Video Shoot

Today I shot the footage that will be used for the trailer to advertise the album.

There are four scenes to the video.

1. Doll scene - Chloe is in her unloved and broken state, positioned on the floor like a thrown-out doll.
2. Sleep scene - whilst singing in her sleep, Chloe tosses and turns alone in her bed whilst dreaming
3. Dream scene - Chloe dreams that she is thrown out of her comfort zone and into nature. She is alone in the world, looking extremely out of place.
4. Fame scene - Dressed to impress, Chloe is at the height of her fame. Cameras shoot at her from all angles, and she reflects their flashes with her sequined hands.

Final Images

Here are the final retouched images of the album shoot.

For each of these images, I edited them by means of the following:

1. Adjusted brightness
2. Adjusted Contrast
3. Filtered (magenta)
4. Liquified and thinned body
5. Selected exposed skin, feathered edge, set to 5 pixels
6. Added median effect, set to 25. 50% Opacity
7. Selected eye iris, overlayed bright blue. 50% Opacity

Trailer Ideas

At this point in time, I am debating which songs to use for the trailer video. The trailer will imitate an actual advertisement for an album, and I intend for it to appear as though the first single has been released, and highlight 4 other songs on the album.

I am thinking of using either "Earthquake" or "Glitter and Grease" as the first single and music video. I think the former would be easier to shoot a video to, as the song is about being the last girl on Earth, so I could just focus on the character.

The latter song works better with the theme I am trying to do, basing her entire character on sex, however, the song involves cars. The video would be difficult to shoot outdoors, especially at this time of year, and extremely difficult to shoot with cars the way I want to.

Here is the lyrics that would be featured in the trailer for each song if I chose for it to be the first single of the album:


Earthquake

"What if I were to leave you,
but then you fell back in love with me?

If I were the last girl, and you were the last boy
left here on this planet, and there was an earthquake,
maybe then you'd love, maybe then you'd love me.
If there was an earthquake

(...)

Last girl and you were the last boy,
left here on this planet, and there was an earthquake,
maybe then you'd love, maybe then you'd love me."


Glitter and Grease

"Even though I'm real sexy,
he loves his car, car, car.
He's always with his car, car, car.
So I

Rub that glitter and grease around.
Rub that glitter and grease around.
Rub that glitter and grease around,
grease around

Start it, pump it, wash it, bump it.
Rub that glitter and grease, he loves it.
Me so shiny, make her grimy.
There's more glitter and grease behind it.

(...)

Rub that glitter and grease around.
rub that glitter and grease around.
rub that glitter and grease around,
grease around"

Album Cover Development

I currently have two concept ideas for the album cover.

  The first image is meant to look as though Chloe is trying to get out of her packaging box. The Album title is smaller, but I do not thing it is realistic to have such a fine cut for what would be such a small box.

The second image shows a more glamorous side of Chloe. I prefer the title text on this version, as it is more bold and simple, but I feel that this image is too "safe"