Digipak - photo day 1

This is just some background pictures from what we took today.

This picture is what the artist looks like without 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 so.

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 Grace 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 interesting and catch peoples eyes. Also it will juxtapose with what she is wearing which would highlight her of being very flowery.  

Merchandise Before and After

Draft 8 : Luna Lux East of Eden

Digipak Plan

Weather update

 

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.

Playing with the website

Website Draft Screen shots: 2

audinece feedback

We got this feedback for a video a while ago, we asked them basic question like; "what do you like about the music video?" "What genre do you think it is?" and "do you have any improvements?" I do not think that this was very successful as we got very short answers that didn't really help us with what we can move forward with.  

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. 

From reflecting on our findings I think that our attempts have been very successful as we have taken the normal conventions then made it in to our own and to fit the artist image.  For example our artist isn’t as dark as Lana Del Ray which means that if we copied her exactly then it wouldn’t look right with what we are trying to get across to our audience. 

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.  

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 Plans

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.