Final Digipack

After some serious thoughts we decided that we still weren't happy with the digipack so we decided to change it, adding a few different images in it. As we are an Indie band it is essential to keep the black and white theme running throughout the digipack so we made sure we kept ever panel in black and white. We made sure we mentioned a special thanks to all the people that helped make our album as it further enhances the professional edge to our production. The song list was changed as previously we didn't like the font used as it was extremely hard to understand and also it wasn't positioned center of image. The CD cover was changed as previously it was too basic as there was just an image off of Google images of the sea, making it look easy and babyish. Whereas in this one Will used Photoshop to create a mist going over the CD, showing a  lot more creativity and originality.

Website Link

Click here to access our website:

http://noindividual75.wix.com/the-band

Digipack improvements

After hearing the feedback for the Digipack, Steve got to work on improving it. As you can see half the images are now in colour rather than all being in black and white. The reason behind this is to link the colours of the boiler suits to the colour of the water and blood, therefore including synergy. Steve improved on the album cover by morphing our bands name and the song into James's face. We made sure that James was the front cover so you can clearly state who is the main artist in the band

Website improvements

James made some improvements to the website based on the feedback we got from the first draft. As you can see he has added a merchandise page as requested. The merchandise ranges from phone cases to caps, each one having the No Individual logo on them. He has made sure he kept the moving water in the background as that was the main thing that each person liked about the website.

Digipack Album Cover

This image is going to be our album cover for No Individual. We are experimenting with the background as we think grey will look better as we feel the black is a bit too bold.

Digipack Feedback

After showing our digipack to our classmates we go some positive and negative feedback.

Positives:

• I like the font used 
• I like the colour scheme used as it fits the Indie image
• Bands image is portrayed well
• I like the first panel and the CD cover
• The photos used are very professional 

Negatives:

• The font needs to be consistent throughout
• There needs to be text on the CD
• There is no apparent theme
• Some panels look unfinished 
• Missing an 'I' in No Individual

Website - First draft feedback

Here is the first draft for our website. It has been viewed by other media students and they have said what they like and dislike about it.

Positives:

• Colours look good as they go with the digipack and the music video. 
• Love the moving background of the water
• Social media links are good as they stand out
• The Bio's on the band members are short but effective
• Bands image is portrayed well

Negatives:

• The home page is too boring as there is no background to it, not drawing any attention
• There should be an image with the information about each band member so you can identify who is who
• The moving background of the water should be on each page of the website
• There needs to be a merchandise page

Digipack first draft

Here is our fist draft for our digipack. As you can see the bottom left photo isn't our final photo but we would like to base the final photo around it. Our theme is black and white, sticking with the Indie style.

No Individual - 3rd draft

After watching this 2nd draft we decided that we weren't 100% satisfied with it as there were minor adjustments we needed to make. These adjustments involved colour correcting and timing the shots better with the music. The colour correcting we did enhanced the footage, making it much more crisp and sharper to look at as some shots were very dim, such as the band acting causal in front of the camera. Will made the shots cut quicker when the pace of the music sped up to enhance the thought beats in the production.

Music Video second draft - Feedback

Here is the feedback from our fellow peers who viewed our first draft.

Positives:

• Good variety in shots, especially stepping over the camera
• The bah shot is extremely high quality
• Good transition, very smooth, good cutting on beat
• Very good concept
• Steady shots
• Good framing of shots throughout the video
• Very good choice of locations

Negatives:

• Steve's drumming doesn't sync with the beat of the song
• Not sure about why there is a Peroni bottle in it
• Some lip syncing is out of place
• Colorization needed on some shots 
• Car shot is not needed
• Not many transitions used 
• Need to re-film the river performance as the quality isn't great

Website - Temporary background change

James has been trying out different designs for our website background, He has decided to keep it as black for now to enhance our sinister image. However we all feel that it is too basic and bland so it fails to catch the readers eyes. The background will remain black whilst we identify other images that will suit our image