Final Iweb Design - 26/1/12

today i started working on my digipak however i had no colours on my website that i could associate the band with so i then played around with the colours and themes on iweb and made the background look quite smart and look quite proffesional and in the text boxes i gave then a salmon colour that i think stands out amongst the grey and bklack background. As you can see in the background it stands out much more and has a lot more vibrance. i now have a colour that i can use for my digipack so that i can have a more vibrant and colourful cd cover for my band.

Technology Question Evaluation - 25/1/12

in class today i have started to plan out my first evaulation question that i will make into a short video.

i will talk about the research and planning of our media product which i will explain how i came up with ideas before the actual construction of the product. I will also talk about the construction and it will include information about what i used gimp for and final cut for example. I will then go on to talk about how it is evaluated which will show the comments from my video from sites such as youtube and facebook and it will give me an indication if people like or dislike it.

This is just the first step of my evaluation questions each question will use a different form of technology for example i am using video for my first question and the next i will use prezi.

Album Covers Research - 18/1/12

in this blog i will be looking at album covers from bands that are in the same genre of the band we are using in our music video. This first image below is from The Saturdays album. The image has a grey background which looks very sophisticated and the girls are also got all of the color taken out of them so its like a black and white film. The color is in the dresses which i believe is something that you are able to associate with the band so they have there own color which therefore means when the have merchandise that comes out each band member will have there own items using there own specific color so one member would have green and one would have blue.

below is the back cover from one of the bands albums. As you can see they still use the coulors which associate with each band member. It also has the band name and the album name on the side in a simple white text. there is all the songs that are included in the album Capital letters and in a black font which makes it stand out even more. Underneath the song names there is the barcode and all of the copyright information so that people can not burn it themselves and is has the record company name at the bottom. 

In the Image below there is a picture of the girls aloud album cover. It is quite similar to the saturdays cover however the images of the girls are more close up so you can see there facial expression. It has a simple white Title of the band name and then a Black album title all in capitals which puts more emphasis onto the album. The pictures of the girls are a literal image of the title as they are tangled in the rope which could give a message to certain people.  however in the front cover of the saturdays it seems like they are individuals as they all have there own colour associated to them whereas ni this cover they are as one and considered to be together and as one. 

Below is the back cover to the album which has a grey background with the white text which is also in capital letters. However it seems to cover more of the back cover which makes it more stand out and bolder. It also has the barcode and the copyright information.

Banner Picture Finished. 18/1/2012

in Lesson today we first sorted out when we are filming our final part which is next Friday. We have already planned what we are filming so when we get our location it should be straightforward.

I also redone my banner for my web page and added the actual band members we are using. As you can see from the picture below. i had to delete all the background and use a white background so that i could lay my font on top which has changed from its original because when i saw this i preferred it and thought it would work just as well as my first font looked like a clubbing sign this wasn't much similar however i though that it looked more appropriate when comparing the two and it seemed to be the right choice.

Music Video Editing

Today in lesson we started to cut out the scenes for our narrative to go into so once we film we can edit them and stick them straight in the video which makes the process a whole lot easier. We also starting to figure out when we are going to film the narrative however we need to know when armani is free but she is not in lesson today so we will have to talk and have a meeting to discuss when and where we are filming.