What is a Digipack?

Digipacks are a type of CD packaging made out of card stock or other heavy paper/cardboard material. Digipacks can flip open like a book, or it can have three parts, so that one portion of the packaging opens to the right and one to the left, with the CD in the center portion. Usually, the portion of the digipack that hold the CD is made of plastic like a traditional jewel case CD - the plastic part is simply attached to the paper background.

We have looked at the likes of Avicii and Calvin Harris when looking for the best digipack that we can gather information and inspiration from. The albums "18 Months" and "True" are something that we can use because of the similarities that we have taken from them as an artist. 

Change in Plan

Due to the complications and the unrelated performance that we had filmed in terms of our video we have decided to change a lot of video. Our plan now is to feature the DJ more in the video, as we have looked up in our research, the likes of Calvin Harris and Avicii are in a large amount of the video. To do this we feel we needed him to be doing something fast paced and able to work well with the chorus of our video. so again taking Calvin Harris in the video "we'll be coming back", there are both  a car and motorbike. We felt this to be a good idea as it provided speed and acceleration as the beat come in to the song. With this in mind, we used Scott's bike (DJ) and rode it around our town. We set out an idea that he is on his way to his photo-shoot in front of his logo, and by the end of the video he reached his destination. We have also reduced the amount of cast as the plans have changed. the full cast is

• Kieran Givens
• Scott Greenwood
• Rosa Webberley

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Reflection on the week

For this week we have filmed a lot of what we need in the day time and are on the process of editing in now. Whilst doing this we are planning our next bit of filming for the night time footage in the woods. We have set the time for this Sunday at around 7ish to get the lighting that we need. Also we have the cast and they now know where they are going and when for. I am going to be updating my blog as I go along to make sure that I am in order and organised with what we are doing.

Our next filming plan

This weekend we have decided to do more filming in the day time and get the footage we need for that over and done with. We will take our leading girl (Rosa) to do her part in the woods and also the couple part in the town with me and Rosa to do that day time filming. The only crops that we will need is the clothing of both me and Rosa. The time we will do it will be about midday to one. This is when we feel that the light will be the best and also make it look realistic in town with the amount of the people  that will be there, making the shopping look like a real experience.

Our First Filming

Throughout the weekend we have rounded up the equipment, such as the camera and a tripod and started filming our first few scenes of our music video. we decided to go to Formby beach to get a few establishing shots for the very start of our video. we decided to go twice, once in the morning and another in the night. This is because we wanted to play around with the light a bit to see what was best for our video. Me and my partner, Scott both had a go at holding the camera and trying different shots that can go into the video. We feel that some of the footage is very weak, as the lighting and positioning, just didn't work for us. However there are also shots that we have got which may use for our actual video which is a great result. We plan to go to other venues such as the woods in Formby and town this weekend to get more much more footage that we can use, but this was definitely a good start.

Planning Camera Shots

The first five scenes that we will shoot are going to be establishing shots of the scenery in Formby such as the beach and the woods to get a feel for the environment of the film, straight away in the first 5 seconds. After this we will see our character for the first time which will be a mid shot of her waist up to show her clear expression and also background fitted in. As the music progresses we will be using more shots to expresses her feelings and expression such as close ups and more mid shots, however we will be adding a few long shots to show the environment and the setting that she is in, so the viewers get a full idea of where she is and how alone she is. When it goes back to the past and darker, we use a various amount of different shots and angles to get a wider idea of the dancing and the movement of the actors some low and some high, to create the idea of speed and diversity. This process continues as we see the man and woman in the shopping centre together.