Copy right

When making my digipack I need to make sure all the images on it are mine and aren't owned by anyone else. I have taken several shots of clouds which will be my ideal background. 

'Pitch in a lift' feedback

After doing a small pitch to Rebecca she gave me some feedback on what I needed to improve for my actual digipak. She said that I needed to: 

• Come to a decision on my choices of colour because I was in two minds about whether I would use a monochrome theme or a scheme of colours.

• Adjust the track listing at the back of the digipak to make sure they are actually relevant to the genre of music that the cover belongs to. For this, I was advised to use the songs from Eliza Doolittle's actual album.

• To remove the artist's name from the inside of the digipack because it wasn't conventional. Instead of having the name there, I was told to make the images larger, so that they would take up the whole of the panel and I wouldn't have any awkward spaces.

Planning: Short List of Fonts

 

These were the fonts that I wanted to choose from and at the end, I chose the text that is in the 3rd picture. 

Making the REAL Digipack

In class I am currently making my final digipack. I have taken on board the feedback about my picture and have changed it to a picture of my face showing. I have thought about what to use for my background and really like this picture of the London Eye, however I have been told that I will not be able to use this actual picture for my background as it is not my photography and that is copyright. As I don't have enough time to go and take a picture of the London Eye myself I have decided to use a plain background for my Digipack as I believe my outfit will bring enough colour to my Didipack

Making my digipack

These are the images that i used on my digipack.

Here are some screenshots of me editing the dipack and the changes of ideas that i had while editing.

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Planning: Shortlist of fonts & Colours

After a bit of experimentation on photoshop with a few fonts, i have come down to a few that i think would possibly look good on the digipack. Below are a few examples of font that i applied to the artist's name.

 

I think that this is the best font that i have experimented with so far. I like this one because it is bold but still in that calligraphic style that i would like to use. I also feel that it doesn't look out of place so i'll probably be using this font for the artist's name.

I did try this bold font, because i feel like it was a change to all the other fonts that i was experimenting with because they were all a little similar. I like this font, but i'm not too sure that it goes well with the image that i have, so i will have to think about using this font

I liked this font because it was bold, however i thought that it looked a little bit childish, so i don't think i'll be using it.

This font was another one that i liked, however it is really small no matter how large i make the text. I like this font, but not on the name of the artist. I chose to apply this text to the album title 'The Hype' instead. This is because it's small, so it really doesn't matter and it also looks good in comparison to the other font that i planned to use for the title.

This isn't an experimentation of fonts, but it was an idea that i had. I decided to double expose two of the images that i have taken of Jaleesa. I like the effect that this has because it's different and isn't too bright because of the black and white image overlapping it.

Drawing of Poster

This is a drawing of my poster that would go with the album.

Feedback from our music video

Here are some videos of people giving us feedback for our music video, i did take feedback from 5 different people, however for some reason some of the videos won't upload

Although i couldn't upload the videos from the other people, the overall feedback was that we needed more outfit changes and more close ups. Other than that the editing and camera work was really good.

Feedback on my plan on my digipack and advertisement

I pitched my ideas of my digipack and advertisement to my teacher and requested feedback from her. I received very good feedback and my teacher liked the reason of my font styles and my colour scheme. The feedback I got was to change the name of the album. My album name is called "Jaleesa" and my teacher thought it would be better to call it "Jaleesa the album". This is because an artist would name their album their name if they already have previous albums. 

Do's and Dont's - When making a Digipack

DONT'S:


DONT CHOOSE DIFFERENT FONTS
DONT PUT TEXT OVER ARTIST'S HEAD
DONT MAKE TEXT DIFFERENT COLOURS
DONT STRETCH IMAGES
DONT MAKE BAR CODE AND LABEL TOO BIG









DO'S:

DO HAVE A REASONABLE SIZE FONT
DO HAVE A RECORD LABEL
DO USE ARTIST'S NAME
DO INCLUDE TRACK LIST
DO USE A PHOTO OF THE ARTIST
DO INCLUDE COPYRIGHT INFO

INTERVIEW: Asking the camera woman questions

1) How did you find it filming and being the camera woman
2) Did you enjoy it if no/yes- why
3) Favourite location that you filmed?
4) Favourite equipment used whilst filming- Why was it better than the others
5) Do you believe you did a good job using different shots and why

Planning: Reasons behind location for photos

 As the artist my pictures were taken on a plain green background. This was done for many of reasons such as

1) Having a plain background made it easier for the artist (Myself) to be focused on, rather than having a messy background people wouldn't focus on the artist (Myself) as much as the background would be a distraction.

