Final Digipack

Album Cover

Insert

CD

Back Cover

Magazine Advert

This is my final digipack consisting of an album cover, insert, Cd, back cover and magazine advert.

As mentioned in an earlier post I had an audience feedback session where we chose the photo that would be used for my album cover- because they weren't looking at the camera straight on it followed with the title of their debut song and album.

The photo for the insert was chosen as it isn't too serious so it injects a bit of a comical atmosphere that was created in the music video.

The Cd itself, I decided that grey tone would go well rather than colour as the image itself again follows the song and album title but I didn't want anything to flashy.

The back cover was done purely for a humorous effect, the fence provided a good base to put the song titles on.

The magazine advert- the photo was chosen by my peers as it is from the same photo shoot that the album cover was from so this can create an association and a brand identity for the band. I decided to base my magazine advert off of a Paramore advert- they went down the non-convectional route of  doing a landscape advert rather than the conventional portrait, I believe that because it is out of the ordinary that my band will get more attention because of it. 

Final Cut

Here is the final cut for my music video ' Which Way To Go' by The Grifters. Hope you enjoy.

Magazine Advert choices

Similar to my album cover I have two choices for my magazine advert and I am going to hold a voting session with my peers.

Album cover choices

I have decided to have 3 sample album covers and then hold a voting session with my peers on which would make the most effective album cover.

Album cover 1

Album cover 2

Album cover 3

One of these will end up as my album cover but the other two photos, one will be used in my magazine advert and one will be used in my insert.

Rough Cut Feedback

I did a screening of my rough cut to my peers so that I could get feedback which would then help me to make any changes to produced my final cut. After the screening I collected the feedback made a brief summary of what they commented on.

• Overall the music video was a great media production and fitted well to the genre of music
• The use of the animatics especially the bus worked well. 
• The performance scenes tied in well with the song and shows them as a band.
• The scene showing the photos and the following when they are burnt were good
• The ending with the path complimented the lyrics
• At the end when the picture scene of the band was enjoyable
• However the lip syncing at the beginning could be a bit sharper.
• Also the fire scene maybe too long and could do with some scenes in between.

Taking this into account I can now edit my final cut based on these points to make a better project.

Rough Cut

This is the rough cut fir my music video Which Way To Go By The Grifters. I plan to show this to my peers and get feedback and find out if I need to make any amendments.

Maroon 5's Album cover

Maroon 5

"Overexposed" is the fourth album from the band Maroon 5 and has widely successful. The band have decided on an extremeley abstract route for the cover of the album; the album cover was designed by an LA artist called 'Young & Sick'. The cover seems to be inspired by artist such as Picasso and other modern cartoonists. The cover had mixed reviews from critics some describing it as "The bright colors and cartoon images are representative of the album’s themes" whilst others described it as "it is what an episode of The Simpsons looks like if you’re on acid." In my opinion the use of color is effective in grabbing the audiences attention as you would definitely take a second look at it so it shows that the use of color is important when designing an album cover. However there seems to be too much going on and might be a little overwhelming for some people.