Track Listings

Summer Thor
2 CD Deluxe Edition

Disc 1
1. Blinding
2. Cloud Walking
3. All I Need
4. Heavy Feet
5. Tree House
6. Hiding from the Dark
7. Slowly but Surely
8. Four Poster Bed
9. Crumbling
10. Kick in the Teeth


Disc 2
1. Landslide (Demo)
2. Blinding (Acoustic)
3. Heartfelt Lies
4. Crumbling (Acoustic)
5. Cloud Walking (Live)
6. Shivers

Researching Track Names

I have been looking at similar artists to 'Summer Thor' which I have based on Florence Welch and noticed that the majority of their track names are pretty self explanatory. Before researching I imagined kooky artists to have very random song titles. Although they may sound random they are linked with the song if not an actual lyrics from the song. For instance; Florence and the Machine - Lungs album there is a track named 'Hurricane Drunk' which to someone who hasn't heard the song may sound random and you may wonder, what could that song be about? But to someone that has heard the song you know that throughout the song she is talking about being whisked up into a hurricane of emotions and drinking herself into a state of carelessness.
So when creating my song titles I am going to try and make them seem relevant to the brand identity.

Uploading Video Footage

On mondays lesson I planned to upload my video footage but one of my cameras battery had died so I was unable to upload the footage. Although the camera with a few minutes of footage on was working so I uploaded this onto the computer and looked at what I'd filmed. Initially I was very disappointed with what I saw although it was only a very small snippet of what I had filmed in the day. I felt the camera shots weren't steady, the lighting wasn't very good and the overall shots didn't look as good as I imagined. I am hoping that when I watch the rest of my footage back from the other camera I wont be so disappointed.
I am currently leaving the camera to charge and looking at digi packs and how I might create mine.  

Other Rough Sections of my Storyboard

Below are images of my story board that I designed before filming so I had a clear guideline of what I wanted to do. They are no where near as neat and understandable as the ones previously uploaded as I only needed them as a guide and it would have taken far too long to print out an image for each shot.

Digipack research

Looking at a few special edition digipacks I have gathered that what makes them "special" is that they have a bonus disc with extra songs on. For instance demos or acoustic versions of songs, DVDs alongside the CD containing videos for the songs or behind the scenes of recording, lyric booklets, posters or even a computer disk with online special offers.

Below are examples of Special Edition album releases;
Florence and the Machine - Ceremonials
Special Edition album £13.99
2 CD Deluxe Edition - Bonus Tracks

Coldplay - Mylo Xyloto
Album available for £8.99
Art cards available separate also for £8.99

Lady GaGa - Fame Monster
2 CD Deluxe Edition £4.99 - Bonus Tracks (Price is so low because it was released in 2009)
Rolling Stones - Some Girls
2 CD Deluxe Edition £11.99 - Bonus Tracks

I have decided that my digipack will be "special" because it will contain a second disk with bonus track on.
I know have to think of track names and draft some designs.

Back to School

We are now back at school and in our first media lesson of the week. Although I've completely forgot to bring the cameras with my footage on so I am unable to upload my footage today. Although I thought I could make a start on researching digi packs and getting an idea of how I could make mine look.

How Filming Went

Todays filming started of really well and we seemed to get through half of the song no problem. But as the afternoon went on the make up alterations, props and location changes took up time and when it came to filming the last scene, (a minute long and will show various shots of a room being trashed) the camera crashed and I had ten minutes to shoot everything in. I had to switch cameras which may cause definition differences when editing but I managed to get a few shots that may be suitable. I will most likely have to take more shots to fill my video or improve it but I will arrange this when I have looked at all my footage next week so I know exactly what I want and need.Overall the filming went ok, I just hope the shits look as effective when watching them back as they did today. I'd like to thank Stacey for being so patient and helping be out and also Rachel who helped out with props and adjusting lighting.