Collage of photographs collected from our digipack photoshoot:

Digipak Alternative Ideas

After thinking really hard about the cover, I had come to a conclusion that the entire format and layout was more of a form of poster. I decided that whatever that could be done to the image would still not change the overall look of it. Therefore, I decided to re-start the entire front cover.

Digpak Front Cover in Progress

I decided that I could maybe alter the aesthetics by changing the background of the cover to enhance the artist more and to draw the audience into the cover. I did this by changing the colour of the top and adjusting the levels of the colour. I decided to change the font which could match the theme of the image.

Rough Idea of our Digipak Front cover

This was our rough version of the album front cover. However, I decided that it was too similar to a standardized photo shoot. It was far too plain to consider having as a digipak front cover.

Rough Cut of Hate This Part

Above is the rough edit of my music video, Hate This Part. I presented this edit to my peers to see what they thought about it and what could be improved when creating my final video. Below is the feedback which was given by:       (KEY:- GREEN= POSITIVE FEEDBACK       ORANGE=IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE )

      Teacher and Fellow Media Students 

• Great use of the grey tints within aspects of the narrative within the video.
• Good use of washed out colours.
• Good use of cross-cutting.
• Locations were good in that it was all believeable and familiar. Casting was really good too, you and your boyfriend look good and look like a believable match.
• Good narrative within the video.
• The arrangement, timeline and narrative come together well. It is certainly well organised and put together such that is makes sense. The dancing was also very good.
• The video is really good and well made. It is well plotted and the shots were all fantastic.
• Lovely shots of London in the beginning, possibly add more to the sequence and slow down the editing.
• Within the dance sequences add more shots by cutting quicker and re-framing the sequence on final cut.
• Some aspects of the video are not synchronized effectively, clear this up.
• When the male figure is sitting outside the door add three jump cuts which eventually focus on his face.
• Add the relevant effects to the sequence.
• On Final Cut, use the pen tool to create a delayed shadow effect.
• Maybe change the colours on the dance sequence.
• Try and get rid of the sunlight within the video as it looks quite odd with the rest of the narrative.
• Try and film more shoots of close-ups of the eyes.
• Enhance the colour of the blackout shown.
• There are some crew shadows which were visable at times in the dance sequences, possibly re-frame the shot to get rid of the shadows.
•  The scene where the female is walking in the park is quite shakey. Perhaps this could be taken out  of the sequence. 

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