6 worst photos

I liked this image because it shows our principal photography of our models having her make-up done. However I did not want to use this for my digipak and advert.

I did not like this image as she is not looking into camera and is not focusing.

I did not like this image as the quality is poor and it was not relevant to our video.

 

I did not like this image as the quality is poor so it was not useful to me 

I did not like this image as she is not looking into camera.

These were taken when we were trying to take pictures when Sophie was not posing as sometimes these are more successful.

6 Best photos with posts on flickr

This is an image we captured when filming on the first day. I like this image as I thought it would be good for the back cover of my digipak as the models are center of frame so I thought we could place the songs list on the bed sheets.  

This was an image that we also took on the first day to show off the make up that we used to create the cuts on her face. I thought this image would be good for the inside page of the digipak cover. However I feel that it would not be suitable of conventional for the front cover of the digipak or for an advert as she is not looking into camera. 

I think this image would be good for our digipak advert. Even though she is breaking conventions it could still work as some artists such as Ed Sheeran where he is not looking into camera. 

This is my favorite of all the pictures as I feel this a very professional looking image as it is a close up of her face and creates synergy with the MV as it is the outfit that she is wearing in the MV. I feel that this would be good for the front cover of the digipak as she is creating direct address with the audience and adhering to conventions. I also feel this would work for an advert as this is something that Jessie J followed for her digipak and advert. 

I feel that this image would be good for the inside cover of my didipak and I feel it is a great photo to use as her facial expression represents the mood of the video to show her unhappy side.

I thought this image would be good for my back cover of the digipak as it shows the softer side to the model and had lots of open space to add additional features.

We are considering using some of these for our digipak and album cover as they really show off the emotion of the artist and we feel will hook the audience. We felt these were the most effective pictures that we took and thought these would be the most appealing to our audience.

Research - Codes and conventions of digipaks/adverts

This is a front and back cover of Jessie J's album. She follows conventions as she is looking directly into camera, which is a huge convention in digipaks as the star wants to hook the audience into buying it. This image has also been used for posters to advertise her tour dates, which creates synergy with the digipak. This supports the theory of Dyer 'A star is an image' as she has very dark make up to represent her as quite a powerful female. however there is gold used in her masthead, which could be used to give her quite a 'gangster' image as this works in cohesion with the font style.

The back cover is fairly simple as there is a lot of editing that has been put into the front cover to show off her image. It counteracts the front cover as the front cover is 'black dominated' and the back cover is just white with black text. I like this idea as it is kept fairly simple so the audience will understand what the song names are.

 I really like this image of Rihanna as it just captures her face, which has been edited to make it quite a vibrant image as her hair is pink and her skin tones have been brightened. This breaks conventions as she is not looking into camera, but this could be because she wants the audience to focus on her facial features and the pink being used. This could represent affection and love, as even her album/actual name has not been made to stand out, which tells us that her face is the stand out feature in this front cover.
I like the idea of the inside of the cover being one big image as again it shows her with her eyes closed so her body and background is making the connection with the audience. They use the flowers to create synergy with her hair as she wants the colour to match. This image could represent purity and innocence as there are flowers used, but it could also represent attraction and power as the colours red and pink are used where she is laying in the flowers in a white dress, which could represent that she is turning from innocent to a powerful and love struck woman.

The use of flowers for the CD cover is something that I would like to use with my digipak as it works in cohesion with the background which is something that really appeals to me.

This is a digipak for Ellie Gouldings album. She follows conventions as she is looking into camera on the front cover. I like the idea of the name of the artist and the album being printed onto the CD itself as I feel that it creates synergy with the front cover. However I don't reall like the use of the white behind the text as I feel it makes it unclear. I like the idea of her on the back cover with the background blurred, as I can tell that this is one of her earlier albums so it wants to capture her and make sure she stands out to the audience. They have also dressed her in white to represent her as quite a pure person, which could be because she wants to bee seen as quite an innocent person as she is just starting of her career. However this digipak is strange as I think it seems to match more of a country music style than a pop one, as she is a pop artist.

Overall I will take in the research that I have found from these digipaks and use them when creating mine. I like a lot of ideas on these such as the CD cover working in cohesion with the background and her on the back cover next to the songs.

Day 3 Friday 28th October

Today we went to Normanby Hall to do some more filming for our  music video. We filmed the middle section to our song here as we felt we could use the environment to our advantage as it worked  very well with the lyrics. We arrived early in the morning after we had been to the farm to shoot our filming that we could not do yesterday. We finished our filming fairly quickly as Sophie was such a good actor we did not have to redo shots. However we did film some shots multiple of times as we wanted to capture different angles and the camera quality was not as good. One shot that we filmed was the shot of Sophie ripping up the photo of charlie as we wanted to see which angle we wanted to use for our video so we bought multiple copies. Once we arrived at Normanby Hall we went into the gift shop to inform them that we had arrived like we were instructed. As soon as we went inside we saw places that we could potentially use to do filming. We captured some pictures of Sophie and Charlie on a bench which we could potentially use for our digipak. There were a variety of different locations that could work for our video but we wanted to have a walk around to find the perfect one. We  decided to have Sophie walking down the path and singing into camera as we found this very conventional and it showed off our models good looks. We followed our storyboards fairly well to film all of our shots and I feel that as a group we all worked very well together and tried very hard.

Group post: Day 2 Thursday 27th October

Today the locations we planned on using were the scene at Sophie's house in the bath, which was the memory scene in 'the snug' ,which is a lounging room in Sophie's house, and finally the abandoned farm. However, upon arrival to the farm it came to our attention that some people were at the farm that could potentially effect our filming so we decided to change our filming at the farm to Friday morning. Instead of going to the farm we decided to go down a public footpath which was near the farm anyway just so we wasn't wasting time to take some photo's of Sophie that could be used for the digipak. This was successful and we got a couple of images of Sophie with some landscaped backgrounds. The memory we filmed in the snug turned out really well, as the narrative our video is based around is domestic abuse, so we have a memory of a time that our male actor gets angry due to Sophia not being ready then gets aggressive. This scene took along time to film as we wanted to make it tasteful but yet get across a strong narrative of a very current problem in the world. The scene in the bath we have decided to re-film due to having another idea after we had finished filming. We are going to try our new idea and then decided in editing which we prefer. Overall I believe that today didn't go aswell as the previous, however we still have got alot of scenes done.

Group post: Day 1 - Wednesday 26th October

Today was our first day of shooting our music video 'Gravity'.  The locations we used today were Amy Jacklin's house and Amy Johnson's where we used Amy Jacklin's front door to show her walking out of the house and leaving and Amy Johnsons bedroom to film them cuddling and her bathroom to show her singing into the mirror. During the day we got everything we wanted to get done filmed. At our first location we had no problems as everything went really well. However during the second scene we were planning to film we struggled to get the lighting right, as the scene we were trying to film in the bedroom is mean't to be at night. But due to having the curtains and the blinds shut this made seeing the faces of Sophie and Charlie extremely hard. We tried numerous ways to solve this problem, including using fairy lights above the actors heads and having Amy, our helper for the day, standing with a lamp pointing at the ceiling so it didn't make the scene look too bright so it is a realistic light for a night time scene. Finally all of the shots we took in the bathroom went really well as the lighting was really effective. Overall I believe that our first day went really well and  I believe that we are well on target for the rest of our filming.

Photos of us filming

Planning: Storyboards

Planning group post: Art department, furniture and props

Planning group post: Normanby Hall risk assessment

Planning group post: Farm risk assessment