Export

With the Photoshop document I exported it as a jpg because the quality is better and jgp is mostly for photos to retain its quality at a lower size than png.  I also exported my illustrator as jpg because thats what I know most and my images won't like loose there quality. There are a lot smoother around the edges and take up less space.

MY trailer is exported as 720 because its hd and great quality to watch whether watching it's on a mobile phone, Tv, computer or any other device and it won't lost it quality.

Trailer

The reason why I chose to put a transition on every clipped frame was because when it was leave fro one frame to another the transition wasn't smooth. For me they worked well and I was happy with the outcome.

I used the iris round transition here because it well perfectly with the timing of the of me placing the chicken in the pan to when it started frying. With this it contrasted the frame well.

The only effect I used was the warp stabilizer because I had done my own filming the camera was shaking a lot and the warp stabilizer reduce the shaking to the point where it's not noticeable.

I didn't use much audio apart a short piece at the beginning of the trailer and it started at the title page and faded out just as the video start playing. I used exponential fade which is a audio transition.  It is also on the ending on my trailer the audio fades in and out.

Here's a list of all the video transitions I used.

• Gradient wipe
• Exponential fade 
• Film dissolve
• Additive dissolve 
• Film dissolve 
• Film dissolve
• spiral boxes
• Film dissolve
• Insert
• Band wipe
• Exponential fade 
• Dip to white

I chose each transition but mostly because I played around with each one ad saw what that worked well on each from.

Images & Text

The image above shows where I use the text on video feature, I had to play around with the text to get it the position and color that work best with the video but also still be clear and big enough to see.


Another example of text on video is the image blew where it shows that the chicken is in the process of frying.

Creating The Trailer

I clipped different parts of each video to use on my trailer. The first frame is me showing the seasoned chicken, flour and oil. When I have all the frames that I wanted to use on my sequence, it was time for me to string editing it. I added a title at the beginning, so that I was clear what they was watching and what I was cooking. It made sense, then to go straight into the cooking with any introduction or insight of what was happening. Text was added to two frames at the beginning stating what some of the ingredients are. To get the exact clip i need from my videos I used the mark in , mark out tool to choose what part I need.

On every frame that I had clipped and place together there was a video transition. In total I used around 12 transition but some the was the same.

Gradient wipe was the first transition I used to wipe my title image to the start of my trailer. On the top left hand corner is where the gradient starts as you seen from the image above.

Recording Videos

I used my iPhone to record myself cooking fry chicken. Originally my idea was to do mini clips of different dishes but then I realize that it was impossible to do. So instead I stuck to one simple thing that I could show in different progress stage of cooking. I record the cooking process in different clips rather then doing one long video, that would have taken up too much space. I had around 7 different clips that I could to make my trailer.

Finish Disc

To achieve the end product I first thicken the stroke point on the largest circle to 2, this circle is the bleeding edge any thing placed on it would be cut off. Once that was completed i then moved on to using the text tool to type 'Moya's Kitchen'. At first moya's kitchen was on 1 straight line but then i did some research online and realize that it would better if i had my text on two separate lines. Once i done it I found that it worked best, because having all on one line made it look too squashed up together.

The font is the same font that I've used on the DVD cover and my logo. The font work well because it was fancy but not too fancy and complement everything else around it without drawing attention away from the main focus point.

For the copy right warning around the edge of the label, I had to create and circle because it wouldn't allow me to type on the path of a clipping mask path. The circle had to be the same exact size so that I place it around the clipping mask, you wouldn't be able to tell that there's if fact to circle.

I then selected the type on path tool so that i was able to type my text on the path. Once I typed the text i had to changed the font to 'Calibri' bold and size to 6pt. Originally I did want to use  'Edwardian Script ITC' but the thing is that it wasn't clear to see and look horrible. there was no way I was keeping the font for this part of the text.

Everything is on a different  layer, its a lot easier to work with everything a different layers because you can always hide something you not really sure about until you find a place it instead of deleting it.

I played around with the images until I got them in a position that worked and I was happy with. When i was happy with it all I grouped them all together so I could move them around as one.  

Disc Stage 2

So once I had clipped mask the image I then place it back into the center on the first circle. Then from there I once again got the Ellipse tool and this time i created a father 3 smaller circles all placed and center in each other. Then with the two slight bigger circle I use the transparency panel and changed the opacity to 45%, this was to show that in real life I wanted that part to transparent when cut out into an actual DVD disc. The smallest circle in the center if fulled to black because that would be cut out to fit into a disc case. Basically it's where your fingers go when holding a disc.      

