Digipak Ideas

As I mentioned in my last post, we've begun to brainstorm ideas for our digipak and poster.

These are the ideas we have for the digipak design:

This is a rough design of what we want our finished digipak will look like. The digipak design is very important as it hints at the genre and tone of the album/song, and the design itself helps to target a specific type of audience. 

It is vital that when producing our digipak that we keep within the conventions of the genre as well as try to attract an secondary audience in order to expand sales. 

Poster Ideas

My partner and I have started to brainstorm some ideas of what to include on our digipak and poster. We both agreed that we wanted something original and unusual for our poster to make it different from what everyone else is doing in our class.Here's a brainstorm of ideas which we have got now; which we hope to expand:

 

We also researched online and looked at examples of posters and art work to help expand our ideas, this also helped to visualize what our finished poster would look like.

Below are examples of posters/artwork which caught our eye:

This one I thought, the design was very interesting as it was like a mix of modern and vintage- making an artistic statement. 

I liked this poster because it effectively made the artist the centre of attention. The setting is very rural and natural hinting that the type of music would be easy-listening. The red flowers and white in this poster have all been enhanced; this creates contrast and draws the reader's eye to the title. The font is interesting as it is swirly, which can be seen as girly, and it is clearly printed so it is easy to read. 

 

Here is a typical pop (artist's) poster, this poster is very bold and catches the eye effectively. The artist is highlighted as she is in blue, contrasting the hot pink background. The singer's name is in big, bold, capital letters with the band underneath her name; this represents their role as they are the accompaniment supporting her. 

At the bottom is a smaller image of the album also stating that the album is  available to buy now - pushing downloads/purchases. 

Treatment

This is the treatment for the coursework, the treatment is a document that expresses the ideas for a music video and how the idea relates to the artist and the song. 

Costumes

We used a couple of different costumes, depending on where and what we were filming, for the promo video.

For the dance studio:

A grey studded jumper with black leggings, 
Make-up and hair: hair down, natural make-up and stud earrings.

At Hainault Forest:

Leggings, mustache print top, a striped scarf, navy gloves, leather jacket, and high-top trainers. 
Make-up and hair: natural make-up and hair in a high bun and the same stud earrings as in the dance studio

Props

For the coursework we are going to use some props; props are important as they can reflect the music genre and mood of the song. 


At the start of the video we are also going to use shots of [my] keyboard to mimic the piano chords at the start. We also are going to use a guitar, which is also shown below:

A major prop that we are going to use is a silver heart necklace, which holds sentimental value to the character about a loved one- reflecting the acoustic music genre. 


In the chorus, a prop that we are going to use is cards with the lyrics of the song written on them. 

Locations

Dance Studio

For the first minute or so of the video we are going to use the school's dance studio in the Robert Clack Leisure Centre.

This location is going to be used for shots of the character dancing to the music at the start of the song 'Paper People' when it is just the voice and piano.

Hainult Forest

 

Hainult is where we are going to shoot the rest of the video as it has a rustic and reflective feel like our chosen song. Hainult in the autumn is beautiful as it is ranges from different types of greens and at this time in the year the leaves have fallen which will help to add to the sombre mood. 

 

Sources:

Barking and Dagenham website

www.luphen.org.uk/walks/london_loop/london-loop02.htm&docid=S72BTeN6ufyRdM&imgurl=

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