Final Product - Music Video

 

 

 

 

Final Product - Website

http://genevievecorich.wix.com/repotage1#

 

Final Product - CD Digipack

CD Digipack

For the front cover we chose to use a classy photograph with the girls dressed in fashionable clothes. We edited the photograph with spot removal, and used various layers to make the photograph look more professional. For the name of the band "Reportage" we used an "Apple Cherry" font, and another font for the name of the album, because it is conventional for the band to have its name always written in the same font. This is done for the audience to instantly recognise the familiar band. Therefore the name of the album was done in font "Courier new" and with bevel and emboss tools the 3D effect was achieved. 

We used a photo of our full band for the left inside of the digipack. The photo is from the All you need is now track music video. We put the names of every girl above for the audience to become more familiar with them and identify with them! We made the image purple to match with the theme colour and thus other pictures. 

For the right inside of digipack (where the CD is going to be) we used a picture of the camera lens to represent the idea of girls being fashionistas and the idea about voyeurism as well. The photo was cropped from the initial picture of the video camera we used on the day of filming our music video, and you can see a stage reflection in it. It was also made purple to identify with other pictures. We edited the background on the Texture tool to make it more glamorous and unusual. 

For the back cover we used a black and white colour and added on a photo of a fabric. The "courier new" was used for the name of the songs in order to keep up with the idea of using the same fonts through out the whole digipack. Bevel and emboss were used again to create a 3D effect.  They were also made purple to go along with other purple pictures. The name of the album on the side bar was written in vertical but not horizontal in order to challenge the conventions of the CD Digipack. 

Task 4 - Director's Commentary

In out Director's Commentary we talked about :

• Idea creation/development
• Digital Technologies
• Hardware/ Software
• Online software
• Feedback

Task 4 - Script

Here is the script for the Director's Commentary we just filmed today:)

 

 

 

Task 4 - Post Production

In our post-production process I have used Final CutPro software to do the rough cut and the whole editing of our music video. The software was uploaded to a Mac computer. Final Cut Pro is a very convenient piece of software, which has all the necessary options for the professional editing. We binned all the shots and named them to know which shots are in which bin, and them lip-synced all the shots. I cropped, cut and swapped the shots as I needed(in groups to create more tension) to receive a perfect image. 

For the website I have used online piece of software Wix.com. It enabled me and my group to create a free design of the website for our band "Reportage", which is an essential promotional tool.

In order to create a CD digipack, I have used Adobe Photoshop. There are a lot of filters and tools to manipulate for the digipack to look as much of a 'real product' as possible.

After the video was edited perfectly, I converted it into the HD quality and uploaded to the YouTube, in order to contribute to the UGC and make our video become global and receive the feedback.

In conclusion, my understanding and the skills in using the digital technologies improved a lot, since I have never spent that much time with such a big variety of technological products. Especially, those I had had no idea how to use previously e.g.Adobe Photoshop, Wix. All members of my group put a lot of creativity in our coursework thereafter our progress is noticeable.I feel confident in using all the technological products me and my group faced during the process of the work on our music video, CD digipack and website and I feel i acquired a big progress in my technological skills, partly due to the convergence because all the software and hardware are much easier to use nowadays in the Online Age.