Editing Diary

The two main programs that I am using to edit the music video is Adobe After Effects CS5 and Sony Vegas Pro 10. Both these softwares are used at proffessional level which means that we can produce the best possible music video with the equiptment that we have.

Adobe After Effects CS5 enables me to create ground breaking motion graphics and blockbuster visual effects which will improve the overall look of our music video. The editing is going to be kept simple though as the band that we are using are retro so by using high tech motion graphics would make the whole video unrealistic. The colour grading/colour correction will be vintage style which enhance the overall retro theme of the music video.

Sony vegas allows the clips to be cut down and put together in a simple and straightforward way. The timeline enables clips to be viewed before they have been rendered. The music video will be put together in this program and then transfered into After Effects for the advanced editing.

The final video will be rendered in 720p at 24fps as that is what the camera films in.This will assure that we get the best possible quality out of the camera which will make our music video look a lot sharper. The finished thriller will be 1280x720 and will be uploaded to both youtube and vimeo.

Ancillary Task - Analysis Of Final Magazine Design

This is our final design for the magazine advert that will be featured in NME Magazine. By implementing a specific concept, this allowed us to expand our ideas and create an advert that fits well with our genre, the existing band and the song we have chosen to make a music video for.

The basic idea was developed from 'Two Door Cinema Clubs' album cover, which is the cat. We discussed how we were going to include a cat on the advert and came to the conclusion of having a cat flipped over and put next to the original image. By doing this, it almost looks as though there is a doorway in the middle of the cats paws. This co-insides with the artists name 'Two Door Cinema Club' - Two cats, with a door in the middle of the picture.

When choosing our text, we had to consider whether or not whether we wanted it to stand out from the picture, or fit around the picture. We decided to have the artists name as bold as possible in order to stand out and get the band name noticed when in a magazine such as NME. We agreed that black would be the best colour for the artists name and that white would be best for the other information. This will allow consumers to differentiate between band and song name. The songs title is also in block capitals. This allows consumers to recognise the song that the band is promoting easily. A quote was put into the design as a promotion technique. Consumers will look to see what other institutions rate their product as and this can form an opinion about the product, for the consumer. It makes the advert look more professional and adds a finishing touch to the design.

Finally, the logos we placed onto the advert make it look authentic. We put the bands record label onto the design in order to promote the label and the other artists associated with them. 'HMV' is there to show where the single can be purchased. The website is there to promote the band online. Consumers are able to visit the bands website in order to stay in contact with them, stay up to date with band news and find out where tickets are available to buy for their gigs.

Ancillary Task - Digipak Analysis

A digipak is a way of distributing and packaging a bands CD. Here we have two examples from Arctic Monkeys and Kasabian.

 The Arctic Monkey's digipak is simple and they have designed it so that it is not complex. The digipak includes the CD and a booklet which contains lyrics, photographs and liner notes. The same theme is kept throughout and it creates a brand image for the band. The colours of the digipak is in someway related to the sound of the CD, as the album sounds quite stripped back which has influences from the place which it was recorded, the desert. The digipak looks rusty and sandy which also fits the theme of the band. 

The album 'West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum' is the third from UK rock group Kasabian. It is a concept album based around the characters of the asylum, each song has has different theme which represents the characters. This theme is continued in this deluxe version of the album, as within the liner notes there is artwork which relates to this theme. The album has two discs, one a Cd, the other a DVD of bonus features and live performances. They are at either end of the digipak, and it is set out as a book. It is an effective digipak as it keeps a recurring theme throughout and has a high quality design.

Ancillary Task - Final Magazine Advert Design

Ancillary Task - Final Digipak Design

Ancillary Task - Magazine Advert Development

Our advert is important in marketing our song and band, so we wanted to do extensive research to make sure our advert looked good. I brought in magazines to lesson for us as a group to go through, and get a good idea of what we wanted to do. We used the same magazine we would advertise in, to make our discussion relevant.

From looking at all the adverts in NME, we decided it would probably be best, not to do a full page advert, as there aren't many in the magazine, the only adverts in the magazine are small and normally only take up to a quarter of page. We have decided to reflect this in our advert concept ideas.

We have also decided to take inspiration from Two Door Cinema Club's album cover, as they also have a photo of a cat, so we have taken a photo specifically of one of ours, for the magazine advert. Below is Two Door Cinema Club's album cover.

Ancillary Task - Magazine Advert Concepts

Here are some concept ideas for the magazine adverts that will be featured in NME magazine. We liked the idea of including a cat in our designs because the actual two door cinema club album cover has a cat on it so it inspired us. The main aim when designing the advert was to make it high quality and something that everyone would remember. The cat would be recognised by a wide audience. From the concept ideas I will be able to design an improved final design which would both be creative and would market the single in a successful way.

The concepts use a retro colour correction to make them fit in with the band's style. This is good because if the colours were normal then our whole idea would not be believable. The font that we have chosen to use is 'Bebas' as it is bold and stands out.

I am going to develop these concepts to create an advert that matches our digipak and promotes the single in a aesthetically pleasing way.

Ancillary Task - Digipak Concepts

Here are some quick concept ideas that I designed for our digipak. We chose to create a six sided digipak because we believed that we would only need six sides to promote the limited edition single.
The main aim when designing these concepts were to use imagery that linked to the band and a retro time period. From the concepts I can take the ideas which as a group we have decided that are good and make a good final design which promotes the limited edition single in a creative way.


The concepts use retro images such as a photo of Camden Town tube logo as it is a retro location. All the images have a vintage colour tone which makes it more believable that it is being filmed in a retro time period. The font that we have chosen is called 'Bebas' its a bold font which stands out and is easily readable from a distance. For each concept we tried to use imagery from one location so our intended audience can see and understand each location fully. We decided as a team that the forest and field location was the best as we got the most effective photos are shots taken there.

I am going to develop these designs further and come up with a final design which is both aesthetically pleasing and promotes two door cinema club in an effective way.