27th of February 2012

Today we made a short list of photos we wanted to use from the photoshoot and began editing them using programmes like Photoshop

Making The Video/Blooper Reel

21st of February 2012

today we finished the edit of the music video and exported it from Final Cut using "quick time converstion" to get a file format that would work with PCs and YouTube as well as being able to edit all the settings such as:

•  H264 encoding
• Resolution: 1920x1080p
• sound quality: high
• video quality: high
• internet ready streaming: yes

17th February 2012

We started editing the blooper reel/making the video clip today.

15th February 2012

We began collecting outtakes and bloopers to make a blooper reel, as weel as showcase how we filmed the video.

Mockup of digipak advert/poster

Photoshoot

6th of February 2012

Today we worked on the flashback scenes for our music video, applying affects and colour correction

Slight Radial and Gaussian blurs added to create "hazy memory feel"

Image desaturated fully to achieve B&W

Analysis of band websites

From this we learnt about the codes and conventions of band websites, we can use this knowledge for our ancillary task and create an authentic band website.

Final Fonts Used

 To find special fonts that we wanted to use for a band logo, and thus create a brand we went to dafont[dot]com. a website that specialises in custom fonts that can be installed onto your iMac or PC and used in the same way as basic fonts like Times New Roman or Arial. We wanted to go for a font that looked distorted and damaged, to reflect the "grungy" and dirty element to their name - Contraband. As the connotations of contraband are illegal items such as drugs, guns, knives, or any good that can and is smuggled. Here is the shortlist we came up with.

1

2

3

4

5

In the end we decided to go with font 4 because it was the one that is distorted while still feeling contemporary and modern. Font 3 was dropped because we thought that the addition of barbed wire shaped lines through the font made it feel clichéd and contrived. Font 1 and 5 on the other hand looked very much like they had been typed by a typewriter and this didn't fit with the similar font used by our production company. The final deciding factor between font 2 and 4 came down to the fact that there was a consensus among the group that we like the ommision of holes in the font from some letters, such as O, R, A, B, and D.

Photoshoot Plan

Photo Shoot Planning Document

Shoot Date & Time	6th February 2012, 5pm
Image Description	Shots for digipack, CD cover and Website
Shoot Location	Epsom and Ewell high school in the main hall/ Old drama studio.
Model/person Contact details	Stephen Airey, Daniel Anstiss, Tom Daglish and Matthew Oates. 07504956079 – For all inquiry.
Lighting	Using the Espirit Gemini GM500, Flash gun and lighting gels.
Costumes	Skinny jeans, Band t-shirts, hoodie,  Van’s trainers (optional)
Plan of shots	Will emulate the band shots from Gun and Roses and You me at six. Will concentrate on close ups and high angle shots.

3rd of February 2012

today we did some more editing of the music video

Digipak Analysis

From this we learnt about the codes and conventions for digipaks, this means we can create a digipak that looks authentic and realistic and would not look out of place on the shelf of a record store. However we also learned about conventions we could break if we wanted to.