2) The weather outside was horrible

3) We decided that we were gonna cut the artist (Myself) out the photo as we are gonna have a different background that will be merged with my picture on photoshop for the Digipack

Plan for advertisement

I have decided to use the same image on the digipack for my advertisement. I have increased the size of the image of the artist so that the audience can easily recognise her. I have also kept the banner theme consistent as I will put the artist name in the same banner as I did for the digipack. The same bold black font will be used and so will the clouds for the background. I have included the release date and social media links. 

Mock up of advertisement

This is my mock up for my advertisement. Whilst pitching this to my teacher the feedback she gave me was to NOT use this picture for my advertisement and Digipack, she said that this was because I am a new, young artist and nobody would know who I am so my face should be on the cover.

She also said for my Digipack I shouldn't have any pictures on my CD disk as they are irrelevant.

My teacher also told me that I didn't include a bare code and a record label on the back of my Digipack.

However I will take these comments on board to make sure that my actual Digipack is up to standards.

Planning: Reasons behind location choice for photos

In the photoshoot that we took for the digipack, we took our pictures indoors.

• The reason for this is because the weather was bad outside. 

• Other than that, we also took the pictures on the inside because we wanted to use a blank background to make sure that the focus would be on the artist rather than the background. There was an idea to take the pictures against a graffiti wall because of the genre of music is quite urban etc and it would fit well with the whole album in general. Although this was a good idea, we didn't use it because of the amount of time that we had to take the actual pictures. Another reason that we didn't use this because the background would clash with the artist's outfit.

• Another reason for the plain background is because we had ideas to cut Jaleesa out on photoshop and put her on a different background.

Advertisement mock up

       

Here is the advertisement that i made promoting the artist. I think that this isn't the best advertisement that i could have made, i say this because the lettering isn't positioned straight and ideally i would have actually printed out the album cover that i made, instead of making a pathetic attempt at drawing it. However, i do think that i included all the necessary things that advertisements normally contain, such as the artist name, album title, release date etc. I also think that i should have positioned the picture better, but all in all i think that it was an okay attempt at my first advert

Planning: Do's and Don'ts of design

These are a few things that I need to keep in mind when making my digipack.

Do's: 

• I need to stick to a maximum of 3 colours when designing my digipack. I also need to ensure that they go well together.

• Have no more than 2 fonts on the whole of the digipack. They also need to be clear and legible, and compliment. 

• I must make sure that the pictures that I use are clear, and are also in focus. 

• I need to follow the rule of thirds for composition.

• I MUST not forget to include a barcode or the copyright information and record company logo on the digipack or I could be severely marked down. 

Don'ts: 

• Never place any text over the artists face.

• Don't use any fonts just because you like them. They must have a clear connection to the genre, and fit well with the digipak.

• Never stretch an image to fit the panel. It will never look good and marks are easily lost by doing this.

• Dont use any unescesary effects on the images or the text. 

Overview of the costumes in the photoshoot

In the photoshoot for the digipack, Jaleesa wore bright coloured clothes. We thought that this would be a good idea because of the genre of music. The reason for Jaleesa's bright clothing in the photoshoot is because most house artists also wear quite bright clothing and it would allow the fans to identify with the artist. Another reason for the artist to wear bright colours in the photoshoot is because in the video 'the hype' not many bright outfits were seen, and it would be a good idea to change things up on the digipack because it shows fans that the artist has different styles. I don't think that having a change of outfits from the video to the digipack will have a bad effect because the synergy is her braids, and so the fans will be able to recognise her no matter what she wears. 

