Editing the Storyboard

Here is the edited sections of my Storyboard:

Getting on the Roof

Today my Dad went on the roof of my house, here are some photos that he took whilst he was up there and from when I was on the groud looking up, to make sure that it was safe:

I like some of these shots with a foreground and then something in the background as they look really pretty

This is my car that I might want to do some shots in for the digipak.

 

I like this long shot against the house, I will use this idea to put in my video.

Here my Mum passed my camera through a window to my Dad so that he could take some photos whilst on the roof.

Rethinking

So I've decided that I want to cut a section of the song out so that its shorter as when I made it before I used sections of the song that weren't needed and I have changed my mind on certain ideas that I want to use.
I still want to use the roof of the house for certain shots and I am still going to try to use the aeroplane to achieve this however I have though of other ideas that I can use if things don't go to plan.
On Saturday I'm going to have a look at the roof of my house with my Dad to make sure that its safe enough to start filming on and I am going to continue filming the weekend after, however I might get Grace to do a few shots including the flash backs during the week next week.

Digipak Research

Digipaks typically consist of a gatefold (book-style) paperboard or card outer binding, with one or more plastic trays capable of holding a CD or DVD attached to the inside.

Digipak-style packaging is often used for CD singles or special editions of CD albums and the tall DVD Digipak (DVDigipak) are used as a premium package for DVDs and DVD sets. Because such packaging is less resistant than jewel cases, it tends to show signs of wear relatively quickly. Digipak-style cases grew in popularity among record labels and recording artists in the early 2000s.

Historically, Digipak was only available in large quantities. However, AGI has recently introduced a new product called digipak i-create for the consumer market. Digipak i-create is a web-supported concept that is aimed at the download, music, photo and creative markets
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Digipak covers are generally similar to normal album covers, in fact the only considerable difference between the two is that digipak’s contain a DVD along with the CD, they are similarly laid out with a main cover, usually with an image representing the band or album, a track list on the back and the discs inside contained in plastic trays.

Here are some examples of digipak style cases.

After checking out some digipaks first hand I found out that there dimensions are

13.8cm in width

12.5cm in length

and the spine is roughly 6mm wide

all digipaks tend to include several if not all of these attributes

• Record label name, with copyright symbol beside it
• Website
• Bar code
• Tracklisting

Each digipak is also slightly different to another in the way they open up. Some are the same design as a CD case, others upon up in a gatefold style, and i have seen some that work similarly to a book, as in the CD tray sits in between two outer covers.

Then to further my research I looked through the NME magazine and found various forms of advertisement for digipaks. I found that there are various sizes and pages that these advertisements could go on, there were some that were about 1/8th of a page and were put underneath articles throughout the magazine. Some adverts were took up half of the page and others are full page spreads.

After thoroughly analysing these i noted that each advert contained at least one of these things:

• Artwork
• Band Name
• Album Name
• Website
• Label Name with copyright symbol

I also noted that a lot of the adverts had the HMV logo on them. This could suggest that the advert is not merely for the band but possibly for the shop it is sold in

From these examples I found that the adverts can also come in different sizes in magazines. so I found out the basic costs of the different sizes of advertisement in NME.

Full Page: £3,920

Half Page: £1,960

Quarter Page (4 columns): £1,120

Quarter Page (3 columns): £845

Possible Ideas for the Digipack

I've had a few ideas that I might use for my digipack:

1. I have a pink car witha sunroof; I was thinking about having the crazy Jessie standing through the roof singing to camera in some of my music video however I don't think that it really fits in with the video so I've decided to use this idea for just a photo instead.
2. I might include some of the shots of her in the bath/pond with her looking scared and lonely
3. I've also taken some shots whilst filming of her in the bedsheets and also of her in the box that I might use.

Styles for Digipack

Jewel Case with 4 Panel Insert - This is a pretty standard packaging option for CD albums.  You get a full sized jewel case with 4 panels of print on your insert.  Plus, you also have a tray card that can be printed on both sides.  This gives you 6 panels of print space total.  You can let your graphic designer go wild with their creativity and still have plenty of room for your credits, track listings, and even lyrics.


4 Panel Digipak - This is a popular choice these days for independent musicians.  The digipak is made of cardboard stock that is printed in full color.  The cardboard is then folded together to make a sturdy case.  Finally, a plastic tray is glued inside to hold the CD or DVD in place.  If you opt for a clear case, you’ll have 4 panels of print space.  But if you opt for a colored case, you’ll have just 3 panels since the tray will be glued over the top of one.

Slim Jewel Case with 2 Panel Insert - This is similar to the jewel case, but it has one key difference: the slim jewel case has no room for a tray card.  This makes it only half as thick as a standard jewel case.  Slim cases are compact, lightweight, and great for protecting your disc during distribution.  However, because there is no spine on these cases, they aren’t ideal for storage and organization.

