Editing Log - Session 1 - Digipak and Vinyl

Editing Log - Session 1 - Digipak and Vinyl:

During this session I decided on what pictures would be included on my digipak. I selected 6 photos to place upon the template which I thought were the most suitable and best photos to use.

I began by starting on the front cover. I began to create layers in order to edit my photos. After learning how to do colour isolation I started with that selecting the parts to stay in colour (me, Jack Davenport and Jack Rundle). Once I highlighted the parts using the quick selection tool I added a layer to change the background colour to black and white. I then decided to repeat this for my back cover and a fold in cover. I again used the quick selection tool highlighting around myself and adding a layer to change the background to Black and white. The other three photos I decided to use I changed it just into black and white. 

Once this was done, I added the institutional information. I began by adding the Logo onto the spine, front cover and back cover of my digipak. I then added the album title, song names and copyright disclaimer to the back and front cover (using my selected font Superclarendon). I then added a barcode to the back cover too and after that the placement for the CD itself.

After this was done my digipak was ready. To make the vinyl cover i just required the front and back cover of my digipak to place it into my template. 

In this session I created both the digipak and vinyl covers. It went as plan and previous research helped me achieve what I wanted to matching my expectations and the genre convention expectations as well.  

Colour Isolation (Photoshop)

Colour Isolaltion (Photoshop):

This research was conducted in order for me to learn how to actually do the colour isolation technique in the Photoshop software. This is also for me to create synergy between all 3 platforms of media: Music Video, digital and magazine advert.

Practice Photos

Practice Photos:

This post was required in order to gain an idea of what could be used on both ancillary tasks. This matches the location research, it is also similar to the music video production of location research too. This due to choosing location heavy in urban stereotypes with brick work, always and industrial work. This will be of use to me when choosing the final images as I have many to choose from when going ahead to make the magazine advert and digipak. 

Logo Research

Logo Research:

Whislt researching logos of britpop bands I discover that most britpop bands use similar styles. This styles I plain black and white logos predonitnelty. Some obviously do have a bit of colour making it stand out a bit more. Also, The Stone Roses have a picture within their log which is unique when I looked across logos within the genre.

Based upon this research I will take on board ideas and inspiration from other band's logos. I would like to include a black and white logo with a coloured picture related to the band name, Under the Radar. 

Location Research

Location Research:

I decided it would be best to carry on the urban theme to represent the group roots and its ideology. Goodwin stated this in his theory about the Band's image and this can be displayed using the urban locations to represent them and their background. Carrying on this theme of urban locations we decided to go around Altrincham scouting out any potential locations for our urban theme to be used.

We decided locations were brickwork was there, passage ways, train tracks, roads anything you would find in a suburb to be used as a photo including the band members or not. 

The research was required in order to be prepared to do the shots we intended and my vision to be met too.

Album Name

Album Name:

The end name of the album we came up with was Wonderwall. This is because many Britpop albums have been named after a song which has been included on the album i.e. (What's the story) Morning Glory by Oasis and The Smiths Meat Is Murder. We felt this was the best thing to do as it is a convention as well as a great song showing its importance deserving the album to be named after it. 

In relation to the band name there is a link. This because of the hidden message behind our band name linking to the Wonderwall music video narrative.

In conclusion this post is to inform of the reason of the album name and its meaning and relation with the Band name. 

Band name

Band name:

After a discussion as a group we came to a conclusion on the name of the band. We went along with the idea of linking it to the song Wonderwall and our stand for the narrative. This is because the mystery girl doesn't even know that myself (singing in the video) exists. The reason being the whole video aims at expressing his love to an unknown girl but he too is also unknown to the mystery girl from her perspective; due to him being unable to get with her due to class inequality.

With this idea we came up with many names such as: The Myths, The unknown, The Unnamed. However, I came up with the band name: Under The Radar. Everyone agreed with the band name as they felt it suited the idea of what we were trying to encode and promote in relation with the music video narrative as well as the album name being called Wonderwall itself.

This post is to express the reason that are band was given the name, Under The Radar, and its message behind it.