Finished CD package and Advert

Today is the deadline of the CD package and advert. These are the finished products. The evalution and improvements to my blog will soon follow.

Magazine ad

CD package front cover



CD package back cover

CD disc outside of package

CD package inside left side (booklet)

CD package inside right side (with CD)

CD package inside right side (without CD)

CD package spine

Tuesday's lesson - 16/01/2018

In today's lesson, I have worked on the front cover of the CD package. I inserted gutters to make sure the text didn't go outside the 1 cm from the sides of the cover. I tried writing the artist's name and the title of the album in different ways but in the end, I inserted the letters one by one, tilting some to the left and some to the right, putting them next to each other unlevelled. I grouped grouping them so it is easier to move the words around. This is what I ended up with and I quite like it as it relates to a close up shot in the music video of the name of the song.

To add gutters, I went on View, New Guide and added 1 cm guides all around the cover.

Print product layouts

I have drawn out the plans of the layouts for my print products to visualise how I want them to look. These are my initial plans but these can change when I actually make them.

Photoshoot for print products - 08/01/2018

In today's lesson that we booked the studio for, we took photos and I think they came out well. Now, I will have to choose which ones to put on which product.

CD and Advert Pitch

We have done our pitch presentations on the 11th December and got some feedback and recommendations from our class that we might find quite useful during the creation of the print products.

- fonts represent genre and style of music video
- the third one and last one would look good as it is simple and not too childish
- don't use pink light, stick with ordinary lights and add in any other effects after
- white backdrop would be good



CD package and magazine ad case studies improvement

I have improved the case studies for the print products.

Pitch Presentation (Prezi)

We presented our pitch of our ideas of the CD package and advert in today's lesson.

Case studies (finished presentation)

Today, I have finished my case studies presentation of my analysis of the album cover and adverts of Lady Gaga's Joanne, Halsey's Badlands and Sia's 1000 Forms of Fear albums. I think looking at these three artist was really helpful in terms of coming up with ideas of what to put on the CD package and the magazine advert I am going to be making, and I realised that synergy is present in all of the products of these artist, both in house style and images. 

Finding case studies

In today's Media lesson, I have tried to find CD package case study examples, and looked at a few from artists similar to Melanie Martinez and her style.
I've started making a prezi about the case studies.





The album that I will be looking at in terms of CD package and magazine advert are going to be:

Lady Gaga -  Joanne

Sia - 1000 Forms of Fear

Halsey - Badlands

I have chosen these 3 artists as they are similar to Melanie Martinez's aesthetic and style, and Halsey is similar to her in terms of music style too.