 Enter Shikari - A Flash Flood Of Colour
This is the 6 panel digipak which has pockets to fit the CD and DVD into, the last two photos shows the booklet that comes with it with even more photos and the lyrics on it too. I quite like this idea as you can do a lot with it however it will take a lot of work to do. I also found that surprisingly this was the more expensive style of digipak than the other two (below, both Pink's and A Day To Remember's) that used jewel cases.

Pink - Funhouse: The Tour Edition

This digipak by Pink is like a normal CD Jewel Case except that the DVD flips out on the back of the CD, this means that on the inside there is a place for another photograph, in this case Pink riding on a horse. It also comes with a booklet which you can see on the inside of the Jewel Case.

A Day To Remember - For Those Who Have Heart 

This casing is also similar to a normal CD Jewel case but once again the DVD flips out but in the inside this time and not to one side. It also carries an advertising leaflet for "Victory Records" and the booklet for the band's digipak on the inside. This digipak also came with a casing which is a good idea as its another piece of material that can be used to emphasise the band and what the digipak is about.

- All of the digipaks come with stickers showing the barcodes, pricing and labels explaining what songs are in it and also what more the customer is getting than if they were to just buy the CD. Pink's digipak also includes a Parental Advisory sticker which could be because there is a lot of swearing in her songs.

Article about Jessie J's Song "Price Tag"

Here is an article that I found very interesting, incorporating the meaning of different shots.

Jessie J’s “Price Tag”: It’s Not About Money, It’s About Mind Control By VC |   
February 12th, 2011 | Category: Music Business | 433 comments

Jessie J is a new pop artist hailing from England who released a breakthrough single titled “Price Tag”. While the song seems to be about the rejection of materialism, the symbolism of the video gives the song a deeper meaning: The music industry is no longer about generating money, it is about indoctrination. We will look at the hidden meanings of the song and video.

In less than a couple of months, Jessie J went from virtual anonymity to the top of the charts with her single Price Tag. Heralded as the “new face of pop”, the British-born singer definitely has “what it takes” to be a pop star: looks, style, talent and, most importantly, the willingness to play by the industry’s rules.

Although Jessie J is a newcomer as a pop singer she is not totally new to the pop scene. She has been working behind the scenes, penning songs for pop acts such as Miley Cyrus (“Party in the USA”), Justin Timberlake and Christina Aguilera. As a performer, her bio describes her as follows: “Mix a bit of Rihanna with Gwen Stefani, add the charisma of Pink, and you will start to get an idea of what kind of girl Jessie J is.” In other words: she’s the perfect Illuminati-approved, made for MTV pop star.

Her first single entitled Do it Like a Dude (a song that was originally intended for Rihanna) definitely contains elements found in the videos of other female pop stars: dirty/decadent ambiance, fashionable bisexuality and a bunch of female crotch grabbing (what’s up with that, anyway?). It is however with Price Tag, Jessie J’s second single feature rapper B.O.B., that we see the full extent of the Illuminati symbolism — more specifically MK-Ultra mind control programming — associated with Jessie J.

Some Pictures

As we have seen in previous articles, photoshoots are a preferred way to convey and perpetuate the Illuminati symbolism associated with popular culture. As a fairly new artist, Jessie J hasn’t done that many photoshoots yet, and still a rather high proportion of her pictures contain signs that regular readers will most probably recognize.

Flashing that One-Eye sign with a blank stare is a great way to be original. Oh, wait, no, it is the sign of the Illuminati pawn

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Sporting Mickey Mouse ears, a classic symbol associated with mind control programming. Other artists sporting the Mickey Mouse look? Type “Mickey Mouse” in the search box at the top of this page and see what you find.

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These pictures give a pretty good indication of who Jessie J is working for. In case some might still have doubts, Price Tag makes it crystal clear … if you understand the meaning of its symbols.

“Price Tag”

At first glance, the song has a noble message regarding the love of music winning over the love of money. What better way to convey this revolutionary message than with a mainstream, gimmicky, formulaic and made-for-radio pop song which strategically features today’s hottest crossover rapper. Alright, that might be harsh, but it illustrates the fact that there is a lot of cognitive dissonance involved with this song. Although its message is about the un-importance of money and embracing individuality, the single is obviously calculated to get the most radio play possible, while constantly depicting the artist as a puppet or toy. Let’s look at the video.

