Video

I have ordered a new USB3.0 Lead for my hardrive which will hopefully resolve the issue of having missing footage, in this version of my video I have edited to the beat. There is a dark colouring on the narrative style part of the music video, I decided to do this so the viewer can differentiate between the abstract projecting onto the faces, where the actors are performing the lyrics ( this is meant to be all the emotions going on in their head and how they are really feeling) - asking the other person to come and see them.

Magazine Advert Development

These are the images all one one page prior to editing to them.

*FONT IDEAS FOR AD*

(fine shadows font)

 As you can see I have created the initial magazine ad, Im actually really please how its going so far, i have used the same colours as my music video to create the similarites between music video and ancillary text. My add features the logo for Domino records which is an indie record label, so it suits my genre. 

Still do to : 

• Experiment with a coloured black group, perhaps use a black background with white writing. To create a bold ad.
• Include more places the album is available to be bought
• I want to make the release date more eye catching
• I am adding some edited photos which are quite faded into the background of the ad, so that there is some original images that I have taken myself. On the screenshot above the blue shapes represent the photos ill add. A profile shot each and a close up front on shot.

To be able to achieve the look I wanted for my magazine ad, I experimented with Photoshop to try and make it work, but was struggling. So I looked up on the internet to be able to try and find a soloution. Luckily I found a step by step guide, at  http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photo-effects/blend-photos/. I am in the process of blending the two photos of each person together (a profile shot and front facing shot of their faces) 

The idea of this is showing the two sides to people, in my music video there is meant to be two distinctions between what the people are singing and also the actions they are taking. When the colours are projected on their face, this represents all the different emotions and feelings people have. Then you get to see the actions they are taking to get to each other.

Ancillary Development CD

The first stage to creating the the CD case I wanted to, was to pick my first colour scheme. I wanted to have a go at creating a few, to see what works well and what looks the best. I found a 6 panel Digipak template by logging on to my colleges old system and going into the media section that was made for the students. It gave me a link to 

This is an online websites that lets you download and use their templates for creating Digipaks. I decided to use a template because all the measurements are accurate and ready to use - to be able to design a CD case to the right dimensions. If I had created a template from scratch, it leaves less time that I can spend on developing and experimenting with different design ideas. 

1.  I selected the 6 panel Digipak template as an adobe file
2. Then I opened it using Photoshop
3. then i saved the file as a Jpeg, that I could then reopen as a layer in Photoshop to be able to edit and create a professional looking Digipak

1st COLOUR SCHEME: Blues,Dark Grey & Off White

This is the first development of my ancillary text. I am using Photoshop C5 to create the CD case. The way I have decided to do it is enter a template onto the Photoshop document and then use my own images.

I have included some interesting art work on the album, without yet adding any silhouettes or pictures of people on the album. When I was looking at existing products there is a huge popularity for original art work, that can be iconic to that album. I have included a picture of some artwork that I took whilst I was at Berlin Film Festival. I took some close up shots of street art with the intention of using them on my CD case. I think original art work suits the genre more, as indie artists class themselves as more creative and original then the pop artists that churn out similar music to each other as quickly as possible. That is the meaning behind using a art work focused CD.  

Adding the first silhouette to my digipak, I had to find a take a picture from the side and then draw over the outline on Photoshop. It was time consuming but wanted a image that fitted what I imagined the best.

Here are some of the Genre CD's that feature lots of album art work;

http://www.loonapix.com/ Is a website that enables me to edit my ancillary texts into settings in the real world. Im going to use it to add my promo poster onto different things to show how it would actually look. Im also planning on printing out a version of my CD cover which means I can fold it and stick it together to create a mock-up to show a real version and not just leave it to the imagination, when looking at the digital version.

Name

I was struggling for a long time to imagine a name for my act up. The original band my song is from is all male, which made it harder to imagine a name just from the song I was using, which features a singer on it that is female. I decided because the theme of my music video is love and France is a meant to be a romantic place with the stereotype of being the place couples go - I went for the name Doux. This simply means 'Two' in French. The song is just about the two people in the song and featuring in the video and this is what the act could be about overall. Whether people take is as the two meaning the two individuals in the band, or the way they two people in a romantic couple, two is simple enough to let people interpret it how they want

~ FONT IDEAS~ 

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The phone labelled 1, really appealed to me because incorporates the symmetrical style of a mandala into the font which would allow me to use the rest of the space on the ancillary text to fill with things such as reviews and ratings which makes it more believable 

Some Editing Practice

Here I am messing around with editing to the beat of the introduction instrumental of Home By Now. I did find this difficult at first, but because I'm using this technique in my final video I want to be able to practice as much as possible.

My Ancillary Task

My ancillary text will be a digipak that uses illustration and also photographs I have taken, with the idea of manipulating them on photo shop to work as best as they can. Firstly I am creating a CD cover/pack which is made up of 6 pieces that when printed and folded work to create a album for my artist + the music video. 

The first colour scheme i want to use is a violet blue, very dark grey (nearly black) and an off white colour. The colour blue is taken from the inspiration of an image I took whilst in Berlin. The other colours compliment this. The image makes a really strong front cover that could be used as album art - which fits with a convention of what other artists do in the same genre. 

The second colour theme I have is inpiration taken from this image that I have taken myself:

The vibrancy of the colours fits with the young band members featured in the video and their youthfulness. There is also a running theme of bikes. My characters are using bikes to ride out to see each other, because this is what the male vocalist is asking the woman to do. Using a bike in big cities has become much more popular in recent years and the sales of 'fashionable' bikes has increased. My theme is reflecting the way society is increasing the interest in bikes, and sees them as something to spend more money on and take care of.

Inspiration for Ancillary Texts + Some Conventions

I have discovered Mandalas are really popular designs with people who are into 'indie' music. The band which I have chosen my song from is classed as indie and have fans who have followed them from the beggining, to becoming more popular aswell as new fans.

Featuring a mandala on my digi- pack would be really infitting with the theme of my song. I think if its something the target audience is interested in too, the artwork will be really important too them. It can add something intricate and interesting onto my product, without going over the top with cramming to much on or including too many colours. Which could be off putting for a genre which normally has quite simplistic designs, or features original art work.

~EXISTING PRODUCTS THAT INSPIRE ~

• The features of this ancillary text, fit with what I image my ancillary promo poster for the 'Deux' Album will look like. I really like the language used on the poster, its all really positive but also gives the reader all the information they need such as release date. 
• The imagery on the poster is relevant to the release, because its no only an album but a film that is being released by the band. The way you can see the lead singer looking down into a video recorder is relevant and makes you think that's what the filming was like, them actually filming their journey. This is appealing to fans who want to know more about the band and what they're like beyond the performances they have seen and music videos they have made.