Final Website

The final website that Aidan and I produced is rather professional to the genre of music, I believe that it is professional to this genre as the images and animations are unique and link into the genre well. I think that the image is unique to different images on websites as a picture of the band or artist would usually go in that place, but instead, we decided a logo should go there.

I believe that we have inserted everything that the artist will want on the website, such as images, music video, song, animations and background information of Dub Fiend. We have also created animations for the photo slider so the photo's change every so often.

The colour scheme of the website works well with all the other images, as its not too dark but not too light. it still contains the colour black and green in which was used in the CD Cover. The writing I have used is simple and plain so its easily read, the logo of " Dub Fiend" at the top of the screen is easy and simple to read too so it shows who's website it is easily.

The layout we used was similar to the one that we designed for our mock website, we followed most of the layout as it went along and did some small alterations as we wanted too, to make our website even better. The layout is simple and easy to follow as everything is clearly labelled and easily located.

The Media that Aidan and I have included in the website is the song "Showdown" which we have used as the song during our music video, this song will automatically play when you enter the website. We have also embedded the Music video of YouTube into the main page so it is able to be watched straight away.

Overall I think that if we had more time we could have spend more time making all the images such as the logo as that isn't the best image on the page. But I think that the website has worked our well and the layout, colour scheme and the contents on the page all work together and make a simple and easily website to navigate around.

Final CD Cover

Front of CD Cover



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This is Outside image of our Digi pack (Aidan and I). The right hand side is the front cover, The middle of the CD Cover is the back, and the image on the left hand side is the flap that will fold inside of the cover. The images that I have created and used match the type of music and genre the music is. The image of the DJ on the front will show the Customers what type of music it is straight away. The writing of "Dub Fiend" on the front of the cover is the Artists actual logo writing, I have used this to keep it close to the artist and not to make it more how I like it as I need to think of the artist himself and the customers. On the back I have used some of his other songs that he has made including the track "Showdown" which is the song that Aidan and I chose to do our music video to. I have also used a few simple green lines to add some colour to the rear of the CD Cover. the Text I have used it simple to read and sticks out so the customer can read it easily. The multi images on the left of the CD cover shows many different images of Dub Fiend himself Dj'ing and using his equipment and recent gigs, I have chosen to use images of Dub Fiend as he is the artist and I thought using these images might attract more customers to the CD and give customers an image of what the artist looks like.

Inside of CD Cover



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This is the Inside of our Digi pack (Aidan and I). on the right hand side of the CD Cover we have a little bit of background information of Dub Fiend, also followed by Website links that the customers will be able to go on and either follow Dub Fiend to find out latest news and updates, and to also listen to preview of new tracks that the artist is making and the date/dates they are due out. the middle of the CD shows the CD that I have designed, it is just Dub Fiends logo that Aidan and I have edited to make it have the "fish-eye" effect, We then included some writing about the songs and information about the links to follow at the top. And on the left hand side of the CD Cover, I have included Dub Fiends Bio, this is a longish paragraph that was written by Dub Fiend himself, it includes information about his up and coming releases and what he thinks will happen in the future for him. I have also included a few images that I have taken of the APC40 which is a piece of equipment that Dub Fiend uses when doing gigs.

I believe that the colour scheme Aidan and I have chosen is very appropriate for the CD inside and out. We chose these colours as they can bring out the information well and the images we have chosen. The blackish fading to white background with the luminous green writing stands out well to the customers which will help increase sales and increase the popularity of the music.

6th 9th 11th November 2010

Today we decided to film a shot that would take a long time but be worth it if it came out correctly, we began filming the sky and sun from the top of the hill and waited until it got dark, the sunset lasted about an hour but using the editing software we fast forward it to give the effect of time going quickly, the shot came out exactly how we wanted, with clouds moving across the sky and the sun going down. The use of this shot is so that there is a transition from day to night in the middle of our video, it is also a technical shot and looks very effective as part of our video. This type of shot is used quite a lot in films and extreme sports videos; the shot looks professional and effective boosting the quality of our video. Another shot we filmed was of a car sound system that exaggerates the base, when filming this we played the track ‘Showdown’ so that we could sync the music with the video we had filmed. At college we used editing software to add in the videos we had filmed, we fast forwarded the sunset video and added in the shot of the base as an abstract part of the video. Also we added a blinking effect to the opening point of view shot of the character waking up and walking around his bedroom, as he looks out the window he blinks twice and the shot comes into focus gradually, by doing this we convey the effect of tiredness and that he has just woken up and his eyes are adapting to the light.

30th October 2nd and 4th November 2010

Aidan and I began filming and editing our music video said to the track ‘Showdown’ by artist Dubfiend over three separate days. The day of filming was very successful and a good start to our project. We had checked the weather forecast a few days before we filmed to ensure that the sun was out and would give us the chance to get the best shots possible, the sun needed to be out in order to film our second shot in which there is a tilt of our actor standing there and then becomes a silhouette and the sun gets very bright and rays of light can be seen in the camera lens. A shot that appears to be filmed from a CCTV camera gave us some problems as we could not use the tripod to get a high enough shot to get the CCTV effect, to overcome this we sat on top of a nearby bush shelter and zoomed in, we then kept the camera in the same position and continued filming whilst our character entered a shot and then exited, the shot is very long but with the use of the cut tool and fast forward on the software song Vegas and premier pro, we were able to shorten the shot and make it look more effective and realistic. To get the camera to appear to be a CCTV camera, we used Sony Vegas and changed the shot to the TV effect given on the software. More simple shots such as pans and long shots were time consuming because the lighting in the chosen filming location was dim and quite dull, we overcame this by doing the white balance for each shot and taking a number of shots and angles to give us a large choice of which shot is most effective and looks best for our video. To further the quality of the image, we used Song Vegas again to change the Brightness/ contrast and also the vibrancy, to get a professional looking shot. The final shot we filmed was taken from the back window of a moving car, the idea that we convey with this shot is the feel of paranoia and being watched, the character walks quickly and is followed at the same pace by the car, the shot came out well, but we realised we could see the camera man in the reflection, we then re filmed and earned a professional and effective shot.

Draft 2

Draft 1

A2 Music Video First Draft

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here is the first draft of mine and Aidan's music video. As you can see from the video we have filmed and edited the current shots that we have taken, we just need to take a few more shots so we can then put the music video all together in place and have all the shots in order.

Draft C Cover

The Inside of the CD Cover


The Front of the CD Cover

Music Video Draft

here is the first draft of mine and Aidan's music video. As you can see from the video we have filmed and edited the current shots that we have taken, we just need to take a few more shots so we can then put the music video all together in place and have all the shots in order.