Editing,.

Through editing I have realised that I need some new filler shots. I am unable to arrange a specific time and date with the actress in the filming shots I have already got which means that I need to film new things such as nature or point of view shots. This will enable my video to be of more shots than just what I have already which I have realised is not enough.

This is a screenshot of Final Cut Express and the sequence I have at the moment. 

Adele vs Lady Gaga

This image shows the contrast between Adele and Lady Gaga. 

Adele is wearing very natural and pale make up while Lady Gaga is wearing bright red lipstick and heavy eye makeup. Adele is going for the natural look with her eyes looking down and a closed mouth with her hair down and wavy. In contrast Lady Gaga has her hair flying all over the place and her mouth is open. She also has long claw like nails on with an implant in her cheek.

This is another image showing the contrast between album covers. They both use their own same images with Adele natural and Lady Gaga being very bold and looking fierce. Adele has her eyes closed suggesting passion and Lady Gaga is looking straight at the audience which shows fierceness and daring.

This image shows their outfits and while Adele is wearing a plan black top Lady Gaga is wearing a bright red outfit which makes her stand out.
Again this image reinforces the differences between the two artists.















These two videos again highlight the difference between the artists. Adele's video is in black and white and is very simple of her just walking and lip synching at times. This is a video where nothing really happens and it is just about the song and the lyrics. Lady Gaga's video for 'Born this way' however is very colorful, much like her other videos, and includes her dressed up in strange costumes as an alien and dancing about in underwear, with the majority of her body showing, while Adele remains covered up like in all of her videos. Lady Gaga's videos are more about the image we see whereas Adele's music is about the music we hear.

Magazine Advertisements.

This is a magazine advert for Jessie J's album 'Who you are.' This is great advertisement for this album because the same imagery and font are used for the advertisement and the album cover. This gives the audience expectations of the album and allows them to decide whether they want to buy it. There is also the print underneath which encourages this purchase and highlighting one of the top selling songs on the album. This is a great way of advertising and ties in with the album design and features.

This is a magazine advert for Plan B's album 'The Defamation of Strictland Banks' and this is a great way to advertise his music. The image is of the artist himself which has the same theme as the album, highlighting what it is about and the kind of music included. The microphone is an old fashioned one which highlights that the music is based on soul. The writing is against a black background and is quite bold which allows it to stand out and be noticed by the public.

The good thing about this magazine advert for Beyonce's album 'I am..Sasha Fierce' is that there is no writing apart from her stage name 'Sasha Fierce.' The image is also in black and white apart from the gold on her outfit. Her hair is pulled back out of her face giving her a determined look. The image is the same as those on the album cover which interlinks the two.

Ideas.

I used onetruemedia.com to create a short video with images I got from google. This short video contains some of the ideas I originally had for shooting my music promo video. It includes still images taken from Taylor Swift's 'You belong with me' music video which really inspired the idea for mine with the singing through the hairbrush pretending it is a microphone and also the bedroom scene. It also contains an image showing a pair of jeans, something which many people who make country music wear and style them up or down.

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Adele '21' Digipak..

A bit about the album..

This is an image of a magazine advertisement for this album. The image is very similar to those on the digipak for her album cover and this helps it to relate and highlights the feel of the music on the album. The same fontis used and layout, and it is also black and white again. 

Digipak Analysis.

Taylor Swift Fearless

This is an image of a digipak for Taylor Swift's album 'Fearless' created by someone researching digipaks. I found this on Google and think it is a very good idea. This will inspire some of the ideas I have for my digipak. The light colours represent the lightness of the music Taylor Swift makes with the guitar, and showing her with a guitar and the actual CD print as if it is a guitar also represents this. Taylor Swift is a country pop singer and I believe that this made up digipak represents this. The light colours and clothing and images of her naturally show her purity.

These are three images of the actual Digipak used for Taylor Swift's album. Again it uses the pale colours but also includes the sun shining in the photograph on the back cover. The similar colour scheme is throughout the album and this is contrasted by her name written in a darker colour, to make it stand out. The images in this Digipak are of her looking away from the camera showing that she is attempting to look natural.