Updates..

Tomorrow I am going to the Hospital to re-film the part where I am injured in the kitchen, as I found that filming in a hospital would be more appropriate as the location matches the scene.

For this, I will firstly need to ask permission to film in the hospital, then I will need to find a suitable loaction within the hospital to film. I have crutches to emphasize the severity of my condition and what I essentially plan to do is as follows:

• Film myself close up, then slowly zooming out to show I am in fact in a hospital
• (Close up of Hospital sign?)
• Myself limping out of the Hospital into a car
• Get driven away
• End up back at my house
• Walk to the garden
• And continue the scene where it left off before I filmed at the hospital

Hopefully this will make my music video seem more proffesional and suitable to the lyrics.

Finished Tasks..

These are my finished ancillary tasks:

Below is my finished CD cover. My aim for this cover was to keep it as simple as possible, as the song is quite mellow and calm. I used Photoshop CS4 to edit this photo that I took in Brighton, I hightened the stauration and editited out a boat that was previously there so it looked as if it was very tranquil and away from society.

I tried to follow the codes and conventions of popular CD covers by entailing the artist's name and the album title. The piece of machinerey in the middle of the picture emphasizes how the album name 'Working Progress' is relevant to the picture. I felt this to be necessary as I wanted a relationship between the title and the picture, as opposed to a pointless title.

My back cover for my CD follows the traditional values of the front cover, in that the beach scenery is still featured. I felt I should keep the style of calm and somewhat 'individual' theme continuing throughout the CD. The back cover features a similar style to the front, taken at the same location and using similar effects. I made sure that the back cover had a vast amount of white space so that the black text would stand out.

For my actual CD I studied many CD's cds' and found out many popular CD's use their main image as their CD image, possibly because it is easy to establish what CD it is from. I slightly edited the CD so that the album name was centered as opposed to be allinged to the right, as if it was, it may have been cut off in the process.

My special thanks page is the last of my CD ancillary tasks, it is featured in the inner pages of my CD case. It simply contains the thankyous to the people that helped make the CD. Obviously all of the names and comments on this page are fake, I simply wanted the thankyous section to look as if it had been proffesionallu made, and because I filmed and designed of of my content, I could not mention my name in the thankyous.



The final part of my ancillary tasks was my magazine advert. I thought this advert was produced and designed to the best of my ability, as the picture used in it resembles the scenery of my previous photos, I believed that I should continue the tranquil/acoustic style of my music video so that it is reflected on my advert poster. I hope I have achieved this as I edited the photograph that I have used to make it seem professional and appealing to my target audience.

Making The Thank Yous..

These are all of the files that I have used in my project. All of these files were PDF files and then I turned them into JPG files so that they can be viewed in the right pixelation after completion.

The screen shot below is a screen shot of my uncompleted 'Special Thanks' part of my CD. It entails the thank yous and mentionings of the people that helped create and devise my music video and design the CD. To make this section look and seem as professional as I could, I wrote of all the thank yous and tried to make them sound as cheesy and realistic as possible. I did some research into the thank yous on certain CD's and found that the majority of them name literally all of the people that helped with the production, even the people that made the coffee.
The background was a picture taken by myself and simply edited in photoshop.

Yet another change in plan..

For the final scene for my video, instead of filming in a kitchen, I have decided to film myself on a gurney being fixed up, and bandaged, back ready so I can run back into my garden.

Evaluation..

I need to start thinking about my evaluation now..

Editing My Ancillary Tasks (CD)

I began editing my CD project at the start of November 2010 with the idea of my music video already in mind, I thought I would start designing my CD. I new the CD had to resemble the song of my choice, therefore the genre of the song would tie in with the design of the CD, which was quite relaxed, happy and brightly coloured. Therefore the photograph of an old boat positioned on Brighton Beach was perfect.

I used Adobe Photoshop CS3 to design my CD project.

