Fineshrine Music Video

Final Digipak

 
 
We have focused our digipak on our images which we have taken throughout the process. We have focused on the contrast of de-saturated colour and the bright watered down inks which is seen throughout our music video. The different photos on the pack have been taken on all different occasions of the production and post production stages.

Our front cover image isn't anyone that is in the band or the video but is related closely. The reason we used this is because its a strong photograph and makes the audience wonder what our album is about and the style of music. To produce this digipak I used the app 'Fragment' by Pixete LLC on the IPAD to produce the design of the images. The back cover image was taken when we were experimenting with the different coloured inks being dripped into water. Using the app we managed to choose from the different designs and formatted the image to fit this. When choosing the different designs for both the front and back we decided that on the front cover the main image should be in focus but decided to blur the image in the lines and on the back do the opposite. This also meant that we could have the other songs in the album written in-between the fragmented square lines.

The inside left panel contains an image which we took in the studio which is also shown on the website. We chose to put this photo into black and white as it then fits with our grungy style band. Using Photoshop we used the blending tools to place the illusion of the ink dripping down in the background to link in with what happens in our video when the band are singing. The ink dripping down also links in with the back of the album cover, so this all flows more.

As our video and Digipak relates to water a lot we thought it would be appropriate to have the inside right of the digipak with a water image. We place it in and put the effect on using the Ipad and we used Photoshop to smudge it to give it the effect that the water is making the ink run. 

Throughout the process we created many drafts of digipaks in order to make sure that we could get the perfect one, we wanted to experiment different kinds of photos, shapes and text.


 
 

Fineshrines Final Website

We have completed our website for our band 'Fineshrine'. We decided to stick to basic colours such as greys, blacks and whites as this works best with the style of our band. The website opens with a picture of the band so that people can see who is in the band. There are many other options to also click on so that you can see what the band are doing, photos of behind the scenes, their latest new and videos.

Our website contains many photos of the band as well as backstage pictures of the filming of their new music video 'Fineshrine'. We included this as on other artists websites they include photos and information on what they are currently up to which gives an insight to the audience of what the band are up to.





We included a section on how Reverie became a band and a bit about their history as fans are always interested to know what bands did before they started producing music. The rest of the sections include information such as an online store, contact information and behind the scenes.
We have made it very easy to use so that people of all ages understand everything on the website. The photos are all very self explanatory as well as the text being easy to read.

Below is the link to be able to access the website for our band 'Reverie':

http://fineshrine.wix.com/fineshrine#!landscape/cyuu

Task 4 - How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

The Script: 

Research:We chose our track and discovered it was part of the indie/dream pop genre and therefore this is what we focused on whilst making our video.  After creating a storyboard on paper we filmed it with the SONY NX5 in order to create a digital animatic that we edited and cut together on the soft wear final cut pro in time to our music. The purpose of this was to see how the length of the shots worked with the music and see if there were many vital changes we needed to make, in order to improve the story line before the day of the shoot. We stuck to this animatic as it was vital on the shoot. We also had to cut the length of our track as the music was too long for the length of the video; we used the software ‘Sound Forge’ for this.The photographs were essential to the concept of our video and were taken on the groups IPhones as well as on an SLR camera. We then got these double printed, so we had 400 photographs to fill the room.

 Production:
We filmed most of our footage on the FS100, but our video also contained a lot of slow motion footage, which was filmed on the NX5. When filming the performance element we had to use the Ipad to play the music out loud which would help later for the lip sync in post-production, and we also had to use the digital clapper so when we played it back we knew where we had to start editing from. We also took photos on the shoot day using a Cannon 5D, as we wanted to record what we had done on the shoot day as well as take photos for our website. Some of this footage was shot on a crane from above as we wanted to use a birds eye view shot so you could see the whole set, this was taken on the Sony FS100 and in the bathroom most it was most filmed using the NX5 due to the slow motions. While filming this there was a TV screen next to us so that we could make sure we liked what we were filming as we went along.
 
 Post Production:We used the soft wear final cut pro to edit our product together. We created different rushes and bins to make it easy for each clip to be found. Using the different channels, we used the appropriate clips and inserted them into the suitable places. We also learnt how to use lip sync which we had done an activity on earlier on in the year. We placed the narrative of the video down first as we felt that this was the most important element of our video as it was the most visually compelling. After we created a first rough cut we evaluated what areas we needed to improve or completely change to make it the best we possibly could.We used the soft wear ‘After effects’. We used this software to create visual effects in order to bring together three separate plates and using the dissolve tool we created the illusion that the main girl was dissolving into the bath. This appeared at the very end of the music video.We also used the program ‘colour’ to adapt the finishing, colouring and grading. We de-saturated the colours to create a blue tinted finish, this created a morbid effect.We used a range of techniques such as; channel layers, blading, marking, synching, different rushes and bins, slow motion shots, changing the saturation and filters in order to create a successful and creative product.

