(Design: Rosie, Hannah and Katie)
Friday, 25 April 2014
Ancillary Task: Stages of Inside Page
(Design: Rosie, Hannah and Katie)
Thursday, 24 April 2014
Ancillary Task: Stages of Poster
We started off with picture 2 of the choice in our poster pictures and edited and constructed the poster.
However, we did not like the poster as we felt that it did not fit with the idea we had chosen to do. Therefore, we constructed a poster using the other picture:
We felt this imaged worked better with our earth gaia research and looked much more appealing with the font and colour.
(Design: Katie , Rosie and Hannah)
Ancillary Task: Stages of Back Page
Here are the stages of the construction of our back cover. We changed many features of the design as we went along as it didn't look right.
(Design: Rosie, Hannah and Katie)
Ancillary Task: Poster Design (continued)
We found two pictures that we could possibly use on our poster:
We decided to include the artists name in the corner of this design, still in the same font we are using for the digi-pak. Taking inspiration from our research, typically the Ellie Goulding research, we have included social networking features on our poster and placed these along the top, possibly on a banner or on the white part of the image.
The album title and record information is on positioned on the left, away from the artist's name which we would have in a larger font. The artist's name and record info would still be in the Book Antiqua font, in capitals to make it punchy.
A different font would be used for the 'IN STORES NOW' part of the poster as this has to stand out from the rather busy image and capture the attention of the listener.
This second design using this image is slightly different. The IN STORES NOW is now on the top of the page whilst the artist's name is at the bottom of the page.
Although we like this idea, this may be problematic as the text may not appear clear on such a busy background. The album name and the record information are centrally positioned, something we are not overly keen on as a group as we feel it would be better suited in a corner, possibly the left hand side.
The social networking feature copies that of our research and is placed at the bottom of the design in the rule of thirds.
This design is by far our favourite. The artist's name is positioned in the right top hand corner and using our chosen font, Ancestry SF, the name will look like the artist has signed the poster- especially when rotated to a slant.
The social networking feature is placed on the top of the page, obeying the rule of thirds. This design is further balanced as the album title and record information are placed on the left.
The IN STORES NOW is to be placed along the bottom as this balances the whole image out.
This final design is our least favourite as extremely blocky. We dislike this as we feel the poster and the digi-pak must reflect the genre of the music which is indie folk and this design is too restricted for this genre.
This design is by far our most favourite design and one we shall be using. The font will be consistent with the digi-pak, Ancestry SF and Book Antiqua. The artist's name will be placed across the image which may be problematic in this design as the model's hair may cause the text to be unclear. The Album title is in the top right hand corner, positioned along the top of the page. The album information and social networking is at the bottom of the page which balances out the poster and obeys the rule of thirds.
This design is slightly different as incorporates the banner, as seen in the demi lovato poster. The only issue with this design is that it may be considered too similar to the Demi poster although a different image and font. The album name, artist's name and record information is all centrally placed on the banner. This may cause some unused white space which may make the poster seem uncompleted. This design does not have any social networking features either.
This design still uses the white banner at the bottom of the page . This design makes more use of the space and places a gradient fill, which matches our digi-pak, on the banner. This will make the design fuller. The album name, artist's name and the record information is centred on this design too. The social networking features are not featured here.
This final design is unlike any of our research as features a side banner and the album name placed vertically up the side. The artist's name is also placed on a slant to mirror the idea that the artist would have signed the poster. This positioning may cause issues as placed very close to the model's head and in her hair which may be hard to read.
We will use these designs to enforce and inspire our final product. We have decided to use the third design of the first image and the first design of the second image to create our poster. We are unsure which photo we are actually going to select to believe it be best to try both and see which we prefer. If we were to use the first image we would take inspiration from the research and match the font colour with the colour of the model's lips and hair as well as the greenry. If we select the second image we shall be using a brown front to match the model's hair.
(Designs: Rosie and Katie; Analysis: Hannah)
Therefore, we have decided to make designs for both of these pictures and construct them so we can see which is most suited to link to our did-pack and our target audience.
Picture 1:
The album title and record information is on positioned on the left, away from the artist's name which we would have in a larger font. The artist's name and record info would still be in the Book Antiqua font, in capitals to make it punchy.
A different font would be used for the 'IN STORES NOW' part of the poster as this has to stand out from the rather busy image and capture the attention of the listener.
This second design using this image is slightly different. The IN STORES NOW is now on the top of the page whilst the artist's name is at the bottom of the page.
Although we like this idea, this may be problematic as the text may not appear clear on such a busy background. The album name and the record information are centrally positioned, something we are not overly keen on as a group as we feel it would be better suited in a corner, possibly the left hand side.
The social networking feature copies that of our research and is placed at the bottom of the design in the rule of thirds.
This design is by far our favourite. The artist's name is positioned in the right top hand corner and using our chosen font, Ancestry SF, the name will look like the artist has signed the poster- especially when rotated to a slant.
