Photoshop - Clone Stamp

The photos we took to use for stop motion had the date in the bottom right corner.
I used Adobe Photoshop and its clone stamp to take out the date.
I had to find sections in the photo that were the same colour as the background of the date, and use the clone stamp by pressing ctrl and click to copy that colour and put it over the date.
It was easy to do this when the background of the date was just plain white, however it became very difficult and time consuming when the date was over her arm. As her skin has many different tones I had to zoom in as much as I could to copy tiny sections of her skin to ensure it looked realistic.
Here is an example of one of the photos I changed.

CD Cover Analysis

21 was the second studio album released by English recording artist, Adele. It was released on 24 January 2011 in the United Kingdom and most of Europe, and on 22 February 2011 in North America. The album was named after the age of the singer at the time of its production.As of November 2011, worldwide sales for 21 have surpassed 13 million copies. The genre of the album includes Pop, Soul, R&B, Indie & Alternative Rock.

Final Cut Screengrabs

Here are some screen grabs which show the progress we have made so far.

Lip Syncing Correction

When editing today me and Georgia realised that the stop motion pictures on the bench were to slow so we moved them all back .2 of a second which seemed to make them in time. We also noticed the first clip was out of time so we used the eraser tool to cut the clip and then slowed it down to 95% which appeared to correct the lip syncing.

Music Video Progress

Yesterday, 14th December, we spent several hours filming the rest of the shots for our music video. We managed to complete the four screen 'I Want My Money Back' shots which we have been editing in our frees today. We had to wireframe each shot & layer them on top of each other. We then corrected the size of each shot so they fitted into four screens equally. We then spent a lot of time trying to make sure the shots were all in time with each other & that the envelope passed at the correct time. This was the most difficult thing about this process. We have managed to complete this & we think it looks very effective.

Progress

After showing our first rough cut to some of my family and friends, I got some good feedback. They were all very surprised at the quality of the work and could not believe how professional it looked on a first draft. The only negative they gave me was that some of the lip syncing was out of time.

I have since been spending a lot of time on our music video to ensure that all the timing we have done so far are correct, and to make sure that all the lip syncing looks good. I believe that I have achieved this.

Album Advert Analysis

Here is the CD cover & advert for Lady Gaga’s album ‘The Fame Monster’. As you can see, the advert is very similar to the CD. This is effective as it makes the advert easily recognisable for people. The same image of Lady Gaga has been used in the cover as well as the advert. This reinforces that the advert is selling The Fame Monster rather than any other album. The general style of both advert & CD cover is very simple & plain. The use of only black & white makes them clear & eye catching as well as noticeable. Simple text has been used to make the artist name & album name stand out & easy to see, so there is no need to search for them. The advert has used to same font as well as the cross styled T to keep the advert & album cohesive. The T symbol is also a trademark for Lady Gaga so it’s an instant, recognisable feature that people will notice & associate with Lady Gaga. The advert has conformed to the conventions of album adverts as it has given a quote about the album from a magazine - “The defining pop star of 2009” – Rolling Stone. This is very common for album adverts as it encourages the viewer to buy the album as it has been given good feedback. It also contains images of the artist with the artists name & album name taking up a large proportion of the page. This makes the advert bold & eye catching. It makes it very obvious when showing what is being advertised in a simple way. It used the same font & image of Lady Gaga from the CD cover. This is done because if people have seen the CD they can instantly see what it is advertising & for people who have not seen the album, they have a basic idea of what the CD will look like if they choose to buy it. The advert also contains information about the CD including tracks on the album ‘Including Bad Romance & Telephone’. These are two very popular tracks that were featured in the music charts which are why they have been highlighted on the advert as it may encourage people to buy the album as it contains these very popular songs. It also states that it is ‘Now Available’, which clarifies for people that they can go out & buy the album right away. Overall, the advert uses many typical features of album adverts & is effective at advertising Lady Gaga’s album.