Monday, 26 November 2012

Costume during car shoot.

For the car shots the costume will be:

- Black NY hat.

- Black and white checkered scarf.

- Any black jacket.

The shots will only show my upper half so anything else I wear will not be seen in the video.

Weather during video shooting.

Unfortunately I had to get a picture from the Internet because the original picture I took, I deleted it thinking I'd already posted it but this is the closest to how the weather was which stopped up from filming.
We should check the weather next time!

Monday, 12 November 2012

Poster in Magazine!

This can give the audience a feel of what my poster would look like if it was in a real magazine. Magazines are usually places where you would find these types of posters and so i put it on here to show you. A real editor would not put it next to that page with the light colours and girls on it but i just wanted to see what it would look like.

Final Poster!

This is my final poster design and as you can tell from my inspiration, it is totally different to it. I was trying to create a similar poster but it didn't turn out the way it should have and so i took this picure and used it for my poster. I personally like it way more than my other poster (i will show you in another post) and i think it looks way more professional. Please give me feedback on what you think about it also as it would be helpful. Thank you.

Finished digipak.



This is my final digipak design. It took a lot of time and effort putting it together but i think it all paid off very well. The picture i was a bit, and still am, hesitant about having there but i was told by others it looks ok and it almost met the same representation as my other digipak which had the picture of jay z on it. I wanted to keep the branding of the artist and band the same and thought this picture works well.
Feedback would still be great so comments would be helpful, thank you.

Friday, 9 November 2012

Photos for Poster.

The funny thing about these pictures are they were not even for me to use on my poster, but another student wanted me to be on their digipak. I was willing to help them and allowed them to take pictures of me in the poses they wanted. I was not even close to thinking about using these pictures until my poster went horribly wrong by me trying to use my own pictures. I then noticed these pictures i had took on my phone and decided to try using them on my poster. After all my editing and things i wanted to use where put onto my poster with one of these pictures, i thought it looked really good and decided to keep it this way.
If you look at my inspiration for my poster which is the public enemy poster, they are totally different now but would've been a little similar if i had kept my old digipak how it was.


Wednesday, 7 November 2012

Final Draft for Poster- Comments please!

This is the final draft version of my poster. It was inspired by a Public Enemy poster and I copied the text directly from the poster but I will make it proper when I have taken the final pictures. I have already got the chain i need for my pictures and will add them to my poster as soon as possible. The gold chain links to the digipak as i tried to give them that relation so people would be able to recognise them both as being part of the same thing. I also tried to link the cross to the digipak by having a pattern with the cross on it on the digipak. The editing of the cross does not look good at all as it was hard to do it on photoshop but when i use my own chain i will use a white background so it makes it easier for me. I have also been advised to change the title of the poster to the same as the one on my digipak. I like the concept of my poster and how it is a plain black background which makes it simple but it is quite outstanding.  
Any feedback will be helpful so please comment on it.

Tuesday, 6 November 2012

Feedback For Digipak/Poster.

After my digipak and poster being reviewed, i recieved my feedback and, to be honest, i got told what i pretty much knew anyway.
Firstly, there was my digipak which looked better than the draft that i posted before because it looked better in the rule of the thirds and made it better for the eye to look at. I was unsure about the layout for the front cover and had to play around with it for a while, then on the deadline for the drafts i thought i would get some professional help on to how to make it better.
Secondly, none of the pictures i used on it where mines so i had to take my own pictures and make it suit the genre and the inspiration i was copying. Some of the pictures had been badly cropped out and so i need to make sure that for my final one, it looks good and professional.
These were the main areas that were poor for my digipak and poster but other than that it fitted well into the genre and by showing people my inspiration they was able to get a clear feel on what i was aiming for and what i wanted to do. They suited the genre and everything i used was good, i just had to make it my own.

Monday, 5 November 2012

Final Draft of digipak!

This is my draft version of my digipak and the real one will not be much different. The front cover which is located in the bottom right of the digipak is inspired from Pusha T's album called Exodus 23:1 (i have posted a picture of it on my blog so you can see how it inspired me to make mine how it is). It is a very plain cover with just a blakc background and a bit of text on it but that text stands out so well. I liked this about the album and so used the same idea on mine and i think this is the stronger point of my digipak and links it well to the genre also because of the chain and the Parental Advisory Lyrics that most Hip Hop album covers have. The name of my album is one that i have not justified but have left it to the audience and buyers of the album to decide as it has 2 meanings and both of them are key to the digipak itself and the genre. It can either be 'number 1' or 'no one' which shows that he is number 1 and also there is no one better or no one can defeat him.
The picture of Jay Z, is going to be replicated by the artist of our music video and i have used this picture as i think it fits well with the digipak and the genre. Most hip hop digipaks have the artist on it and their facial expressions being angry and showing power.
The track list and the back of the digipak,which is located in the centre between the picture of Jay Z and the album cover. I have seen that type of layout of many hip hop album covers and the colour scheme is the same as the one on the front cover which relates them. I have also go the copyright logo at the bottom and a capital P which again i have seen on numerous hipn hop digipaks so took the idea from there. I was also advised to have the record label my artist is under this makes it look more professional and the colour of it links to the colour scheme which was a bonus.
The top right hand corner of the digipak is just random i put together but this immitates the layout that i will use on the real digipak. Them letters will be a long thank you paragraph to people involved and somewhere in there will be a thank you to god as most Hip Hop albums have this. There is usually a lot of people invloved hence the small font.
Finally, the random patter in the top left hand corner links more to the poster than the digipak but it may need removing as it does look a bit random although it does link well with the colour scheme and also looks good on the digipak.