You might have recognized a bunch of symbols discussed in other articles on this site, about other artists such as Rihanna or Lady Gaga. But there are other scenes displaying semi-twisted kiddie stuff. What do they mean? According to director Emil Nava:

“Just basically sort of came up with the idea thinking about things that are larger than life, but really sort of like mass, It’s sort of like this hyper real, sort of toy world with Jessie J bringing a fashion edge to it.”
- Source

Um, OK. That was eloquent, Emil Nava. When asked about these types of videos, directors are extremely vague and barely coherent. On the other hand, they can’t very well say to Teen Bop Magazine “Well, it’s about Illuminati mind control, where Jessie J is a Monarch slave being manipulated by higher powers”.
However this is exactly what this video is about and only a little knowledge of Monarch programming and its symbolism is needed to understand it. Seeing one symbol associated with mind control in a video might be the result of a coincidence but seeing numerous symbols which strongly point towards the same concept makes the coincidence theory very unlikely. Here are some of the video’s symbols.

One-Eyed Teddy Bear

Right from the start, the video begins with a powerful and symbolic image, one that sums up the entire meaning of this piece: a teddy bear with one eye missing and a torn arm. The combination of several elements in this scene strongly point towards trauma-based mind control (a concept that has been covered in previous articles).

Teddy Bear with one eye and arm missing.

First, a mutilated teddy bear alludes to a corrupted childhood and the loss of innocence. It symbolizes the destruction of something that is very dear to a child. In the field of Monarch programming, teddy bears with no limbs have a specific meaning referring to the helplessness of mind control victims versus their handlers.

“Many of the common things in our everyday life are refrained by the Programmers to have hidden mind-control meanings. The Teddy Bear the child is given by her Daddy is to remind her how helpless she is to prevent him from raping her.
(…)
The programmers and parents of slaves frequently give stuffed animals. The teddy bear without hands represents to the victim their helplessness.”
- Fritz Springmeier, The Illuminati Formula Used to Create an Undetectable Total Mind Controlled Slave

To further drive the point home, the teddy bear has one eye missing, a symbol that consistently represents Illuminati control.

Music Box Ballerina

Jessie as a ballerina in a music box

In another scene, Jessie J is portrayed as a ballerina in a music box, the type you have to wind-up before it starts dancing. The ballerina needs an outside force to get her to perform, another metaphor for the mind state of an industry artist and a mind controlled slave. The same symbol is the theme of the movie Black Swan (full article on the film here).

Puppet

…as a puppet.

Portraying pop stars as puppets manipulated by unseen forces from above is one of the Illuminati’s favorite ways to show their control of the industry. What better way to show the elite’s use of pop stars to program and indoctrinate the masses?
In Monarch programming, the symbol of the puppet is often used to describe the state of a mind controlled slave.

“To get a puppet, the body is given a drug which paralyzes the child. Then electro-shock is applied to certain muscles upon the command of the programmer. The effect is that the child has no control over his body, and the programmer can make the child’s body parts jerk and move by electro-shocking the muscles. The child actually becomes the puppet of the programmer. This is a very powerful program. One of the names connected with Monarch programming is Marionette Programming. The child literally becomes a Marionette. This concept appears to have been cooked up by the Germans under Hitler. An alter System as a child is physically shown that they are a marionette puppet. Their muscles are electro-shocked in such a way as to take advantage of the natural reflexes. When electro-shocked that way, the victim’s body parts jerk out of our control at the whim of the programmer to prove to the victim that they are a puppet. At this time, the rules are given and rule number 8 is that the alters are their puppet.”
- Ibid

Doll House

Inside a dollhouse

In another scene, Jessie J is sitting inside a doll house which is yet another significant setting in terms of mind control. Due to intense trauma, Monarch slaves are encouraged to dissociate from reality to escape the pain of the various tortures they must endure. The doll house is a representation of the make-believe world victims escape to when dissociation occurs. Furthermore, actual doll houses are used as props in the programming of children.

“In the early programming, a little girl while being tortured would be shown a multi-roomed dollhouse. The rooms would each have a separate color. The rooms would be linked in the child’s mind to computers. In other words–the dollhouse structure was the structure the computers used.”
-Ibid.

(Semi-related note: The TV show Dollhouse was about Monarch programming).

One-Eyed Doll

One-Eyed Doll

This scene is shown for less than a second. It is nevertheless extremely meaningful. It is a visual representation of the fractured psyche of a trauma victim. In mind control symbolism, dolls represent the alter persona created and programmed by the slave’s handler. In the video, the doll head has one eye missing, alluding to Illuminati mind control. Jessie’s eye is where the missing eye should be, effectively portraying the merger of the victim with its alter persona.

Fractured Leg and Animal Print

Fractured leg

Here Jessie has one leg removed from her body, another reminder of the fractured mind state of the victim. To further drive the point home, the singer is wearing feline-print leggings, which, as we have often seen, is a code for Sex-Kitten programming.
Jessie is not the only one being portrayed in “not-in-control” positions. Rapper B.O.B. also gets the same treatment.

