Digipak Research

A digipak is a style of CD and DVD packaging. They consist of a book-style paper binding, and have plastic trays capable of holding a CD.

Examples of digipak covers in recent times:

Possible Shots for the Ancillary Tasks

Whilst we were filming our scenes at Charlotte's house, I made sure to keep my camera with me at all times so that when I saw a potential photograph that could fit into our ancillary tasks (magazine advertisement and digipak) I could snap it.

These are a few of what I came up with:

Starting Filming

We filmed the overdose, rose, love and argument scenes at Charlotte's house, because it was the biggest house between us, she has a field out the back of her garden which we could have use of.

After learning how to use the camera and eqiupment...

and applying the necessary make-up...

We were ready to film.

Time Management

So that all of our group knows when they have to be available for filming, we printed out a calendar and wrote on the days that we are all free. This way can can keep on top of the work and meet deadlines.

Characters, Props and Outfits

We have now decided on our main characters for the video, Claire and Jack. Seeing as they are in the group, we all felt they would know how to portray the feelings we want the audience to see better than someone who did not have that knowledge. This also meant that we did not have to arrange our filming schedule around someone who wasn't in the group, so we have more of an opportunity to film on any day we want to.

Props

The main props that we need are roses and pills. We were able to get theseeasily from a supermarket quite cheaply.

Outfits

Claire will have 2 main outfits, one all in black, and one cream/white dress. These colours are to reflect her mood at points in the video: happy and sad.

It really did not matter so much to what the boy is wearing, as he is simply the catalyst for what is going to happen in the story, so he can just be wearing casual clothes i.e. jeans, t-shirt and jumper.

Copyright Letter Update

We have not yet received any reply from the record company about whether we have permission to use the track, which means we can continue to use it until they object.

Pause in Filming

We have been unable to do any filming this past week due to heavy snow. This meant the school was closed so we had no access to a video camera all week. We now have to really focus and get all of our filming done to the very best of our abilities before the deadline in a week's time.