songs. Overall, I think that all of the songs I have chosen will help represent my artist in the way I want them to be represented and will hopefully entice audiences to my artist where they will want to know more about her.
As I am about to begin creating my digi-pack for my artist, I know that I will have to think about the record label she will be signed to. I have the opportunity to create my own record label which my artist could possibly be signed to - however, I have decided not to create my own as I do not have enough time to be creating new features for a new record label as I still have to spend a lot of time editing my music video and also creating the digi-pack and poster. Due to this, I have decided to sign my artist to an already existing record label and at this time I am unsure on whether that record label will be a major label or an independent label - nonetheless, I have done some research on record labels and have found five different labels which my artist could possibly be signed to and have gone into more detail about them below.
Here are the five record labels I have considered my artist being signed to:
I decided to look at all of these record labels because they are all similar in the sense that they all have artists that are signed to them that are from the Pop Punk genre or even just the Punk genre and because of this, I thought that it would be a good idea to sign my artist to one of these record labels. When thinking about which label I could sign my artist to, I firstly decided to do some brief research on each record label and underneath you are able to see that I have created a slideshow and in this you are able to see that I have taken a print screen of the Wikipedia page for each of these record labels, but also I have taken a print screen of the existing artists that are signed to these labels which I think will hopefully help me decide which record label I would like to sign my artist to.
Here is the slideshow I created:
After looking at these five record labels in some detail, I eventually decided which record label I would to sign my artist to. The record label I have decided to sign my artist to is 'Hopeless Records'. There are a range of different reasons to why I chose this record label over the other ones I had looked at, but the main reason was due to the fact that I personally already know what this record label is like and what they are able to do for an artist. From the images I have presented below you are able to see that 'Hopeless Records' is an independent record label that was founded in 1993 by Louis Posen and is situated in California. Making my artist part of an independent record label could possibly mean that my artist doesn't gain as large of an audience than they could if they were with a major label - however, this record label is specific to the genres; Punk Rock, Pop Punk, Alternative Rock and occasionally Heavy Metal - this means that people who are fans of this these genres will most likely know about this record label, so when someone in the audience may look at something in relation to Hopeless Records, they may see something about my artist and then begin to become a fan of her. This means that my artist will gain a larger mass audience in relation to people who like the Pop Punk genre, rather than individuals who may only sometimes listen to it. Nonetheless, this does not mean to say that other audiences will not notice my artist because she is signed to an independent label because they hopefully will and will also enjoy her music and help her gain a larger mass audience.
In the image I have presented above, you are able to see that 'Hopeless Records' has its own subsidiary label which is known as 'Sub City Records' and both of these labels combined have produced an annual tour called 'Take Action Tour' which includes all of the artists that are signed to the record label, but also once this tour is over, the record labels then release a CD which includes all of the artists that played on the tour during a certain year, so this means that even when my artist is just beginning her career, she will be able to go straight on tour and get noticed. This is another beneficial feature for my artist as it means she will be able to become more well known by touring as people will see her play live and will hopefully enjoy what she does, but also once the CD is released, more people will hear her songs, even people who may not particularly like the genre and hopefully this will help her gain a larger mass audience and become more well known and popular. Nowadays the Pop Punk genre is not always that popular and people are more into Pop music than anything, so the best thing is to be able to get my artist seen as much as I can to get people to notice her, but also it is more strategic to persuade people that already like the Pop Punk genre to listen to her rather than someone who may not really like the genre or may only listen to it from time to time.
In the image I have shown above you are able to see the current artists that are still signed to 'Hopeless Records' at this time. Personally I know the majority of these artists due to the fact that I listen to the genre of music that this record label usually signs. Nonetheless, all of these artists are well known in relation to the genres they are part of and if you ever saw someone that liked this genre of music then they would most likely know the majority of the artists that have been listed as they are well known. On top of that, there is a general style for the record labels logo - however, sometimes it varies when presented to the audience, so when it comes to me adding the record label to my artists digi-pack I will need to think about which logo is best to use. Above you are able to see that I have presented two of the different types of logos that this record label use which could be used on my artists digi-pack.
