Diary Day 8 (3rd November) - CD Cover (Front)

Over the past few weeks i have been working on the Magazine Poster for T5, Today however i started to work on the CD Cover for the Band, The Cover is similar to the Poster keeping to the Pop Art Theme however it is variated differently compared to the poster. I have equilly sized each band member to fit each side of the cover while placing the band logo in the centre with a white glow around it to make the black boarder stand out more. The cover is darker than the poster to variate the style to make each band member stand out from the black. In the centre of the Logo the title of the Album is presented in a golden finish. 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' is the name of the album which was influenced by one of the songs i wrote. each section identifies each member of the band '3 words for 3 members'. The white glow around the Band logo represents the stage lights shining onto the band

The Pictures used in the CD Sleeve and Poster were taken at a concert we performed at back in October called Q-Fest. This was very useful as we performed on the stage where the performance part of the video was shot. The style of the cover was influenced by Green Day's Uno, Dos, Tres album with their pop art cover which caught my attention after realising i could portray the style in photoshop.

To edit the cover i used Photoshop as i am most familiar with the adobe programmes. Photoshop was my go to software to create the cover as their are many professional plug-ins and functions i could use to create a professional CD Sleeve. The Texture of the cover at the moment is very professional looking with a lot of layers and filters used to create subtle effects such as the glow around the band logo and the threshold effect used on the images of the band to create the pop art effect.

The next step would be to add the back and divider too the front cover once they have been complete. 

Diary Day 7 (Tuesday 20th October) - Magazine Poster

Today in Media i started to work on a basic poster for my Magazine Article. The main aim was to make a poster of the band which has the logo in the centre of the page. This poster took me 2 Hours to make on Adobe Photoshop

These pictures were taken at a recent Gig the Band did over at QEMS for Q-Fest Anti Bullying Festival (Same Stage where we filmed the Start and End of the Music Video. The main idea i originally wanted was like a classic Punk Pop Poster with the Band on a Roller coaster 

or something like an old Busted Poster, standing infront of a wall with the band logo infront of us but instead i wanted the poster to be similar to a Pop Art poster, influenced by the likes of Green Day 'Uno, Dos, Tres Album', Marlin Monroe - Andy Warhol and John Lennon 'Imagine Poster'. I really liked the Pop Art theme which really fit well with our Music Theme (Pop, Rock, Punk). The Logo was Designed by myself 'Ben Woodward' and Haydyn Briggs 'T5 Bassist/Vocalist'. I designed the Proper logo on Photoshop which makes it look really professional.

This is the First Version of the poster as with feedback i will add, change or develop certain aspects of the poster to make it look more professional by adding Text, A Price, Certain Music Retailers and possibly more colour.

The next stage would be to develop the look to try and make it look similar in comparison to the Album Cover/Back, to do this i would need too add more filters and change some of the colour correction to make it look less bold and more stylistic.

Mr Judge Feedback

Ben, The presentation of your blog is good, bordering on proficient. Unfortunately you are still missing critical pieces that need to be uploaded to be considered a firm L2/L3:

• Storyboard and Production Schedule is missing
• Some Textual analysis still needed such as Bad Romance
• Design/drafts of CD covers and album advert design

Lets get these posts completed as soon as possible.

J

Diary Day 6 (Wednesday 14th October 2015) - Filming Day 2

Today we filmed the Dream Sequence at QEMS High School at 12.30pm over in the Main Hall/Stage. Thomas, Georgia and Myself arrived at QEMS at 12pm and met Matt Johnson (Lighting) to get everything set up for filming. When we arrived at the Hall we encountered a problem, as we came to QEMS during the holiday it appeared that the cleaners were cleaning the Hall the same time we wanted to film, This became a problem for us as we only had a certain amount of time to film. While we waited for the cleaners to finish in the Hall we thought it would be a good idea to set up the lighting and make sure the timing of the light movement was perfect (when Myself and Matt designed the lighting on the stage Thomas and Georgia weren't present so we had to guess how tall they were and where they would be in order to fit perfectly in the spotlights). Once everything was perfect, we started to film at 12.37pm. We filmed the whole sequence in 38 minutes, capturing different shots multiple times in order to achieve the best look for my video. In the editing process i was able to shorten each clip so that it fits in time with each bar (4 Beats in a Bar) this makes the video look more professional and allows the video to develop certain areas by extending it to two bars long (8 Beats in a Bar).

(Add image/Video of Editing)

When Editing this sequence i added a nice colour filter to make it feel more like a dream by adding a blue colour filter with added Sharpness and contrast. The Scene differs from the beginning because the filters differentiate to try and create a contrasting scene change. The video itself explains the situation the character is in. He wakes up to find a girl standing in the centre of the Hall and he approaches her and asks her 'Can i have this Dance - Will you date me'. The Girl in the scene is the girl of his dreams, Wearing a White dress and shoes. I wanted her to wear white to show how pure she is and how she's part of her dream.

In my next shoot i will be filming the second part of the dream sequence in Tamworth Castle Grounds where the character will slowly fade away at the end which ends the dream where by the character will wake up to find it was all just a dream. For this both characters will have to wear the same costume used in the hall, however the girl will have to also bring a spare change of clothes as at the end of the video the male character will be walking home and bump into a girl in the street, that girl is the one he saw in his dream but we dont know if he goes after her of walks away as it cuts to black at the end. for this shoot i will need my Tripod, DSLR Camera and possibly my GoPro with my Mono-stick.