Responses to Focus Group

Production Tutorials

Before we started the filming process, we had decided that we should research some concepts used when filming music videos, as well as looking into the settings that we could change on the camera we used. Below are our findings.The first tutorial helped us to ensure we achieved the correct apperture and exposure in all our shots, it also aloud us to get the correct depth of field and focus. The second tutorial tought us we shutter speed we should be shooting our music video at, our focus group decided that the best shutter speed for realisic film quality was 24fps. The final tutorial showed us how to lay out and format a shot correctly; this also aloud us to check whether we broke or conformed to the codes and convetions of an acoustic video which we can apply to our final piece.

Dimensions of Digipak and Magazine Advert

As our group were about to peform the first mock ups of our digipak and magazine advert, we had realised that we needed the standard measurements in order for our images to fit the product. Below are the necessary dimensions we will be referring to when creating our product.

Standard size of a Digipak - 140mm x 125mm x 6.5mm 

Standard size of a Full Page Advert- 7-1/2” X 10”, (45 picas X 60 picas), Bleed: 8-5/8” X 11-1/4”

Fonts for Digipak

In preparation for designing our ancillary products, we decided that we should research specifically into the fonts used on digpaks and magazine covers. This is because it is a key component to any digipak or magazine advert, as it can be a visual shorthand for what the genre of music is. Below are our findings.

Font Research from FelixJoelMedia