Physical Album (Interior)

I have finally produced the inside of the album, which comprises of the photobook and CD. 

Evaluation Preparation:

A2 Media Studies Advanced Portfolio: Planning the Evaluation / Director’s Commentary

Starting Q1

3 Elements to Q1: Textual analysis of your music video and print products (CD Digipack and Advertisements)

Camera, editing, mise-en-scene, lip-syncing

Shot type/framing, colour schemes, fonts, layout

*Comparison/contextualise against case studies/ real media products.

-Conventions followed (same as real media) & subverted (different from real media)

*Apply media theory to our products.

Starting Q2:

 Bullet points/ notes -> Re-watch music video and make notes on: camera, editing, mise-en-scene-> then decide what are the main technical features-> the ones that are most symbolic, significant, and impactful -> think about their connotations and meanings.

*Analyse print products-> shots, lettering, layout, colours

Theories for Question 1:

Authorage-> dress, sexuality, beliefs and values

Goodwin-> music video as a category of media

Narrative theories-> help to look for common structures/patterns in different stories.

Barthes-> codes-> action codes-> action which is easy to interpret-> enigma codes-> keeps audience guessing, curious-> not giving too much

Levi-Strauss-> narrative-> binary oppositions-> good vs bad, masculinity vs Feminity

A Physical CD Digipack (Exterior)

In addition to creating a digital CD digipack I have also created physical album album in literal terms. I have already made the exterior of the album and I'm hoping to be able to create a photo book and a CD but these are maybe a bit difficult. Hopefully I'll be able to print them. Here is my current progress:

Evaluation Plan

Completed CD Digipack and Advertisement

ALBUM FRONT COVER

  ALBUM BACK COVER

 HORIZONTAL ADVERT

VERTICAL ADVERT

PHYSICAL CD

ALBUM SPINE

  

PHOTOBOOK (PLACED INSIDE THE ALBUM)

 

PHOTOBOOK Pgs 1 & 2

PHOTOBOOK ALBUM Pgs 3 & 4



PHOTOBOOK ALBUM Pgs 5 & 6

PHOTOBOOK ALBUM Pgs 7 & 8

PHOTOBOOK Album Pgs 9 & 10

 

PHOTOBOOK ALBUM Pgs 11 & 12

 

PHOTOBOOK Album Pgs 13 & 14

 

PHOTOBOOK ALBUM Pgs 15 & 16

PHOTOBOOK ALBUM Pgs 17 & 18

 

PHOTOBOOK ALBUM BACK COVER

 

 

 

 

Album Production: Photobook Album

Photobook Album Front Cover

Page 1

Page 2

Page 3

Page 4

Page 5

Page 6

Page 7

Page 8

In class, I have been actively producing my album and I have created a Photobook Album which will be found in the inside of the album. I am maintaining my colour scheme of red, black and white, and using images of the artist and the doll. I am thinking of using images of the key but I am not sure if this would be necessary to use. I am still working on the other elements of my album, such as the album front and back cover, the CD, the spine of the album and the advertisements. 

Producing the Album: Changes made to Horizontal Advert, Creating the Spine and Album Back Cover

From my previous blog, I have minor modifications to the advertisement,by which I received comments on the text for the magazine reviews, as the audience were unable to decipher the text. From these comments, I added a red drop shadow, in order to make the text stand out more.


I have also begun to produce the spine of the album.  I will definitely make modifications to the logo for the company, as it is not in-line with the other features.

For the back cover, I have made changes to the font of the album cover, due to receiving feedback about the font being too small.

Print Products (Incomplete)

Incomplete Album Front Cover:No modifications

Incomplete Album Back Cover: From my previous post, I have made great progress with the production of my package. For the back cover of the album, I have included the album title and artist's name (a feature which runs throughout the CD digipack and advertisements). I have also included the songs of the album, which are all from Sia's album '1000 Forms of Fear', enabling me to embody Sia in my own content. In order to make my album even more professional, I have included the barcode and logos for the companies. I have produced the logo of C.A.S Productions. The logo looks quite simple and I think I want to keep it like that.

Incomplete Horizontal Advert: Modification made-inclusion of 'Available on the App Store' logo

Incomplete Vertical Advert: Modification made-inclusion of 'Available on the App Store'

Incomplete CD: I have successfully produced a CD. I have placed all the typographic features in the way I wanted to position them. There may be minor modifications to the font sizes and/or enlargement of logos. 

Album Production: Horizontal, Vertical Advert and Album Front Cover

Vertical Ad: Not much modification except for the inclusion of the logo. 

 

As I have started to make my album (or essentials for a success album), I have designed the adverts and an album cover.  There will be modifications made to my album as I will gain the criticism of my peers and teachers whilst making my album, asking for their opinions whilst I make my album. I will continue to update my blog of the process of my album!

Making the Album- Horizontal Draft 3 and Vertical Advert

For the horizontal advert, I have placed additional features, such as the official website for the artist, as well as the logo for the company in charge of distributing the artist's music. 

As you can see, I have begun to add the colour red to the advert, as this colour appeared in my music video, which is mentioned in my proposal pitch. I have yet to complete the horizontal advertisement. 

In addition to producing the horizontal advert, I have also begun producing the vertical advertisement. In contrast to the horizontal ad, the vertical advertisement displays more simplicity, due to the lack of text. I have already applied some colour, but this can change as I would like to experiment with the colours black and white in order to see how they would look and to see which one will fit.