Digipaks :D

For one of my ancillary tasks I have to make a Digipak for the band.
Digipak is a patented style of compact disc or DVD packaging, and is a registered trademark of AGI Media, a MeadWestvaco, Inc. resource, which acquired the original trademark holder, IMPAC Group, Inc., in 2000. MeadWestvaco licensed the name and designs to manufacturers around the world.

Digipaks typically consist of a gatefold (book-style) paperboard or card stock outer binding, with one or more plastic trays capable of holding a CD or DVD attached to the inside. Digipak-style packaging is often used for CD singles or special editions of CD albums and the tall DVD Digipak (DVDigipak) is used as a premium package for DVDs and DVD sets.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digipak

Final Music Promo Video

This is my final cut for my music video. I will get some feedback from my tageted audeience and write about this in my evaluation.

Fly for a fly final cut from rosie-beth hickling on Vimeo.

Animation

I've now got round to doing my two pieces of animation of Yasmin's hands. I'm using 'I can animate' which is a piece of software which allows me to plug the video camera into the Mac and take still shots with it. The first shoot was of Yasmin writing the word 'Love' onto a piece of paper this took a while as it was hard making the writing look good. The second shoot was of her hands making a heart shape break in half. The animation was done quite easily and I then transferred it into iMovie were I edited it into my music video. This has gone well, and means that I can make up any time.

Animation from rosie-beth hickling on Vimeo.

Editing

Now that I have all my filmed footage, I'm now going to use the Apple Macs to edit it using the software iMovie.

I have run into a problem. I had started to edit all my footage, but then the Mac decided to bring back all my deleted footage. This means I need more time to start again with the cutting, which is a pain as i still have some animating to do.

Filming with couples

Original planned in my storyboard, the shots of the couples were suppose to be in the same park that I shot the bike shots. However due to lack of time I had to film in school, but I did try and film in a location with trees and benches to give the effect of a park.

I had to film three couples in various places outside. I wanted them to show a huge amount of affection for each other as I needed to show the contrast with the lonely girl on the bike. I also incorporated angle shots that I used when filming Yasmin, they were mostly a mix of long and mid shots.

Mise en scene - Bike Scenes

It was essential that I took the two main props with me when filming to Brandon Hill.

Bike

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Radio

I also had to think about how to dress my actress. As we don't see the actually band in the video, I made the girl character as a 'face' of the band. So I want her to reflect the bands image and style. I decided to give her quite an individual/city/quirky look.

Costume Inspiration:

The Makings of - Pictures

Filming with Yasmin

I have already got a location in mind for the bike riding scenes, its a park located in the middle of Bristol. Its called Brandon Hill and it over looks most of Bristols city scenes. I really wanted it to be a sunny day as thats what I had in mind while drawing out my storyboard, luckily we did it on a sunny Sunday. :) I had some interesting shots in mind and I hope I can capture them, I did really want a tracking shot of Yasmin on the bike, but it would of been impossible to make it look smooth and would probably look to amateur.

Storyboard 2 :)

I have a new storyboard which should be posted up soon. It has a mixture of real filmed footage and animation.

Inspire me?

A mood board I made with things that make me think of Penny & Pound

Change of plan!

Looking at my storyboard I wasn't sure if it was what I wanted, and after a long decision I decided not to make an animated video. I didn't think that I had the right equipment and time to make a good, professional looking animation. So I'm going to re-draw another storyboard and re- think a new narrative.

Animatic

I've made a video that shows the idea for my animated music video, the images are playing with the track 'Fly for a fly'.

Fly for a fly from rosie-beth hickling on Vimeo.

The story is based on a girl which is finding it hard to face reality; broken relationship, lonely and living in a scummy city. When a fly which is suppose to represent positivity leads her into a space ship which takes her up into space where she can escape from her harsh life and start fresh. I think that it fits in with the subject choice the band decided to write a song about.

Band Live

I've just been on YouTube and found this video of the band playing live at a local pub. :)

Lyrics

After emailing a member of the band I finally got the lyrics for 'Fly for a fly'. I'm going to look at the lyrics closely and then decide if to draw a storyboard around the lyrics or to not have a narrative a bit the the Grizzy Bear music video.

Fly for a Fly

is it comedy or tragedy as your eyes look into mine?
a feeling that we share, a feeling intertwined
and every step we make, and every breath we take
is another reason why it's not yet time to die

the cars they all take turns as they turn around the bends
the headlights shine a smile, they're already friends
but the drivers shout and stare and others watch and glare
some comentate while i just speculate

you see a tiny fly flying too near by
it's just the flick of a finger to end its little life
while the soldiers load their weapons, a war's just dragging on
it's another reason why we've got to strike them down in time

and the cities keep producing, the atmosphere grows thick
it makes me wonder why we've got to ruin it all so quick
and why the others here before us managed quite alright
but we just topped them off with the submarines and flights

this is not for you

let's bring up all the aeroplanes, let's lift them from the see
and maybe then we'll get it, we'll finally be free
from worry on our minds and thoughts kept in the past
we'll do it while we can, we'll do it while it lasts

let's try and look less deeply, we're looking way too hard
the secret's there infront of us amongst the notes and credit cards
which all of us are using, no we don't have a clue
and these aren't just my words written down for

they weren't written down for you.

I can see the references to the environmental/social problems with the lines and the cities keep producing, the atmosphere grows thick' and 'the secret's there infront of us amongst the notes and credit cards'. Also the personal references 'is it comedy or tragedy as your eyes look into mine?' and 'this is not for you'.

Research into animated music videos

I've researched into some of the bands that have inspired Penny & Pound to find out if I could get some ideas for my music video. I found two really good bands that are classed as 'folk music' and the videos to both there songs I have given me a few ideas.

I like the way they have mixed stock animation and real live footage. Using cut out people and felt animals give this video a child like/whimsical feel. I think that animation suits the slow pace/acoustic music.

I love this animation very much, its one of my favorite music videos. Its very beautifully made, with the use of stock animation with plasticine models. I also like how there isn't really a narrative structure, and there isn't a story to the video. Its almost like just letting the audience just sit a watch random pictures.

From looking at the videos I'm ready to make a storyboard.