draft pages for ancillary tasks and the making of them

Drafts of our digi pack!

This is the draft of our album cover of how we wanted it too look we have kept the same idea of having to halves to the image but have changed the idea to the background of each image and have just used a plain background as there was difficulty in finding props. We also stuck to the idea of her wearing two different types of clothing in either half of the image to portray her personality in different ways.

Draft of our magazine cover

This is a draft of our magazine cover we wanted our artist to be on the side of the page rather than in the middle as we thought that she didnt need to be in central view because we wanted our album cover to have more publicity and we thought that the release date and reviews were more shown in the image. We also wanted the artistys name to be in clear view as her name is the most important part of an album cover and music video.

The making of the digi-pak

front cover original images and making of them

Original 1st half of front album cover  This is my original image of my first half of my album cover. The reasons as to why i wanted to edit this was because i felt that was too dark and i wanted the attention of the image to be ont he artist and this wasnt going to be achieved if she is in the dark so i wanted to make the image brighter.

Edited 2nd half of front cover album cover How I edited it:  1.  I first cropped the image on Photoshop so that my artist was of more importance in the image and wasn’t so much in the background. 2. I Then brought up the brightness on my image to make her stand out more from the rest of the image so it wasn’t so dark and gloomy 3.  I then went over her face with a spot healing tool to get rid of any imperfections which she had on her face. 4. i then used the warping tool to make her waist and her arm slimmer to create a hourglass shape. 5.  I then put a filter over the top of the image which was black and white.      Overall i thought that the way i edited the image made the image more brighter and made my artist stand out a lot more than she did in the original image which is what i am trying to achieve with this image and i think that it has workd successfully. As the main idea for our album voer is for there to be two sides to the image, i think that this would be the dark side which represents her being quite mysterious and moody which represents the feeling of the brak-up in the music video, i think that the effect in which i was trying to portray has worked well.

Original 2nd half of front cover 

This is my original image for the second half of my front album cover. The reasons for having to edit this image is that i needed to crop the image so that the focus of the image is mostly on the artist but also so that the dark background is not so noticable. I also wanted the image to be alot brighter as i only had one spotlight when taking this photoshoot so i wanted her face to be more lit up. 

Edited 2nd half of front cover 

How i edited it:

1. What i first did is that i cropped the iage so that the artist was the main focus of image.

2. I then brang up the bright ness of the image to make her face seem more brighter.

3. I then brought up the contrast to make her seem more colourful and stand out i thought this worked well.

4. I then used the spot healing tool to cover up any imperfections.

Overall i think that the way in which i edited this image worked successfully and that i think this will attract someone who is buying the album because the arist face is more noticable and is also matching the front covers picture which shows that the images arent all mis-matched. I also think that this will be a good contrasts to the other and will represent the fun side of her personality.

Final front cover result!

Final outcome and how i made it :

1. I first got the black and white image opened in on photoshop

2. I then got the colourd half of the front cover inserted over the top of the black and white image by creating a new layer.

3. I then used the eraser tool and erased half of the colured image to get the blaack and white image behind to show up this then create the effect of there being two images in one.

4. I then used the feather tool and blur tool to make the line joining the two images together more blurred and blend in more i think that this worked sucessfully.

5. I then went into publisher and edited it in there and put the titles over the top of the image to give the album a name and to put the artist name on it.

overall i think thatmy album cover has worked well because i think that it stands out alot and it may have a dark background but i think it works well to portray my artist.




Original image of inside cover:



 This is my original image for my inside cover the reasons as to why i have edited the image is because i think that the image is overall too dark and needed tobe brighter also i didnt like the fact that the black fabric cover which is used as the background in the image is too creased and give the photo a messy background so i wanted to edit it to make it look clearer and more easier to look at. another thing in which i wanted to change about the image is that i wanted the artist to be the main focal point of the image so i wanted to crop it to make her of more importance in the image.

How i edited it :

1. i first played arouns with the brightness and contrasts of the the image to make my artist more brighter in the image and the background darker.

2. i then used the cropping tool to make the artist seem more closer in the image and more clearer.

3. i then used the burn tool to darken the background get rid of any creases which you could see in the cloth for the background.

4.i then used the sponge tool to brighten my artist face to make her stand out more in the image so she is more noticable.

5. i then used the spot healing tool to clear up any imperfections on her face and to make her seem airbrushed.

6. i then used the warping tool to make her arms slimmer so that i could give her the hourglass shape.

final outcome and how i made it :
 

This is my final outcome,i used publisher to put writing over the top of the image to tell her fans abit about her and the reasons for her making the album i think that this worked quite well and i think that i have used a font for this as it is the same font in which i ahve used for the magazine advertand for the title of the album on the front cover so overall i think that it has worked well.

Original image of disc:

This is the original image for my disc the reasons as to why i wanted to edit the image was because i thought the background looks abit grey and needed to be made brighter to make the silhouette of my artist stand out more in the image so it gave more of a good impression when you look at it.