Disc

I started of my disc by using the Ellipse tool to draw this large circle which will be the bleeding edge for the main finish. Then I found the center of the circle and drew an other circle inside it just a bit smaller which a height of 115.12mm and a width of 115.045mm. Once I got the correct measurement for both circle, I got an image that I wanted to be on my disc. I then selected the image with the selection tool and once i was happy with it, I used the clipping mask tool to click my image into the circle. This made the process easy because i different have to try messing around with different tools trying the get image in the prefect circle.

Work Update

So far I've completed my DVD cover and my logo, the only things I have left to complete is my trailer and disc label. With the disc label I've kind of have an idea in my head of how I want it look. For my trailer I have all the clips I want to use, it's just for me to start clip mask and put it altogether. 

So far things seems to be going okay and I have my work load under control. I should have all of the 3 task completed and ready to hand in before the submission date. 

My next step is to get the disc label complete, which shouldn't take me too long as I have already know how I want it layered out. Then from there all I need to do is spend my time and focus on getting my trailer completed. 

Finish Logo

To get my finish logo I created a path around the image and thicken the stroke line to 1pt and the brush definition to 5pt.Round. I decided to leave it on a white background so that it would be easier to export it on to my DVD Cover and disc. When exported onto my both the disc and DVD cover it was an transparent image which was perfect as I didn't need to do anything else to it. I used the text tool to write M's Kitchen in the same font as on my DVD cover and disc, to keep consistency.   

Creating My Logo

Once I had the perfect image I got stared by using the trace tool and trace around the image. Once that was complete I chose which layers I wanted to keep and which ones to delete. It was a easy process, I tried using the pen tool but I couldn't get it how I wanted. So after a couple of tries I fed up and decided to try something else and the trace tool was my only solution.

The image above is what I was left with after I traced it and deleted the unnecessary parts that weren't not needed.  

My Logo

When creating my logo I had no idea what I wanted to do. I did some research but I couldn't find anything that caught my eyes or interest me in any way. So I decided to search the web for a chef hat spoon and fork logo. The one that caught my eyes was simple but I knew I could recreate it into what I want and expand on it.

I chose to use this as my logo because it would perfectly with project idea, and when I saw it I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it.

Finish Cover

To get the finish product I wanted I had to play around with to get everything in to a place that looked and felt right to me and my eyes.

Everything that I have on my background is a different layer, this is because it's a lot easier to work with. Having them on different layers was helpful especially when things was going right. like for example whenever I would click on my text layer it was always creating a new text layer, if I didn't have the layers it would be hard for me to see this problem.  

With my description on the back I wanted to have bullet points for each point that I was stating, but I couldn't figure out how to do it. So instead at the beginning of every statement I made the capital letter bold and increased the font size. This was so that it was clear and easy to understand where each statement started and ended without using full stops because it wouldn't look right or neat.

For me to get the right images I needed for the information description without the unwanted bits. I had to find an image that would allow me to select would I need and crop it out. For this method i used the selection tool and selected the exact part that I needed, then place it on a different layer and copied it on the my background layer. Placing them in the order that worked best with the layout of the text and images. 

I placed my logo, the BBC logo and DVD logo twice on my cover. This was because I didn't want a lot of blank spaces on the cover or the spine. 

My text font is "Edwardian Script" and for both my spine and front cover. The font for my description is "Arial" as "Edwardian Script" didn't stand out and was too fancy.

Changing DVD Cover Layout

I had to change my initial layout for the DVD cover because I felt it wasn't working in the way I had picture it in my head.



The image below is what my new layout looks like. I choose to do my layout like this because I was having problem trying to fit everything around the original layout. So I tried looking at other covers online but none of them really help, I even tried going into stores to look at cookery DVDs for help but to my surprise they never had any.  My last option was to look at cook books to try get some ideas. By looking at some books I got the idea of swapping my images around and instead of having 4 images on the font I decided to place them on the back in a column. And having one large image on the font.

By placing the one large image on the font cover it made the BBC logo that  I have at the bottom stand out more, clearer  and  easier to read. All the images had to be the same exact size and have equal spacing between them, for it to work in a column. Other wise it wouldn't look right.

With the large image of the font I had to use the selection tool to cut it down to size and keep it below my title, but to still have it fill the cover.

The 4 images on the back cover I had to change the capacity to around 60%, so that the images looks like they are embedding in layer.