Advert Construction Reflection

As I have completed a first draft of my DigiPak I now felt I could work on improving my advert and use ideas from the DigiPak to use in my advert. I have now added an image of the front cover of the DigiPak and used some of the colors and fonts used in the DigiPak. Doing this has made a direct link between my ancillary tasks.

I have used Serif PagePlus on both of my ancillary tasks. Using the same computer programme to create my advert and digipak has helped me to ensure that I can keep certain things the same and therefore have this link.

Mrs D

This shows some effective ICT skills and has some good ideas. Think about how all the panes work together to promote the artist/album. Go back to your RMAs to help you.

Third session of DigiPak construction

Below is a draft of my DigiPak. I have now replaced the images on the front cover with original images I have collected of the eyes of friends and family.I wanted to make sure there were a variety of ways in which the DigiPak links to the music video. I did this by using still images taken from the music video, I also used the images of eyes on the front cover and the CD as this is a direct link with the song 'Your Eyes' which would be released as the bands single and therefore this track would be more well known by fans than some of the other tracks. From my research I discovered that track listings seem to follow a theme so it is for this reason I creating the names of my tracks with the theme of Love and missing someone, both of which are shown in my music video.

Mrs D

The draft of your music promo is very good lauren. Well done. I like the variety of shots and your framing is great. There are some lip syncing issues in the middle and lighting is problematic at times. You are in a really good position as you are now able to just improve it. Get some audience feedback too. Think about how you are going to keep the audience's attension throughout.

Second Session Of DigiPak Construction

I made the mistake of using images that weren't all orignial on the front cover of my DigiPak, so today I worked on changeing the images that arent original and swapping them for ones taken by myself of the actors in my video, family and friends.

I also copied still images from the music video to use on the digipak, I did this becase I want a direct link between all three procuts I am creating.

I also worked on the back cover of the DigiPak.

Fifth editing session

Today I worked on adding effects to my video. Doing this has helped my music video flow better and look a more professional quality. I choose to use a lot of dissolve effects and particularly the 'cross dissolve' effect, I choose to do this because I feel it helps to show that the story in the video is over a long period of time and it also helps to show that the characters are thinking about one another as I have made some shots of a character fade onto the other.

I have also used this editing time to alter the quality of some of the shots as some were a little bit too dark but I have managed to brighten them up using different editing editing techniques.

First Session Of DigiPak Construction

Today I started to construct my DigiPak. I have decided to work on one part of the DigiPak at a time to ensure that each section is up to a good enough standard before working on the next part. Today I worked on the front cover, I looked back at the DigiPak templates I created in the palling process and decided to use my first idea to cover the front cover in a collage of eyes. I choose this particular design as it will link to my chosen song 'Your Eyes' another way I have linked my DigiPak to my music video is the fact that on filming days I took a picture of each of my actors eyes and have now used those pictures in my DigiPak. 
I also referred back to my codes and conventions of a DigiPak and this showed me that frequently the album name is in a larger font than the artist, it is for this reason that I did this on the front cover of my DigiPak.

Here is where I got up to on the design of my DigiPak front cover:

Tomorrow I will work on the back cover of the DigiPak. I have already started to create the track listings and made the names of the songs along a theme as this is what I found during my research. I have decided to name the tracks about the theme of love and missing someone, I choose this particular theme as it will correspond to the narrative in my music video.