My Music Video.

Magazine advert.

Digipak

digipak research

This is Katy Perry's digipak for one of her albums. I like the continuity of this digipak, the pink runs throughout and so does the cloud, I really like this because it sets the theme of the album in your head and makes it stand out really well. I like how girly it is and you can clearly see that it could be aimed both men and women. The men would be attracted by the fact that she is naked in the pictures in this digipak but the women will be attracted to the girls aspect, and it will make them want to aspire to be like her.

This is the digipak for Rihanna's album loud. The colour scheme throughout makes the continuity of the product really stand out. The boldness of the album cover image makes this digipak eye catching and draws people in. The picture is an close up which has a great effect because of the colour link between the hair and the lips. The images are full of roses which follows onto the disks. I would like to have the much continuity within my digipak and make it stand out just as much.

This is the digipak for one of Britney Spears' albums. The front album image such powerful and. Ames a statement. The facial expression of Birtney within the image shows sassiness and attitude which will draw the target audience in. The continuity within the images on the digipak make the digipak stand out, there is a colour scheme that they have kept with which creates more continuity. The sexiness will attract both men and women to this digipak, men will be attracted towards Britney and women will be attracted towards looking like Britney.

Second Draft of my Music Video.

This is the second draft of my music video. All of my footage is there and I feel like it is of a good quality. There is a range of camera movement and angles which makes it pretty interesting to watch. My actress is very good in the fact that she really gets into the song and mimes it like it is her own, this makes the audience keep watching the music video because it makes them just as enthusiastic as my actress is. I feel like some of my shots could be a bit less shaky but I wanted the handheld look to go with the country feel of the song. I feel like it makes it more homely and welcoming to watch.
For my final draft I will change some of the edits/shots at the end to make them more smooth, interesting and snappy.

Digipak template.

This is the template I will be using to create my digipak. I have chosen to use the 6 panel, 2 disc digipak. I have chosen the 2 disc version so that I can put the album on one of the discs and on another I can put the music video and interviews with my artist. Also the 6 panels will allow me to show band artwork and promote my artist on its own.

Magazine Adverts.

 This is an advert that I came across for Jana Kramer's album Love. What I like about this advert is the simplicity of it. I like how the image takes control and the typography is very subtle. The framing of the image allows you do read the image from top to bottom because it is very centralized, this is then met with the juxtaposition of the shape of a heart with the word 'Love' in it at the bottom of the image. This really sets the image off because the broken sand is such a contrast to the clean, smooth sand which in turn contrasts 'love' because people assume that love is smooth and easy when really is can be broken and bumpy. The positioning of the text also centralizes the image making you look directly in the center at first glance, the text really stands out on this image which is a good thing because this makes the advert make sense without over crowding it with too many words.

 This an advert for the release of Carrie Underwood's single 'Jesus, Take the Wheel' I don't like this advert very much because of how faded the colors are. The image seems very white washed and this makes it look very old. I don't like this antique look for a album advert because you want to make it seem new and up and coming, not old and already done. I also don't like how close up the picture is taken. The framing is bad as it cuts off the top of her head and I don't think it shows her as well as it could. The photo is very soft and kind of blury which doesn't appeal to the eye. I don't think I will be taking anything from this magazine advert.

I really like the framing of this magazine advert. The rule of thirds has been put in action whilst designing this, you can see this through where, Carrie is placed in the image. She is placed to one side of the middel so that the text can fit in to place. The text in this advert is very dominant but so is the image making this advert very eye catching to the reader. I like the contrast between the lighting with the dark in the background and the light in the foreground because it makes the image seem more powerfuk and makes it stand out even more. What I will consider from this advert whilat creating my own is the framing, I like how they have encorporated her body and how she looks like she is on a mission which really fits into the song that this is for. I would like to frame my work in a similar way, making sure that I capture everything the song stands for within the image I take.

This is an advert for Taylor Swift's Speak Now album release. I don't like the complexity that this advert has, I think it looks messy and could look a lot better if it was more simplistic. This image is not framed very well as it cuts the to of her head off. Her hair is covering her face which also doesn't make the image a very good one. I don't think half of the advert should be covered in text, I think it takes away from the image and makes it look less important. I like the typography within this advert though, I like the hand rendered look of it which I will take into consideration when designing my magazine advert. Apart from that I won't be taking much from this magazine advert.