2nd Digipak Develop

After the feedback i received from my class, I decided to use the images from the second shoot as there is a variety of different shots and I have also changed the costume as I did not like the costume used in the first digipak . In addition, I have made changes to CD's, there is the original digipak CD , which I have added the artist's name, song list and leaves to of with the background of the images. Furthermore, I decided that the second CD which is the bonus CD will be a visual album. This will have all the music videos of the songs on the album. To make it more appealing to my target audience, I have also added the artist's signature on the album for a more personal feel to the digipak .  Lastly , I will need to resize the fourth panel as the image has been stretched to much or I will change the image to make it equal with the other images.  

Digipak Typography

I have been looking at RnB artists albums and I have been analysing the typography used on the albums. I decided that the album name will be called "Janelle Scott" which is the artists name as a majority of RnB albums name are of the artist. From researching into RnB artist albums, I noticed that typography styles are very simplistic but have a funky style to them which has been used for decades. A a result of this, I will be using only the artist name and this will their global label. 

After searching RnB albums typography. I went on www.dafont.com to have a look at the range of the fonts. There was six fonts which I liked but I was not sure which one to use, so i decided to do a questionnaire with my class and teachers. It was handed out to 17 people between the ages of 17-26. After the  questionnaire was done , I gathered the results in the form of a tally chart which was a much faster way to see which font was the most liked. 

The results from the questionnaire, show that Lighthouse by Mans Greback was the most popular. However, I don't feel that this font suits my chosen music genre and the didfipak. I spoke to Sinead about the results from the questionnaire and she said that she really feel the fonts that I chose portray my chosen genre. After the conversation I decided to a look through the website again to find the right the font. 

After looking at several fonts I decided to change the fonts above to "Andes", I really like this font as it has an 80's and modern feel to it. It also reminded me of Estelle's Album "Shine".

           

Artist Name Change

I was not to sure on my artists name, from the feedback received . So I did some research on RnB artist names and I have decided that I will be changing my artists name to "Janelle Scott" as it sounds more of an RnB artist name than "Rebecca Iggy".

Digipak CD's Examples

Here are example of RnB artists album CD's that I have research. When researching I notice that a lot of RnB album CD's are very simple in design with a plain colour background or and image of the artist. The most important things on the CD's is the artists name and the title of the album. I really like how Beyonce in the first CD has just used the first initial of her name in a bold western font , as the it stands out also anyone who purchases the CD will be familiar with the logo and font as it will remind them of the album. The Keyshia Cole CD, which is the second one to the right, is an image of her dressed and made up very seductively , which is done the through the make gaze to catch mens attention. The typography on the album is in swirled italics in the colour pink . I will be using these CD design to help give me ideas when it comes to creating my CD for the digipak. 

1st Photo-shoot

Digipak First plan

 In lesson today we were asked to design the first draft of our digipak. The image on left is a quick sketch of how I would like my digipak to look like. The idea I have is for the audience to know that this digipak is an R&B one. My artist is a solo artist so I will have a close up or mid shot images of her for the album cover so that her face will be easy to recognise. Inside the digipak there will series of photos of the artist which will be in a mini photo leaflet from the photo shoot. However, I have not fully decided how I want the back of the digipak to look like, I am considering have city night light as I want the photo shoot to be done at night time in city. This is because the songs on the album will be mainly slow and my chosen song for the music video will be slow and the lyrics link in with the night life/ love theme. Furthermore, the CD will just be black with the artists name on it across in a bold font. I have also decided to add another CD on the digipak which will feature live versions of the songs and a behind the scenes of the artists UK tour. Lastly, the front cover will also have a parent advisory symbol on the bottom right as some songs have explicit lyrics.