March Update

Our group has been filming several shots, some will be included in the final piece.
We have been trying new techniques and angles, using jump cuts and other filming motions.

Our Digipak is being designed, the front cover has been decided.
Our group will be presenting our work within a website. the website is currently in progress.

Digipak design

This is the front cover design for our digipak product.

The album name is First Origin.

DigiPak research

We have looked into other famous DigiPaks to gain conventions of them.

We found that every digipak has:

• A recognisable front cover, this displays the album name and artist/record label.
• A back cover that shows the title of songs on the CD.
• A CD holder.
• Plenty of similar images presenting the main star.

Update

Our group have just started editing a rough cut of the music video.
we have come to a decision to use the acoustic cover of the song "Started from the bottom".

This rough cut has given a clear indication of what filler shots are needed, and the sequence of shots. Also we will use other angles and camera movements to give a variety to the video.

Shooting Schedule

This is a rough guide to use for our shooting schedule, first filming will be on the 16th of January

Day/ Time	Location	Shot description	People Needed
Thursday 16th Jan (PM post 5.00)	Underpass, alley, run down area (sheltered).	Wide shot- tracking- mid shot- close up.	All crew, specific: Protagonist & antagonist, Extras, Camera man.
Friday 17th Jan (Am during units 1&2)	Street, park, open uncrowded area (Bench).	Overhead, over shoulder, POV- close up (FP).	(Above minus antagonist).
	‘’	(Final scene)	‘’ + (Extra-tramp)
Monday 20th Jan (5+6)	School (Interview rooms)	Over shoulders- camera circles, shot/reverse shot.	All crew, specific multiple interviewers and protagonist.
	(property opportunity)	(House scenes shooting)	All crew
Additional shots.

Benefits of a digipak

How does a digipak benefit the artist?

The front cover has images showing some aspects of the genre there are portraying, this will be distinguished by fans of that genre and may be interesting to the fans of other artists in that genre.

The digipak will easily embody a message attempted to be presented in the songs and the song lyrics. this follows Goodwin's theory and creates a link between the lyrics and visuals.

The images on the front and back covers will emphasize a brand image connected to the artist, making the image iconic and recognisable to the artist giving popularity of them.

A digipak is usual contains 2 CDs allowing for more songs to be released in one album.

overall the digipak is used to distinguish the artist and their ideas. along with catching the eyes of buyers and fans whilst releasing as many songs as the artist can.

Digipak

A digipak is an opening book style CD case.

A digipak generally contains:

• A front cover that is easily recognisable by the artists fans, the cover will identify the artist/band and the title of the album, along with portraying an image to relate to either the artist/band or album title.
• An inside index. the index will give a list of the songs on the CD(s) in order of play.
• A back cover this back cover will have an image similar to the front cover. The back cover will contain a bar code for purchase reasons, the company or companies the artist/band are in association with and any copyright information.
• An inside cover that contains the CD holder

A stereotypical digipak uses lots of images and different bold text to make the digipak exciting and eye-catching for the fans to buy. The digipak will have consistency of colours and themes throughout each side to make the house style iconic and recognisable to others.