Print Tasks

Johrul, Nabila Suhena

Collating our print ideas

Every group member made their own ideas for a print task. We then brought all of our ideas together and drew out how we want our print tasks should look like and how our final Digipak should look like.As a group I believe that our ideas were very similar this is because we found same album covers for our individual research. We agreed on different aspects such as the font that we should use, the colours of the cover and the costume the artist should wear. However we wanted different types of photo for the front cover for example we couldn't’t decide between a long shot or close up of the artist.

Plan

For our final Digipack we decided that it was essential that the front cover we used a close up of our artist. This was a convention we identified from our research but we also felt it worked well from our draft work. In addition it would work to promote a female artist which we found from our research is very important to emphasise their glamour.

For the back cover of the album we decided to use a long shot here because due to our research we found that it is important to show the costume of the artist. Within ‘Pop’, costume is so important in conveying the image of the artist and we felt that with our artist the look we had created was quite distinct and her costume really essential in helping construct her image. We wanted the red dress to be iconic of her look and felt a long shot was the best shot to capture this. It would also allow us to meet the expectation of the marks scheme to use a range of shots. .

PhotoshootHere we wanted to take close up of her face for the front cover because this was a generic convention we found

We was experimenting with poses. The pout illustrates her as girly. The hand on face looks cute.

Here we took shots for the

back cover. We wanted it

to be a long shot so you can see her

dress but be able to

position her on the side

for text.

The images with balloons show her as fun and bubbly side. Used for inside.

Selected Images

Front- what we did and why1. We airbrushed her skin to portray her

flawless and perfect. From our research the artist skin was always clear and perfected because it part of their image to appear perfect.

2. We made her lips darker because it displays her as bold. In our music video we show her to be independent as she tells her friend she doesn't’t need a man. We saw in Jessi J’s album cover she had black lips which showed her to be tough however we felt black would be too bold and dramatic for our artist. We also made her dress more brighter as it helps it stand out more.

3. We also added a filter by adding blue and yellow on top and playing around with the opacity. The filter gives it a vintage look and we felt it works well with the colour of her hair as it is golden.

We kept her name very simple because we saw from a lot pop album cover such as Ariana Grande’s album that their name was very simple and not too over powering. We chose a more bolder font for the album name as it looks elegant and fits with her image.

Back1. We also airbrushed her skin as her skin must

look flawless in all her images. From our research the artists skin looked flawless in all their images.

2. To show continuity with the front image we added the same filter and used same font as her name. This allows the album to look as a whole as the colours match.

3. We also made her lips darker as her lips are dark in the front cover. On top of this we made her dress more brighter so it stands out better.

4. We added the text on the left as the image frames our artist on the right. This was another convention we found throughout pop albums. The colour of the text is the same colour as her name on the front cover.

5. Lastly we included a barcode and information about record label as they’re included at the back.

Inside1. We airbrushed her face again

and added a filter to show continuity.

2. To get the same background we copied it from the back image. This is because the original background did not match the backgrounds of the first two images. It did not have the same texture.

3. We then cloned the balloons for the inside of the CD. First the balloons were pink but using the colour adjustment tools we altered the colour to change it to blue. We got this idea from Katy Perry’s album. Her cd was filled in to look like a sweet. So we used balloons as it matched our music video.

4. Lastly we added text onto the CD as texts are commonly added here. We used the same font and colour from the front cover. However, the text ‘With Love’ we added a drop shadow so it is more visible.