The social networking feature is placed on the top of the page, obeying the rule of thirds. This design is further balanced as the album title and record information are placed on the left.
The IN STORES NOW is to be placed along the bottom as this balances the whole image out.
This final design is our least favourite as extremely blocky. We dislike this as we feel the poster and the digi-pak must reflect the genre of the music which is indie folk and this design is too restricted for this genre.
Picture 2:
This design is by far our most favourite design and one we shall be using. The font will be consistent with the digi-pak, Ancestry SF and Book Antiqua. The artist's name will be placed across the image which may be problematic in this design as the model's hair may cause the text to be unclear. The Album title is in the top right hand corner, positioned along the top of the page. The album information and social networking is at the bottom of the page which balances out the poster and obeys the rule of thirds.
This design is slightly different as incorporates the banner, as seen in the demi lovato poster. The only issue with this design is that it may be considered too similar to the Demi poster although a different image and font. The album name, artist's name and record information is all centrally placed on the banner. This may cause some unused white space which may make the poster seem uncompleted. This design does not have any social networking features either.
This design still uses the white banner at the bottom of the page . This design makes more use of the space and places a gradient fill, which matches our digi-pak, on the banner. This will make the design fuller. The album name, artist's name and the record information is centred on this design too. The social networking features are not featured here.
This final design is unlike any of our research as features a side banner and the album name placed vertically up the side. The artist's name is also placed on a slant to mirror the idea that the artist would have signed the poster. This positioning may cause issues as placed very close to the model's head and in her hair which may be hard to read.
(Designs: Rosie and Katie; Analysis: Hannah)
Ancillary Task: Stages of Front Cover
To ensure the final front cover was to our exact liking, we played around with many different features including a white gradient fill (as initially designed), a lens flare and the levels of the image.
(Design: Hannah, Katie, Rosie)
Wednesday, 23 April 2014
Ancillary Task: 4th Photoshoot
Knowing we needed a landscape shoot with the golden hour effect we decided to organise a photo shoot later in the evening to achieve the golden hour. We wanted a location where we wouldn't get houses or other buildings in the shot and would have rolling hills to meet a horizon line. Because of this we choose to do it on a lay-by we knew of on the M25 which would offer the setting we wanted. Below are the two best photos of the day and two that have been preliminary edited.
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(Photoshoot: Rosie and Hannah; Editing: Rosie)
Tuesday, 22 April 2014
Final Cut #1 Feedback
After finishing our first final cut we posted it on numerous social media websites to gain feed back from other people outside of our media class. Below are some of the comments made on facebook:
We also shared it through twitter and these are some of the responses we got:
Becky tweeted:
"the bit with the girls dancing and the part were you filmed people walking about in town were both really good!"
Katrina tweeted:
"I watched this earlier, ridiculously good! Enjoyed it so much
"
Hayley Tweeted:
"this is wicked! Cheeky snap of Sophie in there! And my 'cousin' ruby was dancing, well done!"
Chelsea tweeted:
"omg that's amazing!!!!"
Additionally to this we sent it to a friend who is currently studying media in America and this is what he had to say about our video:
"Good song choice! Love Birdy
okkk the video, I like that it's in black and white for most of it and it goes well with the song. the use of fades is really effective as well, maybe some of the other shots that don't have fades would look better if they fade to have continuity really liked the scenes with the dancers and the shots were well framed
I thought it was really clever when it bled into colour at the end but I think the start would look better in b&w rather than colour.
I really liked the shots focused on the singer and the dancers, but some of the shots of just people were a bit dull and didn't have a lot of context, maybe more shots of trees and the environment might be nice, some shots of the sea possibly, but overall it's fabulous!"
(Rosie)
We also shared it through twitter and these are some of the responses we got:
Becky tweeted:
"the bit with the girls dancing and the part were you filmed people walking about in town were both really good!"
Katrina tweeted:
"I watched this earlier, ridiculously good! Enjoyed it so much
"Hayley Tweeted:
"this is wicked! Cheeky snap of Sophie in there! And my 'cousin' ruby was dancing, well done!"
Chelsea tweeted:
"omg that's amazing!!!!"
Additionally to this we sent it to a friend who is currently studying media in America and this is what he had to say about our video:
"Good song choice! Love Birdy
okkk the video, I like that it's in black and white for most of it and it goes well with the song. the use of fades is really effective as well, maybe some of the other shots that don't have fades would look better if they fade to have continuity really liked the scenes with the dancers and the shots were well framed
I thought it was really clever when it bled into colour at the end but I think the start would look better in b&w rather than colour.
I really liked the shots focused on the singer and the dancers, but some of the shots of just people were a bit dull and didn't have a lot of context, maybe more shots of trees and the environment might be nice, some shots of the sea possibly, but overall it's fabulous!"
(Rosie)
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