Poster Edges

Me and Molly received feedback for our Digipack back and our tutor commented on how we should match the back more with the front therefore instead of just using the same image we also used the tool poster edges (which is what is used on our front cover) and also applied it to our back cover although then liquified the image in a spiral to make it non-repeative but a clear theme throughout.

Adding the 'poster edges' edit

The 'poster edges' edit applied

Liquifying the image.

The finished final image.

Adding our typography to CD back cover

We then applied the rest of our typography which included songs and copyright rights and a barcode.

Font Experimentation For DigiPack

Whilst creating our Digipack me and molly wanted to look into more inventive ways of using typography therefore went on the website www.dafont.com  to explore different types of font we could use which would be creative as well as suitable for our target audience, we found several possibilities including these bellow...

However we went with this font as we felt it best suited our target audience as well as being creative and very similar to the one in which 'chase and status' themselves use. 

Photoshop Experiments

Here are some experiments in which me and molly made when seeing what sorts of edits we could use of photoshop and see which ones could actually work. I really like the first one and the 4th one as i feel they are most suited to the target audience. I am also debating weather to draw my own title out as within my research i found the typography they use i feel is quite significant to them as its usually quite creative and i feel i cannot find a font which really reflects our video, therefore i will draw out the title, scan it in and use photoshop to layer it over our chosen image.

Experiment 1

Experiment 2

Experiment 3

Experiment 4

Experiment 5

Experimenting With Photoshop

Here are some quick and simple experiments in photoshop in which me and molly did by simply taking screen shots from our video and mainly looking in to the typography as we know there CD covers are usually heavily influences by their font, size, colour etc, therefore tried to find one which we felt represented Chase and Status as a band as much as we could.

An Example Of The Type Of Font And Colours Chase And Status Use.

Screen Shot Takes From Video With Added Title

Screen Shot Takes From Video With Added Title

CD Cover Ideas

Today we started work into our digi pack and after researching into different drum and bass and chase and status album covers we discovered they are quite animated in the sense that it is rare to see an image which hasn't been heavily edited or distorted, it is most of the time about the typography and the colours surrounding it sometimes almost have markings in which connote the movement of the music and the rhythm within the beats. 

Example of Drum and Bass Album Cover (No Images Used).

Example of Drum and Bass Album Cover (No Images Used).

Here is some ideas me and molly came up with for our CD cover however we are unsure as what to do at the moment and played around with layering in photoshop as we don't know how we would do a stereotypical digital image such as seen above.

4 Different Ideas For Our CD Cover.

Example Of Layering Harrison (Performer) Over Pit Gig, Summarising The Video.

How Chase And Status Advertise.

Chase And Status Advertise in all kinds of different ways and one of them is through websites...

Here you can see they use bright bold colours again to make their name stand out on a edited image even if its simply been turned to black and white or extremely distorted it has been edited in some shape or form. I believe me and molly should take the ideas from their originals and other drum and bass artists as i believe it would suit the target audience's wants and needs.

Poster Design's For Inspiration

All these posters are of the genre drum and bass and have clearly used bright and bold colours with a lot of animation going on and if a image is used it has usually been edited is some way or form to be distorted, which makes me believe we would have to do the same sort of thing for our digipack, Including vibrant colours and distorted images. 

CD Covers Designs And Inspiration.

Chase and Status Album Cover

Here are some of Chase And Status' past album covers and Drum and Bass albums. I can clearly see that the focus isn't on a particular person and is based more around animation and in some rare cases an image. This has shown me it is probably not a good idea to focus our cover on the band as this is unusual and not a stereotypical option or applys to the wants and needs of our target audience. However on the day of shooting I do intend to take pictures of the actors so it can therefore be photoshopped into a animation for example chase and status album cover for 'end credits'. Although they are animated all have a link to the music video the green tint used in Chase And Status' -Pieces is reflected within the typography.

A Screen Shot From Chase And Status' Music Video Pieces.

Chase And Status Album Cover.

Chase and Status Album Cover.

Chase and Status Album Cover

Drum and Bass Mix Album Cover

Pendulum (Drum And Bass Artist) Album Cover.