Digipak Templates

 

These are the templates that I have found for my digipak, which will include my pictures from the Shinedown concert and I may create a front cover to be based upon the song that I have used. The net I have found will be the main template that I wil use but add another disc to it.

Examples of Adverts for Digipaks

 

 

By looking at these adverts for digipaks I have found that most of them have an image of the digipak actually one the advert apart from the Foo Fighters on which just includes the digipaks main image as the advertisement. I also noticed that it generally includes indications of well known songs that are in it. If the band has a logo, it is usually displayed somewhere on the advertisement to give it a sense of identity and familiarity.

Examples of Digipacks

By looking at these digipaks from different genres of music I have found a few similarities within them. They all seem to consist of at least 1 CD which has the music and some others have another CD for the videos. They all have different shots of the artist on the different sections. They also seem to include a booklet within it. I will aim to incorporate most of these into my digipak.

Filming Issues

Currently I have found it difficult to start filming, this is due to the fact that the person that is playing Alice has such a busy schedule with college work and her part-time job and she is the person that is predominately in the video so it is hard to find a time that we both have time to film together since it is too late to find a replacement. Also, I still have yet to find the location for the Queens Bedroom from which she is watching Alice and the Hatter.

Other Music Videos

 

Shinedown - The Crow and the Butterfly

 

When looking at some other Shinedown videos I have found that they always seem to have shots of the band singing into the camera. This is an aspect that I will try to put inside my music video by asking a local band to learn the song and I will video them playing. Although I do have some videos that I took when I went to see them live I am unable to use them because they didn't sing the song I'm using.

 

 

30 Seconds to Mars - The Kill

 

 

Green Day - Jesus of Suburbia

 

When comparing some of the Shinedown music videos to other alternative rock narrative music videos I have found some similarities that I am hoping to put within my music video. I have found that they all have an aspect of the artist performing the song in some way. I have also found that they focus predominately on the narrative and just cut to the performer at certain times throughout the video. This is an aspect that I am going to try to incorporate into my music video, however, the band that I have asked said that them learning the song would take longer than the deadline for my 1st draft.

Possible Pictures for Ancillary texts

I recently went to see the band whose song I am basing my music video on so I thought I could use some of the pictures that I took for my ancillary texts



Pictures of the Drumkit which I was hoping to use for the album cover and on the CD itself

I was hoping to use this one for the picture behind the CD itself

I was hoping to put this on the side of the album with the song list on it.

Health & Safety Production Assessment

Cast List

Cast

Rosie Cappleman: Make-up Artist, Alice & Red Queen

Ryan Smith: Boyfriend, Black Knight & Mad Hatter

Pastel Jack as Shinedown

Current Video Idea

I am having to change my music video idea because the person who was supposed to playing my main character has a busy schedule so I wouldn't be able to get the time for all my cast to be together to be able to film the sections with her in it.

My original idea was that I was going have Alice having an argument with her boyfriend which results in him hitting her and when she falls into Wonderland the Mad Hatter and the Black Knight was supposed to represent the different sides of the boyfriend that she is now aware of. Also, the Red Queen was supposed to be the girl that the boyfriend has been cheating on Alice with which we find out later. At the end we see that her boyfriend tries to ring her to apologise and she deletes his number off her phone to give the impression that she doesn't want to be with him anymore.

However, due to having to change my story, my idea is still that Alice has an argument with her boyfriend and the Mad Hatter and Black Knight represent the different sides to the boyfriends personality however the Red Queen now represents the different side to Alice and how she has to overcome that part of her personality that depends on the boyfriend to do everything for her in order to turn into someone that is strong enough to break up with him. My video still has a dark theme around it because of the twist in the storyline.

Animatic

Story Board