NovelsAlex Chapter 951 Performance Time
Chapter 951 Performance Time
Chapter 951 Performance Time
On the day of the music festival, because the official performance was at night, Jiang Yuan still stayed in the hotel during the day.
In the living room of the house, the studio staff set up professional equipment.
Jiang Yuan had already sorted out his basic look and was sitting on the sofa, taking a small cardboard box from the staff.
According to the schedule for the album release, the physical album unpacking video will be released in a few days.
Jiang Yuan also got the latest produced and printed album as soon as possible.
It is no longer the previous proofing, but the final finished product.
"What I got here should be the first physical album of 'Healing', right?" Jiang Yuan looked at the cardboard box.
In order to complete the filming of the album unveiling video as soon as possible, a domestic staff member was specially sent to fly to bring the physical album to Jiang Yuan.
"Now I'd like to bring you the first unboxing of 'Healing'." Jiang Yuan used scissors to cut the seal of the carton.
"There are three versions of the album this time, and you should have seen it when you pre-ordered it."
As Jiang Yuan spoke, he picked up the albums one by one and showed them in front of the camera.
The album's version design is generally similar to previous albums, which makes it easy to design and collect for fans.
There are a paperback version with a plastic cover, a regular version the size of a book, and a hardcover version with a unique special design.
"Which version is the best-selling one this time?" When deciding the order of releasing the albums, Jiang Yuan also asked Zhang Qing and others outside the camera.
"It should be the regular version." The answer came quickly.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuan also picked up the regular version and showed it to the camera.
The physical cover of the entire album is mainly dark blue in color. It was taken by Jiang Yuan wearing light blue clothes and standing in front of a huge painting.
"The painting on the album cover was actually custom-made after I discussed the theme of the album with a painter."
"It's a painting of a salmon swimming upstream. Although it's dark in tone, it's very lively. When this video is released, I'll also send you a photo of the painting."
While removing the album's plastic cover, Jiang Yuan briefly explained the album's cover design.
Using painters’ paintings to design album covers is a traditional design that Jiang Yuan has continued in his recent physical albums.
It is beautiful and artistic. If I have to pick a flaw, it is that it is a little expensive.
And not every singer can be invited to collaborate on this level.
“Because I read the feedback of the physical album last time, there are still some fans who hope that I can appear on the cover, so I took the photo standing in front of the painting this time.”
"The entire album is bound in cloth, which feels very comfortable and doesn't get dirty easily." Jiang Yuan showed the material of the album cover up close.
"As for the photo section, I'll show you a few pages. I've been taking photos for a while now, and I took a lot of them."
Jiang Yuan took a quick look at the photo album and it was the first time he saw what kind of photos were finally selected.
After selecting his favorite photos and showing them to the camera, Jiang Yuan jumped to the next part.
"You can buy the rest and read them slowly." Jiang Yuan stopped there and mentioned the design of the lyrics book.
"The lyrics book is actually inside the photo book this time. It's hidden inside the photo book on thin paper. You can see a song every few pages."
The hidden lyrics paper is folded up in the photo page and needs to be unfolded to be seen.
"I've taken the design ideas from the team into consideration. The lyrics books you will receive will all be handwritten by me. I'm letting you know in advance."
As Jiang Yuan spoke, he showed his handwriting to the camera and felt quite satisfied with it.
"Then apart from this, the remaining one should be the configuration that everyone is most concerned about." Jiang Yuan said, and pulled out a palm-sized envelope from the pages of the book.
The envelope contains some exclusive features of the regular edition album.
“This envelope is a pure version of the cover painting.”
"As for what's inside, first of all, the envelope must contain a letter, which is also handwritten by me, in both Chinese and English."
"Then there are small cards and Polaroid cameras. This set of Van Su evening outfits that everyone liked so much before is also printed out." Jiang Yuan showed the contents of the envelope one by one to the camera.
There are all kinds of small cards and stickers, basically everything that can be given is given.
According to what Jiang Yuan had learned from the staff, if more items were added, the envelope would not be able to hold them.
"This is probably the regular version." Jiang Yuan put his things away and then picked up another version of the album.
“The paperback version is very consistent with everyone’s perception of a CD. It is very convenient and can be carried around with you.”
"The team named it the Travel Edition. Does that mean we can take it with us when traveling? But will people bring a CD player with them when they go out?" Jiang Yuan introduced, and suddenly looked at his staff with some confusion.
The person who delivered the album to Jiang Yuan happened to be a key member of the album design team.
When Jiang Yuan asked this, he was suddenly stuck.
But he quickly changed his mind and gave an explanation, "It's just because I thought that sometimes people might be working away from home, and they can bring their music with them and listen to it when they go back to their hometown for the New Year."
"And you can also take it with you when traveling as a photography prop or something like that." The design member gave a brief explanation and convinced Jiang Yuan.
"Indeed, this cover is quite nice." When Jiang Yuan heard about the photo props, he nodded in approval.
The album cover of the paperback edition and the regular edition are designed in completely different directions.
The entire cover was a photo taken by Jiang Yuan in a flower field outdoors.
In the picture, Jiang Yuan is wearing a black suit and standing sideways in the middle of sunflowers.
The whole picture looks golden and dazzling, which is in line with the meaning of hope in the album's theme concept.
"Besides this cover, there's not much else to say. There are also Polaroids and photo cards inside, but due to the size of the album, there's not much room for them, so I just randomly put one in there."
Jiang Yuan said this and showed it to the camera.
