Here is a draft of my music video...

My Artists Website

Visit my Wix website for 

Marina and the Diamonds 

http://www.wix.com/oliviapeters29/marina-and-the#!

Digipak.

 Here are several templates for digipak's I have found online.

I like the idea of using a 6 panel tube pocket, then including a leaflet in the pocket with lyrics and more pictures of the artist like the one pictured below.

Storyboard - Radioactive

A rough digital storyboard

Radioactive Soundtrack Editing

 G A R A G E B A N D

I have been using garageband to edit my song. I had come across problems finding enough footage to fill the whole song of 3 minutes 50 seconds and not loose interest nearer to the end of the song. I imported the song into garageband and split the track and took out a verse in the song, then merging the left cuts together to make a whole track. This worked very well. The clips go together nicely basically not even noticing that the song had been edited. The song now stands at 2 minutes 40 seconds.

Practicing Photoshop...

I have been working on my photoshop technique using images to edit and change which will help me when it comes to creating my digipak.

You can manipulate the images to make them change shape using transform although I have learnt this technique I think that it will not suit my digipak because it is very unusual on a digipak to change the shape of your artist face for instance.

I have played with the colourings of the image to have a certain effect. From the previous image it now has vibrant colours that stand out. This technique will come useful when creating my digipak because it it important that the artist will stand out so when in a shop the buyer will be instantly attracted to the CD. 

There are also different filters that are available to use when photoshopping an image. These could come in handy when creating a background for the CD cover.

In The Editing Stage

FINAL CUT EXPRESS

I started editing a couple of weeks ago now and I thought I would publish this post for an update of how I am getting on. I am finding it more difficult then I initially thought it would be. I am trying to be more innovative with my editing techniques. Rather than just editing clips together, I am trying to make use of the tools available like split screen and duplicates.

In this shot I have played around with the focus of the camera. The lights make a nice effect and when the focus comes back into position it features the artist.

In this shot I am trying to create an image within side another image. I am playing around with the fact that she has an alter ego and when she looks in the mirror she sees her darker side. At the moment I am trying to get to grips with the technology. Although I have used final cut express before, I have not used it in this much depth, I am trying to use clips of youtube to help me and learn as I go.

In this shot I am planning to use a split screen. The shot will feature her and her alter ego on the same bed at the same time and they will take it in turns to sing.