Magazine advert Draft 1

This is our first draft for our Magazine advert, we have decided against using the image of the band in the train station as well feel that the lighting in the image is poor.
After creating this we are now editing our digipak in order to change the cover of the digipak to the image shown on this advert.

Within the advert we have used popular music critics 'NME' and 'MOJO' in order to give the advert a more realistic look, to enhance this we have also included the 'download on iTunes' image.

Our record label is shown in the bottom right of the advert however we are working on moving it somewhere, where it may be more noticeable.

Digipak construction progress 1

The screen grab above shows the progression which we have made for the production of our digipak. We decided to have the photo shoot in a train station as we thought it would link in well with the narrative of getting away, also this location is used within the video so we felt it would look more relevant on the digipak because of this.
This is only a rough idea of what our digipak could look like, however we are still experimenting with different images, fonts etc...

Digipak shooting updates

 Today we went to Seaton Carew train station to take some photographs for our digipak. We decided to use this location as it is one which we have used within the video, so it will therefore be familiar to the audience and also because it ties in with the idea of getting away.

Here we have taken a long shot of the full band, we intend to use this image for the cover of the digipak, however we are aware that we may need to re-take this image due to lighting issues.

We don't intend to use all the shots we have taken however we thought it would be ideal to gather as many as possible so we are able to experiment during the construction of the digipak.

Away from here rough cut 3

In this cut we have decided to patch any blank/black spaces in the video with a clip of our lead singer, we don't plan on using these clips in the final product, however we felt we should fill the blank spaces in attempt to make the video less boring whilst waiting for a clip to appear.
We have also changed a few band shots within the video as we feel they are better fitting to the track.

Away from here rough cut 2

This is our second rough cut of our music video. We are now seeing more of a narrative begin to take form, however we are aware that some shots may need editing in order to be better synced with the music.

Away from here rough cut 1

This is our first cut for Away from here. It's still early days but we're beginning to see a narrative develop throughout the video.
We felt it was important to wait until we had some band shots before we posted our rough cut in order to show how we planned to include and shoot the band performance.

Filming Updates

Friday 7th November - Today was our first day of recording our music video. We recorded in a friends home today because we wanted to use an old style TV and arm chair for a couple of our shots and he agreed to let us film there. 

The shot to the right shows the protagonist and lead singer (Josh Brison)sat in a arm chair watching TV, which links with the lyrics "It's much easier for me, to stay at home with Richard and Judy".

The TV to the left is supposed to show footage of 'Richard and Judy', however it wasn't available at the time of filming so we've used this shot for the meantime.

Monday 10th November - Today we started shooting our band shots in the college studio. To begin with we took a few practice shots to get used to and become confident with the lip syncing. The practice shots are shown below.

After a five minute warm-up we then moved on to filming the actual clips for the video. At this stage we have only recorded the chorus and shots of the lead singer however we plan to film more in upcoming days.

Wednesday 12th November - Today we caught a train to Middlesbrough to record shots for the chorus to go with the lyrics 'Away from here'. 

The shots include a time lapse of the train arriving at the station, another of the protagonist boarding the train and another of some of the journey.

Today we also drove towards Peterlee via the A19 in order to record a time lapse of the traffic again to go with the lyrics 'Away from here'.