CD cover ideas

This is the CD cover template i will be using for my CD cover designs. Although the front of my CD cover and the back look alot bigger then the original CD template it would be down sized to fit the template.


I took a few images for my CD front cover also the back of the album cover too. I wanted to carry the beach theme from my music video throught to my CD cover. I wanted the audience to recognise this reflection from my music video to the front cover. I feel that the picture also reflects in the lyrics, for example "you dont even know me, you say that im not living right" this picture creates a peacefull/tranquill setting. I have edited this photograph by making the lighting different to the original to try and make the sea and the heart in the sand the main features.

I added the heart in the same because i think when he wrote this song you can tell its really speaking from the heart also i feel it creates a positive start to the album before listening to it.

MY album shape is a rectangle rather than a square because i wanted it to be different. I used Monotype Corsiva for my font because it was the one that fitted and looked the best with the beach scene, I am also using this for the back cover to it dosent look odd using a different font.

I think the front of my CD cover could have been made a bit stronger by maybe taking pictures of the cast i used in my music video and put them on the front of my CD cover so the audience can reflect more towards the song and music video. However i have only edited the picture i took slightly and i think i looks like i have edited it alot more seen as the colours contrast well on it.



This is the back of my CD cover displaying the name of the songs and what number track the song is on the CD. The main focus on the cover is the two foot prints in the sand and tho font. I used the idea of foot print to try and make it like the other side of the beach because the Front CD cover is of the sea. I used the same font as the front CD cover too which is Monotype Corsiva, although it is a fancy font and the genre of the music is dance still think it flows well having something to do with the music video aswel. The names of the songs do take up alot of room on accross the CD cover but i wanted it like this because of the font i used.
There are also the conventions of bar codes and music production company which appear on the back cover only.

Overall this back CD cover was not very hard to make but still looks good and looks like a pair with the front of the CD cover. To improve the back cover i could have taken an establishing shot of Bridlington along the front of the beach and done lot of editing to it.

Calvin Harris album cover

This is the album cover is for Calvin Harris's Album called Ready For The Weekend.
The most eye catching thing you first see about the album cover is the womens face on the front with the fly like dimantie glasses. This make the album cover more mysterious/effective as you can not see her eyes, Also the picture is in black and white which makes you look at the picture differently due to not been able to see the womens hair colour ect.

The women will have obviously been posed like the way she is as its an extreme close up of her full face. The lighting in the shot looks like it has been shined up into her face from down below automatically giving her status. Songs on the album such as "Im not alone" and "Ready for the weekend" relate to this picture as the women does not seem old only in her late teens/early 20's.

Although we can not see the Womens eyes she is stil holding a very strong poise with her jaw which suggests independance/individuality towards he audiences.

The same font is used throughout the album from the Album title to the song titles. The album is no perticually "fancy" compared to some modern albums. It used a computer/electrical like font throughout the album.

The title of the album is written down the side on an angle so its not covering any of the womens face on the cover. I think this look very effective because its located down the spine of the album you just straight away see the womens face before anything else which is kind of iconograpical towards Calvin Harris.

The back of the album is meant to be the womens head at the front showing her hair, but still in the black and white theme. This goes really well because it follows on from the front of the album of the womens face.

on the back on the album there are usual conventions which you expect to see on the back of a CD cover which are the manager’s name, Music Company and barcode.

Test Shoots and Scripting

Before i started filming i did three test shots too double check my filming would eb of a good quality.

first test shot:
First i filmed over the sea to check the lighting for when i was filming some weather shots and panning along the beach.


second test shot:
Secondly i filmed the mise-en-scene to check the camera was shooting my cast clearly, because one of my cast was wearing a brightly coloured pink jacket i wanted too double check it would be a problem.




third test shoot:
the last test i did was on picture quality when filming. The second time i filmed on the beach it was very bright to begin with then then it became cloudy during the day and i didnt want it to look bad continuity, as if i had filmed it all over different days.

I didnt need to use any scripts for my music video because nobody was miming or speaking over the song. I didnt want any voice overs because i thought it would ruin my chosen song and no voice overs needed to be used to express any emotion or actions.

One more time - Daft Punk

This genre is the same as my chosen song. the lyrics repeat them selfs through out the song alot which is similar to my song. first released as a single on 13 November 2000[1] and later included in the 2001 album Discovery.

Distributed by Virgin Records.

Length
5:20 (album version/radio edit)
3:55 (short radio edit)
8:00 (club mix)


The song's incudes editing such as vocal performance by Romanthony is heavily auto-tuned and compressed also the music video featured scenes from the later released Japanese anime film Interstella 5555.

Health & safety considerations

I had to make sure that none if my cast went into the sea because it was a very cold day when i was filming and getting wet while it was cold could have made one of my cast very ill.

I made sure i didnt put the camera down on the sand or let anyone drop it because if it got droppe in teh sea it would have broken the camera completely and if any sand/grit got into it it would have also effected in and could have even effected the tape i was using.

I made sure i took an extra person with me to look after the camera when it was not been used to make sure none of these events could happen.

Analysis of lyrics

Characters

first character:
James Cooper
18
wearing: coat, scarf, skinny jeans, plimsoles.

I chose James Cooper to be in my music video because he was the perfect image for my target audience. It would have been also esay to change his "look" if i wanted to by a chngae of clothes/ hair style ect. He always tunred up on time which i knew he would and wasd a very reliable source for the video.











second character:
Amanda Croft
18
wearing: pink toggle coat, leggins, scarf, hat.

I chose Amanda Croft to feature in my music video becuase she was also like James Cooper a perfect image towards my target audience. Becuase Amanda was 18 it was the same as my target audience i also knew that Amanda would not let me down when i planned for us to shoot and she always turned up the the correct clothes i asked her to be in.










Third Character:
Chloe Robinson (Myself)
17
Wearing: leggins, Ugg boots, white top, cream zip up jacet with a jacket with no sleves no top.


I acted myself towards the end of the video to have a slight change of character from Amanda and James. This was not too difficult but i did have to do some test shoots and keep checking them.