Finished Digipack

Below is my completed digipack, I feel I have added all the needed conventions to create a successful digipack.

Digipack Conventions

I tried to make my digipack look as realistic as possible, to do this I included the record label 'TB Productions' logo and underneath a link to Jack (the artist) and the record labels websites, I also wrote the copyright text stating how this CD cannot be used.

After this I added a barcode to the right hand side on the back of the digipack, as most digipacks do include barcodes

For the spine i included the artists name and the name of the album, I also found that the record label is commonly featured on the spine so I decided to add this in white so it would stand out.

Digipack back cover

As the album was called 'Happy Days' it was important to me to make sure all the songs wouldn't go against the title name, with song names such as "perfect strangers", "thats what I like" and "is this love" I feel it gives off a happy vibes that fit in with the style of the album.

Planning Conventions

I have completed the first draft of my back page, looking at similar albums I have seen that they commonly feature copyright symbols and text to do with the distrubtion and how the CD can and cannot be used, they also feature barcodes to make it scanable in shops and website links to the relevent pages. I also plan to add the 'TB Productions' logo aswell as many CDs feature the record label on the back.

Digipack Progress

I have come used a basic template to plan out my digipack for the CD, I have created a first draft for the front and back page and chosen the picture and gradient I will use for them, I will next work on the other two pages and then go over the whole digipack to add in small details and improve it overall

Digi Pack Images

For my digipack I have used the following two images on the front cover and inside page, the first picture will be used for the front cover of my digi pack and I will edit to make the sky lighter, the second image will be used on the inside cover page as Pippa was the main actor featured in the video.

Digipack Stylemodel

For my digipack I will be using this as a style model to guide me on the layout and conventions, I will mainly focus on this being a style model for the front and back cover.

Linking the lip syncing to the stylemodel

As one of my style models 'American Authors - Best Day Of My Life' show a happy video and lip sync I wanted to take ideas from the movement they use in their music video so I can portray the same happy feeling. In alot of their shots the lead singer commonly moves his hand to emphasis the his feelings and happiness, so for my music video I asked my actor to do the same but to make the movements linked to the song and the lyrics.

Editing the conventions

 For my music video I added in conventions to make it look more like a real music video, the first convention was the record label on the first shot, the second was the artists name and song title on the second shot and the last was the promotion for the music video on the last shot. To make them appear more naturally I split each convention into three pieces, the first clip was to change the opacity from 0 to 100 so it faded in, the middle was the clip at 100% so it stayed on for a long enough amount of time, the last clip was of the opacity changing from 100% to 0% so it faded out naturally, this allowed me to make the conventions look like they were more naturally coming onto the screen instead of them just appearing disappearing. Although for the last convention as the the music video ends on the convention of the "out now" I only split this into 2 clips and didnt fade it back out.

Video Conventions

For my music video at the start I deicided to add the 'TB Productions' logo on my first shot to show the record label, on the second shot I then put the artist name and the song to introduce it to the audience with a white line inbetween to show its two separate texts.

At the end of the video I featured a promotion for the new album by Jack, with the album cover, 'OUT NOW' and 3 music sites featured on the last shot, the last shot then fades the black leaving the promotion on a black background for a few seconds in silence

Editing Lip Syncing

Editing the lip syncing has taken longer than expected to sort all the clips out in order and shorten them to fit in to the sections needed, it also took time to match Jacks mouth to the lyrics to make it look realistic.

Jacks Final Filming Day

After filming with Jack I have got all the footage I need to edit my music video to complete it, some of the parts Jack had to lip sync went quite fast making it hard to look like the lip syncing matches the lyrics but I have filmed a few shots of each part so I can find the best one to match the lyrics, overall the filming went successful and will hopefully fit into the video with no issues. While filming I also managed to get pictures for some of the ancillary tasks.

Changes to lip syncing

One the first day of filming with jack the first shot with Jack lip syncing the lyrics "Go head' on and break 'em off wit a lil' previews of the remix" proved difficult, as this is a remixed version of the song and is speeded up I changed what Jack would do inside the shot" as there are lyrics before this that Jack can lip sync and it wouldn't look right if half of it was replaced with a different shot he is now going to put Sunglasses on over them lyrics.

Changes to Jacks acting

As the song comes across as a confident male, and good times I am going to change the way Jack acts in his shots, as I need to refilm his scenes anyway I will be asking him to be more confident and dance in a modern/confident way to the music, I am hoping he is able to portray a 'cocky' confident character to the audience who is just looking for fun.

Changes to Jacks outfit

After filming and going through the clips I noticed that he looked around quite abit and wasn't focused on the camera, because of this I have deicided to get him to wear sunglasses, aswell as not letting audience see where he's looking it also helps to add to the summer theme of the music video.