Planning

In planning for this project I analysed to media texts similar to what I was doing, I first looked at a DVD cover from the Foo Fighters' world tour DVD 'Everywhere But Home' I made a copy of this, and then made observations and was able to draw ideas from it to add to my own DVD Cover.

In looking at this DVD cover I was able to see things that would be vital for my DVD cover to be professional and effective. The cover will require large bold titles with contrasting colours so that they stand out against anything else on the cover. Also I realised that images are vital, this cover has a lot of images, live ones and also a couple of the band practising or backstage. There was also a lot of small things that are very important to make a realistic cover for a DVD, this includes logos, such as DVD logos, and record label logos aswell as credits for producers, directors and production companies. By looking at this cover it has given me an idea as to what I need to write on the back of the cover to almost persuade the audience to watch the DVD. The writing on the back is quite persuasive and very powerful, with the tour name in capitals and then a complete list of tracks performed on the DVD aswell as there different features such as acoustic sets and special backstage features.

From the film 'Back to the Future' I was able to select a suitable scene to relate to the filming that I wanted to do. In this scene Marty McFly (played by Michael J Fox) trips the school bully Biff (Thomas F Wilson) which results in Biff and two of his friends chasing Marty through the town square. The scene then escalates when Marty takes to a skateboard, and the bullies get into their car, Marty then holds onto a moving car, as the bullies try to catch him in their car. By watching this film it gave me ideas as to what type of shots I needed to make this a successful 'chase' video.

The scene is full of a lot of wide angle shots as the characters run towards or off camera into the next shot, there are also shots where the camera stays at the fixed point and the character runs away from the camera. The non-diegetic music in this scene is fast paced and tense as we see the characters move from frame to frame. In this scene there is a few whip pans, which adds dramatic twists to the scene. The scene is filled with abrupt stops which increases the tension in the scene. There is also a series of fast tracking shots which follow the characters through their part of the chase. The above shots and camera angles are things that I can use in my own video, and are things that I plan on experimenting with gradually.