Process of Work

Here is my process of work, as  it was my task to do the front and back cover.

                     Front album Cover                                               

To start the front cover, as a group we have decided to chose this photo as it goes well with what we wanted to do on the mock- up of our CD package. As our artists is looking away from the camera giving no eye contact and has his legs up against the wall, to show the lean back side of the artist. Also, we have decided to choose to take a photograph of him leaning on the wall which corresponds with the music video as in the beginning  he is sitting against the wall as he is distressed about his break-up, which is what his facial expressing is showing to the audience which is why we would want him to look away from the camera.

 

 

 

To start off, i followed my case study from Amerie as she keeps her album cover simple by just having her name and the title of the album next to it. Also i have decided to use a medium shot of the artist which you can also see that he is leaning against the wall, But have decided to change it as it does not look like an album cover.

 

However, after reassessing my work i have decided to change the title of the album and lower it abit and change the font of the wrinting , to follow the conventions of how an album cover should look like also with the guide of our mock-up of the CD abum as our artist is looking awya from the camera. i have also decided to move the picture higher as the composition did not feel accurate enough. Also, it looks as if our artists is looking at the title of the album.

 

 

Back Cover

Here is the first idea of what i wanted the back cover to look like, as the wall would make it consistent through out the cd package. I also added logos and barcodes which would be seen typically on a backcover of an album. however there were things thats i wanted to try out.

 

This is the second idea that i had, as in our mock up we wanted to keep the background plain as it follows the simplicity of the album as a whole, but the back cover looked too plain and would look odd with the front cover therefore i decided to changed it again. I also added the title 'Track List' bold to make it look like it stands out more

 

Lastly, this is the final product of what i decided to do. I decided to keep the wall feint as i makes it consistent to the front cover which is seen in my case study for Amerie, as her album is consistent throughout. also as the track list is in the middle of the album. which the discussion of my group, we wanted to keep the font the same which should we would usually see in an album. therefore we have followed the conventions of what an album package should look like.

Chosen Pictures

Here are the Pictures we hav chosen from the photoshoot we took.

 Magazine Advert

We decided to use this picture for our Magazine Advert because it shows the deep emotions of the artists as he is looking away from the camera avoiding eye contact which goes well with Sayed Case Study ' Mos Def' magazine advert. As the photo uses shadow and the use of no eye contact which entices the audience. Also we decided to use lighting of one side of the artists face to show that he has moved on from the past which signifies ’bight side of the life’ and created a shadow on the other half of his face to show the dark side of his past. Which is reflective to his album and the music video of ‘Take it All Away’.

 

 

 

 

Front Cover

We chose this picture form our Front Cover as it also shows his emotions as he is looking away from the camera. Also we want to put the title and the writings beside him so it looks like he is looking at the writing. This photo corresponds well with what we wanted to do in our presentation that we pitched to the class. He has a good body composition and facial expression which goes well with the concept of the music video.

Contact Sheet of Photo Shoot

Here are the photos we took and decided to use for the panes of our CD package.
This is contact sheet that we created.

Formtaion of CD package

After we have pitched our presentation, it’s time to carry out our production of our CD album package.  We have decided to take each role in what we are going to do which would be less time consuming. throughout the process we would be negotiating with each other with any problems we may have and try to fix the issues.
I will be doing the front and back cover.
Yasmeen will be doing insert one and two also the CD design
and Sayed will be doing the Magazine Album advertisement.  
 

Photos

As a group, we decided to pick out the best pictures from our photo shoot which would work well   for our album and sorted them out in a new folder.

After we have chosen our best pictures, we would be using Photoshop to edit the pictures.

Call Sheet

Before doing our photoshoot, we created a call sheet to make sure we know what we are doing , so we are not behind schedule.

Call Sheet 

Date: Monday 14^th January 2013

Time: 10.15am - 12.50pm

Assignment:  Album photo-shoot (front cover, insert 1&2) 

Location: College studio and field (outdoor)

Client: Tyler Dew

Photographer

Yasmeen Melius :  yasmeenmelius@gmail.com
Stephanie Wong:  steph.wong@hotmail.co.uk
Sayed  Ahmed: sayed-321@hotmail.co.uk
Make-up Artist: N/A
Hair Stylist: N/A
Wardrobe Stylist: Casual wear was asked to be worn, which connects with our music video. 

Concept: 

We need to use the main artist (Tyler Dew) for the photo shoot. We are going to do a combination of photos taken in a studio and on location. Because the song is about break up, and is on a sad subject, we want the actor to have an intense/sad facial expression. We plan to create a shallow depth of field image, having Tyler in focus and the background blurred.

Timeline:

10:10: Meet the group members, and prepare the photo shoot including the studio. (Backdrop)

10:15: Meet Tyler

10:20: Outside location, took images using the walls, trees which corresponds to our music video.

11:10: Move to take images in the studio.

12:50: Finished for lunch.

pitching to class

Here is the feedback which the class gave us on our mock up of the CD album which we would use to help us impove on our Album cover



The feedback which were given which were
- one classmate said she liked the idea of using the photobooth pictures for one of our inserts
- Good use of icon which links well with the music video
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Mock -up of CD Album

This is the presentation that our grouped pitched to the class in order to get feedback and what they though of our ideas.

Presentation1 album from Yasmeen Melius

Planning Print Work

In lesson we were told that we would be producing a mock-up of our Album CD covers. After we have done that we would present our ideas to the class.

For this task, we had to create a front and back of our album cover, two inserts for inside the album and a CD design.
At first, we decided to look at each other’s case studies to give us some ideas of what we want and to relate it to our mock-up of the album cover. After the group discussion, we decided to split the work which would make it easier for all of us, also at a faster pace.

***EDIT*** Thursday 10th January 2013

Today we have completed the presentation and will be presenting our ideas on Tuesday.