When it came to planning the best time to film all the shots I needed for my music video you are able to see on a post called 'Production Plan' that I had communicated with Laura to see when we would be able to film for the video and this was the exact same thing I did when wanting to do this photography shoot. In the images below you are able to see the texts me and Laura sent to each other to see when we would be able to do this photography day and because of the fact that we have a lot of the same frees together, I knew what days would probably suit us both the best. The messages I have presented below were sent on Tuesday 23rd January and this means that two days later was the actual day we decided to do this photography shoot. Below are the screenshots from my conversation with my actor, which you can look at in more detail:
Equipment
As I had already been out to this location quite a few times before to get all of the shots I needed for my music video, I essentially already knew what equipment I would need to take with me as I had been through this process plenty of times before. In the image below you are able to see that the only equipment I needed for this photography shoot included; a Canon EOS 1300D camera and an 8 Gigabyte sand disk (SD) card. This is all I needed when taking photos in this location because like I said, all I would be doing is taking images so I wouldn't need a tripod to keep the camera steady as I would be holding it to take them, so all I needed was a camera and an SD card to save it all onto. I was originally going to take the drawn drafts I had created for the digi-pack and the album cover - however, there were only 7 different images on the draft, so I could easily remember what I wanted to take, but if I did forget then luckily I had taken an image of the drafts on my phone, so I would have always been able to look at the images if I needed to. Nonetheless, I wasn't planning on taking only 7 photos and wanted to take more so when it comes to creating my products I would be able to choose from a wide range of different images and decide which ones would be the best to use in my products. When taking these images I did turn off the camera between every shot again due to the fact that the first time I tried to film for my music video, I kept the camera turned on for the whole time and it ran out of charge quite quickly - so I needed to ensure that I would save charge and would be able to get all of the shots I needed. Overall, I had all of the equipment I needed to ensure I got the outcome I wanted.
On The Day
As I would be taking these images outside, I again needed to ensure that I knew what the weather was going to be like to make sure that I actually would be able to take the images I need. When taking the images on this day, both me and Laura actually left college at the beginning of lunch (12:40pm) which meant that we actually starting taking photographs at around 1:15pm and managed to finished by 2:20pm which gave us just about an hour to get all of the photographs we needed. In the image I have presented below on the left hand side, you are able to see that I screenshotted this on the morning of this day and I did this as I wanted to see what the weather was going to be like throughout the day and how it would be when we eventually went out to take the photographs. In this image you are able to see that it was quite cloudy at the time, but then a bit later on the sun was partially going to come out. However, I think the cloudy sky would be beneficial for my photo shoot as my music video itself is supposed to be quite dark, so having a dark digi-pack and album poster will create continuity and make the products look more appealing. Once we had actually got to the Country Park and we were 15 minutes into taking photographs I decided to take another screen shot of the weather and in the image I have presented below on the right hand side, you are able to see that the weather had actually stayed the say as when I had taken the screen shot in the morning and again I think this was a beneficial thing as this gloomy and cloudy weather will make my product look quite dark which is basically what I want in a way. The only problem with the weather was how cold it was and this meant that we were going to have to stay as warm as we could when taking the photographs, but especially Laura as she would only be wearing a small and thin amount of clothing for the photo shoot.
Once we had finished with this photo shoot, we then went back to college to go to our last lesson and after this I then went home and once I got there I went straight onto my computer and saved all of the photographs I took on this day onto it to ensure that they would be in a safe place and that I wouldn't lose them when I need them to begin creating my digi-pack and album poster. In the image below you are able to see that I put all of the photographs I had taken in a folder called 'Photoshoot' which contained 198 items and this was to ensure that when I actually would need to use these images from this day I would know exactly where they are and won't have to spend a long time going through my computer to find them.
Underneath you will be able to see that I have created a presentation to demonstrate all of the different images that I took while shooting in this location. When taking these images I did take a lot of random ones and this was due to the fact that I wanted to try out different things and I may end up using some of the images in my final product that were originally just random. Nonetheless, here are all of the images I took while taking photographs on this day:
In this presentation you are able to see a wide variety of different images have been taken and more importantly they have all been taken in the forest which again is the main location that the music video is set in, so continuity has been created already. In some of these images you are able to see that Laura is wearing her white coat and this was due to the fact that I wanted to take some practice images before I actually took the real ones and I said to Laura that she would be able to keep her coat on and stay warm while I just do some practice shots. On top of that, you are able to see that Laura is wearing different clothes to what was worn in the music video and this is due to the fact that I do not want to digi-pack cover to relate just to the music video as this song just appears on the album and it is not as if this digi-pack is a single because if it was then it would be more understandable as to why Laura would be wearing the same clothes as in the music video. Nonetheless, the clothes that she is wearing is still conventional of the Pop Punk genre, but also helps present her style and identity to the audience. Overall, I am happy with all of the photographs I managed to get on this day and I am now ready to start creating my digi-pack and album poster.
Here are some of my favourite photographs that I took on this day:
Before actually going out and taking photographs for my digi-pack and album poster, I decided to create some drawn drafts to give me some ideas in relation to what I would like my ancillary text to look like, but also it will be easier for me as I will be able to know what type of images I want to take when actually going out to take the images. In these drawn drafts I have essentially drawn what I would like to occur in the images, but I have also briefly annotated them to present to you what I would like to be happening in these images. As I previously said, the images I have drawn on these drafts are essentially just guidelines, so when it actually comes to doing this photo shoot I may take images that look different to what has been presented on the drafts - however, I basically know what I want my ancillary texts to look like as they will include photos that have been taken at the Humber Bridge Country Park as by taking them in this location it will help create continuity between my texts as this is the location that the majority of my music video has been filmed in.
Here are the drawn drafts I have created for my ancillary text:
