Production: Draft Digipak

Here is a draft for the digipak (outside):

Here is a screenshot of it in production:

Here is a screencast of the digipak being produced:

 

Editing process

The first thing I did when editing this shot was to open the Brightness/contrast adjustments in photography mode in photoshop.

then I tried increasing the contrast witch resulted in the image becoming too dark.

looking at the image I changed in the level of contrast till it looked more natural and gave the image a slightly darker tone.

When I was done with the contrast I then opened the Hue/Saturation to continue editing the image, I lowered the saturation until the image became black and white to see if it would look better. However I decided to keep the image in colour so to keep with the colour scheme.

Returning to the original saturation I added 20 to increase the colour levels.

Next I experimented with selective colouring adjustments, changing the red and yellow content in the image to make the autumn background more vibrant.

Once I was done editing the image I needed to merge the different layers into one that could then be transferred.

copying and pasting the edited image to be in the same tab as the template for the digipak

then moving the edited image to cover the original I could then click on the eye button of each layer to see which layer looks the best.

Photoshop second look

-After looking at the images side by side I tried experimenting with the different possible edits of the shots that could be used as the front of the digipak.
After editing the shot of the artist it matches the second image more making a balance in the digipak

Planning: Digipak Flat Plan

Here is my flat plan for the digipak:

Research: Digipak and Website Research

Researching Ancillary Products: Importance and Functions of digipaks

Hello!

What is a digipak?
A digipak is the packaging for a CD, so it includes the front cover, the back and the CD design.

Why are they important?

1. They entice people. They are supposed to attract people and so they buy the CD.
2. It reflects the artist. A heavy metal band typically wouldn't have a flowery album cover while a pop singer also wouldn't have a dark album cover covered in dark images. 
3. It should tell you the genre and style of the music, based off of the design.
4. Fans like to own actual hard copies of their favourite artist's CDs.

- Jess

Production of Music Video: Progress Review

Hello!

In general, I have much preferred blogging this year in comparison to last year. I feel as though it is easier and clearer, which allows me to have more of an understanding of what to do. Last year I felt quite confused surrounding the whole thing, but now I feel as though I have it all sorted out. Because of this, I have definitely blogged more. And I enjoyed the blogging. Last year, I only enjoyed the practical elements, but now I feel as though I genuinely understand the work and I can put it into writing.

Last minute blogging before our pitch (📷: @lilypad3601)

A photo posted by Group 6 (@group6media) on Oct 20, 2015 at 2:49am PDT

I feel as though I documented the production process very well, with both the vlogs and all of the photos. I felt as though it was important to see what we were doing and how we were doing it. I also really enjoy taking photos/editing so it was a nice thing to do. I also enjoyed making the video as our group got on really well and had fun - it didn't feel tedious at all.