Editing For The Final Video

After editing the footage we had taken the first time around, we realised that we needed to film the last couple of scenes again as we weren't happy with the quality of them, because we were rushing to film everything before we lost the daylight and to get rid of a stranger who had come over to us. Thankfully Sarah managed to film the shots that we needed yesterday afternoon, meaning that we could edit the last bits today. The shots were aligned really well with our previous footage, something we weren't sure if we could achieve easily and the weather was also very similar to our previous filming, meaning that the film didn't look too different from the rest of the video. Once we had finished editing we showed our finished product to Mrs Hammond, who helped us to improve our video by pointing out bits where the shots jumped quite noticeably, but however, this left us with 4 seconds missing once we had finished again. To counteract this, we had to slow down some of the footage where we thought Joe was maybe walking too fast compared to the rest of the video and that way we managed to gain back enough time for the video to be synchronized with the audio. We also edited the still image of Joe a bit, to help the focus remain more on Joe's face rather than other aspects around him.

Overall, our editing went smoothly and both of us are very happy with our finished product as we feel it is much better than our draft version, through our filming and editing alike.

Final Video Draft

This is our completed final draft. Liana and myself are happy with how our video has turned out and although we have a few more cuts than we had planned we think it works well.

The quality of the video severely dropped after uploading it from iMovie onto a disk. I had hoped the quality would be much better on Youtube, especially in HD, but I think it still seems a little blurry. On iMovie the footage is incredibly crisp so I'm not too sure what's going on! However, if need be we can always burn the video onto a DVD in different settings to make the image more clearer and better quality.

Editing

Thankfully all the filming went well yesterday, as Hayley was dropped off with the rest of our props and we managed to talk to Joe about times and places. We managed to film all the shots except for the very last one as the party cannon we bought was faulty and broke when Joe tried to pull it. We also filmed all the shots before the sky became too dark, which means that all our shots are clearer. We decided that we'd try and edited the footage we have first before filming again, to see if we need to re film any parts of our video, or shoot any extra parts. Hopefully we should begin our editing today and find that we are happy with our footage from yesterday.

Final Magazine Advert

Final Digipak

Front Cover Photograph

I kept with the same image idea of my Kodak 177x Instamatic Camera centred in the page with the album title above it. Having only the album title on the cover is extremely unstereotypical, as buyers who may not be familiar with the artist won't know who it's by. However this worked well. A big influence for this choice was the Submarine album by Alex Turner which Piledriver Waltz originally came from. This cover doesn't feature Alex Turner's name and nor does the spine. 

Inside Photographs

The first image I chose for the inside pages was one of a vintage maroon Volkswagen Beetle. I took this photograph at the Stanford Hall annual VW show. I feel this image is closely relevant to the camera I have used as the cover image. Both vintage cameras and VWs are cult cool, meaning they are likely to appeal to an indie audience.

After removing the background making the Beetle the only focus of the image, I altered the colour of the photo with a filter to make it look as though it was taken on a film camera, like my Instamatic. This created a stronger link between the two images. I created this affect on  http://pixlr.com/o-matic/, a webpage based on the Pixlr-o-matic iPhone app.

The next image I chose was one I took last for my AS coursework. This photograph is extremely versatile and I feel works well against the Beetle and within the whole album. Using an image of a girl is a common convention. It also continues will the representation in our video of Oliver being a player.

I cropped the image to the same size I did the Beetle and then applied the same filter to give the retro, film camera appearance. This will mean the inside will match and look symmetrical, creating the most atheistically pleasing layout.

Although I had originally planned to use images of our artist in the inside of my digipak, after conducting research into many of the booklets and inside pages of albums of the same genre I found many don't actually include the artist. My prime example in The Vaccines' debut album What Did You Expect From The Vaccines. The whole booklet features one image per page of completely irrelevant themes and subjects. The symmetrical placement is another feature I admire and have incorporated in my digipak. The colouring of the pictures look as though they have also been taken on a film camera.

 

Final Digipak

This is my final draft of the digipak. I have kept with the same idea on the front and developed the inside pages to link to the era suggested by the camera.

Final Magazine Advert

This is my final draft for the album magazine advert. I have made some vital changes to make sure it looks as professional and realistic as possible.