Social Media Posts

 After the day of recording and photographing I had plenty of shots to work with to post on the social media. My idea for the social media is to reveal Jack little by little but not reveal his entire face until the music video comes out.

I posted this as the first post with a caption from the song 

This profile picture doesn’t reveal to much but still captures Jack as an artist

These photos were taken with the same digital camera that I used for the music video. In order to make it look even more rustic and grainy I layered a filter on top of all of the photos.

This photo became the profile picture for Jack’s instagram account 

These are all photos that I will be using to promote the music video.

I started to use hashtags as well in order to gain a niche audience.

I also always reposts the posts on his instagram account and on my own personal account which has helped gain a few followers. 

I also am going to post a video/reel taken with the digital camera later on to be able to gain more attention. 

PRODUCTION AT BEACH

 After filming at Jack’s house he went to pick up Sol (actress in music video) and I drove straight to Dania beach. I did get a little lost on the way but I eventually found my way there.  It was a lovely day with no too much sun but enough to where the lighting wasn’t an issue. 

Photo taken on Digital Camera

Clouds 

We began by filming under the pier and I filmed using both a digital camera and Sol’s iPhone. I told Jack and Sol to run around and play around in the sand. 

The pier 

I was able to get a lot of candid videos and pictures of the two of them and some candid looking photos of Jack. 

Since Jack and Sol are dating they have natural chemistry and didn’t need to act much except for the part where they fight. That scene did take us a little more time but nothing too crazy. 

Sol and Jack 🩷

After filming under the pier we filmed by this table where I was able to also film the fight scene.

Filming the fight scene/ Jack singing to her

Promotional photos of Jack

Conveniently enough Jack had a red bathing suit which looked great with the Black shirt and red tattoo and Sol also had a red bathing suit which I liked because red can symbolize passion or anger which is exactly what I wanted to capture at the beach.

The table was near this lake of water where I filmed a few other candid shots of Sol and Jack.

The last location was Jack’s convertible BMW car and I filmed a shot of him driving away after him and Sol fight (in the music video)

Cool shot of Jack’s tattoo 

    Jack mentioned earlier that he got a new tattoo which I thought was super cool and went perfectly with his brand of being a rocker. Working with a real artist that cares about the music video and song is so great because he doesn’t have to do much acting since he IS the rockstar and he is he artist that sings the song so he knows the intention behind what he is doing. 

These still shots could also work as promotional shots for the music video and the digipack. Sol and Jack were great to work with and I had a lot of fun filming this day. 

Album cover making

After  Tuesday’s photoshoot and filming I finally had all the photos I needed for promotion. The inspiration was this:

And so far this is what I have settled on. I might play around with different colors and styles depending on how different the color grading is for the music video. 

Using the inspiration I had from the other album covers I knew I would have to take photographs of Jack in different spots and poses. So while we were filming at his house we went to a blank white wall and took these photos on a mini digital camera that I own. 

Once I began editing on Canva I layered them out in the way I liked the best and began to play around with the coloring and the exposure. 

In this screenshot I tried out different filters and specifically used the filter Minty to add a pop of color into the album cover. 

In this one I used the filter hibiscus on the red shaded photo. For the other two I tried multiple different shades and colors but ended up settling on the filter Newspaper. These filters take the photos from be in regular pictures and turns them into art. 

I had multiple attempts and trials with the album cover and I sent them all to Jack. 

In these versions there are only 2 colors 

I also played around with the font ad the font location as you can see above. The font I decided I liked best was the font Bernoru expanded which I ended up placing in the top left corner and lower right corner. 

PRODUCTION AT HOUSE

     YAYYYY today was our filming/ photography day and it went really well. I arrived at Jack’s house at 9 am and we immediately began to set up the area. We used his home studio as the first location to film and then at 12 we left for the beach.

The area before setting up

The area after setting up 

    In order to edit multiple bodies in one shot we had to set up the room in a specific way where there was enough space to fit Jack and the instruments he is playing. In one of the shots I had to stand in his previous spot to make sure it didn’t cross the space. After recording the wide shot where he plays each instrument and sings we redid the shots but with close ups and different angles. We definitely overshot which was good because we had the time and there is more opportunity for me to play around and try different things in the editing aspect.  

Jack testing out the locations

I also asked my friend Maria to help me film at his house because she is an expert in all of this filming and  she is a great person to have around in case something goes wrong. 

Male!

We filmed on her iPhone 15 and used a tripod Jack had to place the camera exactly where I wanted it. I assumed it would take us 3 hours to film but it only took about 2 to set up and record and then we had more time to take pictures for the social media and for the album cover.

Working with Jack and with Male was amazing because both of them are helpful, creative, and kind while still being respectful of my vision and cooperating in order to make it come to life. It made the process of recording and photographing so smooth, easy and even fun!