Here are some images below of female house artists in bright clothes; 

This is what Jaleesa wore in the photoshoot; 

Advertisement Examples for Digipack

Research: AS Digipack

Here is my Digipack that I did last year in AS. I believe that I made a good attempt at this Digipack However I will do SO much better this year knowing what I need to improve on and what I need to do to make it successful.

Planning: Possible pictures for Digipack

In class I had my pictures taken for our Digipack as I am the artist. I had to decide what I wanted to wear and what types of poses and shots that I wanted to do. I decided to wear bright clothing as the song is a house song as house music is often fun and vibrant and I believe these colours showed this.
I am still unsure about what pictures that I am using for my Digipack however here are some of the pictures that I was considering using for it:

Summer work: Digipack

I made this Digipack in summer 2013 using photoshop. My group did a music video to Madonna Vogue and I made a digipack for the Vogue album. As you can see, the colours on the digipack are consistent as I have used the colours yellow and white. I have chosen to use these colours because they are very bright and eye-catching and can easily be recognised. Using Photoshop, I used the magic wand to go over Maya in order to make the background black. I then selected a template with three boxes, a box for the front cover, back and middle. To make my digipack official I included the copy right information and the bar-code. 

Photos I took for my digipack

Advertisement

 Here is a screenshot of my mockup advertisement. I used a variety of social media links that are linked to the artist for more information and updates. I used a bright colour for the advertisement to make sure that it was bold and eye catching for reader and member of the audience to stop take time and notice it. Through these social media link I will include information about the artist's tour dates, new song releases, new videos and any guest appearances on any shows that the artist may be attending. This would clearly not be such a great advertising for the finishing piece, however I know what I need to do to make it better.

Digipack Planning

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This is my planning for my digipack. I created this on paper and printed and stuck on my images onto the digipack panel template. When creating my plan, I was influenced by Eliza Doolittles' album cover as she had clouds as her album background. Our use of synergy was Jaleesa's braids and my original idea was to have Jaleesa whipping her hair. However, I was told that it would be impossible to cut around Jaleesa on photoshop so came up with a second plan. I then thought to just style Jaleesa's braids and have her hair coming down her front body. The colour scheme for my digipack is quite simple as I have used black and white for the font colour. I feel that these colours are simple and go correctly on the digipack as some bright colours have already been used. The artist is wearing bright clothing as she is wearing pink, orange and gold and the background of the album is bright blue. I feel that if i made a font green, pink, yellow etc, it'll make the album cover look a bit  childish which is out of its genre. I thought it would be nice to have our artist wearing something different to what she was wearing in her music video. This is because fans may want to keep up to date with Jaleesa's fashion trend so having a different costume is a good way for fans to be influenced. There are a few font changes on the digipack. This is where the songs are listed. I think that having a few different font styles matches our music genre which is house as house music is quite crazy. I have used different crazy font types to convey the genre.I think the layer of the song listings is very unique as most album covers have the song listing going down in order.

Here is the design for the CD. I was highly influenced by Drake's album cover as he also had clouds as his album background.

Advertisement Trial

I have made an advertisement to the album 'The Hype'. I have included social network logos, however I think these logos are placed wrong and are enormously big. I haven't really added much to this advertisement as this is only a draft but when making my final one I will make sure everything is correctly sized and positioned. I will include information such as tour dates, social network links. Reflecting back onto my rough copy of making an advertisement for the first time, I think this would not be great to submit for the final outcome as it looks unfinished. I have not experimented with font styles and colour.

Rough Digipack

Planning: Possible pictures from photoshoot

Today we went to take pictures of the artist for our digipaks. I took some images of Jaleesa against a plain white background, this is because i wanted to go for a really simple album cover and since she is wearing bright colours, it would look better if the background was plain. 

Below are a few images that i think i'll use for my digipack; 

I like these images because i feel that they go well with what i have chosen to do with my digipack. I also think that i will be able to edit them to make them look even better and crop them where necessary because i do have quite a bit of extra white space on either side of Jaleesa.