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Digi-pack finished product + creative process
Now that I knew what route I wanted to go with in the creation of my digipack And already had the potential cover chosen (the edited photo featured in the “DigiPack updates” post) I decided to continue on in my work. But before I could continue editing photos, I decided I would have a photo…
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media page planning and creation
Before making my Instagram page for the music video, I needed to do some research and learn more about how rappers promote their new music nowadays. More specifically, I decided to look at Osamason’s Instagram account and his photographer and videographer “GK” and how they recently promoted his last album release, as I had already…
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Shoot 1
Shoot day one was fun and interesting, and i actually ended up learning a lot and picking up a few tips and tricks that ill be sure to apply to the following shoots. Before the shoot I prepared all my equipment in a backpack and got dressed for the shoot. I carefully chose my outfit…
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music video post production and creative reflection
In this post, I will talk about the creative production process for my music video as well critically reflect on my creative decisions , such as my thought process, ideas, Difficulties, regrets and overall how I took the mere idea of my narrative to an actual complete music video that I can confidently say I’m…
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Music video production. (technical)
In this post I will talk about the different TECHNICAL Factors that were part of making the music video such as editing complications that I may have had, plan changes, difficulties, use of equipment and softwares, and overall the entire process from filming to the final result. Shoot day one taught me a lot, and…
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Digi pack brainstorm
I am planning on making the digipack either by using still frames from the music video or from the editing process of it, or my original idea which was to make the digipack look like a pillbox, which fits really well into the theme of the music video as the narrative is partly about substance…
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Digi-pack Updates
After making the post about the potential plans for the Digi-Pack, I decided to install Photoshop’s one-week free trial and test and begin working on the cover for each idea to see how they would look in reality, so I could get a better idea of which option to go with. Opening Photoshop for the…
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Concept development for music video
In this post, I will talk about my story/concept plan for my music video and how my thought process looked like when planning these ideas. I’ve spent the past couple of weeks thinking about and trying to come up with an idea or concept for my music video. At first, I didn’t know where to…
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Storyline and shotlist
avoid unnecessary problems like not getting enough shots or footage that doesn’t piece together well to be able to create my music video without running into unnecessary problems like not getting enough shots or having footage that doesn’t piece well together, I will make a shot list. Over the last few months, I have spent…
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Technical planning
Making any form of media at a high standard requires some type of plan beforehand to ensure everything is thought out and runs smoothly. This is especially true for anything that requires filming, as there are many things that must be considered, for example, location scouting, casting, budget, etc. All of these things are important…
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Understanding the Music Promotion Package.
To understand the music video promotion package, it is important to first understand the reason for its existence and what it consists of. A music promotion package exists for the purpose of exposing an artist’s music to large audiences and making their music stand out from other artists. The music industry is extremely competitive, and…
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My inspiration and interests.
To prepare for my major task, I started looking into music videos from artists that I like, thinking that it would give me some inspiration and a direction I should take to create something myself. I’m going into this completely blind because I have never done anything similar to this, but I’m also excited to…
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Preliminary editing practice
In this post, I will go over the next step of the video creation process after collecting all of my shots at the ice-skating rink, which is editing. This is one of my first times editing a video using editing software, so it might be a little difficult until I get the hang of it.…
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preliminary practice shots
For my preliminary shooting practice, I managed to collect a couple of short videos of fun outings I had, like ice skating and a party I went to too. I decided to not go out of my way and force myself to specifically go out to shoot, but instead incorporate it into my already existing…
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Research into DIGI-PAK conventions.
In this post, I will look into and research the conventions of digipaks in relation to music, seeing as I have chosen these for my minor task. Digipaks are a type of packaging used for CDs and DVDs, made from cardboard stock. It contains an internal plastic holder that can hold more than one disk. They…
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Research into music video genres
In this post I will research and analyse different genres in music videos in an attempt to understand exactly how they should be created in order for my final project to be up to standards. I will research types of music videos as well visual style, genre, and technical elements like editing and visual effects.…
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Previous works of mine and media experience.
In this post I’m going to talk about my personal experience when it comes to creating media, and the skills I developed in doing so. Although I do not have much experience in the field of creating media, I can say that from what little I have done, I learned a lot. My first experiences…