merchandise editing

I had to change my merchandise because the font on the names of the original merchandise was different than the fonts I had been using throughout my digipak. I needed all the fonts to be the same so everything within the brand would remain consistent. I did try and ask Koree before what font his merchandise had and he said he didn't know and that he had found a png of the word "heartbreaker" and used that on his shirts. So i decided that I had to change the merchandise all together to add the bold font I've been using. I used Custom Ink to create my new merchandise. I still used Koree's design but the font is different and the heart is slightly different as well. I used all the same colors of his original shirts 

This is what the original shirts looked like. Both sets of these shirts are similar. I didn't want to make complete changes because I liked his design so all I really did was change the font to match the font I had been using throughout my project.

final digipack

I think I've finally finished my digipak. I changed the most of it. So for the first picture I changed the photo and the placement of the text. Before the work "breaker" was intertwined behind objects which made it hard to read and so here I placed it on the side with nothing over it so you can clearly see all the words. I changed the CD picture to the picture I had originally had for my cover and added who produced his music onto the CD. I decided that I didn't want to add any text to the second picture since it was a really nice close up so I added the information on who produced his music on the CD photo. Then finally I kept the last photo the same but changed the font of the text because I wanted everything to have the same font. 

Below is my final Digipak

more website editing

I began to edit his website a little more. I created his "about you" section that explains where Koree is from, how he got into rapping, and how hes confident in pursuing a career in the music industry. The 'for you' page is a great way where fans can go and find out more about who Koree is

the text on the website is quite small so I need to figure out how to fix that but this is what I have for that section 

I also uploaded the music video and I created a thumbnail for it to make it look more professional and more appealing. 

I kind of want to reorganize the website or just try and make it more appealing. I'm really new to making websites so I'm not the best at using them. I also was thinking about making a gallery tab and just use pictures that I took on the night of filming. After that I think I should be done with the website. I have added the merchandise, 'for you' section, contacts such as emails and phone numbers, the song, the music video, and tour dates section. I think I'm also going to add the digipak into it. Overall I think I almost done with the whole website

more digipak editing

My focus is now all on my digipak and website since I finished the music video. I started to create the interior

I'm thinking about using these two pictures as the interior

As I was going through actual CDs, not all of them have any writing in the interior. They only have the title on the cover and the songs on the back.

Here are some interiors of other CD packages.

So I think I want to do that same route as well of just putting the only text in the cover and in the back. I really want to use that close up of his face in the interior and I feel like any text over that picture would be distracting. I think if I were to put any text over it , it would just be a quote from his song like "I'm going M.I.A."

I'm also thinking about changing the back of the CD to this picture.

instead of this 

I just think the first one has a lot more room for text so it'll look nicer. 

DONE EDITING

Hi it's 5 am and i'm officially done editing my music video. I had been working on it for weeks and even though I couldn't get all the footage I wanted, I gave it my very best and I'm really proud with how it turned out. I texted Koree even though it was super late and he answered. I sent him the music video and he LOVED it.
 

He told me was watching it for 30 minutes straight. I ended with over 200 layers on my timeline and my software crashed maybe 3-5 times but in the end it still came out good. A lot of the music video is Koree and his friends dancing/ signing along to his song. I did not have the capability to get more B-roll because of the corona virus which sucked but I had to deal with what I had. I added some cool effects throughout the music video to keep it engaging. I don't like to just cut clips and leave it that way, it just seems bland with no effects added. I know that there are so many things that could've been improved on like the lack of footage and such but I know i did my best with the situation I was in. Of course I'm the hardest critic when it comes to my editing, I always feel like I could've done something better but Koree LOVES the video so that's really what I care about at the end of the day, if the person is happy with what I made for them. Anyway I'm super super happy that I'm done with the biggest part of this project. I can now relax a little and focus on finishing up the website and digipak.

Editing !

Editing is my favorite part as I said multiple times on this blog! Just a reminder of what I'm using, it's a software called after effects which is my favorite software to use. I can do so much to my footage. I've been using this software for years ! So I have a lot of experience with it. I really like to get creative with different overlays and effects. I'll edit in a span of days. I'll range from editing for 45 minutes to 3 hours in one sitting. A lot of the time i might just repeatedly watch what I've edited on loop and I'll just keep staring at what I have, thinking about if it looks good or not or if I can make something look better. I tend to be very hard on myself when I edit because I just always want my product to come out the best it can be.

This is a little bit of what I have. I added some effects,overlays, some text. I really enjoy being creative because I just feel like it can really pull in the viewer's attention. I would've really liked some more B-roll but because of everything that is happening with the virus and being quarantined, I am not able to get more footage so I'm using what I have. I really don't think this looks bad and I'm happy with how it's turning out. I've been working super hard on it and even though there are some things that I don't like about it, Koree really likes what I have so far and I'm really happy about that. I just really want Koree to be content with the final product. So far I have 2 minutes of the music video edited and I have 1 minute and 30 more seconds to go. I should only need one more day to finish up the music video and maybe I'll have to go back and fix anything if need be. But honestly I've been putting an immense amount of work into this and I have over 100 layers on my time line and it's also really messy because I had to align all the layers and I just have to make sure everything looks right. It's a lot of work to edit this but at least it's what I love. 

Website ideas

I asked Koree if he could tell me about his music and how he started and such because I was thinking about adding an "about RAWBABYK" section in the website so that people could know where he came from. He told me a lot about himself and I'll add the messages here.

I'm going to use all this information to create a section about him and put a picture of him on the side of the paragraph. This will allow his audience to know more about him as a person. People will be able to know how he got started and why he was interested in making music in the first place. I think it's always really good to know more about artists personal lives and how they came to make their music. By knowing more about an artist it allows the audience to potentially feel more connected to them and maybe relate to them in a way.