Problems with editing

I've filmed the majority of my music video at this point, there is however a small problem. The SLR camera I'm using (as mensioned) has 1080p resolution when filming and currently the school computers do not have the proccessing power to cope with the size of individual files let alone a draft or full version of my video, so therefore I must use my own laptop which does have enough power but currently not excellent editing software so I must either download some or use the MAC at school. However the software on that also has lesser software next to the PC's and there is only one MAC in the media room and other people are filming in HD which means they will need to use it as well limiting my time, So my best option at this point is to download software for my laptop.

Today light times

Today I will start filming, I'm beginning with the car part of the video so I will post the outcomes of the day at a later point. in the meantime I have the daylight times posted and although the weather today is a bit foggy it is irrelevant because I'm only using close ups and medium close ups.

Summary of products so far

So far I've created and developed my CD cover and front cover. As I will soon be commencing my shooting, I will take advantage of the time spent with my actors to take some photos for the rear cover (for which I already have an idea) and the poster. In the meantime I will start the drafts for my poster and inside cover as I have already partly designed the rear cover.

My album artwork front cover fifth draft

This is my last draft. After showing the last one to peers within my class, they agreed I should get rid of the parental guidance logo and just add another pattern to make it as if It was never sold in a shop as people need to be informed of its content, However I may still put that particular logo on the rear cover so its still on there just not on the front.

My Album artwork front cover fifth draft

Then I thought why not just join the borders so I have drawn thick lines and connected them up and I think this makes it look far better. Others in the class also agree on this and say this is far better than the other drafts and seen as I like it and theres' not much more I can do to it I was considering this a final draft. I will also not change the colour even though I said I would because other colours wash out the rest of the design. I have additionally got rid of one of the patterns where the parental guidance logo is because it ruins it.

My album artwork front cover fourth draft

I have decided to go back to an older draft for this cover. As you can see I have gone back to using 3 patterns as one looked just too plain and adding anything else that didnt look similar to the pattern used just ruined it completely. But it still looked unfinished. Then I had an idea!

My Album artwork front cover third draft

As I said a small re-adjustment. You'll notice that the border on the pattern has gone and it leaves just the Indian style corner pattern. Additionally, I have got rid of more of the white pixels to make it look better. Next I will try some experiments like colour fading and different colours themselves to see if it has a positive or negative effect on it.

My Album artwork front cover second draft

The first cover

This looks much better now, It doesn't look unfinished but there needs to be some smaller touches to improve its appeal. One of which suggested to me was to improve the edges around the pattern and make the overall pattern smaller. This was because people felt it intruded into the album artwork and this was the forst thing they would see and not the artists name.

My Album artwork front cover first draft

This is the first of my front covers, I'm reflecting the simplicity in the CD cover and the front cover and making a more complex inside cover and rear cover. Making a simple and complex product all in one but it's not obvious because the front cover doesn't say this. However when opened, the cover will reveal more of a story or scene, oppositely the rear cover aims to be more busy for grabbing the eye of the audience. However I may create some simple ones to compare and contrast this idea. I got the idea for this cover from research I've done on other covers and have kept it very simple. However this can be improved in my opinion. It looks too busy even for a simple looking cover.