Website

Hello. Julia here. I wanted to continue talking about my website. So, I've been looking at the websites for the bands I talked about earlier (Skegss, Fidlar, Made Violent, and Sticky Fingers) and they all are very easy and to the point. During my process of creating my website, I decided to include the following: links to social media and music apps, tour dates, and photos of the band. Since the band is still working on getting their name out there, I chose to not add merchandise onto the website. I chose to do this because the band is still trying to get noticed and spending money to create merchandise right now is not necessary. Like I said earlier, the doodles I made on the Let'sDraw application on the iPhone was very pixelated when i uploaded it onto the website, so I am no longer going to be adding that to the page. Made Violent's website was the biggest inspiration for the one I'm creating. It is easy to use and very to the point. Here is the link to their website. This is what their website looks like: 

When you click on the upper right tabs they open up to their social media and music pages. I really like how simple this website is, yet you can totally understand the band's vibe with the single image on the page. When you click on the "tour" link, this is what shows up: 

It's very simple like the rest of the website and I think it will be easy for the band to keep up with especially since they are still trying to get recognized.

As I continue to create my website, I have considered how my band is still starting up and that it doesn't make sense to add certain details to their website. At this point, the band needs a place where someone can find all the ways to access their music and get a feel of who they are. Like I said earlier, I want to post photos of the band. The band will have albums for each previous gig they have so the people who went can access the photos that were taken. I think this is a really cool idea. I know that many clubs do things like this. They have photographers taking pictures and upload them in an album from the night so people don't have to worry about taking their own pictures. Plus, they are better quality. Who doesn't love high quality pictures???

Last minute change of plans!!! omg!!!

Website

Digipak

Digipak Brainstorm

Hey. It's Julia here, again. I am so excited about my project and cannot wait to make my ideas into an actual product. Today, I began the brainstorming for my digipak. The other night I was on instagram and found an account that creates really cool doodles on Instagram. The account is called @lifestyledoodle. Here are some pics that inspired me for the jacket of my digipak:



I messaged the artist who made the account and she was very nice and helpful. She said that she uses a Wacom tablet linked to photoshop. She also told me she originally started doing these graphics on apps from the app store on an iPad. I started doing some research on which apps I should use to create these doodle graphics. I found an app I really like called Let's Draw and it's very simple to use. I have been playing around with it so I can get better at it. I think it's going to give my jacket the cool artsy vibe that the alternative genre usually gives off. I also want to use these graphics on my website as well so it all flows together. I think that this style will help tie my whole project together. In an earlier post, I threw out an idea about using stickers inside the booklet, but I decided to not do that anymore. I don't have any reason for why I don't want to add it anymore except for the fact that I just don't like it haha. Well, I'm logging off now, peace!

I just got home from recording the bands gig today for my music video !!!!!! YAYAYAYAYAYAY!!! The band was really intense and it was a really enjoyable too. So, I thought that I would create a list of all the different shots and inserts and overlaying ideas I have because I don't think a story board would do its justice:

- Band eating pizza
-Band hanging out
-Band practicing
-Band walking around artsy area
-Graffiti
- LED Signs
-garage-like backgrounds
- artsy sceneries
-Train Track photoshoot
- Close up of band playing

I plan on taking all of these different shots and incorporating them into the music video fast paced to  create a hectic feel. Here is an example that I created that I plan on using in my music video. I was playing around with iMovie so I could get the hang of the editing techniques I'm going to be using. One thing I need to fix in this sample is the red LED light that says tattoo. It is too brought and overwhelming which fades out the other image completely. I also need to talk to the band about getting their song on Don't Waste My Time on a flash drive because I cannot download it from spotify or soundcloud (That's why there's no music in the sample).

So, on previous posts I discussed how I wanted to overlap the different videos I will be taking for the music video. I found some youtube videos that explain how to do the overlapping technique that I've been trying to figure out how to do. Here is a link to one of the tutorials that I watched. I was honesty really worried about the editing technique being difficult but it seemed not too bad. The video for Made Violent's Two Tone Hair (link to video) is the inspiration for my music video. I believe that it captures the mood and vibe that the song and band give off completely. Later today, I will be capturing the footage from Castafella's live performance in Hollywood, Florida. I am hoping that I will be able to capture the passion they give off during their gig tonight. The band also has a room in one of the member's house (Pedro) where they practice and I was thinking that if I get some fog machines and lights in there I could really manipulate the room and make it seem like a live performance too if need be. I also plan on taking some shots of different graffiti and art that I can incorporate into the areas where I plan on overlapping footage. Here are some places that I have in mind: Wynwood, downtown fort lauderdale, and my dad's warehouse.

Here is one of the backgrounds I am planning on using (from my dad's warehouse):