Magazine advert

Here are some draft edits of potential magazine adverts.

 

Here is the first draft which I tried. I decided that my poster needed an image from the digipack included or something which represented the song. I decided to try using an image of the artist.

I then added on the rated reviews which you find on album adverts which help attract audiences, and also where the album is available for download.

 

I then decided to try a different style and shape for my advert. I also changed the image to another which hasn't been used for the digipack but was taken at the same time as the other images. However, I was not as pleased with this edit as I was with the previous one. I felt the more I looked at it the less it looked like an advertisement which you would find in a music magazine. Therefore, I don't think I will be using this for my advertisement. 

 

I then decided to go back to my previous advertisement and see where improvement could be made. I added onto the image some text which explain what is included on the album.When researching advertisements, I found that most included information about the recent single released, which is used to attract the audience to buy the album. As, if they have heard the single and like it, they are more likely to purchase.

Here is another test for a potential magazine advert as I am not too sure about the one which I origionally thought to use.

I had a look at existing advertisements and had a look at the different conventions shown and used on the adverts. I saw that the majority had the logo of where the album can be purchased and also some inserted an image of the album cover so that the cover is recognisable.

Possible images for ancillary texts

Here are a few edited images which I took last night. I am going to test a variety of ways which I could use for my ancillary texts.

I decided to fiddle about with the effects on Photoshop and changed the eye colour to give the image more colour. I like the contrast between black and white and a bit of colour.

Here I decided to add a background with some colour. As my video is quite summery. I thought I should add a summery theme to my cover. I like this idea because it make my image look more interesting and less boring.  
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Even though I like these images, I don't think that they represent my music video as well as I had hoped. My music video is bright and summery with a hint of black and white contrast, and I don't believe that these images represent this. Therefore I have decided to try something else.

Weather

At the moment, I am a bit unsure of what I will be doing about re-filming my video. As the weather is snowy it will be hard to film on the beach again and I am still figuring out how to get around this problem.

Examples of advertisements

Here are a few examples of posters and advertisements for albums, which I have been looking at to get ideas for my own.

The poster for Kimbra's new album is quite simple and outstanding. It is a simple image of her black and white with what looks like tattoo style drawings on her arms and chest. I like the way it uses no colour but still look's very professional and catches you're eye easily. Plain and simple but still getting the message across.

However, the poster for The Black Key's is the total opposite. The posters image is not a photograph but a artistic painting of the two singers . This stands out more with it's vibrant colours and artistic style rather than it's simplicity and suttleness.

advertisement ideas

I have come up with a few advertisement ideas which I could use for my magazine poster.
The majority of posters for albums include the image which is used on the front of the album or a photograph which is included in the digipak somewhere (such as the booklet or back cover).
Therefore I shall take a few images for my digipak which I can then include on my advertisement as well.

Update

At the moment, I am trying to find time to re-shoot my video. I am hoping to reshoot next weekend if possible. I am also planning on shooting some scenes over half term whilst I am in Scotland incase any opportunities come up which may help me shoot my video.


On Wednesday 8th February I will be going to take some images for my digipak and poster advertisement.

Image ideas for digipak

For my digipack, I will be using a couple of my own images which I have taken on recent trips to Blackpool Beach. I will be using them for the front and the back of my digipack. I've decided to use these as it would continue with the beach theme used in my music video.

Original image take by me.

How I changed the colour.

Here is a screenshot of how I started to change my image. I decided to use a photo filter effect and use the orange colour to give it an orange tint.


I then changed the colour balance to give it a slight pink/brown tint.

Here is a first sample of an idea for my digipak. I decided to fiddle around with some of the techniques and editing facilities to test how I could design my digipak.

Here is another edit of a possible digipak cover. I have only changed the text a little however below shows how I did this. There are some effects on Photoshop which allows you to change the texts colour. Here I decided to use the 'Sun Faded Photo' image effect.  

Another Test...

This one I am not so keen on as to me it doesn't look very professional for a digipack. Therefore I shall not be using this design.

I really like the way this one has turned out. The image has been changed to give it a radioactive look and the text I think is a good conventional look for an album cover.