Creating my cd booklet

i created my booklet for my CD on indesign. It was just an extra piece to the digipack that includes lyrics of songs that feature in the digipack. I took my actress on a photo shoot to create slightly different pictures than using the same location as where i filmed. This makes the album more interesting, however, i still managed to stick to the same theme. Here's a few screen shots of my stages through making the leaflet:

MY FINISHED BOOKLET:

i used the same font as seen on the CD in order to fit everything together well, i just changed the writing colour to white. 

Evaluation

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

take 10 screen grabs of music video and explain

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

talk about digipacks

3. What have you learned from your audience feedback?

class feedback

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

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Final Music Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqKzs0XDYEM&feature=youtu.be

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Ancillary Task

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Gn3zhreJ13U
Before i shot my music video, a few class mates and i, worked together in roder to make a short practice music video. Thsi enabled us to practise using the cameras, shots, etc. We then worked together to edit the video on final cut pro and used special 'text' affects to fit the genre of the video. This was really useful as it taught me a lot fo skills that i could then use in my music video.

photoshop

i used photoshop here to get rid of the white backgrounds of the logo's. This was really useful as it looked a lot bette ron my digi pack and poster without a white square background. 

creating my poster on photoshop

When choosing the picture for the psoter i needed something that really stood out and drew a lot of attention to the poster. I also needed something where not too much was happening in the frame as i didn't want the picture itself to draw away from the information on the poster, as overall, the CD being on sale at HMV was the most important thing for the veiwers to see. I used a depth of field lens on the camera to that the artists face was in focus and the rest of her body was blurred out. I belive this was a good effect and works well with the poster. Here is a screen shot of when i was creating my psote ron indesign:

and here is a screen shot of the psoter being finally finished:

To make it look really professional i used the same font as HMV use in all of there advertising posters. I also used an official HMV logo and the slogan 'HMV get closer' really makes it look realistic. I have included the terms and conditions at the very bottom of the poster in small print and stated a price and an offer for delivery. these small effects is what makes the poster more professional and attractive. i have also included a photo of the cover of the CD, which is good advertising as it shows the viewer what to look for in the store. 

Construction - Editing my music video on final cut pro

i used final cut pro to create my music video. This aloud me precise editing and was a really good programme to get the professional look i was after.

Creating my digipack

Here are a few photos i took whilst creating my digipack:

The process included a lot of work using photoshop, iphoto, and a lot of time when choosing the perfect font from the internet and downloading them. I created my own swatch on indesign to create the perfect colour for the album name 'Fearless' and tried to match it slightly the the 'H' on the actresses top, so that the colour schemes in the digipack fitted together really well. When it came to the CD, i had to do this on a separate page of indesign and import it into the digipack afterwards. I used professional recording studio logos on my CD and arched the terms and conditions on the edge of the CD in order to include the necessary information but still make the CD pleasant to look at. i included the same information on the CD as on the back cover of the digipack, including barcode to give a more professional effect. 

THE FINISHED DIGIPACK: