Editing Process

Promotion

If we were to go ahead and promote oujr cd/music video, we would start of small because obviously we would need to raise funds, but for a low budget music video and cd like ours the inital steps we would take to sell our products would firstly be to sho the video to our friends and family. Getting feed back from people around you positive and negative is a start. I did this and got some feed back from friends.

If they like it then thats good, they could recommend changes that could make it better. I think the next step would be to post it on social networking sites such as facebook, instagram, twitter, my space,

We would also post in on to youtube for people to view

Progress at the moment

The stage we are at now is, we have all of our footage recorded however the sony hd tape operated video camcorder cannot upload to the macs due to problems with software and cables needed, Toff is doing all he can to get it uploaded, if not we may have to shoot our footage again with the artist.

Props and Equipment

Shooting a video in town using only one car for transport makes our props very limited to what we were able to bring.


Video Camcorder

We used a mates old video camcorder to shoot our Video, this is obviously needed because it is the most important piece of equipment that we will use for filming the footage and shots we need.


Tripod

At first we were going to use this but then we realised it was to stable and that rap videos have hand held video camcorders so this prop was scrapped. Using this would have ensured is a steady firm handling which is quite the opposite of what we acctually needed.


Lighting

The lighting we used was a little attachable light that fit on to the video camcorder. We also used the surrounding lap post which we relied on.


Apple Mac Computer

The apple mac computer also had a big role in our music video, this was used to edit our pictures for our album cover/back, poster and steels via photoshop. These were located in the media classrooms which we have to upload our video to to edit it. We also used these macs to access our blogs to update them with relevant information.



My Car

My car played a role in the music video. The headlights were used to create more off an effect in black and white. It contributed to the video.


Bikes and Skate boards

These played a large role in our music video. The front cover of the album included a skateboard and also it related to our theme. The bikes and skateboards which we were influenced by 'Stormzy' was a prop.

 We also used a portable speaker to play the backing track whilst we recorded.

Inside the Cd

These pictures were taken as we shot our music video, the evidence shows this. These images are put together to form a steel for the inside of our cd. Each image is different but relates to our video in some way. The first image you see it toff with the camera shooting footage of the artist and the group in the background whilst the artist raps over the top of his mix tape.The second image to the right of that is also the same.

The two images underneath one of the skateboard was a random image taken, however we used this for one of our images because we liked it. the image to the left of that was another image taken at random, it relates to our music video because it shows the props we include. The two images underneath that is one of toff setting up the video camcorder on to a tripod which wasnt used in the end but was experimented with. The image to the right of that is relevant information to the artist, where it was recorded? who it was produced and mixed by? who the song was written by?
Who the designing and photography was by? and places to contact and 'Like', also see more about the artist and what he does.

The next steel contains two images, the one to the left is a prop, a bike that was used in the background of the music video. This was an important prop for our video. The one to the right of that show a few mates riding around on the bikes so that we could get additional footage to include in our shots. Underneath that to the right you will see toff aiming the camera at our artist recording his song and movements. He is also adjusting settings and setting up the camera for action. The image to the right of that is a shot of all our friends doing a shot of walking towards the camera whilst the artist walks forward sharing his rap lyrics to the camcorder.

The final two images show are an image of the camera being used and another shot of the footage of filming we were doing.

Our front/Back of Cd

So thsi is the front of our CD, it contains important conventions of a rap CD, although we are yet to include the explicit logo image that we will place on the front becasue of recommendations from feedback.

Our front CD cover you see a clear enlarged image of the artist on the right, this shows you who the artist is and what he looks like but also sells himself as an artist.

The artist name is typically the biggest font of text with the album name abit smaller.

The cd cover also includes where it can be purchsed (itunes)

The back of the CD contains all the other songs he has produced.

A barcode typically for scanning to purchase the CD

 

 

Nas, 2 pac & Wiley cd covers all influeced the outcome of our music cd album artwork.

Our end product was to make similarities that would benefit our target customers.

 

 

This was our initial font but in the end decided not to use it.

Our Rap Magazine

This above is our poster/magazine for our cd cover and music video, it includes all the relevant information to advertise the artist/album.

The Artist name being the biggest piece of text as well as being the most important is the biggest and most bold.

It contains a large image of the artist

Shows you where it is available for download

Links to contact and get more information on the album/cd

Filming Process

Shooting schedule - 9/11/14 7:00pm

The filming process was very long and tiring. We Went as a group to bristol city centre with all of our recording equipment. The location we shot was 'Loyds' By the 4 cranes right in the centre of bristol. We invited a few friends to come and skate board in the back ground, our friend James came. Whilst we were there we also happened to meet another guy skateboarding so we approached him and asked hijm if he wanted to be in our music video in which he happily accepted. Jay brought along some friends along with him who dressed in relation to our rap music video. For example Black and white clothing with hats, coats and also bringing along props like bikes, skateboards and music speakers to fit the part.

We began filming with Toff behind the recording camera, he put the recording camera on to a tripod which had wheels and began shooting my friend rapping, a few minutes after, we realised that the footage was to 'Still' so we had to undo do it and take it off and do it hand held, which proved to be much better because for rap videos they need to be hand held anyway.

All of Jays friends and I had to sit on the steps in the background whilst toff filmed my friend rapping infront of the camcorder. Jay took pictures of each step. Toff then got our skateboarders to skate around so that we could get a variety of shots and also relate it to our theme of rapping and skateboarding. We did many different shots. One which we did was my friend that was rapping he was placed at the front and jays friends were in the background on the bikes and skateboards. We made them walk towards the camera in the background whilst my friend Halo was rapping.

We Attempted to include all relevant shot angles in to our music video.
We then went to the setting around @bristol to film some shots with the water and the statues.
We then went to my car around the corner to use the lighting of that to create some effect.

We did the shooting on the camcorder in black and white because that was what we chose as our theme,  we were influenced by the 'When the sun goes down' video by Jimmy Johnson

The bikes and skateboards we used to create and effect in our theme also, we were influenced by the artist stormzy and his track in my music analysis number 5.

After a few hours it was starting to get more tiring but we had to stay awake and get lots of shots for the rap video.

The Steals for the inside of the album are examples of what we have been doing.

Feedback for CD Cover

Salman - 'Not perfect but always room for improvements, very specific to target audience and the simplistic design, and to change fonts of the regular halo'.

Moses - 'Needs to be more clear that its a cd cover, add the parental advisory explicit content image.
However I do like the regular halo fonts'.

Mustafa - 'Like how it is specific to the target audience - a new font can be considered, colour scheme correlates well with the text(good) - Could do with a splash of colour in one corner or something to stand out on shelves in a store',



Gabriel - aka Halo. This was a response from our artist we used.

Eric 'I generally thought this was a professional cd album cover, I don't think it needs any improvements to be quite honest'. 'I was quite impressed'.

'It looks professionally and officially made'.