Alleyways - 'Fast In My Car' Final Draft

Above is the final draft of our final music video in standard definition. We are very happy with our final draft and feel that it represents our band's sound and image well. We took our feedback into consideration and attempted to alter a few elements of our video in order to create the best final music video that we could possibly make. We also tried to fix our drumming issues by shooting some extra footage of Zahra performing on an actual drum kit.

Final Constructions

I created the above slideshow using Photobucket - an easy-to-use website of which I hadn't used previously. I intend to use Photobucket more to present my work.

Kerrang! Article - Final Draft

I improved Ellie's Kerrang! Article in order to make it look more legitimate. I consulted 'Introducing' articles that Kerrang! have published in the past to help me get the layout as correct as possible.

I took elements from original articles and edited them using Paint and Photoshop. I then overlaid these elements onto our new portrait photograph.

I erased the original text from the sub header using the colour picker tool on Paint.

I used the colour picker tool again to remove the original information from the 'Vital Stats' box.

I placed the components above the photograph as shown above.

I then copied the 'Best New Band' badge from an original article and pasted it onto my article page. I copied Ellie's original text from her article and rephrased a little of it in order to fit the confinements of the layout. These two processes then completed the Kerrang! article page.

  

I am very happy with the final article and believe that it looks incredibly legitimate. Straight after the photograph was taken, we all agreed that it could easily be featured in Kerrang! so I'm glad that we got the opportunity to create our own 'Introducing' page.

Final Digipak Design

(Top left - front cover, top-middle - back of booklet, top-right - left page of booklet, bottom-left - CD, bottom-middle - back cover & bottom-right - right page of booklet.)

I added the final two panels - a lyric sheet and a full-band photo accompanied with all of our names. I am very happy with the final product and believe that it fully presents our band image and genre.

I created the final digipak using Paint and Photoshop. I also used the apps PicsArt and VSCOCam on my smart phone to frame the panels correctly and edit some of the final six chosen photographs with filters.

We all like the minimalistic approach with our front cover and CD design. We like how the members of the band can only be seen through silhouette until the digipak is purchased and the full-band photo page can be viewed. Our EP will only be available to buy through our website and our merch stand on tour.

NME Radar Article - Final Draft

I improved my previous article page with a picture that represents our band image better. I also fixed the formatting of the text and cropped the 'About To Break' box better.

I prefer this version a lot more to our first draft.