Update On Post-Production

So far from the raw footage I have cut scenes down and edited them so that they follow the flow of the music, so far I have this above clip. Obviously this isn't finished and I also need to film more to slot other clips in and break the footage down so theres an even balance of action shots and stills/close-ups etc...

Update 17/1/15

I began filming some rough shots for my music video over the weekend, the weather wasn't that good so it sort of affect the amount I could film but I did manage to get a few relatively good shots.

Variations Of Digipak

I've composed a collection of Digipak front covers, I've played about with different themes and styles that would attract an audience...

Digipak research...

I've been doing a lot more research on looking into Digipak's and some other Digipak analysis' online. This has really helped me when looking to create my own Digipak.

I have created a basic outline of what I would like the front cover of my Digipak to look like and from this I am going to move on to the other aspects of the task.

Time Lapse

I have been researching time-lapse video's and how to create them. I have discovered that there are many ways of doing this, for example, I could take images of the sky at set intervals of the day and then slot them all together to create a time lapse of the sun set or sunrise.

I could also, record the the sunset and then whilst in editing speed up the footage to create a fast paced sunset.

After considering both options I think it's would be best to test the both of them and therefore I can chose the clip that I think looks better and more professional.

Filming Dates

I am hoping to film the scenes that don't involve the actors on Saturday 17th, ex the establishing shot and the skyline shot that will be sped up. These will be taken at The Everton View, during the day times.

The rest of the filming will be done hopefully the week after, with the actors.

Lighting.

I will be using mainly natural lighting as most of my scenes are shot outside during the daytime and therefore I shouldn't have to use artificial lighting. The only time  might have to use lighting will be if filming at night, although I do have umbrella lights that would work to illuminate the scene and if worst comes to worst I can always adjust the lighting effects when editing in iMovie.

Sound FX

I haven't really thought about using sound effects in my music video, however I think using one of a heart rate monitor flat lining at the beginning before the song kicks in would be a rather effective way of suggesting what the video was about before the actually video had began. This will be something that I will be sure to try out in the future, and that way I can evaluate whether or not it works or not.

Actors

The actors in my music video are going to be my six year old twin nieces, as the main characters (Aaliyah&Lychelle) and their Mum(my sister), Kesna playing their mother.

I have chosen these to be the actors as for the story I want my narrative to portray I have to have a close knit family bond that is real so its believable when watching the video. I want the story line of my music video to be as real and emotive as possible because it does tackle a real issue of loss and how it affects children in ways that you might not really pick up on.

Location

The main location for my filming is the Everton View, Liverpool and I have chosen this location as it looks over the whole of Liverpool and has a spectacular view that will be good to use for establishing shots. This location also has a park and lots of hills that propose good filming locations for the smaller family-like scenes.

The second location will be a cemetery, as this is for when the children place flowers on their mothers grave. i have chosen this location as it is very practical.

The third location is for when we set lanterns off and as it would have to be night time I have chosen to do this in my own back yard. I also have a set of umbrella lights that will act as the lighting for outside so that its not to dark to see the filming.

Costume

The costumes that I will be using will be winter themed so for the children:

• Wellington boots, or black boots, jeans/leggings, t-shirts /sweaters and winter coats. - this will be the costume for the park setting.
• Pink dressed with cardigans, nice dolly shoes, and jackets - this will be for the cemetery scene.

For the mother:

• Legging's and a sweater with knee high boots, to connote a really mumsy outfit. 
• during scenes where you see her watching over her children, a more white angelic outfit.

Props

The props that I am going to be using are:

A picnic basket&Blanket 
A football
Flowers 
Candles 
Paper Lanterns

These props will be used during the day of filming where we shoot family scenes and the children and their mother playing at the park, and also at the cemetery where the children will be visiting the grave of there mother.

Filming

I am hoping to start filming over the next two weeks as I will also have to self edit the video, as I am single handedly creating this music video. I have already plotted out a storyboard and have a rough idea of scenes, and how to direct them.

Progress (Story Board)

Storyboard 

The basic idea of my video is that the two main characters (who are 6) have lost their mother and its them reflecting on memories of being with their mother and then her not being there any more. 

I'm going to do this by having shots of them playing in the park with the mother and then shots of her not being there and how it changes. One example of this will be the children will be being pushed on the swings by there mother in one shot and then in another it will just be them on the swings on there own.

Prezi of storyboard

Ben Howard Lyric's

Only Love - Ben Howard

Darling you're with me, always around me.
Only love, only love.
Darling I feel you, under my body.
Only love, only love.
Give me shelter, or show me heart
Come on love, come on love.
Watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart.

And I'll be yours to keep.
A wind in the shadow, a whale song in the deep.
A wind in the shadow, a whale song in the deep.

Darling you're with me, always around me.
Only love, only love.
Darling I feel you, under my body.
Only love, only love.
Give me shelter, or show me heart
Come on love, come on love.
Watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart.

And I'll be yours to keep.
A wind in the shadow, a whale song in the deep.
A wind in the shadow, a whale song...

Darling you're with me, always around me.
Only love, only love.
Darling I feel you, under my body.
Only love, only love.
Give me shelter, or show me heart
Come on love, come on love.
Watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart.

Watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart,
Watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart,
Watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart,

Only love love love,
Only love love love,
Only love love love,
Girl show me heart.
Come on love love love,
Come on love love love,
Come on love love love.
Watch me fall apart.
Come on love love love,
Come on love love love,
Come on love love love.
Girl show me heart.
Show me love love love,
Show me love love love,
Show me love love love.
Watch me fall apart.

Darling I feel you, under my body
Darling you're with me, forever and always.
Give me shelter or show me heart.
And watch me fall apart, watch me fall apart.

Plans

I am now working on my own. Because of this I have chosen to create a music video to Ben Howards — Only Love.

It's a beautiful song and I believe that I can create a contemporary video that reflects the lyrics in the song.

I am working on a story board at the moment and I am planning to have as copy uploaded by Monday at the latest and I hope to start recording Wednesday. I have already got some ideas for cast members, and for a basic narrative. I really think that this idea is going to come together quite nicely.

Rear of digipak

The rear of the digipak uses the same background ask the cover which gives it a recurring theme. The font for the header is the same, but the text size is smaller.

again some of the colours could be edited so that you can make out the words more.

Digipak Cover

Here is a closer look at my digipak front cover, its very basic and yet it looks very effective as the name of the digipak fits in with the background which is a starry night.

The font used is in the style of an Americans Letterman's jacket type And i have also used a low opacity so that you can see the stars through the text.

There are some points that could be improved, as the background is dark, it can be rather hard to see the text on the cover.

DigiPak Draft

Because of changes to the project, I have had to redo the digipak. Which looks like this so far...

 This is the actual layout of the digipak so therefore you can see the front cover, the rear-which is the tracklist and the disk-that still needs editing. As this is just a rough draft.