How i edited it:

1. i first used the contrast and brightness levels to make the artistst and outmore.

2. i then used the brightening tool to make the background seem more brighter to make the silhouette seem darker.

3. i then used the burn tool to make my artist seem more darker and silhouette style

4. i then used the clone tool to clear up any defects in the image.

Final outcome

Overall i think that this has worked well because it looks like a quite professional silhouette and looks alot different to the rest of the album. How i created the disc is that i got the dimensions of an album and then made the circles within that size to fit the album case. overall i think that this is one of my most successful images throughout my digi-pak.


original image of back cover:

This is my original image for my back cover what i thought that needed improving for this image is that i needed to crop the image to make my artist more in focus of the image. I then felt that i needed to make the image brighter so i thought by adding up th brightness it would make my artist stand out more in the image so she is more of importance.


how i edited it:

1. I cropped the image to make my artist more of the focal point in the image but however i made her to be on the right hand side of the page so that the name of the songs were plaed along the side of her.

2. I then used the levels to change the brightness and the contrasts of the image up.

3. I then used the sponge tool to make certain areas of my artist brighter and more in focus

4. I then used the burn tool to make the background of the image with the fabric background more smoother looking and more professional looking.

5. I then used the spot healing tool to clear any imperfections on her face to make her more flawless.

6. I then put a filter over the image which is black and white i thought this made the back cover more minimilistic looking and more professional looking.

7. I then used the spot healing tool to make her face seem more airbrushed looking and more celebrity like.

 Final outcome and how i made it :

Overall i think that by back cover to my album has worked well because i have brought up te brightnes of this image and i think by doing this it has meant that the main thing which you look at when you see the back cover you notice the artist the most. How i added the words and the label record on the back cover is that i got an image of islandrecords logo on google and saved it as my own image and then inserted it on to the image through publisher, i also did the same with the barcode this has then made the album look as though it could be sold in a shop. I then got a text box and inserted the song names over the top of the image and the email and contact information for the artist and the webpage which has meant that it is easier for fans to get in touch with there favouite artist.


Original image of magazine advert

The reasons for editing this image is because i felt that the image was too dark for the background of a magazine advert and i think that if i want writing over the top of the image i figured that i tshould be more brighter i also thought that my artist needed more editing and that she needed to be more brighter and stand out more.

How i edited it:

1.  first i used the levels on photoshop to bring up the birghtness and contrast of the image ot make the artist satnd out more

2. i then used the spot healing tool to clear any imperfections on her face an to make seem airbrushed

3. i then used the warping tool to make body slimmer and more in porportion to the image.

Final outcome and how i made it :
 

 This is my final outcome to my magazine adcert as you can i have rounded the edges of the image i this so that it would stand out more when it is seen in a magazine. I have also inserted the image of the album cover in the left hand side of the advert so that when people see the advert they can also see the the album and what i am advertising as i havent used the same image from the album for the magazine advert. I have used the same font throughout the magazine advert the reasons for this is thati wanted to advert to look more tidier and more neat so i didnt want it to seem odd by having too many fonts in the way. However i did use a wordart font for the date of release for the album this is so that it shows importance from the rest of the words on the advert so that it is the most noticable writing on the advert. Overall i think that my advert has worked successfully and represents my artist well and the album.

institutional research

Institutional Research

4music is a music and entertainment channel based in the united kingdom, and is available on some digital television providers in the Republic of Ireland.The channel launched in august 2008 replacing The hits. It is the only channel-4 branded channel within the Box television network.

How will this benefit our song?

I think that this institution would distribute my song well because it is a well known channel on sky and freeview so the channel can be easily accssed with no charge and run 24/7 everyday and believe that this will give our song more airtime.

They also offer a web page which you can access either by computer or mobile or tablet etc.It comes with suggestions for music videos which are new in the charts so 4music is more widely accessed.Its also gives focus on the most popular artists and competitions of new artists which is a gap in the market for selling our single and my artist. The website seems very visual too and bright this is very appealind to the younger audience which is our chosen target audience. You can also share what music or celeb gossip you like to any social networking such as facebook,twitter,tumblr whihc also the younger generations would enjoy doing.Another great factor about the 4music website is that they have a WATCH NOW! button which can allow you to watch what is on the 4music channel at anytime, this also mean that audiences can watch music videos whilst out and about on there mobile phone.

Conclusion!

what i have concluded is that 4music will be the ideal company to distribute my music video/song.
I also think that my music vidoe will fit the type of age in our target audience for exmple the agegroup as to which our song is aimed at is 18-26 because theyw ould be the agegroup which would watch 4music because they may have the time too and are more interested into listening to up to date music. Another reason as to why our song is well fitted to 4music is because the age group is of a younger generation they are more likely to be going through a time in there which they are entering short term reelationships or ending them, unlike people in there late 30s or early 40s who are of the older generation who woulld be experiencing long term stable relationship and would have children and be happily married so songs to do with break-ups would not attract them.