Webpage: Third draft (home page)

Digipak: Fifth draft

Dolby

This is looking much more like an album now and I like the images. Make sure the text is easy to read on the back- think about how to integrate text and image clearly. Do you want to have black and white for all 4 panes or could you use some colour in places for variety?

Promo: 2nd Draft

Digipak: Fourth Draft

Digipak: Third draft

The changes that were made to the second draft included colours, photos and text. I have completed most of the text for my back cover. Here I have creates names for the album along with Down By the Water. The names imply most of them are love songs which matches the song I am focusing on. It also gives the listener an insight to what the band/artist is like as a person by the way they write and name songs. I changed the colour scheme of the spine and inside CD page to green from red. The green looks better and matches the images. However this might change as I need to create an album not just a single, but I feel that the cover image and CD image are useable. The next step in the construction of my Digipak will include new images, more text and possibly a new name for the band or artist. I need to decide if I want to keep the 'band' concept or change it to an individual artist. I think changing to an artist would be better as in my promo only the singer is seen as well as in my photos I have taken so far. It will also be a good as I will need to find a new name for my artist that must be catchy and instantly reveals the genre of the music.

Digipak: Third draft

Mrs D

The draft of your web homepage is coming together nicely. The font choices are good and the image works well. Don't forget that it is a webpage to promote the album not just the single and think about other links to other media.

Webpage: Second draft

My Webpage so far has been easy to develop due to the results of my real media artifact research. My layout is simple, accessible and has all the information the audience need to know. I like my font choice. I feel it represents the band/artists style and the genre of the music. The colour scheme is fairly masculine to reveal the gender of the band/artists at matches the main image that is found of the top half of the page throughout the website. However this might change as I need to take more photos of my actor perhaps not at the location of the promo as I need to promote the band/artist just as much if not more than just the promo. So far I have fully developed the layout of the homepage and all of the tabs. I need to complete the homepage by adding more text, a photo or maybe by adding the song I am focusing on for the audience to hear as soon as they enter the site. The media page will eventually include music, photos and the complete music video for Down By the Water this will conform most music based website hat have media pages.

Webpage: Second draft

Digipak: First draft

Digipak: Second draft

I am definitely getting somewhere with my Digipak now. The front cover font has been chosen and possibly the photo. The two different fonts used on the cover so far really contrast with each other. 'The' is written in a swirly text which reveals the femininity of the lyrics the band sings as well as representing the female part of there target market so that masculinity does not dominate the cover. The 'Drums' which is written in traditional bold text which reveals the gender of the band. I have decided to have the text black as black is a connotation of the indie/pop genre and is a unisex colour therefore would not put off either sex buying the album. The image on the cover is simple. The artist is clear in the foreground surrounded by woodland in the background which links slightly to the location. The clothing the artist is wearing is the same as what appears ism the promo. This creates a repetition and makes the Digipak more recognisable to the buyer if they have seen the promo. The  clothes are accurately stereotypically indie and casual therefore the audience can relate to the artist when considering style.

To create repetition throughout the Digipak I created a new colour that come from my artists hat. I used this colour on the spine and inside CD cover and red is also a connotation of the genre as well as being a unisex colour. The inside CD cover is a photo of the lake that is used in the promo. This adds to the repetition that will make the product more recognisable and also relates to the song title and its lyrics. The background colour behind the CD is the same colour red that is found in the spine and on the colour of my artists hat which again adds to the repitition. The back cover and inside cover image are not my final images howver they are helping me plan where to place my text. The back cover text will be white and on the left hand side just like a traditional Digipak. My next draft will include my possible final images and the majority of the text.

Digipak: Second draft

Mrs D

There are some good reflections here, but you need to upload some ancillary drafts as the deadline is next week.

Day 7 of filming: Reflection

This mornings filming session was successful. The weather was good therefore creating a food atmosphere for my footage. I managed to re-shoot both the scenes that were needed and captured an extra one consisting of my actor singing. I also got some photos to include in my ancillary. I got a few good shots but the sun made my actor squint and made the images slightly over exposed so next filming session I will try a different area of my location. Overall this session went well and I am a step closer to completing my next draft.

Day 7 of filming: Planning

A lot of work needs to be done on this session. Due to the bad weather yesterday I am behind. I need to re shoot 2 scenes of my actor looking sad and alone as when they were first shot he had a jumper over the top of his shirt therefore there would be no continuity. Along with the re shoots I need to take more photos of my artist in front the water to reveal the link from the location to the name of the song. I decided to have this session in the morning as the sun should be out and a sunny winter morning would create a great atmosphere.

Day 6 of filming: Reflection

Today's filming session was not very successful. The rain caused me not to film as the equipment would have got wet and the rain and excessive cloud created a terrible atmosphere for what I want. Due to the rain I also didn't get any images as rain would have made the scenery look gloomy which would make the cover of my Digipak in appealing.

Day 6 of filming: Plan

As I need to re-shoot today getting the footage of my actor alone and sad will be the priority of the session along with taking for photos for my Digipak and Webpage. The weather forecast is overcast so hopefully I will be able to get the majority of this done.

Day 5: reflection

I captured a fair amount of footage of my actor being alone and sad however I feel that my actors face is not on camera enough and therefore isn't being promoted enough so I will need to re-shoot. As another class members filming ran over I didn't manage to get any more images therefore this will be done in my next filming session.

Day 5 filming: Plan

In this filming session my aim is to get a lot of footage of my actor by himself being lonely which will contrast with the footage of him and me being happy therefore narrating the story. I also need to take more still images for my ancillary task.