Amelia Gilbert A2 Blog

Ancillary task 1  front and back cover These are the final outcomes for our digipak. The front cover shows a photograph of the two girls standing on a bridge.  We have decided to keep the front cover quite simple and only display the artist's name above the album title.  The back cover is a photograph of the trees within the image of the two girls. We then added another image showing a river to overlay. I changed the opacity within this image so you could see the image of the trees underneath.  We have also used the same font for the titles on our digipak and the video poster. This is because we want to keep our merchandise consistent.  Inside covers with CD This is what we imagine the CD to look like if it was to be taken out of the album panel. The chosen image works very well for this as the trees really stand out against the bright mustard yellow background.  Inside covers  This is the inside cover of...

THE FEEDBACK FROM OUR ROUGH CUT:  For this post, I showed the rough cut of our music video to friends and family to see what their opinions were on it and whether they had any advice on what we could do to change it/ make it better.  I showed my dad first because I feel as though I should ask a range of different age groups to see whether they can understand the filming and to see what they like compared to younger/older generations. Dad - He said that the filming was "very natural" and "didn't look staged". This was something that we were concerned about because it can affect the video if it doesn’t look natural. He understood that the relationship between the two girls were sister’s due to how the old photograph was shown in the music video. He stated that it was a good idea we put that shot in because it makes it tell a story (from his words). Mum – I showed my mum the rough cut of our music video and her reaction was the opposi...

ROUGH CUT  Here is our music video rough cut for The Strokes - 'I'll try anything Once':  HERE .

POST FILMING VIDEO DIARY POST FILMING DIARY This is our Post-Filming Diary. So, before going into each shoot, we had a clear understanding through planning, mind maps and general organisation of what we were going to do. We played to our strengths of what each of us were going to organise, meaning we all had responsibilities, so we could get the best possible outcome. We also planned our shoots according to the weather, dates and times and each other’s lives. We took it into consideration that we all have to fit in around each other. To begin with, we also thought the most efficient way to get all the filming done to our highest standard possible was to have three shoots; 1. daylight outside shots 2. daylight inside shots and 3. night time shots. For this to happen we had to plan ahead, looking at the weather, outfits, and props before so that each day went smoothly. I think one we thing we did really well was work as a team seeing as nobody was doing more than anothe...

IMAGES FROM SET WHILE FILMING The images below are a mix of photos that were shot whilst filming and still images of our characters on all three of our shoots at a mix of the locations and settings we used.  LR

FINAL SONG CHOICE What artist are we using and which song? We are using the song 'I'll try anything once" - The Strokes. We think the song will go really well with our concept because even though our idea has a happy feeling, the sombre tone of the song will almost juxtapose the video. This hopefully will be successful in challenging the normal forms conventions of music videos.  BELOW ARE SOME MORE THEIR MUSIC VIDEOS: When “Last Nite,” the second single off the band’s 2001 debut  Is This It  dropped, it signaled a sea change in music. With pop-punk slipping into irrelevance and rap metal sliding into self-parody, rock fans were hungry for something new. That something was The Strokes and many garage rock revival bands that rose to prominence in their wake. The band’s first proper music video, the Roman Coppola directed “Last Nite” captures everything that made the band an early 21 st century sensation; their impeccable but ragged musicianship, their ...

No changes have been made to the settings outlines since the planning stage so we are working from the settings outlines below.  SETTING Are you familiar with the term 'setting'? I am familiar with the term setting and in my opinion, it means the place or type of surroundings where something is positioned or where an event takes place. So in our situation, the setting would be in a house near the beach. As that is where we are filming our music video. What settings   do you consider 'setting' using in your music video? For our video we want to portray the present day, with a variety of shots in and out of a victorian beach house located in Lowestoft, Suffolk. The season will be winter as my group and I thought this time of year would compliment our ideas. This setting revolves around the idea that  these sisters on a road trip, doing what they want, when they want, and spending time with each other. Therefore, we want to focus on little things that c...