Kaleidoscope Picture Idea

We wanted to create a kaleidoscope picture because; from our research on an indie genre they use this effect on normal pictures not just digipaks. We really liked the idea of using this technique on one of our photos; this will make the digipak more interesting for the consumers, and help to identify her star image.

Here are some of the pictures that we liked 

Digipak Shoot Day 1

These are some of the images we took this day.

This image is was taken with the flash gun on. The problem with this picture is that it’s quite dark which means that when we edit the photos and get rid of the green screen that it would be very hard to do.

This is what the photo will look like with the flash on. This would be much better for us to edit with as the camera has got the most amount of light, which also means that the picture will be of a higher quality and we can do more with it.

This is me putting the real flowers on to Luna Lux. We wanted to use these types of flowers as they were very bright which means that it would stand out and make the front of the digipak look very unique and interesting. Also it will juxtapose with what she is wearing which would highlight her of being very light and flowery.  

Draft 8 : Luna Lux East of Eden

Plan for Digipak

This is our plan for our digipak. We drew up a whole plan to organise what we needed to do and also want we wanted to do. This helped us know what and when we was shooting. We used different headings to organise ourselves, like equipment we needed, locations and what type of pictures we wanted to take. This was good as the whole group was clear on  what day we was shooting and what we needed. We thought this would be good as through AS we didn't plan in this much depth and the end result wasn't the best quality.

Playing with the website

Merchindise

Website Draft 2

These are some screen shots from our website after making some changes and improvements. In the prezi ,above, are the reasoning behind some of the changes.

Check on Weather

We plan taking pictures for our digipak this week and it requires us to go outside to a wood and take pictures. This means we need to find out what the weather is going to be like so we do not go to the forest when it’s raining as it would mean that we cannot take pictures. I have the forecast for the weather in London, Brentwood and Essex. This can help us get a good idea of what it is going to be like and when would be an appropriate day to go. From looking at the forecast Thursday seems like a day that we should avoid as it is meant to snow which means that it would be a disaster trying to take photos while it’s snowing. This is because the artist will be wearing a dress which would make her very cold and the equipment that we are going to use will get wet. However, Monday and Tuesday seem to have the best weather for the next couple of weeks as it is meant to be clear sky’s which means that we can have the optimal amount of light for our photos. This could be really good and the camera responds better to the lighter there is.

Audinece Feedback

This is our audience feedback. We gathered some people to ask some questions about our video and gain some feedback.

The questions we asked were:
1) What do you like about the music video?
2) What genre do you think it is?
3) Do you like the effects used?
4) Do you think our artist suits the song?
5) Any further improvements?



This feedback was very useful as we was able to see what other people thought about our video and how they perceived it. This would also help us know how they thought it could be improved. 

LUNA LUX DIGIPAK PLAN

This is a quick plan of what we wanted our digipak to look like.  The front cover will be different as we want a close up of the artist as this will help to establish her star image, and will be more impacting to her consumers. The back cover is the empty tea party set which will link the theme that we have from the music video. We have done this because from studying digipaks they have showed us that there is always a theme that runs throughout the album and their music video as they all link up together, this is something that we want to achieve so that we are able to create a conventional digipak. Above the tea party set will have the song titles of her album.  The top side will be 3 panels that all link up to make it look like one long photo. Underneath the disk will be a picture of the artist and the disk will have the same picture of her but a clock (something like that) as her head but the picture below is the normal picture of her. The picture on the bottom right is something that we would like to create with our artist as it is quirky and fun and fits her image but instead we would have a tea cup as this will link back to the theme of the album. We didn't want the artists face to be on every panel of the digipak as it can get very repetitive and there will be too much of her

Digipak Plan

These are quick photos that we created to help get us a quick sense of what we want to create within our digipak. Also this was practice so when we actually take the photos we know what we need to do. The girl in the middle is Luna Lux and will be in her conventional costume that she would normally wear, and the other two girls will have their horse/unicorn masks on. This will link to the theme of the music video. From looking at the top photo we need to make sure that the background is all the same or one long background to show that they are together. This will be all on one side of the digipak.  

Digipak Brainstorming

In my group we all made a plan ourselves which we then shared as a group to where we made a plan which incorporated all of the ideas that we liked from each others. For example, lyrics on one panel. There were a lot of similarities within our own plans as we all wanted to have a close up of the artist as the front cover, as this would help to help her star image and people to recognise her.  From planning our digipak like this way it means that everyone would be happy with what we have included, but also its a way for us to create the best digipak for our target audience as we can. 

References to music videos

This is a video shows that we have kept to some of the genre conventions of our music video. There are different examples to justify why we have used them. The main ones that we used are film grain, overlay, sitting and singing, no emotion and her costume

Storyboarding// Shot List