Peer assessment.

I created a word document and gave the rest of my group peer assessment on their digipaks and posters. I gave then guidance on what I though went well (WWW: What Went Well) and also what I thought they could do to improve their designs (EBI: Even Better If). I also will be receiving feedback for my draft digipak and poster on how I would be able to improve it. This will be helpful as the age’s group of my class is within my target market.

Changes.

I have had to change my filming schedule and times due to unavailability of the whole band. I therefore will now be filming on Saturday 3rd November. The location will stay the same and also the weather forecast looks promising meaning I will be able to film all of the intended shots in one day.

New Animatic.

This is the new animatic I have created for my music video due to the fact I decided to change it to completely performance throughout. 

Performance&Narrative?

Thinking about my music video and talking about it with members of my class and other people in my target audience I have decided to make my music video and performance. Therefore I will be using one location with a total focus on the band and them playing. I think this is more appropriate for a new band and a first music video release. It will attract my target audience as they will be interested to see the band playing much the same as they are interested in going to see bands live.

This will allow the audience to see each band member up close without the distraction of a narrative, which through my market research I have found would attract them more for a new band rather than a performance and narrative. Also this will make filming easier without have to worry to much about weather forecasts as I will be able to film all inside.

I will therefore be creating a new animatic.

Location.

I have chosen the location on a 'garage' environment for the filming of my music video. I think this will give it a rustic feel which is one that I want to portray for the door jammers. I also think doing the video in this location relates to a new band who can't afford a nice new music studio to film in but instead use what they have. I also think this will relate to the audience. With the clustered look, cable scattered around the floor, will at to the garage band theme I want to portray. 

I will be able to use this room for free and will be using a p.a. system for the sound. The instruments will be brought by the band.

This is a photo of the location and also the band:

New Identity.

This is the new font/logo I will be using for thedoorjammers. This will be the unique font that makes them I identifiable and stand out to their fans. I chose this font after looking at a few different one on www.dafont.com and also seeing how it looked on a digipak for my draft front covers. I therefore decided on this as my final decision. I also like the way the name look when there are now spaces between the words ( thedoorjammers ) and think this could also be a unique way of making the band name stand out.

I will be using this font on the digipak and poster helping relate the two. I will also be able to use the font through parts of the video as this will be where the audience gets to see the band members and therefore in theory make a link between the band and the images/text they see. 

Digipak drafts

More editing practice.

Another video I edited and filmed parts of

Risk Assessment.

This is my risk assessment. This will ensure or decrease the chance of any injury occuring during the production of the music video.

Filming schedule.

My planed days to film are between Monday 15th October and Sunday 21st October. I will decide nearer the time which days I will be film exterior shots depending on the weather forecast. The interior shots I will be able to film on any day providing I have the entire band available. If this is not the case then I will be able to film the shots with the band member I have available to use my time efficiently.

Equipment and props.

The equipment such as the guitar, drums and mic will be provided by the band members and they will be able to bring their own. Also the costumes will be provided by the band members as guided by myself. As far as lighting and effects these will be brought by myself to the session room. Finally the camera will also be brought by me and will only be used by me.

First album cover drafts.

This first album cover I made I wanted to be the most simplistic and simplistic. I chose to use no colour and just the 'drawing' look font for the album text. I wanted to see what this sort of design would look like and if I think it would be suitable for the door jammers. I liked this design but thing it would stand out enough on the shelf which would be important for a new band.

 

For my second draft front cover design I choice to try a full colour pallete look, starting with red and ending again with red at the end. I added a box bellow the text at first by mistake but though it worked well and gave the album cover a more intresting look. I think this cover would stand out on the shelves however I do not feel it relates to the door jammers style.

For this album cover design I chose to use a different font which I felt worked well. I didnt want to create another plain album cover so I added a background behind the text to make it more intresting. I like the look of this cover but still think it could be inproved to stand out furthure on the shelve again its competition.

This album cover draft design I a lot different from the others and idea I wanted to try. I dont think this design worked and would not fit in with the door jammers style. I also don't like the backround being grey.

This album cover I think works well. I think the colour design within the letters looks good and could work as an album cover for the door jammers. I also think it would attract my target audience and stay out on the shelves as a minimalist yet intresting design.

This final front cover draft design I chose to just change the position into the bottom left hand corner of the page which I beleive looks a lot better. The only problem I can see with this design is being on the shelf with out cd's the name might be hiden being at the bottom.

The font.

This is the final font I has chosen to use in my digipak and poster. While thinking about the way I would use the font for the front cover of my digipak I came across the pattern below. I was able to shape the font around this pattern to create a modern edgy look.

Song list.

This is the song list I will be using for the back cover of my digipak showing the audience which songs are featured on the CD and indicate which track number they will be;

1. Fake Tales Of San Francisco
2. Still Take You Home
3. View From The Afternoon
4. Brianstorm
5. When The Sun Goes Down
6. Leave Before The Lights Come Up
7. From Ritz To The Rubble
8. I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor
9. Flourescent Adolescent
10. Mardy Bum

I have chosen to use ten songs that are previous Arctic Monkeys song. I think this makes the album look more realistic and original rather than creating new song names. Having ten songs relates to the conventions of most albums similar to mine. Also I have made Fake Tales Of San Francisco the first song on the track list.

Poster Inspiration.

Inspiration.

I have used a number of posters around the room to give me inspiration for my digipack and poster. The posters are representations of rock/indie rock bands and artists from Rage Against The Machine to Neil Diamond.

 

This poster by The Black Keys, a similar genre band to mine, caught my eye because of its unique design and art work. This particular poster was for there Spring 2008 Europe Tour.

I also like the look of this poster because of the different shapes and lines making it look modern. This also a unique style and one I haven't seen before in a poster.

Font ideas.

I used the website www.dafont.com to find a number of different font idea I could use for my digipak and poster. This are the fonts I found eventually narrowing it down to the last font on the page.

Poster things to think about.

This shows the conventional this I will have to this about whilst creating my poster.

Digipak things to think about.