Digipak

My chosen digipak.



This is going to be on the back of the CD cover. The colour scheme is in black and white. I chose black and white because of what i tried to capture when i creatured the texture for the background. I tried to create a feeling of a dark deep sharp place, this is reprsenting the harsh sharp rejection the boy is getting in the video. I have highlighted 'Sweet Hearts' in red, this gives the text emotion so that people can relate it too love.

The font i have used is the same as that, that can be found on the front cover of the album. I have tried to keep continuity and give a modern indie-like font which relates and connects to the target audience.

The background itself is dark and cold which people can link to the rock and indie genre.



This will be behind the CD. The idea was to show a black background with a half a broken heart on it. The broken heart represents how the main character in the video is feeling. The text is in a contract of colours sweet heart is the same colour as the heart so people can make the connection. Bigger boys is in a typical blue colour, i feel this gives it a boyish feel and the white title is a neutral white which contracts well against the background. The font of the title relates to the one on the front cover and backcovers where as the font in the middle is different to make it interesting.



This is my front cover of my design, it shows the lead signer of the band in the centre piece. I have added a scope effect to show people looking into him, hopefully creating interest and desire to know more.

I have used bright colours and funky fonts for the album front to contrast the black background.

Filming techniques

It's time to start filming and today in my lessons i've been learning about different techiques to give great effects.

The first technique i learnt about was how to alter 'Depth Of Field'. This alters what is in focus in the shot. It emphasizes certain subjects in the shot which will be great when filming my narrative. Essentially there are two types of Depth Of Field, Wide DoF, which focus's more on the background and Narrow Dof which focus's on a main theme in the shot. So moving from a Wide to a Narrow DoF it outlines what im going to focus on, i feel this will work best in crowds of people.

Depth of Field:

To start filming i will need to follow this procedure to make sure the camera is on all the right settings.

- The camera must be set to manual [P] on a XM2 camera.
- The manual/focus has to be turned on, and this will appear on the screen.
- White Balance: this needs to be set to either natural or artificial light depending on where iam are filming.
- Exposure: Shutter Speed: slow right down 1/50.
- Aperture: opened up as far as it can go.
- Gain: can be adjusted to brighten and contrast the footage.

Equipment i will need:
Camera
Tripod
Clapperboard - useful for making shooting and editting easier.
Lighting - When filming outside i will use something with a high albedo, it must be reflective otherwise i wont give off any light.

To get a feel for this and to get some shots, i went out with a group of students from my class to start filming some depth of field shots.

My first shot was of the clapperboard so that i became used to using one before every shot and to help me during editting. Here is the shot of a clapperboard.



For a long time we spent adjusting camera settings and moving the models around in the shot to try and capture a good example of narrow and wide depth of field. After a while we realised that it is critical we get the correct distance and angle of the shot so that we're able to use the pull tool efficently. Here is two camera shots that were unsucessful, they show what is is not ment to look like and then we can compare it to successful shots.

Too much of a blur, out of focus.



Too clear in focus.



As you can see these shots we're useless. After lots of practice and time spent into fixing the shots we altered the pull and changed the settings to use the camera effectivley and the results were great we got two good shots.