Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Digi-Pack Planning

My group and I started planning out our digi-pack. We are planning to create an album cover that is hypnotizing and mysterious, but also beautiful and engaging. As we scavenged the internet for images that would fit the look for out digi-pack, I remembered the Rorschach Tests from my AP psychology class. These tests were created by a psychologist Hermann Rorschach. He created these mirrored ink blot images that he would use to diagnose people with schizophrenia by testing their creativity. These images are really captivating and they make you think about what you're looking at. We also think that these images fit in with the narrative of our video, since its about a crazy girl. The image would play on with the whole song and video since its about a girl who isn't mentally stable. 

Friday, April 10, 2015

I started searching for things that would inspire me on how to make the singer/main actress in the video more empowering and visually striking. I was having no luck finding anything good since most of the trip hop/baroque pop artists are mainly nice, beautiful and mellow-looking people. This was  called In This Moment. The lead is named Maria Brink and the way she presents herself in her music videos is what I would like to try to duplicate. In This Moment's music videos are very visually striking and they mix that with Maria Brink's looks, sensuality, and great props. The videos show her in an attractive manner with visually impacting scenes. These glitchy shots and scenes really engage the audience as they ask themselves "wait...what did I just see?". I strive to achieve this with my group in the video.

 The visuals will not fit in with the usual sound that Lana Del Rey gives in her music. Our video will be more of like a In This Moment music video mixed with a Lana Del Rey song.