Album Design

Album Design

Album Design

Different Album Design

Analysis Of Magazine Advert

This magazine advert is advertising Rihanna's song called "Hard" which is off her album R rated which is why there is a big R above Rihanna's name. The photo consists of light colours, the video for her song "Hard" has Rihanna in army type outifts, the photo of Rihanna has her wearing an army type hat with a huge jacket on with white gloves and sun glasses. The sun glasses reflect the sand off the floor. Rihanna is wearing dark red lipstic which could indicate sophistication and she is pouting but not towards the camera.

The R is the main focus on this magazine advert which is advertising what her album is called. The R is very sharp because the songs and videos for her album are very R rated which is what her album is called. The R is in a light brown with white around the edges which makes it stand out more. The colours contrast with Rihanna's outfit. Rihanna's name is in white and is bold as people need to know who the advert is about if they do not know who the photograph is.

The sunglasses Rihanna is wearing are gold and very shiny this is a convention of an R&B artist because it represents "bling", also Rihanna is wearing very sparkly ear rings which also represent a convention of an R&B artist. Rihanna is wearing very dark red lipstick, this is showing her feminism as the rest of her image on this album cover could be said as not very feminem.

Edited Photos

These are possible photo's for the inside of my digipak. I decided that I wanted a medium close up shot of my artist inside my digipak as I have studied R&B artists' digipak's and noticed that they all have medium close ups. I also wanted my image to be really bright to make it stand out to the reader so I edited on Photoshop to make it brighter.

Animatic

This is my animatic. This shows the images of my storyboard put together with my chosen song. These pictures are not precise as when I started my filming I decided to change my idea's to make it better, I have reduced the timing of the shots so that they are not so long which will make my video more effective and have more shots and angles.

First Draft Of My Album Cover

This is my first draft of my Front cover of my digiapak. I decided to use a medium close up because I have studied other R&B artists albums and they all have medium close up shots. I also decided to go for a more natural look instead of a sexual revealing image because the song I have chosen is very slow and sad so I wanted my photo to fit in with the song. The photo is bright which will make it stand out for my audience to buy. I decided to have my artist wearing a boob tube top so that you could see the top of her body, I also wanted the audience to be able to see that she is actually wearting a top, that is why I have made sure that you can see a little bit of her top.

I decided to use the colour orange for the name of my artist and the name of my album because I think it works well with my image and it is a soft and light colour. I decided to use the name Love on the rocks for my album because the song I have chosen is about the artist being in love but the relationship isnt working so I decided to base the name of my album on my song choice.

I was aiming for a natural and sophisticated look for my album cover. I wanted my album cover to stand out to the audience because my album cover is bright and natural. I think my audience would like to see an artist not covered in make up but a very natural and sophisticated photo, instead of having a sex appeal album cover. My album cover won't be aimed at males, my album cover will be mostly aimed at females.

Pictures Unedited

These are possible photos for my digipak. These photos have not been edited on Photoshop yet. I decided to have my actress against a white background as in my music video my artist sings into the camera infront of a white background. I also used a lamp to shine on my artist to make my image look much brighter and I think this worked really well. I decided to use medium close ups of my artist as this is showing the reader a close up of the artist and most R&B female artitsts have medium close up shots on their album covers.

Pictures Of My Location

The two pictures of the field above are were I shot my footage of my artist and her "boyfriend" looking happily in love but I filmed this before the snow but took my photographs whilst there was snow on the ground.

The image of the house is were I shot the inside footage of my music video and I also shot some footage outside of my artist and her "boyfriend" fighting.

Ideas For My CD

I want my CD to have the colours black, orange and white, i think these colours will work well together.

Ideas For My Digipak

I like the idea of how sad Rihanna is looking on this album, it is different to other R&B album covers. The background of this album cover is very plain, this is showing that the main focus is on Rihanna's face. This seems like a very natural and sophisticated photo.

I am basing my photgraphs for my digipak on these two album covers of Rihanna because I like the way the photos look very natural and sophisticated. I also like how up close the artist is to the camera.

On the middle part of the digipak I will have a medium close up of my artist, the other cover on the right hand side will also have an image of my artist, this will be a close up of my artist. The CD will cover the image of my artist in the middle of the digipak but when you remove the CD there will be an image of my artist. On the left hand side of the digipak there will be a low angle shot of my artist which will have text on. The bottom picture of Rihanna's album is quite misty, she is pouting and looking straight into the camera. This album cover is a main focus on Rihanna's face. Her make up is done very natural with pink lipstick instead of having lots of make up like other R&B artists wear for their album covers.

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Location List

Ella Field - empty field
Semi detached house - lots of houses nearby, busy area




My location list goes well with my idea for music video as using my house is practical as I can use it at any time. My house is the main location for my music video, but the mostly used shot is of my actress behind a white background singing into the camera which is filmed at my house.