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.

Filming Technique Idea

This is a technique I want to include in my video. I trialled it in the same white wall location that I did my first filming in. I wanted to see how the colours would work and if you would still be able to see the actors. The photo was uploaded onto Instagram to see the reaction and if people would like it. I used Sponge-bob as a random video as it had vivid colours so I could see what would work well. 

• the light blue is the best for seeing Jacks face still well. 
• The yellow/orange isn't a very good colour
• Also making the projection too visually complicated doesn't work well (lots of colours mixed and lots of details.) As you can see in the picture it doesn't look very good.

I've decided after trying it out, it will work for how I wanted. Even if the projections were in black and white, or just on one half of the screen.

First Mock Up

PROBLEMS FACED

1.When I first decided to edit my footage I realsied the quality was not as good as I wanted. When filming outside of college I don't have access to a laptop so I couldn't check the footage on  big screen. 

2.Due to college and work commitments both me and my cast have limited time we are available to film. When I get home from work/college it is dark which effects the continuety of the footage. I need it all to be in similar lightings and weather so that the video will flow without noticable changes.

3. I created a draft using the footage I took on the first day of filming. I struggled to upload my first draft onto youtube. I did some research online and know I need to log back onto the edit suits and save it to a different format. As the way it was saved onto my hard drive wouldnt' let me upload to Youtube

Story board finished and scanned

Here are the links to the story board I have created for my product! Enjoy

First Day of filming - Sunday 7th December

Close up shot used for my first filming shots. This is Kate the actress.

I am using the same watch that I showed on my props list.

Extreme close up of the face, for this shot. I decided to experiment with only having half the face in the shot, because If I can I would like to have both actors one the screen at the same time singing, when it is in a bit of a harmony.

This is how the tripod was set up for filming, in the centre of the room. The room has a large window and light from the door also,against the white walls creates a simple and crisp look that I wanted to achieve.

Today was a successful day of filming and got shots achieved that I wanted to get, in time ready for the editing session I have booked in for Wednesday the 17th December

Mock up Ancillary Text - get ideas

 This is an abstract album cover idea for cage the elephant and it doesn't feature the band on it. The large photo of the elephant is representative of the name of the band. The name of the band is in the middle. I also did this google mock up to have a go at refreshing my photoshop skills. It was only a quick mock up, but I want to develop before starting the ancillary texts for my blog.