Song List

Due to researching other indie band digipacks we had come to the conclusion that the generic idea which ran throughout them all was to include the songlist however show it on the back cover of the digiopack. We had decided as a group to go along with this convention and follow the generic idea to put our song list on the back cover of our digipack.

Here are our first ideas of the song list which we are going to put on our digipak:
1. Up
2. Life on Jupiter
3. Boyfriend
4. Cats in Glasses
5. Everybody's Talking About It
6. I Dont Like You
7. Spectrum
8. Le Garçon
9. Jake
10. Down

Digipak research

These images helped us get an idea of what the generic codes and conventions are for the general 'indie band' digipack. Overall by looking at these digipacks i had realised that many indie bands do not use images of themselves on the front cover, this was the main convention we had decided as a group to follow. This reflects indie audiences who you could argue are more about 'the music' rather than the image of the band. However this could also represent the importance of getting the bands image 'perfect'.
We would use a very unique image of something to represent the quirky aspect of the band. This would also potentially strike a cord with the indie audience as they identify themselves through this quirkyness and through the individuality of the genre. In addition we are going to use some images of the band themselves so that we can establish an identity for them to the target audience. However through this research we had found out that the images are usually photoshopped with a slight hazy/dreamlike effect to highlight the fun indie side to the band. However as a contrast i had also looked at a few indie solo artists not only bands and in this case for example Ellie Golding's digipack used an image of the artist on the front cover of the product.

here are a few images of other digipaks from bands similar to our band:

19/11/2012

During todays lesson me and joely set aside some time to start researching digipacks, and which genre characteristics indie band used so we could decide what to use for our bands digipack. Also we were researching what type of images to include and how to use them.

digi-pack research

During todays lesson we carried on editing our music video, however also started to think about our digi-pack. As the song which we picked is a very indie song, we researched some images taken of the band to get some inspiration and we found some images which we thought we would like to take and interpret and change to use for our own digi-pack. The images represent the band and their persona whcih they wanted to portray to their target audience. The hazy effect which they used while editing the images werea generic code and convention which ran throughout many different indie media products. We wanted to portray our band in a similar way and use this generic effect over our images so that the audience can identify them straight away with the indie genre.  

9/11/2012

During this lesson we uploaded all the filming which we had done at Zoe's house the day before, and we put it onto final cut to edit it and piece it together with the rest of the music video. This allowed us to piece together slowly the shots which we had and allowed us to analyse them to fit into the conventions of the indie genre which we wanted to follow.

8/11/2012

Over the half term holiday we went to Zoe's house to film our anchor scenes. This lesson we uploaded all of our footage and we started to edit it and put it in it's place. After school we are going to go back to the location and we are going to film some extra shots which we were unable to finish.

Also on Monday 12th November we are going up to Camden which is another location for our music video. We are going to film some shots within the market, and then some others in a diner, which we are going to call up and arrange a time where we can go and film.

Equipment for Filming

This was some of the equipment which we thought would be necessary for us to use during our filming. The most important for the development of the storyline was the use of the record player which we had borrowed from the actor which featured within the music video. This was the image which brought the video back to the retro feel and we also carried this image throughout the whole of coursework amongst other products which we had made. In addition this time lighting was also very important, due to the limited resources which we had last year with our AS production. The lighting was very poor which made the quality of filming very poor, so this time we wanted the video to look the highest quality as possible so we made sure we had a sufficient lighting source to enable the shots to be bright a good quality. Moreover we used a monopod and a tripod whenever we could to limit the amount of camera shake within the shots to make it look as professional as possible. This was also reflected through the use of a professional DSLR camera. 

Shooting on location

Location Shots

Here are the location shots for the bowling alley we went to.