B.O.B. between toy soldiers, representing the powerlessness of the artist versus the will of the handler.

Meaning of the Song

So what do all of those symbols have to do with Price Tags and “not caring about money”? At face value, nothing much. We have seen however that Jessie is constantly portrayed as a marionette controlled by unseen handlers. Could she be singing on behalf of her handlers, the elite of the music industry?
In the past decade, the music industry went through a great metamorphosis. The combined impact of the Internet, the availability of single tracks instead of albums, more access to music listening online and unlicensed copying have reduced its revenues by a whopping 50%.

Music sales revenues from 1999 to 2009. Source: CNN Music’s lost decade: Sales cut in half

Although the music industry is not the money-maker it once was, it still has an important function: a powerful tool of mass indoctrination. Today, despite the lack of revenues, the industry keeps spending millions developing and promoting new stars. Why? Because there is more at stake than money. Pop music is an developmental tool as important as the school system or the daily news. It shapes and molds the youth to adopt attitudes and values. Pop artists must, of course, generate revenues for their labels, however before they can even start accomplishing this, they must “fit the mold”. They must embody specific personas, glorify specific values and be sympathetic to a particular agenda. If you have read other articles on Vigilant Citizen, you are already aware of the agenda pushed by today’s pop stars. You also know that they are interchangeable pawns who all push towards the same direction. If a star loses his/her “magic”, a new face and a new energy will manage to regain the public’s attention and to redirected towards the Agenda.
Hailed as the “new face of pop”, Jessie J brings new energy to the Illuminati agenda, but she still repeatedly flaunts the One-Eye sign like so many other pop acts, proving that she is another pawn of the system. She sings the point of view of the elite: It does not need your money, it already owns most of the world’s resources. It wants to make the world dance to its beat. It wants to shape and mold the youth to think the way it wants it to think. We are witnessing an important movement of homogenization of popular culture where mainstream media is only playing a limited number of “pre-approved” artists who push a “pre-approved” agenda. So, yeah, the video is saying, you can keep the price tag. There is a bigger investment at stake here: the minds of the youth. Of course, there are exceptions within the industry. Anti-establishment rebels have always attracted tons of fans and some still manage to obtain some success … but not with the help of mass media. Not anymore. Money is not the only thing ruling the business.

In Conclusion

Jessie J, “new face of pop”, does not bring anything new to the pop world (aside from her face). Her video Price Tag incorporates numerous symbols associated with Illuminati mind control, signs that were previously exploited by other pop artists. How many artists on this site have been shown flashing that darned One Eye sign? Dozens. The fact that the same meanings and symbols appear in so many music videos, regardless of the artist, is the ultimate proof of a hidden power structure in charge of the industry. The One-Eye sign of submission is not the main issue, however. It is the message that is promoted and the values that are glorified that we must closely watch. In the case of Price Tag, viewers are exposed symbols associated with Monarch programming, a horrific method of mind control based on child abuse, while a fun and catchy song plays in the background. So, I guess it is a good thing they don’t care about the price tag … ’cause I ain’t buying it.

I don't completely agree with this article because although it brings up good points, it is quite rude against some of Jessie J's points and I think that he is taking them out of proportion and not completely understanding her. I actually like a lot of the images that she creates and it just proves that there are a lot of deeper meanings to her videos which I want to create in my video.

Advertising

Here are some photos of Jessie J that I really like. She uses them in her advertising and posters.

This photo is advertising her first single "Do It Like A Dude"; here she looks very dominant and strong yet still beautiful. It catches your eye, and the single name is on this advert.

This advert is fun and colourful. Usual for Jessie J, it focuses on her nails, eyes and mouth making it sensual.

This is another advert for Jessie J, it is quite seductive as her bum is quite on show and so are her legs, however its done it quite a classy way and her signature "Jessie J" font appears once again.

I like all three posters however I think that mine will look most like the second one, as it is fun and a close up shot so that audience can relate with the artist and will then be more likely to remember it and then buy her album.

Playing with Photoshop

Here is a screen shot of Grace from the music video and I have edited her lips to make them look a different colour. I also editted all of her blemishes out and made her look brighter. Although I didn't do much, I felt as though this photograph didn't need much editing as the quality of the photo is pretty good anyway.

Here I once again took away her blemishes but I also made the blue bits of her eyes bluer and the whites of her eyes brighter. I think this works very well  and makes a simple but effective change.

Here I increased the pink colour in her jacket, made her more tanned and made the blonde hair even lighter. This isn't as neat as the others as its from a further distance and its had to be cropped into this size before screenshotting it therefore its a worse quality photograph and as its only playing around I wasn't too neat with this shot so there is a bit of overlapping with the colour.