Higher Quality

As the format we were using before was terrible quality we have worked with It to make it possible for us to use clips of higher quality. Hopefully this is the standard of the clip we will be using for future drafts and the final product.

Technological Difficulties

We have again encountered some difficulties with the software. Everybody, from our teachers to the IT technicians has supported us in trying to overcome this, but with little success, unfortunately. We were unlucky enough to lose all of our footage, but, thankfully we were able to restore with the help of IT, although the process was very time consuming. We will still upload work for the deadline, and will be working hard to ensure this.

Further Difficulties in Editing

Having had to compromise with the software used, we are still having difficulties with editing our films. The movie maker program at school is inconsistent with those on our own laptops which leaves us unable to edit easily and only to a very low standard. Adobe premiere is still unavailable at school and after downloading a trial version on a home computer, we found that a water mark was left due to having not fully purchased the software. This leaves us in great difficulty in being able to complete all, if any editing before Friday. It is unfortunate that we have not been able to purchase computers advanced enough to be compatible with such editing software, as the benefits of having this available at home would be good, however financially it is not possible. We will in future be less reliant on any school technology, we have no way of editing any clips at school on a program requested by our teachers, nor do we have we had the help to overcome these problems. We are currently speaking to the IT department and are working with them to get it fixed. However, with such a lack of software available to us, we are struggling.

Difficulties in editing

Due to lack of equipment available to us at school we have come into many difficulties already with the editing of our raw shots. The computers we are using do not have the sufficient software we have been told we need for editing so the process could be much more difficult and time consuming than originally planned. This is a difficulty we will be trying to overcome as best as possible however due to these circumstances and the lack of control we have with the computer software at school we will struggle to complete as successful a product for our first draft than we originally intended.

Ideas for sketch of front cover and editing on Photoshop.

Here I have scanned in my drawing that I may consider using for the front cover of my digipak and edited the image on Photoshop to see what I can achieve. The image may stay the same although I have decided that it might look effective if I take a picture of the lead singer and the guitarist from the band and paste them into the cat's eyes. I will then alter the contrasts and change these figures into silhouettes so that they look like the cat's pupils. This will give it a different effect as there will be a mix of drawing and photos. I have also decided that I will be chaning the location of the text and including the band logo somewhere on the cover. I won't be using the same font as the one that I have drawn and I may even decided to abbreviate the band name. Below are the edited images:

                    
                   
                   
                          
                   

This edited image of the drawing looks quite effective and fits into the indie genre as cartoon and animation is a common convention of indie CD covers.