Digipak idea

My first idea for my digipak is to have my artist featured on the front cover however not in the typical way other artists do it.

My artist is different as his music blends the likes of hip hop, pop, RnB, ect. so I have to approach this in  a way that wouldn't be stereotypical to any type of genre, my artist has to stand out. Therefore the idea will be somewhat of the same to other artists however the execution will be different.

An example of what a stereotypical pop music digipak would be this:

   

Hip Hop:

However I feel my aritst needs to do something different but still be featured on the front cover. I want to keep to the sad element of my song and create a dark album. Im looking for an unconventional way of being on the front cover.

An example of what I am looking for:

The album cover is simple yet effective. It showcases what type of theme the album is going for and shows the artist posing in a non stereotypical way of its genre.

Editing Progress - Special Effects

I have made more progress on editing my music video as i have added special effects to some scenes and have altered the speed of some clips to go with the song.

A lot of my nature shots have special effects due to the fact that they don't have much going on in them, they are more of a representational  scene to go along with the overall tone and theme of the song. I feel this makes my music video even more interesting as the effects bring a type of life to the otherwise lifeless scenes however also match tone of the song. 


Mirror effect:

Underwater effect: 

Choosing which effect to go with the scenes proved to be difficult as there were so many that were similar to what I wanted. The effects in some scenes are not as noticeable as others. I feel this is a good thing as in most music videos the effects and filters aren't really obvious, this matches my music video and provides the subtle details the video needs to pull off the overall mood of the video.


Before effects:

After effects:

I have also adjusted the speed of certain clips as i feel it adds to the dramatic moment of the video and it also matches up to where the music takes a dramatic turn also.

Extra Filming

Whilst editing my music video I realised that I needed to film a little more. This is due to either it not being exactly what I wanted or clips not looking as good as they should be due to camera movement. I will be filming these extra clips in a 4 days time on the weekend. 

I found that I also needed more options when filming such as the same clip but in a different angle and therefore I will need to be filming these also. This should be my final time filming as most of my clips are already on the computer and I will have two days to film the extra scenes on the weekend giving me more than enough time.

Editing Progress

During my second session editing I have made more progress. I have been focusing more on the harder parts of editing my music video first and that is cutting the clips down and positioning them in the correct time of the video to match the beat. I have successfully completed some of these. I have also managed to add in the title screen into the video, the title screen will be towards the end of the music video rather than conventionally at the beginning.

   

Start Of Editing

I have just started to edit my music video now, having imported all my clips onto the computer. The program I am using to edit my music video is Final Cut Pro X, it is a different program I used last year as this is more updated and provides features such as multicam, templates and an autosave function. during this editing session I got to grips with the new features and functions and have successfully completed the intro to my music video as seen below.