Digipak Finalised

Digipak Finalised

Once I completed the editing stages for my music video, I could then begin the creation of my digipak.

The purpose of completing the music video before attempting the digpak is because of the images needed; I took certain shots from scenes during my video to implement into my digipak.

Beforehand, I briefly studied the digpaks I previously analysed and quickly scanned across a couple others on the internet for some inspiration.
Along with the digipak is an attempt of a disc. This disc, I took inspiration from the lyrics as being literal; the aspect of fire reminded me about the Sun. Thus I created my own rendition of the Sun through Photoshop.

 

For further marks, I decided to go the extra mile and essentially create a booklet for the inside cover.

 

 

 

 

 

Music Video: Completed

After countless hours of editing to make sure I've achieved my full potential, here is my final piece.

I wouldn't of been able to have complete it without the assistance from my teachers, my friends and the owners of Electric Bear and Shady Farm.

Some small errors I came across whilst completing my final piece is definitely how smooth some shots transition and the scale of the video on YouTube. As seen in my Animatic, I wanted the video to not fill the screen, instead have the top and bottom bordered with black - like seen in most videos nowadays.

Editing Stages

Editing Stages

Throughout the editing stages of my music video, I was required to take screenshots and shots of me editing

The first image editing one of the first shot used. During this particular editing stage, I am applying RGB colour curves, allowing me to essentially make the shot look more both appealing and natural. Similar colour schemes are used as conventions for folk country songs such as "Young in America" by Danielle Bradbery, where the fields are thriving with brightness, yellows and oranges. A simple addition of text on the top layer, providing my audience with a title, artist and director noun.

 

For this second screenshot, I gave the original piece of footage some camera flare from a sun which we also implemented as well as additional RGB curves. Once again, camera flare is used for more of a naturist feel as most music videos have the sun flaring into the camera.

Furthermore, as you can see on the original shot on the left, the sky is bland and too white, thus we added more of a natural colour palette through RGB curves which then gave the shot an open and friendly appeal.

Moving onto the third shot, here I took two shots and created a burning effect on the top layer with the second shot as a secondary layer. The purpose of this editing technique was to refer back to the lyrics of burning and fire. Alpha Glow and Roughen Edges in the end allowed me to create this effect which turned out better than anticipated.

 

 

Finally, using an online program and an artist at Confetti, Nottingham, I used three proper filmed shots and created them into sketched stills with a fade into the initial shot. This thought shows off my eccentricity and in addition talent in programming and realistic drawing.