Storyboard for music promo video ( shot 11)

The final shot of my music video will be shot at the same locations as shots 9-10.

Storyboard for music promo video (shots 6 - 10)

Shots 6-8 will be shot at the same locations as shots 1- 5.

Shots 9-10 will be shot at these locations (Shown below)

I chose to film at these locations for shots 9-10 as the song in my music video is titled "the funeral of hearts" which suggests that some of the video will have to be shot in a romantic setting, I felt that this location with Hills and wooded areas would fit this criteria as areas of countryside like this our commonly thought of as being areas of romantic scenery. Having the castle in these shots also contributes to the characteristics of a romantic setting. The castle in my music video symbolises the age of love and how it has always been there even when some of the older things are starting to decay love is still around us and always has been.

Storyboard for music promo video (shots 1 - 5)

These are the locations I will be using for shots 1-5. I chose these locations as the area is wooded with a field next to them which will be perfect for extreme long shots and long shots as the field stretches a great distance from wooded area. These are ideal locations as I will be able to shoot from the field into the wood which is what my illustrations on my storyboard repesent. The wooded area is also a good location for the shots with the gravesight as it is a secluded area with little natural light which will be good in portraying the intended representation of my music video.

These photos are possible locations for shots 1-5

Ancillery Task 2 (magazine advertisment for dvd 2)

On this version I chose to follow the signature of album adverts by incorporating the image of the dvd cover into the advert. When designing a second version of the advert I chose to include tour dates and a special offer. I chose to include tour dates as rock/metal music is ultimately about live performences and fans going to see the band live so I thought it would fit the codes and conventions of rock/metal music by including the tour dates. Including tour dates will also make more money for the band as people are more likely to buy gig tickets if they know where the band are performing and when they are performing. Also on this design I chose to include a special offer in order to grab peoples attention. The offer on this design says that if someone buys the DVD directly off metalhammer.co.uk they will receive a free T-shirt before they are officially released. This will make people want to buy the DVD as Metalhammer is a well known rock/metal magazine with a widely used website which will ensure that I am advertising to the right audience. Receiving a free T-shirt that has not even been released yet will also make people want to buy as it will be seen as a very limited time offer.

Ancillery Task 2 (magazine advertisment for DVD 1)

After reaserching magazine advertisments for albums i noticed that many of these advertisments incorporated the album cover into them. I decided to follow this theme by including my designed album cover in my advertisment and making it the main image.

I also found that the adverts included reviews from other sources. Having found this out i decided to include three reviews from rock/metal magazines. The first review is "KKKKK" from Kerrang magazine, in Kerrang magazine the review of a certain number of "Ks" is a substatute for a certain number of stars which other things are rated by. The review of 5 "Ks" shows that
this is a top quality DVD and people will want to buy it. The second review is from the well known metal magazine called Metal Hammer, a review from this magazine will achieve great publicity for the DVD as most rock/metal fans will read Metal Hammer. The review states "The Finnish invasion starts again" this shows that the band are from the scandanavian country Finland, this will help the DVD sell as Metal bands from Finland are hugely popular in the Metal scene. The last review is from the magazine Rocksound and it says "A debut masterpiece". A review in Rocksound will make more people know about the DVD as Rocksound is more of a mainstream rock/metal magazine which means more people will read it then the amount that read rock/metal magazines that are more underground. So having a review from, and in Rocksound will advertise it to more people and therefore increase the number of potential buyers.

At the bottom of the advertisment i have included the logo for the record company Nuclear Blast Records. This is a well known metal record company that mainly has Finnish bands within it. This will be helpfull when advertising the DVD as Nuclear Blast Records is a well known record company and will achieve great publicity for the DVD.

Ancillery Task 1 (DVD cover design 2)

Having gone with the ancient Egyptian theme in design 1 i decided to make an alternate design. In this design I of course went for the same band name and the same song name. In this alternate design all I changed was the centre Image. I chose the image of a timer as it symbolises 'The sands of time' and in this image all the sand has almost fallen to the bottom of the timer which creates the image that time is almost up which connects to the song title The Funeral of Hearts as the phrase time is almost up means you are close to death and following a death is a funeral.

Ancillery Task 1 (DVD cover design 1)

Having researched rock/metal album covers I came to the conclusions that rock/metal album covers used dark colours, and had mysterious designs so I thought I would include these features on the dvd cover. Taking this into account I decided to use an ancient Egyptian theme as ancient Egypt was a mysterious period of time which not much is known about, this fits in with the codes and conventions of a rock/metal album cover as they have to be mysterious and not give away much about the content of the album. The ancient Egyptian theme was also inspired by the Iron Maiden album Powerslave which used an ancient Egyptian theme and is an iconic metal album which will reinforce the metal imagery on my dvd cover as it has used the same theme and people will think of Iron Maiden which as well will reinforce the Metal imagery as Iron Maiden have been described as the godfathers of Metal.

I chose the band name Taistelu. Taistelu is the Finnish word for battle. I chose this for a number of reasons, Firstly rock/metal music is hugely popular in Finland so having a Finnish band name will reinforce and add a great deal to the rock/metal imagery on this dvd cover.

I chose the images of pyramids to represent the song title. The pyramids repesent the song title as they are where people are buried when they die and the song title is also a reference to mummification as the heart is one of the organs that was removed. I chose the image of the broken ankh as after reaserching ancient Egyptian symbolism I found out that the ankh sybolises life so I decided to break the ankh to symbolise death which reflects the title The Funeral Of Hearts as a funeral is an event that takes place after someone dies.

I have decided to use this design as the DVD cover as it uses better symbolism then design 2 and it is appealing to the eye and arouses curiosity about the content of the album which are key features to bare in mind when designing an album cover.