Finished Website

Finished Website Link

To make our website look believable we added our own images, tour dates and our music video to give the website an authentic feel.

Home Page: Includes a latest news section

 Tour dates page displays upcoming gigs

 Media page includes the bands latest release, their debut album.

 In the about page there is a brief backstory of the band

 EPK page has contact details and legal details such as the record label

 Contact page has more contact details.

Final Digi-Pak design

This is our final Digi-Pak design.  Overall I am really happy with the outcome we have achieved. This design isn't entirely the same as the plan as we decided to change some elements. We stuck with the Logo on the front cover, this was one of the first decisions we made as we knew that we wanted the cover to include Bands logo as it is featured in the website and the music video. For the inside set of panels (top), I wanted to create an image like the one that I put on the plan, however due to some complications we weren't able to get hold of the lighting we needed. This resulted in having to scrap that composition and then trying something else. In the end I used the performance lights on the ceiling to isolate the band from the background. In the editing process I darkened the background even more and added a fade at the bottom of the frame to make it fade into the rest of the panel nicely. 

For the back panel I deviated from the plans slightly. Instead of having the microphone by itself I decided to use an image of Barney holding the mic looking straight down the camera. I liked this image as it makes it look like Barney is looking directly at the person looking at the Digi-Pak. I believe that this makes the Digi-Pak more personal and creates a connection between the audience and the band.

Lastly the plan for the spare panel was completely scrapped and was replaced with what you can see below (Bottom left). Taking inspiration from old Vinyl back covers I decided to add a section where the band gave their thanks to family, friends and industry people. Again I chose to do this because I believed it made the band appear to be humble and respectable.

Final Production

First Rough Draft Preview

Here is a first draft of our production. There are multiple issues that we have to fix yet but this is were we were at the time of uploading this. (Since then we have had another day of filming and have altered some of the clips)

Publicity images

At the end of Day 5 filming I shot some publicity images for our Digi-Pak and our website. I again stuck to the B&W his contrast theme that we have running across both.

Before and After:

Final Images:

Some other images from prior days filming:

Car Shoot

Yesterday we filmed some scenes in the car (mentioned earlier in the blog). Because of technical difficulties on the previous weekends we only got round to shooting these clips now. I believe that the shots we got were good and will fit in nicely with the rest of our production. Below is some screenshots and some edited stills that we got from the day.

Digi Pak rough draft

Using Photoshop I have created a first draft of what our digi pak may look like. Using images from google I laid out some images in the positions that I wanted them. For the inside panels (the top three on this image), I would like there to be a silhouetted image of the band like the one that I have taken from google for temporary use. As a group we have already decided that we want the front cover (bottom right) to remain as it is, with just the bands logo on it. For the back panel (bottom middle), We decided that we wanted to keep it minimalistic like the rest of the Digi-Pak. We will have the track listing down the left side of the panel and then have a still life image of (possibly) a microphone down the right to fill space.
Finally on the extra panel, we were going to try and create a still life image of some scrap pieces of paper that had lyrics written on them. My idea was to have elements of the bands rockstar lifestyle places within the image. We would place plectrums and other musical items in the frame, we would also have instruments protruding into the frame. The desk that the papers would sit on would be messy and cluttered. It would have a cigarette tray full of ash and finished cigarettes to symbolise the fact that the person who sits here is here very often and also to symbolise the Rock and Roll lifestyle.
There are still some things that we need to is to add all of the details and small print. This includes choosing a record label.