Ancillary task - CD cover

This is our completed front cover for our CD cover (ancillary task). We have chosen to use this image, as oppose to a conventional portrait of our singer, to challenge the conventions of our genre. We think that it is particularly striking which is why we have chosen it.

We used software; adobe photoshop to create it using a number of different techniques.

Change in performance scene

Our initial idea for our performance scene was to film our character miming inside a house, where she would be stood next to a window. As she gazes out of the window, the connotation is that she is looking for love, which is the 'story' behind our music video.

After taking a number of location shots and practiced filming in this location we have come across a number of problems with lighting. The light from the window varied on the time of day and it was difficult to maintain a constant, professional look to our filming. Therefore we have changed the location to our performance scene to a black studio background. We feel the light will be much easier to control and achieve the affect we are looking for.

We have taken inspiration from music videos such as 'Incomplete lullaby- Lisa Mitchell' and will use camera pans and handheld camera movements to achieve this.

Conventional real media text

[neopolitan dreams]

Conventional video

Under further research I have came across this music video to 'Your song' by Ellie Goulding. I found it is very conventional to our genre and very much matches the effect that we are trying to produce.

Location 3

Our third scene location will be set in a photography studio against a black background. This scene will be a performance scene in which the majority of miming will be shown. This appears to be very conventional, as shown in lisa mitchell's video to ' lullaby'. In the performance scene there is generally a smaller variety in shots, however we will challenge these conventions by taking the largest variety of shots we can.

Ancillary task - Research and contact sheets

Here is a collection of shots we have taken of which we will choose to feature on our album cover. We have taken photographs of the actor that will appear in our video to '1234' in a suitable, conventional location. The location also appears in our video so it very much links in with our video. I have found that an outdoor location is very conventional to our genre shown by the follwing real media texts: Neopolitan Dreams - Lisa Mitchell Eet - Regina Spektor Your song - Ellie Goulding [SCAN in real media albm covers]

Location shots for performance scenes 2 & 3

Location Shots Scene 2 & 3