Digi Pak draft 2 (incomplete)

This is my second draft for creating my Digi pak, already i've seen progress and i'm finding it a lot easier to use photoshop because i'm getting used to it now. This draft is still incomplete and is likely to be my final piece once it is finished. I really like the images chosen and I think the red, black and white colour scheme really goes well with my band and its genre. The hand was originally horizontal but when playing around with the rotation tool I found that it looked much better reaching upwards.
the top left and top right panels are going to be where i have the disc slots, although this is unusual I think it will look really cool once the image of the lead singer (Harry) is put in between these two panels. I am planning to edit Harry's face by scratching out his eyes and blanking his mouth which will look really sinister and suit the album idea of being called Blind Faith. The back panel will be just black and have the song names on it because I want the majority of the colour to be on the inside, the front panel however will be a full band shot so my audience and potential buyers know who they are straight away.

First draft Digi pak (failure)

This first draft idea fro a digi pak was a complete failure. When if first got the idea for my digi pak to have an Eclipse base design I thought it would look really cool however it was hard to make what I wanted so I've changed my idea and i'm thinking of new drafts I can make in order to have a better digi pak for my final outcome.
although it is annoying I couldn't actually make my idea without it looking tacky and unprofessional in some ways it is good because I can learn from mistakes, my ideas have broadened, my photoshop skills have improved and I have progressed in this task.

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Production log 2

We are planning to film and reshoot the band scenes on Thursday, this is because there is still much more room for improvement after watching the footage over and there is shots I need to film which I forget to capture last time. I need to focus of filming more individual shots of characters playing their instruments within the right time in the song, for example I need to film Luke perform a guitar solo.
All members will be able to film and the drama room is free on this date so there is no problem there.

Equipment that we will need to use will be:
A Tripod
A Steady Cam
A DSLR Camera
Spare Batteries
Camera Light

Equipment that we will need as props will be:
Drum Kit
Electric Bass
Electric Guitar
Microphone / Mic Stand
Amplifiers
Jack to Jack Cables.

Once again we will probably book out two cameras so that we can have two people filming at once which speeds up the whole process. Obviously we have to consider not getting in each others way but i'm sure we can work around that.  We will likely book out a tri-pod too incase theres any full band shots or and shots that need to be steady with ease. A steady cam might also be needed if there are any shots that require a steady hand, so if we are including a lot of motion in our camera movement we want to avoid getting too much camera shake. Lastly we will need to book out the LED light that places on top of the camera. The reason we use this light is because when trying to film close ups of the band we noticed that the shadow of the camera and the camera man was being shown in the frame. This was because the lights being used to light the scene were behind us. Using the LED light was helpful as it got rid of that shadow. George k, Tommy d, Max r, Harry l

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The First Shoot

The First Shoot -

The first shoot was very successful, we played around with the lighting in order to find what would work best and I came to the conclusion of having low key lighting yet on the camera the footage came out just slightly too dark so before filming anymore we turned the lights up a little bit just to make the footage clear.

I filmed the whole band playing the full song (on a tripod) through the use of a wide shot because this can be the basic footage max can refer back to when editing.
My favourite shot I filmed was a high angle shot of Tom hitting the drums on the bass drop because it looked so powerful, however I think I may need to re film this shot in our next take because the camera wasn't in full focus when I watched the footage back.
Im also glad the intro tracking shot and the close ups of the band members rocking out went well.

One problem we faced was the drama room had drama related props and boards everywhere so in order to over come this we moved stuff out of the way and made sure nothing was in the camera shot.

Production log 1

We are planning to film our first band shoot on the 24th of January. This will consist of the full band playing the full song. Harry asked two of his friends Luke and Lewis to participate in the shoot by playing the the roles of guitarist and bass guitarist. We also asked Tom Ross to be the drummer because he can actually play the drums therefore he is going to learn the song and give the footage an authentic feel to it as he will be playing the right parts of the drum kit while being in time with the song.
Harry also asked the drama teachers if we was allowed to use the drama room to film in and they gave us permission.
As Cinematographer I have planned a few shots that i think are essential. I want to get a wide shot of the whole band playing the full song (camera on tripod) which can be then be cut back to throughout the music video.
I also want to get a lot of close ups of the actors playing their instrument and especially capture the expression on the lead singer's (played by Harry) face while he is singing.
I am planning to get a tracking shot of the floor panning up towards harry as the intro of the song begins to play out.

Equipment that we will need to use will be:
A Tripod
A Steady Cam
A DSLR Camera
Spare Batteries
Camera Light

Equipment that we will need as props will be:
Drum Kit
Electric Bass
Electric Guitar
Microphone / Mic Stand
Amplifiers
Jack to Jack Cabels.

Digi Pak Plan

This week, I continued to make progress with my Digi pak project. I have begun to draw out what I hope to create on photoshop. This is a first draft and I plan to make at least two or three digi pak designs so I can choose what I think is best. I also have a list of song names for the album. I have decided the album name will be Blind Faith.