Digi-Pak;

After completing some research into Eminem, we found the most common factors that Eminem includes in his album and single covers. This made it easier for us to them plan for the pictures that we need to take.
Most of Eminem's singles have bold writing in black, white and red rather than including images. This means that we only have to take photos to go on the back page and a photo to go inside on the centre page. We have draw up some ideas which we can work from and see what the images look like before deciding on the final images that we are going to use.
Once we had drawn up our plans, we then went out and took some potential photos for us to use, below you can see the photo that we took to use for the back of the album.

 I am going to edit this picture to make it look like an image that Eminem would want to be associated with his personal image. This will mean that i am going to need a add effects such as a crack in the wall, make the image darker and add a font which is similar to ones that have been used on previous album covers by Eminem.

From the picture above, this is what we created when using Photoshop. We used a number of effects including changing the saturation and the overlay feature to add a crack into the wall. This helped to make it look like 'Eminem' punched the wall and cracked it rather than just him clenching his fist and looking like he is punching the wall.


After editing the picture once, we decided to do it a second time to see what effect we could create. This time we decided to add more effects and try and create an image which looks different again. This time we left the colour quiet dull and just put an overall darker colour so that it looked more like a cover Eminem would use.


Before deciding which image to use as the actual cover, we made sure that we tried out a number of different fonts in different colours on each background to see which ones showed up and which ones didn't look as good. 

Eminem's Albums;

This album by Eminem is called Relapse and was released in May of 2009. As you can see, this cover is different to singles that Eminem has released mainly because it contains an image of his self but also due to the fact that it doesn't include any large writing telling you the name of the album.Also, the writing which is normally used on the single covers of Eminem's is big, bold and either black or white. From this cover you can see that there is hardly any writing and what there is, it is very small.

This album cover is very similar to the single cover for the song 3AM. The only thing which has changed is the colours that are used. These colours are a lot less harsh and make the cover look less like any of the other Eminem covers.

This album cover looks like single cover for 'Old Time's Sake' showing that Eminem sometimes has some silimarities between album and single covers that he produces. This was released on 18th May 2009, which was only a few weeks after the Old Time's Sake single was released which may have something to do with the fact that they look similar.

Recovery is the most recent album that Eminem has released. This cover is nothing like anything Eminem has released before and the only thing that Eminem fans may recongise from this cover is the backwards 'E' in the title Recovery. This album was released 22nd June 2010 and is very different to anything Eminem has released before.

Comparing Recovery which is Eminem's most recent album to the first album that he released in 1999 which is called The Slim Shady LP, shows how much he has changed over the years. This album cover doesn't include Eminem's name at all and would be hard to identify who the artist of the album is.

Eminem's Singles;

This single was released on 2nd February 2009 and is called 'Crack a Bottle'. As you can see from this cover, the artwork that is used is very dark and bold. This is the same as most of Eminem's other album covers meaning that we will need to produce something which along the same lines. Most of the covers that Eminem releases have just the artists name and the title of the song rather than having images on them.

This was the cover of the single 'We Make You' that Eminem released 13th April 2009. From the cover we have noticed that it is yet another cover which uses bright colours and bold writing. Also, from this cover i have noticed that within his name the second 'E' is back to front which is something that we may be able to use within our production.


3AM was a single that Eminem released on 28th April 2009. Yet again, he has used the same colour scheme which is very bold. This is a good way to get customers attention as they will instantly recognise that it is an Eminem single. After looking at these covers, we have decided as a group that it would be appropriate for us to use Black, White & Red within the production of our album cover.

Old Time's Sake was released on 5th May 2009. This is the first single cover of Eminem's most recent singles that has a picture on it rather than just writing. It also uses Blue within its colour scheme which makes it look different to the other covers.

Ancillary Tasks;

Along with the Music Video that we have to produce, we also have be told that we have to produce a Digi-Pak, a Magazine Advert or a Website. The two that we have chosen are a Digi-Pak and a Magazine Advert.
Before designing the Digi-Pak for our Production to the song Love the Way You Lie. We thought it would be worth while taking the time to research into previous single and album covers that Eminem has released, to see what they looked like and what they included so that we would be able to make one which is authentic.
We also had to look into previous magazine adverts that have been made to promote Eminem's album releases, so that we were able to create one which looked realistic and if people saw it would know straight away what we were trying to advertise.

Final Production;

We have spent a lot of time tweaking this film and making sure that it is just right. We like to think that we have incorporated a number of factors that Eminem has previously used and we hope we have done him justice. Hope you enjoy our production.

Digital Story Board;

After creating our inital story board, we went out and took a range of the shots that we were planning to use so that we were able to create a digital story board. This was a lot easier to follow and meant that we got to see what shots looked like before we went out probably so we had time to change things.

Above you can see a copy of the digital story board we created. This was the rough guide that we had to follow when going out filming. However, this isn't how our actual production turned out due to people not being able to film and circumstances that were out of our control such as members leaving the group and the weather.

