PLANNING- front cover Ideas

PLANNING- front cover Ideas

On this page i have collected a variety of covers to help me see the type of images they use on the front. From gathering this i can see that close ups are used to show clearly the main artist, the colours are also not to complicated and the text isn't too big. This will help me latter on when taking my own images of the performer.

                                   

Opposite i have taken some screen grabs off our performer when he was performing. i have done this to show some of the expressions and shots i could use when planning on taking some pictures for my ancillary product as well as the magazine. I will take on board not to over complicate the cover and to make sure i get a close up of the performers face as people who are buying this digipak want to see the performer in front so that they can immediately recognise the music which he does. The colours will also be simple no more than 3 colours will be used on the front cover as keeping it simple is important.

Shown opposite is one male artist who our video is closely linked to this is of the artist Dappy. the front cover of this particular album is of a close up of the artist this is manly used so that the viewers and audience who buy his CD recognise the artist straight away this is ideal when wanting to sell the product to the audience. As shown on this page as well as a close up of the artist we also see the text on the top right hand side not very big this is so that the main attention is put on the image and not what the text is saying. it is important as shown on this album cover that only 3 colours no more are used as too many confuses the audience as too much will be going on around the CD, this cover has been kept simple and basic.

Research - Importance and functions of a digipak

In today's lesson we began looking at digipaks and their importance and functions.

1) Why are CD/Digipak covers (artwork) still used, given the drop in sales?

• Artwork is still functions of advertising/promoting the artist, getting themselves recognized
• Artwork is still needed even if you download the song. On an iPod you can chose to view your songs from 'cover flows' which allows you to go straight through albums and shows the album covers.
• Hard copy for fans to keep, this is something special for them and to keep it as a memory

2) How important are the ancillary products to the artist and industry?

• They are important because they promote the music and the genre of the music
• They also help bring the fans closer and feel more connected to the artist especially with the extra little bookelt you get which  may be filled with pictures of the artist or a few behind the scene images of days in poruction
• They make money
• For the industry it helps to sell the label

Progress review blog

On my research, planning and production blogs i feel that they have gone well as they show many things that i have learnt through the process. With the research i feel hat i blogged about music video's well and what i liked about watching them. This was a good way for me to see what makes people watch the same music video over and over so i tried to keep the  music video we created interesting for our target audience. AS most of the planning side of the music video involved a lo of group ideas and everyone's input most of these blogs are done in groups. I am happy about my blogs about constructing the music video as i feel that i have shown how i have done things in a visual way using screen shots and video's. This shows that i met the target that i set for myself earlier which was to make my blogs more visual. So far i have over 70 individual blogs now. The blog that i am most proud of is the first day of constructing the music video as i was able to show how we used markers but showed this by using camtasia and was able tell you what i was doing whilst recording the screen. The blogs i feel i could improve on is the blogs about filming as i feel they don't show everything we got up to filming or more behind the scene video's which would have shown what we got up to. Therefore, i wish we filmed everything we go up during filming and my blogs showed what it is we did.

Final music video

29. Ipek Ibrahim, Hafiza Mussammad, Jebeen Uddin from 283goswell on Vimeo.

PLANNING- Practicing using photoshop

PLANNING- Practicing using photoshop 

In todays lesson we used photoshop which gave me the chance to experiment with the types of tools i could use when coming on to make my digipak. Below i have shown some print screens of how i used photoshop on a celebrate of my chosen choice.

PLANNING- List of Dos and Don'ts

PLANNING- List of Dos and Don'ts

During the lesson we were shown a few examples of previous work completed by students. We were shown both good and bad ones so we can see how the individual lost marks and how they gained marks. We were then given a sheet which clearly stated the dos and don'ts when making our digipaks and what we need to focus on to gain marks. Most of the work we were shown lacked the information needed inside the digipak although the graphics they used were effective. I also had the chance to look at the posters they created, i realised most lost marks as they didn't stick to one font as well as the colour which they chose didn't go well or didn't stand out as much. This task overall was helpful, when doing my digipak i will be able to look over this sheet making sure i don't do any of the bad things such as using to many colour, fonts and over using filters.

RESEARCH- Software i will use

RESEARCH- Software i will use 

Photoshop will be one software i will be using when creating the digipak for the artist we have made our music video for. Photoshop is an easy way for you to edit and add effects to an image giving it the professional look. Photoshop allows you to clearly set out the ideas for your Digipak where i will be able to edit and add a variety of effect on the photo when making the digipack. With this programme i will also be able to play around with the colours and filters seeing what best suits the genre of our artist. I have used photoshop many times and i feel using this programme for the Digipak will be a great way for me to place the performer on the template given and use the effects to the extent making it look more professional and realistic.

Quark XPress is another software I will use when creating my Digipak. We were told this was an easy way for us to create text on our product as using photoshop to do this would be very tricky this however is an easy way to add text and change it if for example we changed our mind on the font we wanted to use. This again when doing practice was easy and interesting to use for the first time. This programme was new to me and i understood why the teachers said this was an easier way to add text, when using this it was interesting and straight forward to use.