Album Tracks...

When deciding upon the album tracks for 'Traces Of Daylight' I looked into similar solo female artists and their track listings to gain insperation...

Leona Lewis 'Spirit': Adele '21':
1. Bleeding Love 1. Rolling in the deep
2.Whatever it takes 2. Rumour has it
3. Homeless 3. Turning tables
4. Yesturday 4. Don't you remember
5. Take a bow 5. Set fire to the rain
6. I will be 6. He won't go
7. Angel 7. Take it all
8. Here I am 8. I'll be waiting
9. I'm you 9. One and only
10. Lovesong
11. Someone like you

Pretty much every song on each album is about love which is what I obviously need to think about when creating track names for the album. I also want to link in with my albums cover theme of nature when thinking of song names and the album name 'Traces of Daylight'. The fifth track will be 'The Scientist' as many artists put one of thier singles as the fifth or third track on the album. I have come up with some ideas and decided to do 10 tracks for the album as this is an even number and will fit better on the back of the digipak symetry wise...

1. Back to you
2. Traces of Daylight
3. Forbidden love
4. Butterfly
5. The Scientist
6. Closed off
7. Broken
8. My love
9. Summer Boy
10. Captivated

Audience Response on Ancillary Album Cover...

I am going to collect audience responses to my album cover artwork and see which of the 5 I did is the most popular and the one I will use as my cover...

Edited Covers...

Picture Ideas for Album Cover

Here are some shots I have taken that I am intending to use for my album cover and inside my digipak, I have decided to stick to the simple theme of nature and its ruralness and simple beauty that audiences can relate to but also making it look individual and eye catching at the same time ...

...They are also inspirational for the kind of image I want to portray of my artist, I'm going to edit these pictures so they look more retro and old and worn to fit into the idea of my artist seeming Indie and retro in their style...

1st Draft, Rough

Vintage Video Insperation

I love the vintage looking style, the increased brightness and the high contrast gives it a unique and interesting look, the main colours that stand out are the browns, yellows and oranges, all are pastally colours which will give the video an innocent look. These pictures are to show the sort of edited style in which my video will look. Especially the flashback scenes which will be in colour. I'm hoping to film the flashbacks when it is sunny so as I can use the sun to almost 'bleach' the shot and add the vintage look to it. I also want to use this sort of image for my digipak and base it on whitish pictures with white grain added to make it look more rural and old fashioned.

Dolby

Good luck with the filming- don't forget to film extra footage so it makes the editing process easier.

Filming Schedule

I plan on filming all scenes apart from the flashback scenes on Tuesday 18th October. Here is my schedule:

Scene 1, Sections 1-10 (Street) - 5:00 - 5:30
Scene 2, Sections 11-17 (Kitchen) - 5:30 - 5:45
Scene 3, Sections 18-24 (The Ridges) - 5:50 - 6:20

Equipment and props needed:
Camera
Coat
Kettle
Mug
Photo

Cast and crew needed for shots:
Lead female singer - Ella Freeman
Camera - Sophie Stafford
Director - Sophie Stafford

Mrs D

The completed storyboard is very effective Sophie. Well done. I particularly like the use of the reverse zoom at the end and the dissolve. I look forward to seeing some rough cuts soon.

Digi Pak Idea Edit 4

Here is another edit I tried, however I changed the colour to a pinkish tinge becasue I wanted to advertise more that the artist is very feminine and most of her songs are related to love. This is why I picked pink as pink is typically assoiated with love. Below is the picture I took when at the Ridges for my Mise en scene images of set that I used for this edit...

Animation 3rd Draft

Mrs D

This looks great Sophie. The quality and framing of the images are very impressive. Try and get some audience feedback to help you decide which one works the best. Be careful of the text bleeding off the page at the bottom of the last draft - it might need moving up a touch.

Digi Pak idea 3

Here is another edit that I tried with the same sort of theme as the last one just I slightly different image and a more brown enriched colour scheme with beiges and light browns to make it seem more earthy and natural. Here is the original picture, again I took at the Ridges that I then edited.

