Digipak Photoshop Draft 2

This is my second draft for my magazine advert, made on Photoshop  I made a number of improvements from my first draft, most notably in the case of the CD and the back of the digipak. I added some brushes that I downloaded onto the back, which are different hairstyles, which I feel fits in well with the 'confused' and 'opposites' themes that I have used throughout the digipak, and partly in the course as a whole. In addition, I also changed the CD to a simple black, as I looked at some conventional CD's of my genre and this was fairly common. Again, I'm not sure if I like this however, and will rely on audience feedback once more.

Photographs from Filming

I took a selection of photographs during my filming, firstly to show that it was me taking the footage, but also to check how a shot would look prior to taking the final cut in the form of a video. I have presented this in the form of a powerpoint, presented on sliderocket

Raw Footage Of Locations 1

This is the raw footage to accompany my first location recce, detailing the set of one of the houses I filmed in for my music video. I will be uploading 2 more of these location videos, for each of my other sets

Location Recce 2

This is my second location recce, detailing the park location that I chose to film in for a section of my music video.


 

Two Magazine Advert Possibilites

I have been working on my magazine adverts and have finally finalised two examples of versions I may use. I have decided on including two posters, as I feel that both were of a high quality, and also, due to similar product research, I discovered that in some cases two versions of adverts are made and used depending on where they are being included, dependant on target audience for each magazine for example. I will likely pick one of these magazine to use as my final version in the future

Editting Photos - A Tutorial

This is a short video tutorial that I made to show how to I editted my photo's with the use of actions. This was made using CamStudio. I have also included a couple of examples of how my photos came out.

Location Recce 1

This is my first location recce, detailing one of the locations that I filmed at during the production of my music video. This will be followed by 2 others, detailing the other 2 locations I used.


 

Music Video First Draft

This is my first draft for my music video. I've already noticed a few problems with it, including reduced frame size, and some continuity errors, but I can fix these with the assortment of clips that I have in storage. I hope to have a second draft and perhaps a final copy up within the next week.

I'm not too happy with the final product so far, and I think it could do with alot of work, and I plan to put this in over the next week, ready for the deadline. 

Raw Footage

Here is a selection of some of my raw footage. I only picked a few different shots as i have lots of footage and it would be too much to upload everything.

Digipak Photoshop Draft

This is my first Photoshop draft for my magazine advert. Overall, I like the general look, but I think it could be improved significantly. In my opinion, I think the CD needs to be changed significantly, and the back of the CD looks much to plain, however I will make these changes once I have received some feedback from my peers.

Analysis of Similar Products

Digipak First Draft

This is my first draft, on paper, for my Digipak. I'm fairly happy with how it looks, however someone suggested I change the front cover image, and try a different design, which I will take into consideration

Dear Diary

Alterations Made Along The Way; Magazine Advert

This file shows the alterations that I made along the way to my magazine advert. I did this to highlight the developments that I made from the first draft of the advert to the final version.

Magazine Advert Photoshop Drafts - Some Feedback

Having created two designs for my magazine advert, I thought it would be a good idea to get some feedback from my peers to see which they prefer, and also to give me constructive feedback on each.

Dear Diary

This week I have taken some photos to use in my digipak and my magazine advert. I plan to use these in some way or another in both products. I used the same models as I did for my actual video, as to show cohesion between the two products. I took a number of photos so that I could use them in a variety of ways and settings
Here are a few examples of the photos I plan to use in these products that I got today;

Props List

Magazine Advert Photoshop Drafts - A Comparison

After creating two versions of my, I thought doing a comparison, showing how I feel about each draft would be useful in deciding which one I will use to progress with.

My first advert draft I originally thought looked very good. I liked the typeface choice, as I thought it both matched my genre and layout, and thought the colour scheme fitted it well. I also thought the background that I chose to use was fairly conventional, as dark colours are often associated with the indie genre. The quote positioning I felt was good as it included a range of quotes, without needing too much space that could be otherwise used more effectively. However, the big space in the middle I didn't think was very appealing. I tried inserting a number of images here, including a picture of my CD, and the image that is used on my second draft, however neither of them looked particularly good with  the colour scheme I chose, which is the main downfall with this product.

My second draft, uses a full bleed image, the same as that which I plan to include on my Digipak, which is conventional for my genre, and also gives  an image to the album. I used the same font, however I changed a bit of positioning, and the colours as the colours I had originally chosen did not fit well with the image I had. I also chose to add a date so the reader will know when the album is out, adding to its practicality. Although there is space in the middle again, I feel that this works as it allows a bit of space to look solely at the image, and due to the full bleed, this part does not look plain.

Whilst both copies are drafts, I must choose between one of them on which to continue my work on. Personally, I think I prefer my second draft, as it looks much more processional and helps to promote my CD better. However I will make sure to get some feedback before I make this decision.

Magazine Advert Photoshop Draft 2

This is my second Photoshop draft for my magazine advert. I completely revamped it from my first Photoshop draft, as I felt it looked a bit amateur, and thought that the full bleed image was both effective and conventional for my genre.

Using Social Networking to Gain Audience Feedback

I just thought it would be a good idea to post on my social networking accounts to ask for some feedback on my products, and my blog as a whole. This is particularly useful as the majority of those that will see this message will be a similar age to my target audience.

Photoshop Advert Draft

This is my first draft for my advert poster. Although I'm not completely happy with it, I think its acceptable for a first draft. I plan to add something between the bottom song title and the upper wording, perhaps an image of a disk. I plan to get some feedback on this and continue on with it soon.

UPDATE: I have recieved some feedback on my poster.  Someone suggested that I reduce the size of the quotes, and increased the size of the band name. Someone also suggested, as I thought, to add an image in the center. I like the idea of a the disk, and I plan to work on this in the future.