Twitter feed for website

I created a fake twitter account for my band that I could update and add to my webpage. I will be using this particular screenshot that I captured from the actual twitter feed on my webpage.

Logo

I have used a few things in the logo to reflect the ideals of the band as well as the conventions of indie music. Firstly, the word 'The' is an homage to a 1960s British band 'The Who' as it looks very similar to the 'The' in their logo. Since our band is a throwback to 1960s British bands I think the homage to 'The Who' will be a clear indicator as to the style and ideals of our band. Secondly, the black colour that has been used was directly influenced from my research into indie music as I found that the colour black was often used by indie bands. Thirdly, the compass has a denotation as well as a connotation. The denotation is that a compass is directly linked to the word 'Lost.' The connotation with the compass and the word 'Lost' is one of our band's ideals which is the idea of these young 18 year-old boys being at a point in there life where they are lost and confused. This also links with our band's target audience because the target audience are 18 year-old boys who will also be at this point in life.

Music video - Final

After finishing our rush cuts we used this time to make the finishing touches on our video before we could call it complete. We add a 'bad tv' and 'bloom' effect to the shots in the elevator to symbolise that he is travelling to a different place and that something strange and sci-fi is happening. We also added an 'echo' effect to the shots where the actors are coming and going from the elevator. This makes it look like they are materialising into a new place and gives it a teleportation type look. We also added an 'earthquake' effect at varying levels towards the end of the video as the music, the ASD and overall pace of the video picked up. Unfortunately, after we had done all this and dubbed the video as finished the program stopped responding before we could save it and we lost all of the days work. We had to go back and do it all for a second time but managed to get it all done to the same standard. We then added titles to the opening of the video. After these finishing touches our music video is now finished.

Progress to digipak and webpage - 8/2/13

Today, on my digipak, I edited the back cover slightly so that the dark edges matched the front cover. I also added in the album title and song titles to the front and back covers. I had to choose a font that fit the ideals of indie music which was simplistic and black. I decided to use the rockwell font because it fit these requirements.

I then went and edited my webpage and changed the font to rockwell as well in order to create synergy. I also changed the youtube video template (originally a Queens of the Stone Age video) to mine and Ryan's rush cut video. 

Editing - 6/2/13

Today we finished all of the rush cuts and have put everything in place and in order.

There are a number of things we still have to fix before our music video is finished. We have to make sure the aspect ratio is correct on every clip. We must make sure every clip is properly in sync. We must add effects to make the video look better. We also need to make sure that everything is the way we want it and that there aren't any alternative clips that are better. It's now all about adding the finishing touches.

Editing - 5/2/13

Today we carried on editing the video as we went. When we got the bass narrative part we ran into a problem where one of the shots lasted too long so we wanted to speed it up. We created a video explaining our problem and how we solved it:

Progress to webpage - 1/2/13

In terms of my webpage, I replaced the home picture with a picture of the band. I also added some more pictures to the bottom of the page.