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Final Digipak

This is the final and improved version of the CD Digipak, the biggest change was making the font colour white, as a result of this the text on the digipak is significantly easier to read. We also made the addition of the song's lyrics which are on the inside of the digipak, and we also changed the background of the interior part of the digipak where both characters from the music video are featured.

Ancillary Tasks: The Second Version

 

Digipak Planning

For our ancillary task we have opted to design a digipak for our song we used in our music video, this is my task in particular so I have had to do some research into digipaks and album artwork. For the artwork I created this piece of work, this was done by finding the pair of us is random poses during the video then editing them on Photoshop by drawing over them to create a cartoon effect.

 

As for the digipak itself, I have researched designs across websites such as Google to find basic templates we can use, and for now this is the layout of choice.

 



Initial Music Advertisement Poster

This is the first initial design for our Music Advertisement Poster, it is a rather decent attempt for a first draft but we immediately achknowledged that we could improve it. One of the first flaws that struck us was the difficulty in reading the graffiti text so for a next draft we plan to change this entirely, we also felt the real-life background and cartoon drawings looked odd together so the background will most likely be changed for a next draft.

Ancillary Task Digipak Inspirations

 This is the album cover for the album 'St. Elsewhere' by Gnarls Barkley, it shows an explosion cloud with various animated objects such as a cartoon bomb, a tiger's head, a gas mask and a City. 

This is the album artwork for 'The Adventures of Bobby Ray' by B.o.B which shows the artist himself in an action pose, in the background behind him there is an explosion and debris flying around which makes him look more like a superhero. Note how the title is written in a style similar to those used in comic books.

This is the artwork for the single 'Day N' Nite' by Kid Cudi, this artwork shows the artist himself in an Astronaut's suit with a moon in the corner, a reference to the album 'Man on the Moon: The End of Day' which the single comes from. It is all computer-drawn as well which creates a cartoon effect similar to a style me and Jared wish to use for our album cover art

This is the album artwork for 'Duets: The Final Chapter' a posthumous album by The Notorious B.I.G, it shows a collage of B.I.G with both drawn in details and also actual photographs.

This is the various album artworks for the album 'The OF Tape Vol 2' by the group Odd Future or OFWGKTA, one of these shows a man made up of several collaged photos which makes him look more surreal and humourous, one shows several random pictures of a cat, a castle, a doughbut and various other crude things, one shows the member Lucas Versetti who is not part of the main line-up but is still associated with the group nonetheless, and the last artwork shows OF in the shape of doughnuts, presumably hand drawn. 




Overall these album covers have unique styles which me and Jared are interested in using for our own album cover, we plan to currently use the style shown by the Kid Cudi and Gnarls Barkley covers which are computer-drawn.

Music Video 2nd Cut and Feedback

Compared to our first cut the 2nd cut of our music video recieved much more positive comments, however it was certainly not free from criticism. An example was the final scene where we see Jared rapping in the school hall with strobe flashlight effects, this was not only tedious but also made harder to see due to the strobe effects, meaning we will need to replace this with something new entirely, we have decided this shall be replaced with a green screen sequence which will look much more interesting. We also need to re-film both sequences with me in due to the lackluster lighting and dodgy camera shots especially in the park where it is hard to see Harry in some of the shots.