"Okay, now that I've introduced these two versions, let's talk about the special design of this album." Jiang Yuan said, and directly picked up an album the size of a vinyl record.
But it is obviously much thicker than ordinary vinyl records.
"This special edition is actually a large album design." "In addition to some large portraits, we also put in some excellent paintings that we got when we were looking for painters to cooperate with."
"What's more interesting is that this one has a design that allows for changing covers. Theoretically, there are a total of 24 covers, including photos and paintings, and everyone can choose which side to display based on their preferences."
"At the same time, the backs of these 24 large cards are all blank in white or black and are also left for everyone to DIY. You can create or write or draw on them to get a special version of the cover."
Jiang Yuan briefly explained the design ideas of the special version.
It took Jiang Yuan more than ten minutes to record the three versions of the unboxing video.
After the recording was completed, Jiang Yuan picked up the album again and checked it over and over again to prevent any mistakes in the printing and production process.
Of course, if such an error occurs, fans will most likely collect it as a wrong version after receiving it.
But as a producer, we certainly don't want such mistakes to happen.
After reading it carefully, Jiang Yuan didn't find any mistakes or omissions, which made him feel relieved.
Then I took a look at the footage that had just been shot.
Although it was just a simple unboxing, because a close-up of the album was occasionally needed, different cameras were used to shoot and record.
"How is it? There shouldn't be any problem, right?" Jiang Yuan asked the staff in charge of editing.
After confirming that there was nothing to re-record, Jiang Yuan put the matter aside.
Seeing that it was almost time for the music festival performance to begin, Jiang Yuan thought for a moment and greeted his stylist, preparing to complete his hairstyle for the evening performance.
A good performance look also requires a certain amount of time to prepare.
Especially for idol singers, in order to impress everyone at the music festival, they have to put in a lot of effort behind the scenes.
Although Jiang Yuan relies on his works and strength, he can also casually wear a T-shirt and perform on stage.
But thinking that I have such an advantage, there is no reason not to use it, and this will also make the performance achieve better results.
It will also make it easier for the live video to become popular when it is subsequently spread on the Internet.
"By the way, have those fans we invited before arrived at the music festival?" Jiang Yuan was rather bored while getting his hair done, and he suddenly remembered something.
"They should have arrived at the scene. Let me ask." Zhang Qing replied, apparently handing the task over to someone else.
"But we received them the day before and helped them book a hotel for the two days." Zhang Qing said while sending a message.
"Okay, let's see if we can get in touch with someone later. I promised to take a photo with them before."
"If we can get in touch with him, let's go to the scene early and look for him first." Jiang Yuan said after thinking for a while.
The main consideration was taking a group photo. I should be in better condition before the performance starts.
After the intense performance is over, the hairstyle you worked so hard to create might be soaked by sweat.
Zhang Qing obviously didn't know what Jiang Yuan was thinking. She just thought that Jiang Yuan cared about his fans, so she repeated Jiang Yuan's words when she sent the message.
After explaining this matter, Jiang Yuan also searched for information about this music festival on the Internet.
This music festival is named "Wonderland", which means that coming to this music festival is like coming to a fantasy land.
Because it is only held once a year and the performance only lasts for one day.
Therefore, the lineup of singers invited can be described as dreamy. Basically, starting from the first opening guest, they are singers with many hit singles, which is in line with the Wonderland theme.
It is precisely because of this that the Wonderland Music Festival is already very popular among music fans. With tens of thousands of people attending the event, tickets are still selling very well.
After searching on the Internet, Jiang Yuan also found a lot of live sharing about the current performances at the music festival.
During the afternoon performance, the atmosphere was very lively.
For several groups of artists who have already performed, there are videos released by the music festival officials and filmed by the audience that have been circulated on the Internet.
After taking a quick look, Jiang Yuan could also feel the enthusiasm of the audience.
Generally speaking, music festivals become more lively in the evening.
But judging from the live video, Woderland was already packed with people in the afternoon, which made Jiang Yuan look forward to the evening performance.
At about the same time, after Jiang Yuan had finished styling her look, she set off for Wonderland in the evening.
Since we lived relatively close by, we arrived at the scene without having to wait too long.
There were two stages in total on site. Jiang Yuan went to the backstage of the main stage where he was going to perform to prepare for the show.
The organizer specially set up a small compartment for this.
After Jiang Yuan arrived, fans such as Jessica who were watching the performance in the VIP audience seats also received news from Jiang Yuan's studio staff at this time.
Jiang Yuan thought about it and figured there didn't seem to be much difference between taking a photo with one fan and taking a photo with five fans, so he simply decided to meet them all and take a photo together.
For Jessica and other fans who originally did not want to take a photo, it was a complete surprise.
The fact that Jiang Yuan had arranged this trip to the music festival was already something worth celebrating.
As for the fan who originally requested a photo, Jiang Yuan thought about it and decided to give him something later.
After receiving the message, Jessica and others stopped watching the performance without hesitation and went to the gathering point designated by the staff.
In other words, after getting the news that they could meet and take photos together, Jessica and others were already a little absent-minded while watching the performance.
A group of five people gathered together and went backstage under the guidance of the staff.
It was the first time for them to come backstage at a music festival, but because they were about to meet Jiang Yuan, they were so excited and nervous that it was difficult for them to focus on the situation around them.
As they walked along, Jiang Yuan appeared in front of several fans after a while.
Because they had just connected over the phone last week, Jiang Yuan had a deep impression of all of them.
They had reviewed the names before, so the first moment they met, Jiang Yuan matched each fan's name and situation with the person himself.