BLOG NOTICE

The deadline for the draft music video is due in on the 28th of October an 3:10.

we will sadly not meet the deadline as we have been un able to produce enough clips as the actor we are using has had a problem with getting too us as we have different college half terms and have been on holiday and other problems as he lives in a different county to myself and Jack. We apologise.

We are 100% finishing the filming on Saturday and should have the video fully edited by Wednesday 5th November. The video will be posted by at latest on Wednesday!

Creative Journey - Front Cover

As we can see at the start of the creative journey I started with three photos that i took that i believed were the best for what I wanted to do. They were clear and defined photos that you could see Jack and tell it was him.

So then i looked at album covers with an image of someone on the front. I came across the Jamie T single one and like the use of the dark colours and the white text as it was defined and you could clearly read it.

I then moved onto the Arctic Monkeys album cover and like the black and white effect used on the photo, again they used the white defining text that was clear and stood out. The photo used on the front cover was like the one I am looking to use for my front cover.

Throughout the rest of the creative journey I explore the back back ground and white writing and noted that it was clear to read. I liked this use of white text and thought they i needed to use this on my front cover.

I then came across the cover photo for the single that we were covering for the music video. It is the photo of Aiden Grimshaw with a green floral background. This photo is like most of mine where i have a clear defined artist as the front cover. 

So having looked at the different front covers i have come up with 3 potential front cover that i like and that reflect areas of the journey in them. One of these will be my front cover that i choose to put on my digipak.

Vampire Weekend (Contra) Feedback

Also as an idea when creating many more variations of a cover to pick from, Mr ford told me to take inspiration from Vampire Weekend's Contra as it already had some existing features which had some relevance to my draft cover. Here is what I created;

overall I prefer my original cover but this was a good area to research and did help me overall create a better digipak cover.

Corrections: Music Poster

During my feedback I was also asked to make some alterations to my music poster. I was asked to incorporate a date for release of the album also to include the album name. This lead me to move the website and also the record label logo. making good use of the upper body. Also I have changed the text at the bottom to incorporate a digital element of sale into my advertisement, removing the vinyl aspect.

Corrections: Digipak Template

After my feedback from my teacher I was told to implement a few other features in my template digipak, I have completed these. I am yet to create my lyric book but that will be posted shortly.

I have flipped the text on the spine so it is facing the right way. I have put a record label logo on the spine and also a catalogue number. Also i have made the borders on the front and back of the digipak exactly the same.

Teacher feedback on digipak and advert

This is the feedback that is was given by my teacher on my digipak and music magazine advert. this feedback I will act upon and use the advice given to improve my work to make it the best that it can be.

Cover Ideas: Variations

When producing a CD front cover in the Indie genre a semi popular idea is to utilise many different image styles when creating the cover. This creates a good variation in the product and makes it sort of a collectable if one is printed far less than the others. A sort of special, edition if you will. Some really good examples of this could be found within New orders album cover and Arcade fires. This works very well with new orders as inside of their digipak next to the lyric book were these interchangeable images of each band member to put as the cover of your cd. This brings a personalised element to the CD and allows the consumer to pick their favourite band member and have them on the front. This gives them a choice rather than the artwork being sort of forced upon them per say. This is a good idea for my own cover as I have taken many images that are of high standard that didn’t quite make the cut so the idea would be practical. But in my opinion this sort of idea wont be featured as I believe that it works best with a band or a product featuring more than one person. Therefore will not be using this on my digipak cover. But this was definitely considered when creating my cover.