Digipack Draft Feedback.

After getting the feedback for my Digipack, I am pretty happy with the mark I got, considering that they were not my own images. The marks I got were 8/10 for my CD Digipack and 7/10 for my magazine advert which were both pretty much what I expected.
To improve my CD Digipack for the final draft, I will take my own images and edit them with a similar look to the images I found of Warhol and Bailey, except using Rickie, and I will also increase the number of panels of my digipack to six. I also had the idea to produce a in-sleeve booklet with lyrics and location shots etc which could be quite easy yet effective.
To improve my magazine advert, I will use my own images as well as increasing the band font size and making the date slightly smaller. My feedback is positive about the simplicity of the large date and minimal text on the page so I'm pleased about that.
I will also need to adapt and use a record company name and logo to use on both my CD Digipack and magazine advert. Apart from those few things, I think that the digipack could work out well and I can achieve the level grade that I want.

First Draft

Filming Update.

I have completed the filming of the factory location with both Rickie and Catherine which is ready to be edited for my final draft although due to people being unavailable and the throwback that happened with Joanne not being able to film anymore has left me in a dilema.
The weather and time of year is also a huge set back as it is so uncertain with one day being sunny and another with pouring rain, which means that it is just impossible to film the park w/fountain location as everyone will get wet including my camera.
So, there is no alternative but to edit the first draft with shots from the animoto and filmed footage combined.
The studio location is also a dilema as I can't get a time when everyone is free to film, so therefore, I have discovered a studio hire that will allow us to film at nightime that I shall book for the earlier half of next week.
The good news is that we have a final member of the band! Sarah Jayne, who I used partly on the contents page for my media last year, will be featured in the studio 'band shots' as planned and possibly the park location which is a huge weight thats been lifted!

Note to Examinor and Change of Direction.

Examinor,
I have recently encounted a problem with the filming and production of my music video. One of the members of 'band' is no longer able to take part in the music video due to family commitments that I was not aware of beforehand. Due to this poroblem, the filming of the video has been put a few days off of schedule.
Because of this, I have come up with the solution that until I can find an alternative band member, Catherine will represent the part of 'Edie' primarily and Rickie will represent 'Andy'. The new band member will only need to take part in the studio filming which I have booked for the early half of this week, allowing me time to edit the viodeo in time for the draft deadline this friday.
This problem is pushing the schedule quite tight but if this happened in industry, the production team would have to deal with it and finish the video in time for the release date.

Location #2 - The 'Factory' Update.

So, yesturday, as the weather was nice, I thought it would be the perfect oppertunity to start the week-full-o-media by clearing out my garage for the 'factory' location.

I started to clear all of the clutter and stuff away, moving stuff we'd need in the future to the back of the garage, so that I could use the front part of the garage to use as the 'factory' and decorate.

I had painted the walls white beforehand, so that I would have a clean canvas to work with as well as the floor, which I should've done after as I had to wait for the floor to dry before covering the walls with tin foil.

At first, I was a bit apprehencious about putting foil on the walls as it might look a bit too make-shift, until I researched that the real Warhol factory was decorated with tin foil aswell, so I went aheadwith it. The result was pretty successful, all I need to do now is finish covering the walls, add lighting and we are sorted.



Below is an image still taken from 'Factory Girl' the film, I realised that to add realism to the location, I should cover some sort of piping with foil aswell to make the space look like a factory interior.

Edie's 'Butterfly' Earrings.

Edie's Butterfly earrings, origionally designed by Steve Sasco Click Here , are famously related to Edie's signature image. There are many images of Edie wearing the earrings and I felt that they needed to be featured in the video.
Now, intead of paying £45 for them on ebay or amazon, I just opted for the cheaper option and DIY them myself.
On a trip to Leicester town, I went to Primark and found four pairs of 60's inspired earrings that I felt would look great through the lens of a camera. One pair in particular that I found were similar to that of the famous pair although after looking at them, it seemed simple enough to edit the design slightly with some tweezers and wire clippers.
Above, I have taken before and after images of the earrings to easily compare them, as well as an image of Catherine wearing them in an unintentional similar position to Edie in the image below it.
The last image is a movie still of Sienna Miller as Edie in the 2006 film 'Factory Girl'.

Location #3

Today was the second day of my media week, I went into Leicester town and one of the things I managed to do whilst I was there was take pictures of the third location for the music video.

I have not been to this location since I had the idea about filming there but it was as good as I remembered. The only thing I didnt think about was that the fountain would have water in it and therefore the band would not be able to climb on it which I featured in my animatic. Although, there is a statue there which I think could prove useful for those shots. The idea for the shot came from the film 'Factory Girl', a movie still shows this below.

The location is meant to be representative of Central Park in New York, this is hardly Central Park but I think the visual element will be there in the music video.

There are also a series of steps shown in the slideshare below which I think could prove useful for the walking shots of Rickie and one of the girls.

Location #3

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