The Brief

Aswell as creating a music video, I will be creating a cover for the song release as part of a digipak (CD/DVD package) and I will also be creating a magazine advertisement for the digipack (CD/DVD package)

The Beatles Digipak

This digipak of The Beatles is all one colour which is sepia to indicate that The Beatles are an old band and the album represents that by the colour of it. As the colour could be seen as

old fashioned.

Photograph

The photograph of The Beatles is a medium shot, the image is just a photograph of the band looking straight into the camera with a little smile. The photograph is in black, the photo is an old photo of the band so it will not be of high quality which goes well with the idea of the album being old fashioned.

The back of the digipak is full of black writing which will be writing about The band and their albums. The front cover also has the band's name in the top left hand corner, the text is quite big and bold so that the reader know's who that album covers belong to. The colour is the same colour for the full cover, it consists of brown and black which signifies old colours as the band are an old band.

Text

The text on the back of the CD cover is in black writing, this will be writing about the band but it will also have the names of the band's songs which will be on the CD. There also may be writing about the actual band such as information about making their songs etc.

Beyonce's Digipak

Beyonce's digipak contains lots of photographs of herself.

Photographs

The photograph of Beyonce is a low angle shot. Beyonce is wearing a black latex outfit which shows off her body, which is showing a sex appeal. Beyonce's outfit is black, the colour black represents dark and death. The way Beyonce is standing shows her body outline because the outfit is really tight on her. The low angle shot lets the reader see Beyonce's full body which will appeal to male audiences because Beyonce is a sex appeal. The cover on the left hand side also includes pictures of her other albums, this will be so her other albums get promoted so that the audience can see them and buy them.

Behind the CD on the second cover there is another photograph of Beyonce this is so that when the reader takes the CD out they can see another photograph of Beyonce.

The colours throughout the album are black and gold, these colours could indicate wealth as gold represents money and glamour.

Text

The text on the left hand side of the cover is in white writing on a black background, using these colours makes the text stand out as white stands out against a black background.

Rihanna's Digipak

Rihanna's digipak includes a medium shot of Rihanna in a skimpy outfit which looks like she is in a bikini with an open top over it. This is a convention of an R&B artist as female artists tend to wear skimpy and sexy outfits to appeal to males. The colour tends to stay the same throughout the digipak, the colours consist of blacks, organge/gold colours with Rihanna in a creamy dress type outfit.

Photographs

The photo on the right hand side is a low angle shot of Rihanna looking straight into the camera looking down, this is showing power. Rihanna has her hair over one eye which may indicate she has something to hide. The other picture of Rihanna is another low angle shot, this picture shows Rihanna's body from a low angle so the reader can see Rihanna's body well, this picture is appealing to males as she is wearing a very skimpy outfit, this picture is a sex appeal. On the bottom left picture there is three pictures of Rihanna's other albums, this will be promoting her other albums. Most of the image on the left is covered in white writing.

The writing on the left hand side is writing about Rihanna's albums, this will be so that the reader can read about her albums and the story behind them. A lot of R&B digipaks have writing about their albums as most of them just include photographs of the artist.

Beyonce Album Cover

Photograph
The image is a medium shot of Beyonce.

Beyonce is in a skimpy outfit, this is clearly for male audience as this would appeal to men. Beyonce is wearing a very sparkly bling outfit, this is a convention of R&B artists as R&B artists like to wear bling outfits to show their wealth. She is also wearing dangly sparkling ear rings which is also another convention. The image shows Beyonce pouting looking straight towards the camera, this shows sex appeal as she is not smiling she is posing very sexual. The way her arms are show that she has a curvey figure which is also showing sex appeal, most of the image is sex appeal for her male audience.

Text
The text on the album cover is in the bottom right of the album. The reason they put the text at the bottom of the album is so that the audience can pay more attention to the image of Beyonce as she looks very beautifull. The text is in white writing.

Background
The background is vey plain on this album, it is a light blue colur which works well with Beyonce's silver outfit.

This album cover is clearly a sexual cover as Beyonce is not wearing many clothing and has her body out which is the main focus for this album cover.

Rihanna Album Cover

Photograph
The photo is a low angle shot of the artist, Rihanna is seen in black and white to make the album look sophisticated. Rihanna has been photoshopped in as you can tell because of the edging around the body. The way Rihanna is standing is showing she has power as she is looking down towards the camera. Also the way she is stood and the place were her hands are appeal to boys as the photo shows how curvy she is. Rihanna is in a white long dress, because she is in a white dress it stands out because it is in black and white. Rihanna has her lips open a tiny bit, this is portraying the album to be a kind of sexy album cover. Having her hair across one of her eyes shows the audience that she is hiding something which may be that she is hiding being bad or good because the album is called "good girl gone bad". Rihanna shows in her image that she is wearing sparkly dangling ear rings, this shows bling and wealth just like the album cover of Beyonce's album.

Text
The font of the text is very bold and big so that the audience know's who the album cover belongs to. The font is also in red, the colour red indicates danger since the album is called "good girl gone bad" suggests that she is dangerously bad. Also using the colour white contrasts well with red. The text of the word Rihanna is bigger than all the other piece of writing, the writing goes across the full front cover album.

Background
The background to this album cover is a blue colour, I don't think that this colour works very well with red and white. I think they used the colour blue to make the album cover stand out as not many artists have there album cover this colour.

This album cover represents sophistication and sex appeal due to how Rihanna is stood and how she is looking at the camera.

Problems with filming!

I need to film some shots outdoors but it has been snowing which stops me from shooting my music video because I have already shot some of my video outside and cannot film because of the snow.