Performance Location Scouting

After I lost a lot of my footage, I, along with my teacher, decided that I would add some performance footage to piece my clips together.
I went location scouting around the campus, and found some locations where I think would be very effective for a performance.

I used one of my classmates as a 'model' to see what it will look like when I film for real.

I started with the main hall, where I tested out different angles and shots to see which ones I could use, and which would look good alongside the others clips in my video.

 

I love this angle, and might use it for a shot or two.

I took this shot from a chair in the hall, and I like the angle; it looks as if he's being filmed by someone in the audience of a gig, which I think I will use.

These last 3 shots are something that I have used throughout my clips, and shows the contrast between a white and black background, and I think they would even better in black and white. When I do this for real, I will consider covering the walls with either white or black paper or card, if the room I took these photos in are busy.

 

There is another location where I will shoot a performance clip but haven't taken pictures of, are the music rooms. There is a small 'studio' type room in which I can film, and I will have access to a microphone and a microphone stand, which will make it look even more professional.

 

I will update this post when I have someone to be the lead singer, and I will take pictures from the shoot to add to my blog.

Recovered Music Video

As stated in my last post, this is the recovered footage I have after iMovie crashed. I have tried to edit the bits I remembered I previously edited, so there are a few changes from the last rough cut I uploaded.


23rd feb music video from Amy Washbourne on Vimeo.

Explanation of iMovie Problems

As I said in my previous posts, I have had some serious problems with iMovie over the past week.

When I was trying to render my video to upload it onto my blog on Friday night, iMovie crashed and wouldn't let me fully access my video until the following Thursday. I notified my teacher, who I kept updated about the problems.
After finally being able to open the video, I realized that all of my footage and editing from the previous week or so had been wiped.

I have all of the editing and footage from the last rough cut I uploaded, plus a few extra bits I had made adjustments to. The things I am missing, however, is all of the footage I had filmed after this, including around 20/25 seconds of short clips which I had pieced together for the instrumental section of the song.

I have talked to my teacher about what to do now, and we have agreed that I will upload onto my blog tonight what is left of my video, and we will come up with an action plan afterwards.

I will keep updating my blog with what we decide to do next, and what we decide after my teacher sees the video I upload tonight.

Updated Magazine Advert

After reading the comment left by my teacher, I have added the information about a vinyl edition of the album onto the advert (see below).

CD Spine Research

Below is some research I have done into the spine on CDs. The common features I found on nearly all of the spines are:

• Band Name
• Album Title
• Catalogue Number
• Record Label Name / Logo

 

 
 

And, below, is the spine I have designed for my CD.

I put the logo for the record label in the top left hand corner because I wanted to space out the writing and images on the spine, so it made sense to have it in the corner.
I placed the name of the band in the center of the spine so it will catch people's attention when they're browsing. Also, it is a self-titled album, so 'Little Gone Life' is the name of the band but also the name of the album, but I didn't want to write it twice as I want the spine to look as simple as possible, which is why I kept the writing to the minimum.
The third and last thing on my CD spine is the catalogue number, which is on every CD spine. I used the font that I have used throughout my CD booklet and print products to keep continuity.

I have added this to my digipack design (see below).

iMovie Update

iMovie has just allowed me to access my files again, but I have lost all of my editing from the other week when I last had access to it.
I will work over the next few days to get the editing finished, but I may have to film some little bits as I think some of my footage has disappeared aswell.

But I will keep my blog updated with where I am by the weekend.

iMovie Problems

Whilst I was editing my footage on Friday night, iMovie crashed and it hasn't let me use it since.
I am still trying to fix it and hopefully it will be working soon, but I will keep my blog updated.

Music Video Update

As the deadline for the music video is on Friday, I thought I would update my blog with where I am on the editing side of things.


I still have a few shots I need to film, which I will have to do on Thursday night as it is the only night my actor is free, and so I should hopefully get the rest of the footage filmed in one night.
Which just leaves my editing. I am tidying up the editing on the footage I have so far, but I will also have to edit the footage I get filmed on Thursday night.


So, if things go to planned, I should hopefully have my final video finished and uploaded on either Friday night or Saturday, but I will make a post on Thursday/Friday with where I am up to.

CD Case / Digipack Template

After the design of my album booklet, I found a template online for the actual booklet which will go inside of the CD case. I have edited the template so I can see what it would look like:

For the 'inside right', I have made the CD black, which will fit with the theme of the rest of the CD cover. The logo is on the CD as it is on the other three pages, so, again, I added this to keep the continuity, but also because I took inspiration from Arctic Monkeys' 'AM' CD (see below). The logo on the CD makes it instantly recognizable, and this is what I want for my CD.

The front and back cover are the same as on my previous posts, and these will appear in the album booklet, which will be on the inside left.
For the inside left of my CD case, is a 'French fry box' style pocket. This is black and with only the band's logo on the front. Inside of this pocket will be the album booklet (see previous post). This is an original idea, and I haven't seen any other CDs with this design on it, so it will make my CD unique and intriguing, making people more likely to purchase the actual CD, rather than the digital version.

I have thought about designing a spine for my CD case, and I will make a post soon with some research into what goes on a CD spine, and a design for a spine for my CD case.

Vinyl Sleeve Research

Below is a Prezi Presentation for research I have done on Vinyl Sleeves.
I looked at the vinyl sleeves for Arctic Monkeys, The Neighbourhood, and The XX, and have also added my designs for the vinyl sleeves of my band, Little Gone Life.
I chose these 3 bands because their designs were simple yet recognisable to the audience, and they link to their other print products and music videos, keeping the continuity throughout their media; they all inspired the design of my vinyl sleeve in some way.