Digipak Template

Digipak Template

This is the template that I will be using when I create my bands digipak. This template is a standard 4-panel digipak template that the large majority of artists follow.  The template has a front cover, back cover and two middle panels. The two middle panels will be where the insert and CD will be. Now that I have a template for my digipak, I will begin working on applying the information that I have found out on my digipak research prezi's and apply my own style and genre conventions on my own digipak for my band 'Palms'. Me and my partner will have to do a photo shoot with the band members and work on correcting and editing them to our desired style. I will use the digipak conventions post that I have done to complete my design and make my product look of a high quality, standard and realistic.

I will also be needing to do research on digipak typography/fonts and see which one is best applicable for my band. I will be applying the band name on most of the panels in the digipak. The album name will be on the front cover along with being on the CD itself. I feel it will only be suiting if all of the band members will feature on the front of the album cover. I will be editing the pictures of the band members using the programme Photoshop. Both the record label and band logo will be created using Adobe Illustrator as I will have more access to manipulate letters and images on this programme. I will be using bright colours that have been faded on the band members in order to fit both the indie and pop genre that I will be using for my genre. The colour black and another colour transitional colour will be used in the background of digipak to draw all the colours and images together. The tracklist will be the main focus of the back cover as it is the most important piece of information linking to the product of the digipak - the music. There will be copyright details at the bottom of the back cover as this is where most artists place this piece of information. Furthermore, I will include more copyright details on the outside perimeter on the CD.

Story Board

Story Board

Here are my first couple of storyboards that I made when I was beginning to compose my ideas together to fit the music.

I did not finish these ideas on paper as I believed using an animal storyboard video and changing scenes around on a programme would save me more time and be help me be more practical. I also thought that using the specific scenes to the actual music that I will be using would help me be more precise in my planning and would make more sense to whomever wants to see my plans for my music video.

Here is my final story board that I composed at home on movie maker and using my own animations using the following website - http://www.storyboardthat.com

As you can see my initial storyboards that I had planned and my final storyboard are extremely similar. I liked my idea so much so that I decided not to change much about it and thought that I wouldn't face many problems with my ideas during production. The only main thing that I have changed from my initial ideas and the final storyboard is the band playing all together in an outside space. I think that it would be difficult to carry instruments outside and getting people to play their instruments realistically in time to the music.

My treatment -

The band are all out going about their daily lives. The two band members who are currently in a loving relationship message each other to meet up. This meeting between the two is extremely important. The couple had just had a small argument and their relationship is in jeopardy. The two agree to meet up, settle their differences in order to 'forgive and forget'. The beautiful girl leaves quickly to meet the boy, there is a stranger who takes a second look at the beautiful girl who walks past due to her beauty. The boyfriend realises that he's a lot further away from the meeting point than his girlfriend is. He decides to run and steal a bike in order to get to his girlfriend who is waiting patiently on a wall for him to arrive. Whilst the boyfriend/drummer of the band rides his bike down the roads he rides across other members of the band. Meanwhile the band all together are playing their instruments along to the song in the studio. As we near the end of the music video we make the viewer sit on the edge of their seats as we don't know whether if the boy is going to find and get to the girl in time. When the loved up couple reunite, we make the audience also fall in love with the band and couple.

My shots will all be in high key lighting.

SHOT 1- Rees comes out his house. Wide Shot. Eye Level.

SHOT 2- Ria's sitting outside a café. Wide Shot. Eye Level.

SHOT 3- Rees goes on his phone. Wide Shot. Eye-Level.

SHOT 4- Phone. Extreme Close Up. Eye-Level.

SHOT 5- Ria receives a message. She goes on her phone. Close Up. Eye-Level.

SHOT 6- Rees puts his phone away. Medium Close Up. Eye-Level.

SHOT 7- Rees starts to walk away. Wide shot. Eye-Level.

SHOT 8- Ria starts to walk towards meeting point. Medium Shot. Eye-Level.

SHOT 9- Rees running. Wide Shot. Eye Level.

SHOT10- **CHORUS** Ria sings the first line. Cut Away.  Eye-Level.

SHOT11- Ronnie sings the second line. Medium Close Up. Eye-Level.

SHOT12- Ben sings third line. Medium Close Up. Eye-Level.

SHOT13- George sings fourth line. Medium Close Up. Eye-Level.

SHOT15- Split screen of all the band members singing last line. Medium Close Up. Eye-Level.

SHOT16- Quick changing instrumental shots. Variety of Wide Shots and Close Ups. Eye-Level/Low Angles.

SHOT17- Rees is still running. Extreme Wide Shots. Eye-Level.

SHOT18- He finds a bicycle. Wide Shot. Eye-Level.