Task 3 - What have you learned from your audience feedback?

Task 2 - How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

Richard Dyer came up with the idea that all artists have a certain star image which is usually seen through their videos, website and digi-pack. A star image helps them appeal to a certain audience whether this be a mainstream or niche one, the ways in which this is achieved is they way they not only present themselves but the way they show and sell their media products. Having a star image means that the artists can have a stronger connection to their audience as maybe consumers feel they can relate to them as they dress the same or are into a similar style as the artists. Dyer also mentions that artists are usually influenced by their record company to present themselves in certain ways in order to make sure that they do target a specific audience in a more successful way.  Also if we look into the work of Negus who talked about organic and synthetic artists, we can see how artists may reveal themselves in certain ways in order to be liked by different audiences and that if they choose to be synthetic then they are going to have a more mainstream audience where as if they decided to be organic then they would expect to have a more niche audience. Both these theories can help when looking into the star image or our own band, Reverie. 

We knew that the star image of our band would be indie and also quite grungy and therefore we kept this in mind when creating our music video. We knew that we would be creating a product that would be of interest to more of a niche audience and therefore we decided to keep the overall look quite de-saturated which made it come across dark and grungy. When looking at the artist Birdy we saw how she used very de-saturated and cold colours therefore we decided to do this with ours as it portrays the star image of the band to be more indie and organic. In addition to this we wanted a very abstract video meaning that the narrative was kept simple yet ambiguous with there being a strong focus on water and inks, which helped with the indie genre that we were in hope of creating and also made it look cinematic. In relation to Negus’ theory we would say that our band is very organic this is clearly seen by there being more of a focus on the narrative rather than the performance element, highlighting their want to sell their music rather then themselves, plus even when the band is shown on screen they are hidden by the multi-coloured inks which adds to this idea. When looking at the music video Breeze Blocks by Alt-J we saw that their video was very focused on the narrative and actually throughout they didn't show themselves and therefore we too though that it would be a good idea to decrease the amount of times the band were present in the video. Furthermore their clothing is very dark and low key not only presenting their style as grungy but also meaning that they are shown to  be to be very chilled out people. Also by the fact that they are shown on a much whiter and lighter background in comparison to the narrative they are therefore presented in a positive way and whats more highlights that even though they could be seen to have a slightly moody attitude that they are in fact a band that is approachable. 

For the website, we wanted to make it very simplistic to keep in theme with the video. Therefore the choice of the colour scheme was different shades of grey which meant that it was a very neutral looking format and helped portray their indie/grunge style. Biffy Clyro - who is also an indie artist uses a simple grey colour scheme on their website and therefore we got inspiration from this and also the band Bastille have a very simplistic format and dark colour scheme so we also used this to help us when designing our website. What's more the ‘behind the scenes’ page meant that the band is presented as very open and willing to share everything that goes on to their audience and this then creates a community online as everyone can keep up to date with where the band is and what they are up to. The images of the band present them as close and also as they are smiling this helps them show viewers of their easy going and care free attitude. The images on the home page aren’t all of just the band and include ones of the shoot day of the music video, which again suggests the band wants to focus on what they make rather then themselves, clarifying them as organic artists. 

The digi-pack again keeps in theme with the music video and website, this is because there is a clear abstract and indie theme which is kept throughout, in addition the font is the same as the one used on the website. However after looking at 4AD - which is where the original artists of our chosen track are from - we saw that this record company is famous for their album artwork and particularly Vaughn Oliver’s album and when looking at this we saw that there was the inclusion of colour and this actually made the album look more interesting. Therefore as a product to sell we though that we would do the same with our digi-pack and so we included the image of the different inks being dropped into water as our back cover and also in photoshop we made it look as though there were multi-coloured inks being dropped down over the artists - this also made a strong link to our music video. As for the front cover we wanted to keep in very simple and therefore it was an image of a girl in a bath, which again linked in with the music video nicely and the fact that it was very de-saturated made it appear very grey in colour which kept in the theme of the star image of the band. 

The overall look that was achieved through the music video, website and digi-pack was kept constant throughout all three products which helped us achieve a stronger star image and therefore a much more clear target audience.  
 

 

Task 1 - In what ways do your media products use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?