Digipak Contents (CD and Inside Cover) Construction

For the CD I used the cut out tool as heavily as I could. This makes the face unrecognisable however I really like the ffect it has. I feel that the image sticks and fits nicely with all the other themes of the digipak that I have already matched the other areas with.

The CD fits in well with the rest of the digipak and I am happy with how the whole thing is looking at this stage.

The inside cover is something that I am very proud of. Instead of showing one image, or multiple with the same level of decay, or edge simplicity and fidelity, there are four copies of the same image, but each more decayed than the next. This shows a progression or transition of the artist, and with the album names also showing a transition, this is another theme of the album.

After I finished the inside cover, the whole album was complete and I was very happy with how all the areas fitted nicely together. I believe that this final product will appeal to the target audience, and I also believe that I have learnt a lot about photoshop and computer editing techniques by completing this task.

Digipak Back Cover Construction

For the back cover, I used the cut out filter much more heavily. I Made it just recognisable as a mid shot, and used the album font for the song names on the back. This dark theme is continued throughout the digipak.

I decided to have 7 songs, all named in different and strange ways, as I believe this sticks well to the album name and theme of having different sides to a person, hens the different types of songs throughout the album.

  

This bcd cover fits nicely with the front cover, stem and poster. The very dark and cut out themes fit nicely with not only the strange genre but also the song and album names. From doing this I have learnt a lot about how naming things such as albums and songs can greatly change the representation to the audience.

Digipak Front Cover Construction

This is the design for my front cover of my digipak. Similar to the poster, I desaturated an image from my shoot with Cameron, our main actor, and used the cutout filter on photoshop. This once again gave it the reoccurring theme of eeriness and hows the artists "Dark Side" hence the album name.

I believe that I managed to successfully create a good digipak front cover, and this would be largely down to the planning and research I did at the start of the course. Creating this has taught me further about photoshop and what appeals to the audience.

Digipak Poster Construction

I started off the construction of my poster by using a photo shoot of Cameron I did. I used the cutout photoshop filter and desaturated the image to give it a really nice indie feel. I used four photos from the shoot that are noticeably different to give the impression of different sides to the artist, similar to the album name "Dark Side of Me" and that fits well to the indie genre.

This is the final design for the digipak poster. It has all the inessential information, yet doesn't overload the viewer with pointless info. I really like the black and white cold feel to it, I believe that this sticks well to the album name "Dark Side of Me" and appeals to the target audience of the indie/alternative genre.

From doing this task I have learnt more about how to use photoshop and what will catch the audiences eye. Using what I learnt from earlier on in the course I feel I managed to make this a very successful digipak poster.

Editing Task

From this task, I have learnt a lot about high level editing techniques such as transitions, jump cuts and sound effects. The video I made has helped this learning, while also helping me with knowing how to use iMovie effectively.

Task 26 - Filming and Editing Planning

Task 25 - Photo shoot Planning