Filming Day 3

Today we went to film in the car to get our shots (refer to last post). However the car broke down before the cameras and started rolling. After consulting the rest of my group we decided that we should go up to London and get some shots rather than wasting a day. As this wasn't planned I had to make a plan of action up as we went along. We went straight to South Kensington as I believed that the streets of white houses would be an ideal backdrop for the clips as it played in to the sense of celebrity-like status and Success that we want to portray the lead singer having. We filmed Barney singing each verse and chorus in a different location to keep the footage looking fresh. I also shot some still images on a film camera to portray the sense of retro-ness (B&W) however they didn't develop so I got nothing. Luckily I had shot some images on a digital camera as well so they can be used on the website.

Some Screenshots from the days filming:

Prep for Sunday Shoot

On Sunday we plan to shoot some scenes in a 50's convertible car. We hadn't originally planned this but the opportunity rose to use the car so we took it. We want to shoot some clips of Barney (Our lead singer) singing the lyrics in a relaxed and laid back manor. We will record barney singing the whole song a few times trying different backdrops and trying different angles. This way we can ensure that we have a good selection of clips to choose from.

Here is a similar car to the one we will be using.

Call sheet for shoot 3

Digi-Pak Analysis

In this post I am going to analyse some Digi-Paks that I already own. Unfortunately I could not find any Digi-Paks that were made for a Rock band like our own so I will not be analysing the imagery and styling so much, I will be looking more at the layout.
Below is J Dilla's Donuts album. I wanted to look into this as this is probably the layout that is closest to what I want to do.

Front Cover: Simple, Title and artists name is clear. One large image covers the whole panel

Spare Panel: Minimal design, one small image in the bottom right, small print in top right

Inside panels: One graphic runs across all 3 panels

Back Panel: Similar to the spare panel, small image on the bottom left fills the empty space, whilst the track-list takes up the left side. Record label logo in top right.

I really like this Digi-Pak. Its minimal design with the theme of Donuts running throughout makes for a really consistent package.

Below is some more images of the rear covers of some Digi-Paks that I could use as inspiration. One thing I can immediately see from these examples is that the writing doesn't take up much space at all. The majority of the panel is filled up with imagery 

Filming Day 1 - Test Shot

Positives:
Lens flare is very appealing
High contrast looks good

Negatives:
Way too shaky
Barney looks nervous

Filming Day 1

On our first day of filming we practiced some shots that we could possibly use in our actual video. Due to the fact that the Attenborough Hall was in use we had to use the large drama studio. The shots we achieved were insightful and have helped us get an idea for how we could shoot it next time. During filming we only focused on Barney as in the actual thing we want to get a mix of band shots and solo shots of just Barney.

Below are some screenshots of the filming:

And some test still images: