CD cover Design

This is the initial CD cover design hand drawn as part of the digipack which we will be creating. The album name is called 'Switch' and as part of the conventions of a CD cover it should be included on the front of the cover, as well as the artist or bands name. A long shot of the artist is also on the front page of the cover, and on the back, there is an extreme close up of half of the artist's face as this is also a common convention in folk rock CD covers. It will also include a track list as well as a bar code and a blue background. The other images on the CD cover are to represent what the artist is like - and in particular - a close up of the paper made bird is on one of the pages to illustrate the song we have chosen 'Little Bird'. 

Advert Design

This is a hand drawn design of what our advertisement design could look like. It is important to promote the artist as much as possible and as a group we have included a long shot of the artist as well as the main instrument he uses. The paper birds have also been included because they are a main focus in the song we are using for our music video.

Photoshoot Plan

Photo Shoot Plan

This is a photo-shoot plan which will help our group to organise when and where we will be capturing the photos which we will need for our CD cover and advertisement images.This is an important part of the process as we need to plan when we are all available to complete these tasks for our music video as part of the digipack.

Shooting Schedule

As part of our planning, I created a shooting schedule which we should abide by in order to keep organised as a group and to complete filming by the initial dates shown. What isn't  included is the times if and when we have to re-shoot some of our shots, which we of course do not know when and what shots it will be. 

Shooting Schedule

List of Props, Costumes, Make-up and Equipment

Prop and Costume List

This is list of all of the props, costumes, make up and equipment our group will be using throughout the duration of filming the music video. It is important to plan this part of the planning stage because it can be a good idea to know what will be needed so that organisation stays to a maximum.

Locations

Although we believed at first it would be a good idea to show the artist performing in a conservatory with patio doors, we wanted to develop the idea of freedom by using other locations which we initially did not plan about. In order to improve our concept, we decided to use locations which are easily recognisable by the audience so they can easily identify with it. Many of the shots in our music video are going to be filmed and based in central London, using locations like Brick Lane, Hungerford Bridge, The Queens Park and other picturesque parks in London. 

Brick Lane

The Queens Park

Hungerford Bridge

Location Permission Letters

This is a short email which I sent to the Head of the Drama Department in order to seek permission to use one of the drama rooms for our music video. It was important to email Mr Walsh because we wanted to also know the dates and times which were suitable for both him and us - so I included into the email what dates and times we were expecting to film in one of the drama rooms.

In order to shoot some of the parts of the music video on the streets, we had to seek permission from the local Sutton council to ask if we were allowed to do this. We were then emailed a form to fill in explaining the details of when we intend to shoot our music video and what street in Sutton we would like to use.

Track Permission Letter

This is the track permission letter which we had to send in order to receive permission to use the music video.We sent the email to Atlantic Records as they are Ed Sheeran's recording label

Image Annotation

This is a GIF created by our group to represent the type of image we would like to portray from our Artist to the viewers of the music video through the make up, costumes, locations and props. It is important to take into consideration of all of these things because we want to create an image of our main artist which fits with the Folk rock genre we have decided to use. As the artist is singing an Ed Sheeran song, it is important to remember that Ed Sheeran usually creates low-mid budget videos and usually performs in costumes which are 'everyday indie type clothes' like the ones shown in the GIF (chinos, waistcoats, hoodies, shirts, blazers and jeans).