Digipack Photoshoot NEW

The photoshoot didn't go too well due to the lighting and I would ideally like my front cover of my digipack to have some sort of light coming from somewhere.
My new idea for my video which I have explained in a previous video will also help me find a better location for my photoshoot. I want to highlight the fact of travelling and to resemble the music video and main artist as it is the main song in the album and the only one that has a music video about it. This will help my audience relate to the album as they may have seen the video.
The hotel "Van gough Hotel" has beds in the rooms and I have asked for a picture of the rooms from the hotel. The layout is appaerntly near a window so I have a couple ideas for the front cover. I was thinking of more of a hangover style picture instead of an eccentric picture, this is because I dont want my audience to see the main part in a picture but see the aftermath, making them curious to as what is in the middle.
Most likely I will have a picture of my artist laying on the bed in an uncomftorable position to show he has had a night out, but I will take lots of photos with my digital camera until I get the perfect shot.
Also I will take photos of the ticket to amsterdam and also of maybe famous places for my inside of my cover, preferably urban famous places as I am in the genre of dubstep

New Location Reccee

The Night Club ESCAPE was not happy with me filming with my Canon Camera but allowed the use of mobile devices to record such as the iphone.

New Location recce

There is a good oppurtunity to film in Holland as I have posted on a previous Diary entry.

I have looked at certain locations to film and have highlighted certain ones.

Liam's House: Used for the starting scene where close up of phone is seen.

Taxi: On the way to the airport. 

Gatwick Airport: I have contacted reception and they said I can film as long as long as it is not profitable.

On the plane: Electronic equipment must be turned off when told to do so.

Amsterdam Airport: Just to show arrival briefly

Van gough Hotel: Permission to film in room but not in stairway or reception

Escape Night Club: Yet to ask

Here is a video of Escape Night club, It looks like the perfect location to shoot my final scene as the lighting looks pretty good.

An improvement to my music video?

After reconsidering my storyboard I chose to take advantage of the fact that I am going to Holland. After researching the area that i will be residing in I realised that this would be a much more appropriate location for my video shoot than my original idea. I am therefore going to take the same video concept but incorporated it into a bigger and better location!
Instead of having my video shot on the bus and end up in a house party, I will be shooting my video on the airplane and ending up in a famous night club!

Brief

1. A promotion package for the release of an album, to include a music promo video, together with two of the following three options:·



a website homepage for the band;·



a cover for its release as part of a digipak (CD/DVD package);·



a magazine advertisement for the digipak (CD/DVD package).


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I have chosen to create a music video as I feel that I can experiment with the effects and I beleive that I have the appropriate recources to do so. I have never done a music video before but I love being creative with media and the skills that I have learnt from AS will help me with the editing.

Equipment

TThe digital technology that I will be using will be cameras and other digital equipment which will be supplied by the media department and my camera at home. The quality of the camera's are the same so there will be no difference if I was to use different cameras for a scene. Thanks to the progression in digital technology can we now see what the clip looks like instantly after we recorded where as in the 1980's the camera crew would have to record the scene and judge whether to keep the recording or not. There is also a new experience for the viewer as the visual quality of cameras have improved and now you can purchase a good quality camera much cheaper. This is similar with the sound of the recording as in every aspect of digital technology has improved significantly. I will be using a handheld camera and this will give the effect that the viewer has an insight to the video and will be as if they are experiencing it first hand. Having a hand held camera is another development in technology as cameras used to be big and bulky and this would make me unable to record as having a big camera would be expensive and hard to move around. Another camera which isn't a usual choice for a music video is the Iphone, it is still HD quality and has a high amount of memory which could potentially come in useful for small scenes such as on the plane if bigger cameras are not permitted.

Front cover

I have an idea which will put my camera skills to the test.
I am planning to use the theme of lights in my picture as the title of the song is "blinded by the lights."
My favourite choice of location to take pictures of lights would have to be central London e.g oxford street.
There is a pathway in-between the roads and I think that if I use a wide shutter time then I can capture the moving lights of the cars well and should give a good effect.
This effect will only be available really at night time so I would have to go there around 8 oclock because it is winter time and should get dark quickly.
I was going to stand in the middle of the road completely still with scruffy smart clothing which would give the impression that I am drunk and i should hold a champaigne bottle in my hand.
The second idea that I have would be to shoot the photo in a hotel abroad. This idea is part of the new story plan that I have in mind. This involves shooting the video in Holland.