Effects

I thought that the effects were extremely helpful on the iMovie software. They had a variety of effects that helped transform, not only mine, but others that I saw around me.
I believe that the effects changed as well as developed peoples as well as my owns ideas when re-filming either adding or taking away clips. Effects such as cartoon which I added later on...

The program 'iMovie' had great help with the darker scene. It helped add a brightness to the scene enabling a clearer view of the lead singer and what he was actually doing. I received a lot of feedback suggesting that I should re-film to make it so you could see the singer, however I was able to add brightness without the hassel of re-filming and the audience enjoyed what they had requested.

It also helped with the whole clip of him with the candles. It made the sequence seem more 'trustworthy' as to what he was doing as you could clearly see him singing and playing the guitar.

I had originally filmed this part of the clip to be featured in my music video, yet it was too dark to be able to see and part of the clip. Once I had discovered that this would would, it varied the shots in my video, made the lead singer seem powerful from the low angle at this part in the narrative and the audience appretiated what was being told.

Again this is highlighting the effectiveness of brightening the clip. This was easily noticeable, however, through brightening the clip the audience thought that it linked well with the other and brighter clips in the sequence.

I found video effects that I started to experiment with and found the highlighted, top right effect. I took inspiration from the iconic 'Take On Me' video by Aha. I found it so inspirational that I thought I might try to mimic this with a cartoon narrative. The audience feedback was not what I expected as it was outstanding. All were very supportive and thought it worked well with the video.

Final Cut

Similar Artist Style

All American Rejects, Taking Back Sunday, Bowling For Soup, Blink 182 and Sum 41 have been noted to sound similar to my chosen artist.
After asking classmates, they said that my band reminded them of the ones listed above. In fact, I was pleased that they thought of these bands as similar artists as it showed I had portrayed the genre I wanted to.

Photos of Band Members

Using iMovie

Using iMovie has made life much easier. Using tools such as clip adjustment gave me the edge above the previous programs. I find it easy to edit the clip how I wish it to come across, whether it be adding a sepia effect, zooming or just to mute the clip itself. However, being extremely familiar to Windows and their layout, I found it hard to grasp the formatting of the computer itself. This included saving pictures that I had 'print screened' and putting it into folders on the desktop.

Using my own camera to upload the footage was also difficult to accomplish because of the wire 'Firewire 800' This is so that it could convert correctly and be able to use in iMovie. Nevertheless this was simple to use once completed.

I found that the programming of iMovie was perfect to edit my clips because of its simplicity. Once I adapted and familiarized myself, it was straight forward and was easy to accomplish what I wanted to do.

Sometimes I would find it difficult to import projects

Using DiskLabel

I found this tool incredibly useful. It was on a plate from the start with easy tools to use and obvious directions.

The first step on the program was to add a background to the CD. I wanted to portray the CD as if it were an old record, so to do this I took a picture of the record used in my music video and imported it. I then cropped it to fit the size of the CD. It brought the product to life designing this part. I wanted to add my eye to the CD cover as I thought t would be relevant to the bands name. I had took a picture of my eye and then added it to the program. I then cropped it to the desired size and added effects.

(My eye ready to be imported onto the CD cover)

(This is a testing eye found on Google to see if all would be achieved)

As you can clearly see from the diagram above, after clicking 'effects' this pop out came up.  It clearly showed what could be accomplished and led me to complete my CD cover.

This is the CD sticker. This was imitating a record player also linking to my video. Through audience feedback they clearly understood the point of the eye in the center (EYESHINE) They enjoyed the idea however some said this was 'creepy'

Favourite music video director

Marc Klasfeld is an American music video director. He has directed over two hundred music videos for artists such as Katy Perry, Jay-Z, Kid Rock, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Nelly, Foo Fighters, Jewel, Sum 41, Avril Lavigne and many others with multiple MTV award wins and nominations.He is also a director of television commercials for Nike, NFL, NBA, Hummer, Reebok and Cartoon Network. I feel that this gives him an edge above others and a different style to others. I feel that his videos have such diversity, it makes him one of the best directors around.