After some audience feedback, I decided to include the wrapped text. I rasterised the text and used the warp tool for minor adjustments. To remove the dead space, I moved the word 'Radioactive' and the 'The New Album' message down slightly.Friday, 24 February 2017
Final Poster
After some audience feedback, I decided to include the wrapped text. I rasterised the text and used the warp tool for minor adjustments. To remove the dead space, I moved the word 'Radioactive' and the 'The New Album' message down slightly.
Final Digipack
For my final Digipack, I added something I had previously overlooked, the CD hole. I created this with two circles from the Photoshop shape tool, one black for the centre and one grey for the reflective ring around the hole.
Thursday, 23 February 2017
Tuesday, 14 February 2017
Effects (Explanation, Usage and Review)
In my video, I used many effects to make an impression on the audience. Due to the abstract nature of my videos, I used filters to add another layer to the narrative. In a way, the filters I have used tell a story of their own.
Vignette- This adds a shadowy ring around the image and gives a desaturated look to the picture and appears in the first segment of the song, during the establishing shots of the woodland. It is used to give the feeling of nostalgia but also hint at darkness and negativity with the shadow around the edge.
Bad TV- This adds lines across the images, greys the picture slightly and makes the screen wobble and glitch, like interference on a TV set. This appears throughout to show the theme of things falling apart, and to heighten the impact of some lines or actions. It is associated with negativity in my video.
X-Ray- Used at the start of my video, and briefly during the end of the second chorus, this turns the image black, blue and white. This is usually coupled with Bad TV to make the image almost unrecognisable in order to disorientate the viewer.
Projector- This adds multiple lines and vibrations to the video, as well as turning the image sepia and reducing the focus. I used this in some areas to add an idea of decay and damage to the picture. This effect is not as harsh as Bad TV or X-Ray, so I used it on lip-sync segments so the audience can see the protagonist singing.
Flashing- This adds periodic white flashes onto the screen and is only used on the flower burning scene to make the fire seem more intense.
Keyer- This is not a typical filter, as it is used more for special effects scenes. The ides is to have a texture-less surface behind the subject to remove and replace the background. I used it on textured surfaces to give a dirty, broken feeling to some scenes. In some cases, I layered up visuals with multiple effects (such as X-Ray) to disorientate the viewer.
50s TV- Used exclusively on images of the clocks, this black and white, grainy filter is used to show the theme of time slipping away.
Bloom- This increases the brightness of light when used. I added this to the final verse and chorus (as well as the false hope scene in the second chorus). Due to the bright, open look it has, I used this in conjunction with Bokeh Random to give a positive vibe.
Bokeh Random- Used in conjunction with and for the same reasons as Bloom, Bokeh Random adds randomly placed Bokehs (out of focus shapes in the image).
In conclusion, I am happy with the aesthetic and meaning added to my video through the use of effects. Although I used a large number of them, I think they were all used appropriately and fit in with the narrative and style of my video.
Vignette- This adds a shadowy ring around the image and gives a desaturated look to the picture and appears in the first segment of the song, during the establishing shots of the woodland. It is used to give the feeling of nostalgia but also hint at darkness and negativity with the shadow around the edge.
Bad TV- This adds lines across the images, greys the picture slightly and makes the screen wobble and glitch, like interference on a TV set. This appears throughout to show the theme of things falling apart, and to heighten the impact of some lines or actions. It is associated with negativity in my video.
X-Ray- Used at the start of my video, and briefly during the end of the second chorus, this turns the image black, blue and white. This is usually coupled with Bad TV to make the image almost unrecognisable in order to disorientate the viewer.
Projector- This adds multiple lines and vibrations to the video, as well as turning the image sepia and reducing the focus. I used this in some areas to add an idea of decay and damage to the picture. This effect is not as harsh as Bad TV or X-Ray, so I used it on lip-sync segments so the audience can see the protagonist singing.
Flashing- This adds periodic white flashes onto the screen and is only used on the flower burning scene to make the fire seem more intense.
Keyer- This is not a typical filter, as it is used more for special effects scenes. The ides is to have a texture-less surface behind the subject to remove and replace the background. I used it on textured surfaces to give a dirty, broken feeling to some scenes. In some cases, I layered up visuals with multiple effects (such as X-Ray) to disorientate the viewer.
50s TV- Used exclusively on images of the clocks, this black and white, grainy filter is used to show the theme of time slipping away.
Bloom- This increases the brightness of light when used. I added this to the final verse and chorus (as well as the false hope scene in the second chorus). Due to the bright, open look it has, I used this in conjunction with Bokeh Random to give a positive vibe.
Bokeh Random- Used in conjunction with and for the same reasons as Bloom, Bokeh Random adds randomly placed Bokehs (out of focus shapes in the image).
In conclusion, I am happy with the aesthetic and meaning added to my video through the use of effects. Although I used a large number of them, I think they were all used appropriately and fit in with the narrative and style of my video.
Thursday, 9 February 2017
Tuesday, 7 February 2017
Final Video
A small edit ad 50. Shorted the clip and removed the shot f the tree in the water. This keeps the flow of the video.
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