Digi Pak Idea 2

I tried a new kind of look for the album cover and changed the name so it could give me more scope for the albums image. I chose to use a forest scene and then edited it to have a 60's sepia look about it so that it looks interesting and eye catching. I also made the font look like handwritting as I feel this gives the album cover a more personal touch to it and doesn't look as clinical as if it had had a more straight and rigid font. I like the colour scheme and I think the image and the link to nature fits the artist's image well as it eccentuates the beauty around us but also with a vintage look about it to show the artist is a little different from other current artists. Here is the orignal image that I took of sunlight coming through trees at the Ridges that i edited for my album cover...

Mrs D

This is a great draft and is very creative and innovative. However, be careful with what you are communicating to your audience. You have decided to take a narrative approach to your promo and this front cover suggests concept - therefore it creates confusion as a 'package'. You need to use the album cover to promote the artist and tracks and create an image that fits with both. Keep going, all these drafts look great.

Creating Digi Pak Covers

Here is a first design of a Digi Pak cover for my artists new album cover. I was very much inspired by the confidential documents that were censored with black marker and took this idea and typed out the lyrics to the music video's song and then added the artists name and album cover name into the words. i then marker penned out the lyrics with some words more faded then others. I kept the artist name and album title unhighlighted to obviously make it obvious as to what they are. I like the look of this is mysterious and engaging. It is also unusual looking which I like very much. Its not like other typical album covers from this genre as it doesn't have an image of the artist on it. I do also want to try a cover with the artist on it, but for now focused on meaning and a different look.

Digi Pak Cover Inspiration

Here are some examples of album covers that I personally like. I picked my favourite ones to give me inspiration for creating one for my ancillary task. I love the bright colours used in most of them and the graphic computer animated designs, however I don't think this fits in with the style of the album that I am designing for. The artists song are more soft and meaningful than bouncey and loud like for exmaple Mika. Therefore I think I will try to incorporate an image of the artist on the cover like the Delta Goodren and Marina and the Diamonds album covers. I want to communicate the types of songs on the album through the albums imagery.

I have had an idea for my album cover coming off the idea of the title of the song 'The Scientist' I looked into the look of confidential and censored documents and thought of using this sort of imagery for the cover as its different and interesting. Here are some images that I have looked at for inspiration...

Ancillary Task Fonts

Here are some examples of different fonts I have taken into consideration for my CD cover for the song title and the artists name. The fonts I have highlighted in pink are my personal favourites. They all have scruffy looking lettering and that also looks like hand writing and it is this style that is my particular favourite for the image of my artist...

Mrs D

This is a much better draft Sophie - although you still haven't included all the shots - what about the rewind sequence? The pace works well and the fades to white are really effective. Try not to overuse the zoom - think about other movement options like tracking, tilt etc. Get a final draft up soon.

2nd Draft of Animation

This is my 2nd draft of my animation that I have improved by adding to the different camera angles and slightly changed the storyline to make it seem more interesting. However the program I used (Windows Movie Maker) to create my animation, would not let me rewind the section of the video I wanted to, so therefore I have written in where the re-wind would be to just show the audience where it would be in the video.

Effects in Editing of Music Video

In my music video I want to decrease the exposure in all of the scenes except for the flashback scenes. This will make the video look darker and more univiting and unhappy. I want the audience to feel sympathy for the singer and feel an uncomfotable atomosphere in the video and that the mood is dark and upsetting rather than happy and bouncy. I also want to make these scenes greyscale so that it again links in with the mood of depression and upset and makes it seem like her life is stuck in a rutt and everything is pear shape and not natural.

For the flashback scenes I want to increase the exposure and use an 'film old age' option which will add film grain and marks to the flashback shots to give the effect that it is old footage and to illustrate that it is from a moment in past. I also want to have fade ins and outs to white to again add to the age of the footage and make it seem more angelic and innocent.

The end of the video will also fade out to white to add to the idea that the lead singer is stuck in a nightmare/dream state and to also end on a semi positve note rather than just fadeing out to black.

Mrs D

Your ideas regarding your ancillary are looking great. Your draft of your storyboard needs to show all shots and effects so that we can provide proper feedback. It seems to fit the tone of the track and you have good ideas regarding effects like the rewind etc. You need to go back and have a look at level 4 criteria and check that you have a range of camera shots. Put a second draft up asap.

Practise Digipak Ideas

Animation Storyboard Draft 1

Here is the 1st draft of my storyboard animation for my music video...