SHOT19- He gets on bicycle. Wide Shot. Eye-Level.

SHOT20- Ria walks across street. Very Wide Shot and Close Up. Eye level and Low Angle.

SHOT21- Ress is on the bike. Tracking Shot. Eye-Level.

SHOT22- Ria sits down and finds a place to wait. Wide Shot. Eye-Level.

SHOT23- **CHORUS** Band members sing. Cut Away and Medium Close Ups. Eye-Level.

SHOT24- Recap shots of where Ria is. Wide Shot. Eye-Level.

SHOT25- Rees rides past George. Very Wide Shot. Eye-Level.

SHOT26- Rees rides past Ben. Very Wide Shot and POV shot. High Angle.

SHOT27- Rees rides past Ronnie. Wide Shot. Eye-Level.

SHOT28- Rees rides past Ben, George, Ronnie at bus stop. Extreme Wide Shot. Eye-Level.

SHOT29- **CHORUS** Band members sing. Medium Close Ups. Eye-Level.

SHOT30- Band gets confetti poured on them. Medium Close Ups. Eye-Level.

SHOT31- Different shots of band playing the instruments. Close Ups. Eye-Level.

SHOT32- Rees gets off his bike. Medium Shot. Eye-Level.

SHOT35- Rees runs towards camera. Wide Shot. Eye-Level.

SHOT36- We see Ria waiting.  Medium Shot. Eye-Level.

SHOT37- Band break instruments. Close Ups. Eye-Level.

SHOT38- Rees and Ria come together. Two Shot. Medium Close Up. Eye-Level.

Obviously my music video will not just consist of just 38 shots. When it comes to production I know that I will be including more shots as I could change my mind of how I want things to turn out on the days of producing the music video. I also want to make sure that I have extra shots just in case something doesn't turn out exactly how I want it to be.

Music Video Analysis 5

The Script- 'The Man Who Can't Be Moved'

The music video for the song The Man Who Can't Be Moved by the Irish band the Script shows 2 of the 3 ways that visuals are used to promote the song. These three traits are 1) Illustrative 2)Disjuncture and 3)Amplify.

The illustrative trait is when the music video uses certain images and shots to illustrate and explain the meaning of lyrics to their song and the genre. The disjuncture trait is when the meaning of the song is completely ignored in the music video and the amplify trait is when the images and camera shots are manipulated and shown repeatedly throughout the music video in order for the image is drummed into our vision.

In this case the music video, 'The Man Who Can't Be Moved' by the Script shows both Illustrative and Amplify traits of a music video. The music video sticks to the story of the song. The song starts off with the line "Going back to the corner where I first saw you" whilst the lead singer is clearly walking down the road in order to go back to the corner where her first saw this girl. At 1:01 he then says "and you'll see me waiting for you on the corner of the street" where he then proceeds to sit down on the corner of the street. The singer also repeatedly sings "I'm not moving" and "I'm the man who can't be moved" which at 3:09 we fully begin to understand as the singer is shown in a time lapse through different types of weather and still not moving from where he originally sat. There is also many other references of what the singer sings and the visuals on the screen.

"Gonna camp in my sleeping bag, I'm not gonna move. Got some words on cardboard, got your picture in my hand saying - If you see this girl can you tell her where I am?"

The music video shows the cardboard sign with the exact words "If you see this girl can you tell her where I am?" alongside the sleeping bag and the man who 'can't be moved'.



'Policeman says "Son you can't stay here" and then is followed up with the image of the policeman who is looking at the lead singer and shakes her head at him. This is shown at 1:27.

 "Gotta stand my ground even if it rains or snows, if she changes her mind this is the first place she will go" is said at 1:35 but visuals for this is not shown until 3:18-3:30 (during the time lapse) This obviously shows how the singer 'stood his ground' and kept his word because he ultimately ended up waiting for the girl during the rain and snow.

The lyrics "Maybe I'll get famous as the man who can't be moved. And maybe you won't mean to, but you'll see me on the news" is being sung whilst the man is being shown on the news as now he is finally famous for being the 'man who can't be moved'.

These were all examples of the illustrative traits of the music video. The amplify traits were being shown whenever the the band is seen singing in the car park to signify how much the girl meant to the lead singer alongside the images of the lead singer sitting on the corner of the street as it shows how in love he is with the girl. It also signifies to the audience that the singer really was the guy who 'can't be moved' and that he really meant what he sings and kept his word. Overall this effect makes the band/singer seems real and music of better 'quality' as they mean what they sing. The audience falls for these simple media tricks like an audience falls for a magician's magic tricks.

Location

Location Research

This piece of work will also be shown on my group blog.