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With tools such as ...... and ......... It helped me to brighten, darken or basically re shape the colour of the photograph to suit my needs. Finding a suitable font was quite simple, I needed a font that stood out and brought life to the image, but I also needed something quite mellow and smooth. The font I eventually chose I think brgins out both of these attributes, and I am satisfied with the result.

Hue and saturation were in need of editing in my photograph, I needed the sky to really stand out, therefore I raised the saturation and the vibrancy to around 90% to maximise the brightness levels to make the image look outstanding. 

The back of the CD cover followed the same process as the front cover, as well as the inner parts of the CD as Photoshop was the most appropriate programme to use.

Finishing The Ancillary Tasks..

Previously in the year I did some research into similar media texts regarding the use and design on the strucuture of CD cases and what makes them effective. Over the past couple of months I have been designing my own CD case consising of the front cover, the back cover, the inside of the CD and the CD itself. Because of the genre and name of my song, I felt it to be appropriate that I made the front cover of my CD very bright and eye catching, as it would stand out from the other CDs. I have used a photograph that I took of a rusty piece of machinery in Brighton and editited on the programme Adobe Photoshop CS4 to make it have a better impact on the audience and to simply add more or less colour or edit out any people or buildings I did not want in the shot.

The back of the CD cover is also taken in Brighton and is a picture of an old boat. I felt that this was similar to the front cover as both are on the same beach and both share an artistic flare which makes them both attractive to an audience.

The CD itself consists of the same image as the front cover, just enlarged so that the sky is clearly visible with the album name written across the top.

The inside..

Some Slight Adjustments..

I have come to finish my project now, however I have found that there are a few lighting issues that I needed to sort out.
Because I filmed on seperate days the weather and lighting have changed in certain shots, so to make my music video look realistic and professional I will need to adjust the lighting so that it looks like it was filmed on the same day.
To do this, I have simply put the footage I want changed into the programme AfterEffects and editing the hue, saturation and brightness of the clip and then copy and pasted it back into Final Cut Pro.

By doing this, my music video now looks cleaner and flows smoother than it did before.

Back To Work..

Now that I have returned from my Christmas Fetivities I need to finish my blogging. I have almost finished my music video, there is only editing left to do, I have all the nessescary shots and footage I need for the completion of my project.

I plan to strart my evaluation as soon as I finish my last pieces of editing on my video.

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More Editing

I have come to almost complete my entire project now, however there are still a few touch ups that need to be added.
Such as the tractor scene, I found there was too much of a delay when the tractor comes back around, so I have changed the idea and video so that as the tractor drives past there is more focus on my facial expression and more focus on different camera angles of the tractor. For example a close up on the wheels and the drivers facial expression, a trailer with a tree in it may even be added to add comical effect.

I simply felt the shot was too boring and tedious, hence the reason for change.

Preview Of My CD Front And Back Covers

Below are the previews of the front of my cd cover and the back of my cd cover. What I hoped to create in these covers was a sense of peacfulness and tranquility. Because the song is rather melow and all acoustic, I felt that a bright and joyful front cover was needed in order to compliment the song. The photograph I have taken was taken in Brighton on the Brighton Pier and the image I captured was a rusted piece of machinery. I felt this to be a good front cover as the album is called '..Working Progress' and the fact that the image I have used is rusted machinery means I am trying to fix it, however it is taking progress.
The song title also appeals to the front cover as it is entitled 'Brand New Day' and the front cover shows a sunny day with a clear blue sky, emphasizing the happines of the album.






The back of the cd cover is similar to the front as I felt that if I made the back cover very different to the front cover, it would not have the feeling of continuity and would not suit the song choice. The back cover consists of a photograph again taken in Brighton of an old boat on the beach. I felt this was a good choice for the back cover as it is subtle, calm again and beautiful to look at. The text is easily seen on the white/orange background as is the copyright details.
I had to edit this photograph to make it look more attractive and suitable for my CD cover.


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