1. The steps I took into making my
digipack and magazine advert.
2. Front cover (Step 1)
For my Digipack front cover I have
decided to use the gas mask which
is used through my music video.
The reason I choose to do this was
most albums have a picture of the
artist on the front cover so the
audience recognise who their artist
is and what type of music they
produce.
3. Step 2 and 3 front cover
Step 2
For the next part I choose on where the title
would be most visible and eye catching to my
audience. I decided to place the artists name Sub
Focus on the top of the gas mask and warped
this so it looks like the word is apart of the gas
mask. I then used the name of the song to be
placed at the bottom of the mask in a bigger font
as this is the song I am promoting.
Step 3
The last layer I used the effect of smoke because
of themes from my video and the idea of the gas
mask and what they are used for.
4. I used the range of filters
available on photo shop to
create a stylized look for
the mask making it more
plastic looking. I used the
warp tool to blend the
Sub Focus text around the
top of the mask.
I took a frame from the
original video and used
the lasso tool to cut
around the smoke. I then
put that behind the gas
mask layer.
5. To create the smoke I
used the smudge tool to
move the smoke around
the mask and the text at
the bottom of the page.
6. Inside left cover Step 1
I discovered
when I was
rotating the
smoke, the
smoke formed
the shape of a
skull which fitted
well into the
ideas of my
music video.
7. Inside back step 1
For my inside back I used a
part of the gas mask which
was in the shape of a circle
which worked well as I
could use this for where
the cd would be held and it
once again links itself to
my music video. I used the
magic wand to cut around
the piece of the gas mask
then used effects to change
the colour and contrast of
it. I used smoke again for
the back ground as
previously used in my
other covers.
8. Back cover
For the back cover I
decided to use the main
character. I used the
smoke effect again but
smudged it to make the
character look like he is
on fire. I followed the
normal conventions of
the back cover by listing
all the songs in the
album. At the bottom I
have shown how to
contact Sub Focus and
the bar code.
9. Making the
magazine advert
I used a lot of the
similar techniques such
as the blurring and
smudging of the smoke
and the filter on the
gas mask. The main
difference skill I
showed here was the
use of fonts and the
outer glow behind
them.
10. The picture
shows how I
used the outer
glow effect
behind my
titles Last
Jungle and
Sub Focus. I
did this to
make it more
eye catching
for my
audience and
its important
that the artist
name sticks
out.
11. I used the markers to
I reversed the smoke to
track which beat to edit
create an abnormal
to make sure I could
affect.
edit the images to the
same beat to create a
consistent flow.
12. I put a brightness and contrast affect to make all images be in black
and white to create a consistent look which went beyond a plain
looking image with a stylized design.
13. I did a lot of research about the Dance and Drum and bass
industry through the use of the internet. I used You Tube a lot
and this is where some of my ideas came from on what I wanted
to do in my music video. I also found the most common features
in the videos with these genres as an example Netsky everyday
rusko remix which shows the DJ performing and the atmosphere
of a rave showing the audiences reaction.
I also used Google and Google images to look at images of the
artists and some of their albums which helped me design my Digi
pack and magazine advert.
I used face book to get peoples opinions on my work and what I
could do to make it better.
14. I presented a lot of my through the
use of video. The reason for this
was I could display images while I
explained why I choose these and
the information, research and
videos I looked at through the
use of the internet and articles.
To display my work I used Blogger
which was helpful as it allowed
me to share posts, ideas and
embed videos on to it.
15. To film my project I used a Samsung video
camera for filming the majority of my
shots and scenes.