CD cover front cover
The front cover for the CD is something which is a relation to what will happn in the music video because of the use of static, however, even though the music video uses a futuristic theme, the static connotes a very pre-modern theme to the album. The character which is on the cover could be represented as being a "would-be emporer" because the character could be seen as a leader.
CD cover inside
The inside of the CD shows what can be represented as being the band members, as they could be represented as being the regular indie band because of the different styles that are seen throughout each band member, for example the band member on the left could be represented as being quite intellegent because of his glasses, this could connote that the band are trying to target a certain type of audience and the use of glasses could bring in that certain audience.
CD cover back songlist
The back of the CD cover shows a very cartoony type of songlist because of the drawings which are around the songs, this could represent that the band is of an Indie genre because in many Indie band CD's, this is a very common idea to use as it shows what type of age group the band is trying to target using a young idea to target a younger audience. The common use of the words "The Would-Be Emporers" connotes that the band want the audience to fully understand that this is the band's name and not just the album's title, for example, there could be confusion like with Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and Glasvegas named their first CD's title after the bands name, this can then lead the audience to believe that this is only the bands album name. The name of the songs which are on the album are quite unique however a very common thing among Indie bands to try and use quirky names to make their band stand out. Also, as their are 12 songs on the album, it shows that the bands audience is very niche and not mainstream because they are not able to create many music videos for all of their songs showing that they are relatively unknown as a band.
Band's Poster
The poster shows the usual connotations on band posters as this is shown by the release date, this is what is usually on many band promotion posters. The poster represents that the band is quite new because the album is available to download digitally, using what many bands use now to sell their music by doing it digitally however there may be an added incentive to buy the album as it has added content, this will allow the band to gain a higher audience because this will interest people more to buy the music as it will help them to understand the band even more. The font on the poster is a contrast to what can be seen on the rest of the merchandise which the band has released, representing that the band has a certain image which they can continue when they release more albums. There can be the representation that the people in the poster could be the band members because they are the only ones on the poster and in the CD digipak, inside it has these exact characters as well, this is then consolidating that these are the band members.
Filming Update
The above image shows a mind map which shows some of the recent happenings in the production group and how we have took some of the advice from our peers on how to improve the production. It also includes a passage on what we may have to film to be able to make it seem like it is more like a music video production.
This is a design of one of the anxiallry pieces which as a group we have decided to create. In the brief we had a choice out of designing a poster for the band, a digipak or a web page, as a group we have decided to create a poster and a digipak which will allow us to be able to create pieces which will be able to show the groups prowess by using different software programming to design different pieces. The image above goes with the original theme in which we wanted to do which was to create a homage to the Golden Era of Cinema with a parody of the Wizards of Oz where there is a colour change in the middle of the movie, at the moment, our production changes to the full colour from having a black and white tint in the beginning of the production, as a group we have decided to try and carry this on wiith the ancillary pieces by using Corel Photo Paint to be able to add different effects onto the posters, like using Brightness and Contrast to be able to change the colour to make it seem as it being black and white. This could be seen as a deliberate parody to Wizard of Oz and it could be seen as Postmodern as it is openly mocking the idea of the Golden Era of Hollywood.
The images above shows some of the ideas for the poster we need to create for the production. As you can see that all of our design show the same image but it has been distorted using different effects which gives us a better chance of finding a design which we believe to be the best idea, for example, by changing the colours of the poster design, it gives it a more varied look and it can show us what we are able to do and also what would actually look better.
The above image shows a version of the front cover of the digipak that we need to create for the production. The front cover shows similarities with the original music video production as it shows the main protagonist of the music video in a design which could be represented as being drawn, this shows that we have decided to go away from the original pictures that we took in a photo shoot but then by creating our own versions of that photo. The font that has been used has the style of what could be represented as being a reference to a graffiti artist or in a street art format which is a direct link to the idea that the main character is connoted as being linked with the streets as it is connoted that drug users are synonymous with the streets. The cover was created using Photoshop, this then gives the group a better way of creating the things that we wanted to create for our ancillary pieces.
The next image shows the same front cover but with a different type of font which gives our group a different choice of what we would want to use. Even though the image is the same, there is a different style to what was used in the previous image as the titles are shown in a better lighting with this cover. As a group we have decided that this image will be used as the front cover of the digipak because it fits the psychedlic nature of the music video that we have created and links to the narrative and the lyrics of the song.
This image shows the conventions of what would be on the back of a digipak cover, as a gorup we have tried to follow the generic conventions of many different digipak covers by having the names of the songs on the back of the digipak. Also by having the indie/rock genre, we have to follow a very quirky music genre and we have decided to use a very niche way of presenting the back of the digipak. This is done by having a psychedlic feel to the background of the cover shows how we are linking it to the music video and the lyrics to the song.
Like the previous back colour, it follows the convention of having the psychedilc feel to the back ground of the image, however, unlike the previous image, we have decided to use a different colour to the font so the emphasis of the whole image may not be on the song list but it is more focused on the background image.
Final Ancillary Work
Front Cover
Alternative cover/inside artwork
Back of digipak and track list
The CD
Final Poster
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