Live type

Today I used live type to create an ident to introduce the song and artist at the start of the video, like you would find when watching a music channel.

The ident will appear a few seconds into the start of the video, and last a few seconds to give people enough time to read it, but not to get too distracted from the video. I will place it in the bottom left hand corner of the screen.

Stills from the video to use in the digipak and magazine advert

Here are some stills from my music video that I may use when creating my digipak and magazine advert.

I took stills of all the stages of the face painting as when editing them I may be able t put them together in some way.

I also took stills of the section of the video where she imagines going outside. This is because I could put them together and make them smaller to make a 'college' of this section. With the shots in which she jumps or runs off, I took stills where she is doing this as I though it would look more interesting rather than having motionless looking frames of her.

With the stills of her when she finally leaves, I again took ones of her moving as it looks more interesting, and reflects the mood of the part of the song as it is much more happier and lively than the earlier parts of the video as she finally has left and is excited and happy.

OF the stills i have taken, I think I am more likely to use the one of the full face paints as it is a key part of the video, and the bigger outside shots as I think these look happier and more fun, and I am trying to show a positive message through the video, to give the feeling that things can get better, you just need to try your hardest, and so I would like to use the more positive looking stills.

I am also hoping to use some hand made artwork in the digipak, as I have noticed that in many digipaks art work is used. Also, as the face paints are a key part of the video, and so I am hoping to have a hand made painting similar to the face paint t use in the digipak and magazine advert. I may also make a photo shoot of the girl in her outfit to get some different compositions of her, possibly in different locations.

I will try out some different designs over the following weeks and then I shall chose the best one, or possibly combine several of the ideas depending on what I feel looks best.

Digipak designing

Now my video has been mostly edited, and all that is left to do is to tweak it here and there, I will start to look more into my magazine poster, and digipak.

I currently have a few ideas for the digipak, and over the coming weeks I shall produce them.

While I've been researching into what digipak are and anyalsying them, I have noticed that they often have some kind of hand made artwork. As a big part o my video involves facepaints of a sky, I decided to include this in the digipak.

I have asked the girl who was kind enough to do the facepainting for the video if she would be willing to do some painting which I can use as part of the digipak.

I am also organising a photoshoot with Natasha, who played the girl in the video, as often pictures of the artist are included on a digipak.