Production Log;

Tuesday 28th September;
This was the first day that we decided to go out filming and get the shots for the first verse of our song. These shots were taken in Stephen's house and garden to follow the lyrics of the song. The most effective shot that we created during this day of filming was a conversation, in which we used a range of different shots such as over the shoulder shots. We took this shot numerous times so that we would have alot of footage to play around with and create an imaginative shot with. Despite the fact it rained, we still managed to get some good footage.

Friday 1st October;

We used this day to edit the footage that we had shot on the Tuesday before. This took us longer than we thought it would as we had new software that we were advised to use. However, to overcome this we went to ask out media technician for help on how to get the best out of iMovie '09.
Monday 4th October;
This was the second day that we went out filming. Today we used two different actors to take part, and then shot our footage at the lakegrouds. This afternoon of filming went well and we were able to get the shots we wanted relatively quickly due to both of our actors studying Drama, and therefore were able to get into character and do what we asked of them. The weather today was really bright and sunny which helped reflect the atmosphere that we were trying to create, which was when the couple were happy before their relationship turned argressive and abusive.
Monday 11th October;
The day was used to edit the footage that we had taken from the second couple that we filmed. We didn't get many shots due to a limited time that we had to shot with both actors being free. This meant that the next time that we shot this couple we had a lot of work to do. 
We were able to put our shots together pretty fast and get a good amount of editing done because we were all becoming more familiar with the software. 
Tuesday 12th October;
This day was used to film the third couple that we are using. Luckily it was a nice day which meant that we were able to get a lot of filming done outdoors. We had the whole of the afternoon of this day free so we managed to get a lot of filming fog this couple done. Both actors knew each other well which made things a lot easier for us and meant that they felt comfortable acting with each other.
Friday 15th October;
Like two weeks previously, we used this lesson to edit the footage that we had shot on Tuesday. This took us longer than we thought as we had a large amount of footage due to the nice weather we had on Tuesday. After this lesson we planned to meet up in the evening to get the rest of the editing done before shooting anymore.
Wednesday 20th October;
As a group we all met up in the evening to get some more editing done. This took a few hours but then meant that we were up to date with all of the editing and allowed us to go out and get some more footage for our production.
Friday 22nd October;
This day was meant to be used for filming, but the weather turned against us so therefore meant that we were unable to film and then left us having to find another day that our actors were both free again.
Saturday 30th October;
This was the next day that we were able to have both of our actors free due to the fact it was half term and everyone was busy at different times. Due to the fact that this was such a long time from the last time we filmed we had a lot footage to film in a short period of time. The fact that we chose to film on a Saturday was an advantage as it meant that we had the whole day rather than a few hours in the evening before it started to get dark. After this days shooting we had almost all of the footage that we needed of couple 1.
Monday 1st November;
After collecting more footage on Saturday, this enabled us to put together the whole of verse one with the song and chose which shots worked well and which didn't work so well. Once this editing session was over, we were left over with a large of shots that we hadn't used. However, this was good because if we decided at a later date that something didn't work we had other shots that we could incorporate.
Tuesday 2nd November;
None of the male actors were avaliable on this day so we thought that it would be the perfect opportunity to film the chorus' of the song. This would include all 3 girls, singing the chorus and then us cutting the shots so it looked like each girl was singing a line. All of this filming didn't take us very long as we had the iPod with us which meant that they could all hear the song that they were singing and were able to keep in time with the song, making life a lot easier for us when it comes to editing the shots.
Wednesday 3rd November;
We were able to get couple 3 together which meant that we could shoot some more footage of them and make our film come together. Not alot of footage was shot due to the weather changing as we were on set.
Thursday 4th November;
Luckily, the weather today was nicer which meant that we were able to shoot the shots that we planned to complete yesterday. Once this was done, we headed to Layla's house where we uploaded the footage and then started to edit the shots.
Sunday 7th November;
We were able to get all 3 of our couples avaliable on this day which meant that we sorted out different time slots and different locations for each couple. This allowed us to get alot of the filming done that we needed to fill any gaps that we had after reviewing the footage we had already shot.
Wednesday 10th November;
Due to the weather being bad on this day, we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to take the time and shoot Eminem. For this we e-mailed the head of drama to see when the drama studio would be free for us to use it as our location. Our reasoning for using this as our set was so we could make it look like a rehersing studio which we could flick back to throughout the production.

Sunday 14th November;

After reviewing the filming that we had already completed, we found the final shots that we needed to complete and used this day to do so. As we had the whole day, it meant that we were able to get hold of all of our actors and complete our filming.
Wednesday 18th November;
As we spent all day filming previously, this meant that we had a lot of editing to do which meant that we were unable to complete it all in one afternoon.
Friday 20th November;
Only Becky and Layla were available to edit this day, but rather than waiting for Sophie to be free, we too it upon ourselves to get as much work done as possible so that we don't fall behind schedule.