picture editing...

I have edited some of the pictures here, I have done this mainly so that I can get in some practice for when I create my actual digipak.

Here are a selection of pictures that I have taken of Harriet as practice for my digipak pictures. For the actual thing I will use stills taken from filming, or a specifically set up photo shoot with harriet looking appropriately dresses and in an appropriate location.

I know that these pictures are not very creative and they are not in a great location so the mise en scene is poor, but these are just a rough example to show angles and ideas.

Story board

This is my story board, so far these are all of the ideas that I have come up with, and this is how I think it will flow. I have more than 2 strands going through the storyboard, and a number of ideas. I will see how it goes.

Digipak research

 Digipaks typically consist of a gatefold (book-style) paperboard or card stock outer binding, with one or more plastic trays capable of holding a CD or DVD attached to the inside.

As you can see a digipak consists of the CD itself, usually some form of picture of the artist, the name of the single/album and other information to do with the CD.

As you can see here, this is one of Adeles digipaks and she, as well as many other artists use a large picture of themselves to advertise the CD. I think that I too will use a large picture of the artist, that is alluring for the audience.

Laura Mulvey came up with the idea of the Male Gaze Theory. She claims that the media makes women seem sexual and more appeling to men by dressing them down and doing their make-up up. She says that people will be more likely to be interested in something if there is a picture that gets them excited.
I may use this idea for my digipak because I think that it will come across more appealing to my audience.

Crew List

Me- Laura- My role will be to plan, film and stage the entire video. I will video the whole thing myself and have decided on where to do the filming.

Harriet- the singer. Harriet will be the main person in the video, she is the person who is singing so most of the video will contain her.

***- The ex-boyfriend. This person will be the ex boyfriend and he will appear in a small part of the video, mainly in the flash backs and the flashes to see him and his new girlfriend.

***- The new girlfriend- This person will only be in the video for a tiny part, where I film her with harriets ex-boyfriend.

Prop List

To film my video I will require the following things:

Video Camera
Digital camera (stills)
Artist
Outside location
Suitable clothing

Indoors scene
Kitchen location
Dining room table (dinner set-up)
Piano

Filming

I need to start filming soon however the weather has meant that I have had to postpone it, due to the snow I decided to wait until it has gone, mainly because if the footage is not good enough then I would have to film more, and it will look really bad if there is snow in some parts but not in others.