Evaluation Question 4

How did you use media technologies in the construction and research, planning and evaluation stages?

https://www.powtoon.com/show/cMLfyQhXl0m/a2-media-studies-question-four/#/

Evaluation Question 3

What have you learned from your audience feedback?

Evaluation Question 2

How effective is the combination of your main product and ancillary texts?

Evaluation Question 2 - Kizoa Video Maker

http://www.kizoa.com/Video-Maker/d18251860k3651613o1l1/evaluation-question-2

Evaluation Question 1

In what ways does your media product use, develop or challenge forms and conventions of real media products?

DigiPak

CD Cover

Back Cover

Spine

Inside Cover

CD

Billboard Poster

CD Release Billboard Poster

Most album releases have advertising prior to the release in order to promote the album and to generate buzz to get people excited and talking about it to encourage more people to buy it when it comes out.

Advertising can come in many different forms such as an advert, computer banner, posters, magazine and newspaper adverts and billboards.

I have decided to create a promotional billboard advertisement as part of my DigiPak.

I have used the same image I used on the CD cover to create consistency throughout the DigiPak, this would also allow the audience to connect the two together with the similarity.

I have also used the same text as on the CD cover but on a much larger scale again for the same reasons.

I have added the date of the release at the bottom of the billboard poster to show when the album is coming out.

Although the it may seem pretty vague I like that it is simple; I am also basing this off of an idea of people knowing who 'Theo Carter' is as he would be a known singer. Many songs are also pre-released before an album so this would mean that people would know about the release.

CD Spine

This is the Spine for my CD, I made the background in Photoshop using an area of the front cover and stretching it across the background so that it is the same. I made the spine based on a size guide I found online and using the size of the CD cover so that it would be the same height.

I then opened this on PicMonkey and used the same font and colour as I have throughout my DigiPak to show the album title.

I have kept this quite plain so that it is simple but hopefully effective at the same time.

Inside Cover

For the inside cover I wanted to use another picture of both of them together to represent him as an artist and the main featuring song on the album.

These are some pictures I took on the first day of filming of Charlie and Emily using the spotlight. Unfortunately due to the light being very bright non of these pictures are perfect but I am going to use Adobe Photoshop CS4 and PicMonkey to edit one.

Here although they are both in the spot light you can see bags and the background, they are also squinting.

This image isn't central and Charlie isn't in the spotlight.

Again in this picture Charlie isn't in the spotlight.

I am going to be editing the first image as it is the most central and both are in the spotlight; I am going to combine this image with parts from the others to create the perfect image.

I started by opening both images in Photoshop.

I then selected Emily's eyes from the second picture and copying and pasting them onto the first picture.

After doing this I then copied Emily's eyes again by selecting them using the tool.

I then pasted the eyes and positioned them in place of Charlie's.

After rubbing out the access the eyes were complete and both were now wide open.

Next I used the pen tool in black to go over the areas where things in the background were seen.





I started by putting the image in black and white.

I then cropped the image into the square CD case shape, changed the exposure and applied the Time Machine tint filter. But I preferred the it with exposure and no filter.

I tried putting the lyrics to the song on the picture on one side.

I then faded the text and put them on both sides adding the Artist name and the name of the song but felt that this was cluttered.

I then tried just putting the song title written across in the same handwritten font I had used on the front cover. I also added the artist name 'Theo Carter' underneath.

I preferred it with just the song title text .

This is my inside cover.

Music Video Changes

This is the second draft of my media video; I have made changes based on the feedback I received on my first draft I will receive more feedback on this video then I will post my final video.

CD Image

I researched online the dimensions of a CD to make sure I make a CD the correct size.

This is the first draft of the CD as I had considered keeping the CD plain and simple by using the colour of the text I have already used for the background and then using the same font used on the front cover to write 'Theo Carter' over it as if it had been signed.

This is a still image from the music video; I think that it is a really good image as it fits well with the song and would be suitable for the DigiPak. I feel that it would be a shame to not use this image so I am going to edit it to go on the CD.

 

These are the images I have edited.

This is the edit I like as it is constant with the rest of the images in my DigiPak.

I have put the image into the CD shape.

 

I have applied the same filter as I have on the others. I am considering blacking out the image as I have with the others.

 



I have blacked out the image using Photoshop and applied the same Time Machine colour filter again but I feel that it is a bit too strong and is more green than the others.

I have taken off the second layer of the filter and prefer the way that this looks; I am now going to add text.

 

I am going to use the same font as I did on the front cover for the CD Cover in the same colour; this is the first where the font is smaller.

 



This one the font is much bigger and spread across most of the top of the CD.

 

Here I layered a black font over the light green to create a shadow effect but it was harder to see and I didn't like it as much.




I decided I liked the bigger text but felt that it was a little too big so I made it s smaller but so that it could still be seen clearly.

 

This is my finished CD design.

Back Cover editing continued

 

I have decided to use the image with Emily of the left as this gives more room for the text on the right side and so that it will be easier to read than it would be with alternating text on either side. I have added a barcode in the bottom right as this is a convention of a CD. 

I have resized the barcode as it was too big before, I have also faded the barcode slightly to prevent it from looking fake.



This is something I saw on some of the CDs I have looked at; it is a notice about right to prevent people from copying the CD and songs. I included this to as it is a convention of CDs so that it looks more believable. I have also included a link to 'Theo Carters' website. The text I chose is a sans serif font so that it is easy to read and as it is a more formal part of the CD. I chose grey variations for this so that it can be seen and fits with the theme of the DigiPak but is not too bold. 

For the song names I positioned them in the space on the right side; the colour of the font is the same as it is on the front to show consistency. I chose a hand written type serif font as I like the way it looks and that it suits the personal vibe of the CD.

 

This is the back cover of the CD.

Back Cover Progess

This is the image I am going to be using for the back cover of the CD; I like the image as Emily is not looking directly at the camera as she is looking down. It creates a mystery, disconnected feel that ties in with the theme of the main song on the CD without giving too much away.

I am going to be editing this image using PicMonkey as I did on the CD cover. In order to be able to create consistency in my DigiPak I am going to be using the same filters as I did on the front cover therefore I am going to be following the same steps.

Starting by applying the black and white filter.

Next the Daguerreotype filter that increases highlights and shadows.

Then I altered the exposure to again to increase the highlights and reducing the brightness. 

I then used the paint tool in black to go over the background where things could still be seen to totally black it out.

Then I applied the Time Machine filter to add the same colour effect as on the front.

Next I cropped the image into a square with both Emily in the centre and on the left as I am undecided on which I prefer so doing this will enable me to choose later.

Left side; text could go down the right side.

 

Centre; text could alternate between each side.