CD/DVD Cover

ive altered my original 4 panel cd cover and added more photos of the band to a new template now with 6 pannels.I used the same colours and tones of cream, blue,and brown on all panels so the cd is cohesive. The Cd and Dvd will fit in the top 2 panels on the left. On one ive chosen colours and patterns to match my first poster. Ive included the(all important) moths and also the umbrella which is the first object you see between the transtition of the collage and real life imagery. On the inside cover the band members George, Kirsty and Ross have been cut and pasted in from the photos using photoshop.These were photos we took whilst shooting of the band dancing around having fun. They came in handy after all! Beneath their pictures there is a thank you message to friends family and fans, like a real cd.

Final tweaks

From listening to feedback,we've used On final cut pro we to change the contrast on the beginning and end shot, and it does look better. We've also managed to create a split screen of the two which we couldn't do on I-movie.

feedback

weve screened our video and overall most people liked it and looked like it took a lot of time to make.
it was said that maybe the footage of george went on too long so we can see what to do with that.
The beginning and ending shots don't particualrly look profesionnal so it was suggested that we could adjust the colour and contrast so everything looks sleeker and less like a drama classroom.
There were also a couple of errors where a "media offline" message popped up, so we have to make sure that its taken out.

Back from half term music video completed

During the last week before we broke up,we finally finished the last parts of our video that seemed to take forever to do! A split screen has been used for the beginning and end as planned. It doesnt look brilliant, but i think it still works ok.
Now everyones going to screen their music videos to the rest of the class, to get some audience feedback, so once everyone has commented i can document what they thought on here.

Poster

as were far into the project now i understand who the band our and what they're about. I wanted to do my digipack seperate to hannah because i have the freedom to do whatever i like and in my own time. I spent some time doing my poster choosing the right colours, layering, playing around with pictures of the band because i just love photoshop :) I ensured i had the title of the cd, the band, the release date and some featured songs on the album. I also added their record label, Island Records, and a recommendation from NME, for further promotion.

My CD Cover :)

This is the album for The crimson Cucumbers. Fortunatly, most of the music video is photo animated so i had a couple of hundred photographs to choose from! I think its important that the band appear on the front in "cut out" filter style which is used in the video. The audience will see the band members and also be reminded of their newest release. Ive included two video stills of the protagonist James, looking out onto the river thames and also walking along the southbank to give a sense of location as The cucumbers are a london band. I later discovered that the album cover needs space for 2 disks- the cd and the dvd. So ill go onto doing that now...

damn silhouettes...

In total annoyance, the footage of Ross, George, and Kirsty was partly filmed length ways to get fit their whole bodys in a portrait position, but once uploaded it meant that they were flipped 270 degrees so they are standing on the left side of the screen :(

so that meant only parts where they were upright could be used. Trying to find a silhouette effect wasnt easy and we are still not totally convinced with what we've chosen. An effect called "edges" on i-movie whereby the outlines of a chosen subject glows and everything else is blackout. It worked in the way that their mouths are obscured )because they werent singing the correct lyrics) but doesnt look brilliant.
So we probably will be doing this again and hopefully get an actualy silhouette by placing the light behind their faces or creating shadows. We need clear wall, a dark room and a big light! (and help from George Ross and kirsty :P)