Idea On Album Advertisement

Idea On Album Advertisement

Below is an album advertisement that really caught my eye:

What i like about this advert is the colors that have been used. This is because it is almost very similar to what me and my group had spoken about during the group planning. The black and white image of the artist on the right hand side is something that i had planned on doing even before seeing this advert. The colors are very minimal and all the information is straight to the point. Also at the bottom left hand side is a little print of the album cover itself. Again meeting the requirements of the standard album advertisement. 

Advert Mock Up...

Final Music Video

11. Baris Timur, Danny Porter, Sasha Powell, Mohammed Ali from 283goswell on Vimeo.

Feedback on Cinema Screening

Mock Up of Digipak

Feedback on digipak mock up...

During todays lesson my teacher gave me some feedback regarding my digipak i am really glad that he liked my ideas but he did tell me to change a few things such as.

The main image is a little too dark with the background:
To resolve this issue i have added a number of effects to the images that will really make it stand out over the background, it is important that the audience can see the artist face because if they don't then they will not be able to recognise her when they see her again, it is also important that the audience are able to read the text.  

Mock up of Digipak

Mock up of digipak:

Best Shots...

Photoshoot Session...

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DO'S and DON'T:

3 Advertisements

3 Advertisements

Further research on digipak and advertisements:

Before creating, planning and designing my first mock-up I decided to research different digipaks and advertisements further, so I clearly understood the common feature which are portrayed both in digipak and digipak advertisements. Rather than researching online I looked at different magazines and found different examples of artist advertisement. The common advertisement I found was an advertisement of the artist recent/next tour. The other type of advertisement I found was the common advertisement of the artist new album.

Below is my analysis of  what I found:

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Advertisements Photobucket Presentation:

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Below is a slide show of different digipak I have used for inspiration.

What a standard Digipak should contain

What a standard Digipak should contain

• Artists name
• Album Name
• Barcode
• 'Tracklist'
• Logo (on strip)
• Catalogue number (On strip)
• Production info (small font)
• Promotional Sticker (Optional)

final track list:

Track List

1. Intro
2. Sincere
3. Crimes of the heart
4. Better than you
5. Read all about it part 3
6. Lost
7. Bitter Sweetness
8. U&I
9. Snowflake
10. Feel the silence
11. Cold december
12. Outro

Change of plan:

So from the feedback that we just received from tony we have come a decision that it will be best if we chose our album name to make it more suitable for the genre of music that our artist performs, The previous album name was called Divine, the reason that we decided to change the name is because we felt that Divine feels like it would match a more upbeat album whereas our album is quite emotional and inspirational.

New album title: Sincere

Analysis of Three Magazine Advertisements

Practice digipak with our music video:

Some of our ideas for font:

DECIDING ON WHAT TO CALL OUR ALBUM??

POTENTIAL ALBUM NAMES:

• DIVINE
• SINCERE 
• BROKEN DREAMS
• FIELD OF SILENCE
• BUBBLEGUM
• BITTER SWEETNESS
• BEAUTIFUL NIGHTS
• ALL ON MY OWN
• SUGAR
• HONEY
• LIGHTS ON
• FOREVER

We now have decided to break it down to three choices:

• DIVINE
• BITTER SWEETNESS
• BROKEN DREAMS

final choice of our album name is....

DIVINE

My first attempt of creating a digipak with photoshop:

Digipak Practice

My Digipak Practice

In todays lesson i had my first attempt in using photoshop to create a Digipak as it was our given task.
Above you can see my created version.

Digipak practice:

You can see above the first digipak that i have created, overall i am happy with how it turned out because i am currently doing photography which is beneficial because we spend most of our lessons using photoshop, so i know the basic skills that we need to produce our final digipak for our music video.

You can see from the practice above that i have been able to import my own image that i have taken from the internet to create a consistent graphic to make the digipak look realistic, i have also cut out a photo of one of our teachers then placed him over the image, the last thing i did was add a text with the font that i like to give the audience some information.

Do's and Don't for Digipak

Do's and Don't for Digipak + Advertisement

DO's

• Use small font
• Use clear photos that are in focus
• Use appropriate photos
• Use layout that follows rule of thirds
• Follow the convention of 3 color rule
• Think carefully about how you integrate - Font , Text , Image
• USe Appropriate Industry Logo's

DON'T

• Stretch images
• Use layer styles
• Use unnecessary effects
• Place text across artist's face
• Use a font simply because YOU like it
• Be creative (not to put different images on each panel)

Practice Digipak Front Cover

Practice Digipak Front Cover

Do's and Dont's

Do:

• Use clear font
• use appropriate sizes for images/font
• Use clear photos that are in focus
• Use photos that are a appropriate shape for the page
• Use a layout that follows rule of third for composition
• Use the appropriate type face that follows genre convention/a house style
• be careful where you place the font
• follow the conventions of the rule of 3 colour rule
• think carefully about how you use and integrate font/image/text language
• Use appropriate industry logos and conventions, properly positioned

Dont's:

• Stretch images that will make them out of focus
• Use layer styles
• Use unnecessary effects
• Place text across the artists face
• Use a font simply because you like it
• Feel you need a separate photo on every panel.

Digipak - Do's And Don't

Do's & Don't When Constructing Digipak Covers & Magazine Adverts

DO:

• DO Use a clear font.
• DO Use appropeiate sizes for images&fonts.
• DO Use clear photos that are in focus.
• DO use a layout that follows the rule of thirds for composition.
• DO use an appropriate type face that follows: Genre conventions & a House Style.
• DO Be careful where you place the font: Must follow genre conventions & Be clear from a distance.
• DO Follow the conventions of the 3 colour rule & use colour that is appropriate for: Images,Font & Background.
• DO Think carefully about how you use and integrate: Font,Text & Language,Image.
• DO Do use appropriate industry logos and conventions, properly positions: Barcode,Date,Copyright,Titles,Artists name.

Don't:

• DON'T stretch images because this will make the out of focus.
• DON'T use layer styles.
• DON'T use unnecessary effects unless it suits the genre.
• DON'T put text accrose the artists face.
• DON'T use a font just because you 'like it'.
• DON'T feel the need to use a seperate phone on every panel.

Album Name

My ideas for the album name

• Heavenly Divine
• Phase
• Natural Beauty
• The Rise

Ideas on Album Name

Ideas on Album Name

My ideas on possible Album names:

1. Love is within
2. U & I
3. Against the world
4. Break out
5. Freedom of mind
6. Freefall

3 Advertisements

3 Advertisements

3 album digipak Analysis

Emeli Sande

David Guetta

Eminem