Ancillary Text 1: Digipak

Deciding on a band name

When deciding what my band name would be during the creation process of my ancillary texts, I struggled to create a name that fitted the genre of music and also the overall appearance of the actors/band etc. I then decided to go on a band name generator on Google to help. You chose which genre of music you wanted and then refreshed until you found a name you liked. Neon Kicks stood out to me because I think it has a youthful tone and also is individual and unique. 

Downloading Photoshop

Because of the tight deadline to complete my ancillary texts, I though it would be a good idea to download the free trial of PhotoShop at home on my laptop so that I wouldn't be restricted to when I could edit my images together. Overall the process of downloading PhotoShop took around an hour and a half but it was worth the wait as I was able to complete my ancillary texts in time for the deadline.

Plan for ancillary texts

This is a mind map of all of the original ideas I had for my ancillary texts. In the end I decided to go with a different idea as a result of playing around with the lay out of my album cover and the images etc.

Filming diary (6/3/15)

Friday 6th of March


Filming was successful as I go the majority of the shots filmed that I needed too. There are a couple of shots that I have to re do due to lighting issues which wont be a problem. I am pleased with how my video is turning out as it has the humourous tone I was aiming for. I need to shoot some shots of Kate and Jack outside which wont take long so I feel I am on track.

Draft 2

This is the 2nd draft of my music video. Due to my actresses going to New York for a week, we all struggled to find time to film more than what we already had. This is due to us not being as organised as we should have been. I intend to have everything filmed in the next to weeks so I have time to make sure my video is the best it can be.

Draft 2 Upload Problems

When trying to upload my music video to YouTube I've been having multiple problems with it loading. I have tried numerous times to upload the video and will continue to try throughout the week.

Every time I have tried to upload the video it either says it will take around 280 minutes and then crashing half way through of just saying 'upload pending' as shown in the screen shot below.

I will continue to try and upload my video.