Stage Layout

Now that both Ancillary tasks have been completed, I have designed a stage layout which can be seen below, the layout is giving myself and others a rough idea on how I plan to use the space avaliable.



- The green space surrounding the dancers is indicating the area which they will be using for their routine.

- The 'UV' cell is indicating where the light source will be placed and the direction in which the light is travelling.

Casting

Now that I have found a suitable location to film, next on my list of things to do is to work out who is going to star in the music video. Because of the nature of the song and also the video being more performance based, I have sourced a dance group in school called 'Inferno'.

Inferno are a dance group consisting of 7 girls. In 2009 they were victorious in a local talent competition known as 'The K Factor', the K Factor showcases talented students, all of which attend Kettering Buccleuch Academy.

UPDATE : I have had conformation from Inferno saying that they can star in the music video which is good news. Now I need to meet with the group and discuss the plans for filming the video.

Location Planning

Now that both ancillary tasks have been completed, I have found a suitable location to film my music video, this location being our school drama hall. I have chosen the drama hall because of space avaliable, the existing lighting rig and also the way in which the drama hall is suited to use 'black outs'.

Below are some images of the Drama hall, showing the advantages and possible disadvantages when filming there.

- Audience View














- Performer's View

- The mirror which could cause problems, however sugar paper may solve this.

- Students work which can be covered with sugar paper when filming.

- The exisitng lighting rig.













- The steps which could be a potential health hazard.

Music Magazine - The Advertisement

Now that the digipack design has been completed, I have begun work on a magazine advertisement for my artist's album using pages. When designing this advertisement, I wanted the design from the digipack to be linked with the ad. Below is the magazine ad that I have designed.

Music Magazine - Chosen

The magazine that I have chosen for my artist is ‘Q’. After looking through several other magazines, the reasoning behind this decision is that Q is popular in the UK and it does not deal with specific genres, giving it a wider target audience. In previous posts I have gone into depth about Q and what the magazine features which reassures me when thinking that my artist will be most suited to this particular magazine rather than one which deals with specific styles and genres of music.

CD Digipack - The Prototype

After looking into Madcon's existing album covers and seeing the layouts which they use, I have made a prototype digipack with a template provided. All of the pictures used on the digipack have been taken by myself when experimenting with little to no lighting and a separate light source. Below are pictures of the template that I used and the prototype digipack.