A digipak is a special CD album that is a folded book-style album. Sometimes the album has a CD and a DVD within the digipak that has many folding panels. Some have a minimum of one, up to four folds that contain elements of the digipak of the band/artist of the album. They are normally made of card instead of the normal plastic CD album cases. Digipaks used to be very are whereas now they are very popular and used by many bands and artists.

The font

This font is called Lithos and we like it as it is very plain and in capital letters which is what we are aiming for as the video will then stand out more against the font of the title before the video begins. This font is different to an average style capital font style so it goes with the indie band and how the a different to others with their songs and their CD covers.

This font is called Orator. This is another font idea that we had in mind for the beginning of our music video for 'Alone In This' as it is again, a very basic font but is very effective as it looks very serious and the type writer styles shows that it is like a document by someone which goes with the way we are shooting our music video as we are doing many shots like a handheld camera from our main characters point of view so it is her documentation which links in with the font style perfectly.

This font style is called Nueva which is a very small basic, capital styled font for our title. This is a cool font style for us to use because it is very basic but has a unique twist on it which is what we are showing our main character as, a basic family living in poor conditions, but a unique twist of hope.

Permission to use the song 'Alone In This'

We found an email address on the bands website, and we wrote to them asking for permission to use their song - 'Alone In This'. This can be seen below:

 

 

Not long after sending the email, we received a reply. They went on to state they were happy for us to use their music and would love to see the finished product. The reply email can be seen below:

Meaning of 'Alone In This' lyrics

'All these names and people places, oh I’m not that sure, I’m not that sure, am I alone in this?
All around the world they tell us oh we’re not that sure we’re not that sure, am I alone in this?
I don’t know how to breathe oh I’m not that sure, I’m not that sure, am I alone in this?
I always try and work on this a lot,
What I have I’m sure you haven’t got,
I can only, only tell the truth'

These lyrics are going to work really well alongside our video because its going to link together. As the lyrics are saying 'all these names and people places' this links in with her feeling alone even when she's with people as she its saying that she doesn't know how she feels when she's has the company of other people, she's unsure if she likes it or not and by the look of our video were going with the idea that she doesn't, that's why she wanted to get away.
It also says that ' I always try and work on this a lot' were linking this in with the video when she's sat on her bed at the beginning as it shows she's thinking about leaving her home or not. Its indicating that its been playing on her mind for a while now and that she may not want to feel alone when she's with people but she cant help it.

Film inspiration

This film is called Into The Wild. this film inspired us as its all about one person travelling on their own as they don't like reality and will do anything to get away from it. We like the idea from this photo as it is a good picture to show him travelling with all of his belongings. We want to show our character travelling with all of her things too, but she'll be travelling through streets not the wild, but we want her to be walking through all different things to show she'll travel anywhere to get away from where she
came from.



This picture is a great shot as it shows the audience that the character hasn't got anywhere to go so they will literally sleep/stay wherever they can. This shot is him on top of an abandoned van, in our video we will change this to our character sleeping on a bench or something like that just to let the audience know she hasn't got much else. When we video her sitting on something higher, we want her to be admiring the scenery that she can see so we can tell she loves where she is and that she finds comfort in it.

We love this shot as it shows the main character from the movie doing something he admires in a place that he loves, this inspired us to do this in our music video with our main character. We want her to be sat somewhere alone, reading also so it shows the audience that she has a peace of mind where she is and that she is relaxed and happy. In the shot we want to capture a good part of the scenery to so we can fully portray her happiness now that she is alone and far away from her home.




In our music video we want a shot exactly like this where it shows a closeup of the characters face to try and show all of the emotion they have. In our case we want our charcter to be looking out to an open field or scenic area and have tears in her eyes to show that she feels like she is where she belongs. We want this shot to be at the very end of the video, so we can show her looking a little scruffy from where she has been travelling for days, but we want her to be smiling and feeling like shes finally got to where she has always wanted.

Film Inspiration

We have got some of our inspiration for the storyline and the feel of the music video from films. One of the big films that have helped us realise what sort of story and shots that we want in our project is 'On The Road'
This is one of the shots from the film that is good for what we want to show in our music video as it shows the main character walking along the train track with their luggage to show to the audience that they are travelling. We are also inspired by the way he is wearing dark clothing at the same time as the sun shining and making the location within the scene look bright and cheerful.

The light behind the main characters head in the this shot with the sun setting is a shot that we want to recreate for the ending of our music video as it shows the emotion as we want the camera to turn to face her and for her to smile with the sun shining behind her as it sets and then the music video ends. We feel this would be a good ending as it shows that she is happy in her own little way and she is at her happiest when she is travelling, alone.

This scene from 'On The Road' is perfect for our music video as we ant our main character to meet people on her journey that show her happiness. Her dancing would be a good shot to have with people as it is when people are at their happiest. The people around her shows that she is comfortable with them as she is able to dance and let go in front of them. Her dancing on her own shows that for that moment she is the centre of attention as well as her being alone even in the happiest of times to some extent.

This shot from the film is something we want to portray in our music video as is focuses on the emotion of the main character which is a big part of our project because of the song and our storyline. Showing how she is feeling throughout the music video at different points and in different situations she is put in within it helps the audience to know how her emotion changes within the stages so that the viewers feel the same way and get more of a vibe from it.

The scene from 'On The Road' where there is a close up of a women laughing is a shot that we want to show in our music video project. We want to show her happiness every stage that she smiles or laughs to really emphasis upon it as this is a big factor in our music video, her emotions and the change in it with different people and surroundings.

Mood Board

This is our mood board for our music video. A lot of the music videos that inspired us are ones that involve travelling. We like music videos that capture good shots that are hard to forget and that's what we want to try and make happen in ours. We want there to be close ups on the main characters face as this focuses a lot on her emotion and how she feels at different stages during her journey. The start f the video is going to be in her bedroom that is quite messy and child-like to create the illusion that they are a poor family so they haven't been able to decorate in a while. We want her travelling around the country. We have a shot on the train within the mood board which is another shot that we are going to recreate along with the handheld effect in some takes to show her filming her journey and when she meets people to show her happiness more clearly and more close up without filming all steady shots of her face that become tiring to the eye for the audience of our music video. We want her smoking in the music video as shown by one of the pictures in this mood board as it indicates she leads a stressful life and is stereotypical for people that lead that lifestyle and who's house and family are in the same way the main characters is within our project.