laura marling alas i cannot swim front

the front cover of this album cover is subversive of the indie/folk genre as it usually uses quite dark imagery and obviously this does not conform to this. It is a very eye catching piece of artwork on the front and the intricate design draws you in to study it further. in my digipack i would like to have a simelar effect that draws people in to look at it more. however not using this style of image or artwork. the quaint little flower that is removed from the rest of the cover instantly draws your eye to the name of the artist and the cleverly placed name of the album directly beneath it is the next path for your vision. this is very clever because not only is it subversive but it is a good way to get the artists name stuck in your head. however the inventivness of the artwork of the coulourfull yet dark forest draws on many points of the indie ideology and is therefore conformative.

couldent shoot my footage on wednesday because i was in manchester attending to some personal issues

back cover of alas i cannot swim

this is the back of the digipak for alas i cannot swim. it has the same artwork throught the digipak but this is far more tightly packed than the inlay. it has the tracklisting and numbers but has the artwork and tracklist seperate. this conforms to the genre as it is light and simple but has a good effect. the font of the tracklist is quite italic and the numbers are in a far smaller font than the song titles. the artwork is using the same yellow and orange artwork all through the digipak and has the name of the album up the left hand side in what looks like handwriting.

digipack research laura marling alas i cannot swim

this is the inside cover of the laura marling album Alas i cannot swim. the artwork is very simelar to the rest of the digipack and holds significance to the albums songs. It has the thanks on for the album and it is quite subversive of the indie genre in some ways but in others it completely conforms to it. for example the light colourfull artwork is very subversive as typical imagery used in indie digipacks is very arthouse and usually in black and white. however the album keeps to the indie roots with the stylistic workthat isnt perfectly drawn and has a certain edge to it that draws you in to study it further. also it is indipendent and other albums arent like it therefore indie and diffrent. also the end line of ''heres to fearless enjoyment...'' is a quote that people will use and is very stylistic. it conforms to the genre in the way that it is art with words not just pictures.

first shoot bad (updated)

first shoot went wrong because alot of things happened i didnt expect. i.e. dropping the drumstick in the drum. also the test footage i shot in summer worked in this location but when we shot this it was dark outside so the lighting was wrong therefore the coulour dash effect dosent work anywhere near as well as i need it to. i am going to reshoot it and get it right next time. also the time constrictions on actors meant we had little time to actually shoot and setting up toook alot longer than expected. also for some reason the file size of the video is 20.8 GB for some reason preventing me from being able to upload it i have tried to change the bit rate and FPS but none of this works and the smallest i can get the file to go is 5.2GB. however i am currently exporting the file to premier and rendering it to make the file manageable.

a couple of changes to the storyboard. on the final location change when the lead singer spins the camera round it will now spin 360 back to him instead of cutting to a two shot and now the lead and girl dont actually kiss on camera just come close to it.

Production schedule (updated)

Wednesday 3rd^th November shooting the footage in the small room after school hoping to spend roughly an hour shooting and finish that part of the film in the afternoon. Putting this shot first because the lighting in the room won’t be natural and it might get dark

Tuesday 9^th November – shooting the footage in the field after school hoping to spend an hour and a half shooting and get the scene finished. Shooting this now because I will be able to close the curtains in the hall to minimise the change in natural lighting at the time of the shoot because this will affect the colour capture effect that I am using.

Saturday 13^th November – shooting footage in both the hall and the common room. Looking to spend roughly 2- 2 and a half hours shooting on this day as I’m doing 2 scenes. I’m doing it on the Saturday as I need it to be a daytime shot because I can’t alter or change the lighting at all on the outside shot and will be hard to alter in the common room.

(I have chosen the days because of peoples free time and ability to participate as well as the reasons stated above)