Final CD covers and print ad after feedback...

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This is what we intend to submit as our final CD cover front and back after recieving some feedback on it.

After much deliberation we decided to look at the print ad again as we felt that the most recent ad up to this point was not effective at all.

Research

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBpC5iIKcUU

We looked at this video and would like to take some inspiration from it as it is one of the few videos we have seen of this genre to serve the same purpose.

This is another mock up CD cover. We need to make a few alterations to this as there is no direct mode of address and the copy isn't as clear as we would like it to be. I also feel that to use the ! in the name would be trying to communicate to the audience that there is a likeness to P!NK. This is not desirable so we have had to rethink this idea.

Also the cartoon heart needs to be photoshopped again as the outside line is too thick and the colour doesn't fit in with the rest of the cover. It would be preferable if the artist was higher up the cover too.

Mock Up CD Cover...

This is our mock up CD cover. We tried to stick to a colour scheme of red and black to fit the codes and conventions we found of the genre. We decided that this didn't work as well as we would have liked it to.

We tried to follw the conventions of other CD covers we have seen and analysed however this didn't work out so well. The direct mode of address, the cartoon heart and the colour scheme just weren't the secret to creating a successful CD cover.

The copy didn't stand out well enough, the back cover didn't match the front cover and the artist is never moody nor sexy.

However it is successful in that we stuck to the conventions of an urban background and direct mode of address to engage the audience.

Original images...

These are just a few of the photos we took when we were playing around with CD cover ideas. We found the image we wanted originally for the background of the CD cover and the print ad quite difficult to take. Despite living in Birmingham we discovered that there are very few places where we can get a decent picture of an urban nightlife setting with good lighting and without other buildings ruining the image by having the wrong kind of architecture.

Filming...

We have begun filming our music video now. On the whole this has gone to plan however there has been a number of issues concerning where we can actually film our piece and also time. We are devoting every spare minute between now and the deadline to this product as we realise it is essential that it is completed on time. Weather permitting our new filming locations for two of the scenes should be ok.

We have already edited the scenes we have shot.

EDIT:
Since we last filmed we have encountered a few problems. We disliked some of the shots we took last time as they were either too long, not dramatic enough or just bad shots which we couldn't work with. We also realised that our storyboard was more storyline orientated than performance based. We plan to refilm these scenes and the others this tuesday coming.

EDIT:
Last night and monday night we filmed the entirety of the storyboard from scratch. We changed some of the original shots out of convenience as we couldn't find a suitable location for some shots and others we difficult due to lighting. In doing so we have added more performance scenes for the artist. These scenes were shot when we retook the initial shots of the artist. Everything we have refilmed was worth the extra bit of effort and time as it will ensure our final product is the best it can be by following the conventions of the music videos we previously analysed, particularly those of Avril Lavigne and Katy Perry.

Today we intend to upload and edit the final bits of footage we have.