DIGIPAK draft

This was our first draft of the poster:

Photos from the shoot day

We chose to have limited lighting with spotlights so that it created a more secluded atmosphere around the band members. Additonally, we had a routine of the lighting changes and when a button was pressed on the lighting monitor, the spotlights would alternate on and off. When setting up the lights, we made sure that the spotlights were in a position so that the individuals could not be fully seen but rather strikes of light lit them up.

Our idea was very conceptual and so we experimented with the use of slightly absurd and random props. Therefore, in this picture, Jamie (our drummer) played the instrument with a rose and club (which got thrown in the air at the point the photo was taken). Having these quirky alternate revealing shots will create an artistic edge to our music video when edited. We wanted to focus on what is revealed in the dark with the minimal spotlights and felt that showing the randomness of what we shot would be a good way of presenting this.

In this photo, the band members have changed roles and we used this as a way of playing with the audience's mind because when edited, it will be cut quickly so it looks as if there are multiple drummers, singers, bassists and keyboardists. Ryan is the singer in this photo but is actually the keyboardist. It also gave the band members a chance for them to change what they had been doing because the chords needed to play the instruments were very simple. I felt that the idea worked well and it showed an original concept.

Diary of shoot day

9:00-10:00 : set up lighting, making sure that each spotlight is exact in the positioning and that it lights up the individual band member exactly. Set up camera in a fixed position so that everyone can be seen

10:00-11:30 : band comes in and we begin shooting with light sequence -when filming use full length of song in the background-

11:30-1:00 : individual band member shots

1:00-2:00 : lunch

2:00-2:30 : use props and shoot conceptual shots AND shoot band members in different positions (e.g: drummer move to bass)

2:30-3:00 : extreme close ups (keep band in the same positon)

analysis of an album cover

Analysis of a digipak

EELS...further research

Eels are an American Indie-Rock band and their music is used regularly in films, an example being "I need some sleep" which came famous from the animated blockbuster, Shrek. The majority of their songs focus on the singer's generic voice and are usually quite quirky-giving us the inspiration to go down a more conceptual route. However, unlike 'Baby Loves Me', songs such as 'I Need Some Sleep' and 'Mr E's Beautiful Blues'

It is clear that there is a difference in the type of music between these particular songs and 'Baby Loves Me' and that is the fact that the band has experimented with technology more in 'Baby Loves Me'. However, a recurring theme within all of the Eels music is that they continue to make sure their lyrics are meaningful and that they discuss topics that can be identified with the target audience such as loss, love and deceit.

Searching for the music tabs

In order for the band members to know completely what they are going to be playing I wanted to give each member of the band the tabs for their specific instrument. I made sure that in order to quicken the search in Google and limit the unnecessary excess of information I used quotation marks to focus on the search as a whole.
However, no matter what I typed into the search engine, there were no results for guitar, bass or piano tabs on 'Baby Loves Me' because although it is from the Eels who are relatively well known, that particular song is one of the few that is much less well-known than others. Therefore, in order to give the band members something to help them rehearse, I sent them all the track that they could use to determine the basic chords needed to play their instrument because although they will not be heard playing the instruments we want it to seem realistic.