Digipak decision

Okay so I was staring at the pictures and I think I want to go with option 1.

I had to edit one more song in that I forgot to add but honestly I think I like this more. This is a super short blog I just wanted to post about how I wanted to go with this one instead of the other option. I just really like the close up and and the quality of this photo I think it looks super cool 

Digipak exterior

I just made the back of the Digipak.

Option #1

I believe this looks accurate? I just added the rest of the songs in the album and added a bar code with some text that you'd usually see in a CD package. In this picture I also edited the color and it looks a lot more contrasted and sharper which is the style I'm going for. I wanted to add this kind of scribble font because I just think it matches to vibe of everything. I wasn't sure if I should place the list of songs on the side so it's out of his face or in the center. I looked up some examples of digipaks and decided to place it in the middle

Here's the unedited version. 

Option #2

I also made a second option for the back of the package. I really like this picture alone like without anything on it but I also kind of like it as the exterior for the package. I initially wanted to use this as the cover but I was having trouble with fitting the text the way I wanted to. 

Website editing

I've been working on creating the website. So war I've added some pictures, and a few tabs. I also added his song and album. I created a merchandise tab which I think I did it right? I'm not sure because I just used a gallery tab and changed the name to merchandise to just put the shirts on display. I still need to add a small description about him and the final music video. Here's some pictures of the website so far.

I did add a tour dates tab but I'm not sure if I keep the fake tour dates on there or change it to "no tour dates available". I did try changing it to "no tour dates available" but I could not figure out how to do that . This is my first time using Wix so I'm still learning.

Digipak editing

I've been trying to edit the cover photo of the digipak for about over an hour now. The only reason I've been spending so much time on one photo is because I'm trying to place the text a certain way but since the composition of the digipak is a square, the text placement keeps looking weird. Here are the first photos I was editing.

So in this picture I just added some text of the album name

In here I added a color filter which really makes him pop out more and then I added a glow effect on the text and I masked his head so I could put the text "breaker" behind it. However, this did not end up looking right in the square composition because the text was so high up so I decided to just change the whole cover picture. 

I ended up using this picture. I again masked his body and I actually think the "breaker" text looks really cool since it's actually intertwining through his body. I then added the glow effect on the text and the color filter again. I put it on to the square composition in canva and it looks good. So I will be using this picture for the cover. As of right now I like how this looks but we'll see, maybe I'll change it. 

Website

I just started on the website. I haven't done too much yet. I've just picked the layout, added his name and social media. I haven't been able to add any pictures since I'm not done editing the ones I have and I also haven't gotten more pictures yet. I was also initially going to create a whole functioning section on the website to actually be able to sell the merchandise he made already but I talked to Mrs.Stoklosa about it and I think it's best I don't actually create the shop since he would have to purchase a domain and I also don't know if he'd be ready to supply that many shirts to so many people.

This corona virus has been kind of making me struggle with my project. Koree said that his parents don't want him to go out much because of everything that's happening so I guess I have to take pictures at his house which kind of sucks because not only can I not go to Wynwood but I'm not even sure if he'll come with us to some place closer. This is also because of his broken ankle, he doesn't seem to want to go to any different places to shoot since he isn't feeling well at the moment. So I'm going to wait another week possibly to take the pictures.

Problem!

I've kind of run into a big problem ): Koree, the artist I'm doing my music video on just recently broke his ankle which means I can't film him at Miami like I wanted to. I can't really film him at all since he'd be on crutches. So this absolutely sucks. I had also wanted to take some photos too but I don't even know if that's going to happen anymore.

 The good news is, I got so much good footage from that night that I think I'm fine with making the music video. I did get a ton of pictures as well but I'm just worried because I wanted more variety for my digipak and website. I think what I'm going to do is just go ahead and finish the music video. I'm going to finish setting up the website and finish editing all the photos and just use the photos I have from that night. The photos are still going to look good with all the text and titles, I just wanted more variety. I'm going to finish everything in the next two weeks and maybe by then, Koree will be have healed a little and will be up to just taking some photos. I won't even have to go far, I'll just see what other types of photos I can get. If not, I'll just have to make do with the photos I have 

Location planning

I'm planning on filming in Miami one of the days next week. I did want to film on Tuesday but I have work at around the same time I wanted to go so I'll either go on Monday after school or just another day during the week. I'm thinking of filming at Wynwood so I can use some cool art in the background.

      


This wall looks really cool and I think I could get some good shots here. I also wanted to get some shots of him just in the city around buildings. Taking photos around the buildings will portray the sharp look I'm going for.

I was also thinking about what color he could wear because I didn't want him to wear anything light like blues or yellows. I was thinking he could maybe wear black or white. It just depends on where i'm taking photo at so maybe he can bring multiple options. This will also be the last location we film the music video at. Overall I'm super excited to finish with the filming and the photos so I can get to editing everything and putting all the photos on the website. I'm very happy with how smoothly everything is going!