Final Digipak!

Here is the final template of our digipak, We have 7 images including the spine, which represent the different sides of the digipak.

This is the front cover (we have kept this writing style throughout the ancillary, using it on the webpage also)


Extra panel (photoshopped this image to create a pink effect on the wall and keeping with the colours on the webpage)


Inside right (which will have the CD tray on top)


Inside centre


Inside left (here we used some lyrics from l.e.s artistes because we liked the idea of written lyrics inside the digipak)


Backcover (with barcode and copyright information)


And finally the spine, with a matching design as the inside right (CD tray)

Final Webpage :D

Ok, so here is out final webpage for our auxiliary task :) i'v posted the link up and it should work but just in case i'm gonna work some print screen magic so it can be seen.
http://file///Volumes/USB%20DISK/Media/Site_2/Webpage.html

I really hope that works because we've transferred all this from the school Macs to our computers at home :)

Just in case here is our finished website.



Here is a close up of the twitter updates, so you can read them easier! We thought this was relevant to keep the flow of web 2.0 and shows how artists can keep in contact with their fans in a postmodern world!



We havn't quite finished a few aspects of the page but overall we're so happy with it and feel that the images and writing are really striking and fit in with the recurring themes of our entire project, both the video and digipak. The scrolling page showing Santigolds Twitter updates has recently been added, as has the link to our music video. These are both features of musicians webpages that we found and thought really worked.


We are planning on uploading the final music video tomorrow if all goes well, we're having a few problems doing it at the moment but i'm sure it will be up as promised tomorrow :)


Over half term we are going to start working on our evaluation, which we're going to approach in a number of ways. We are going to create an interview style "making of" to answer the questions whereby we will all be discussing the different aspects of creating our music video. Alongside this we will be combining it with "making of" shots we got on the day with the handicam and using examples of clips from our final music video.

Much love! xxxx

Our very own (draft) digipak!

We made this a few weeks back now, just as a draft of what style template and images we want to use, in the end we decided to go for the extra panel - allowing us to use more images we got during our filming (because there were loads of good ones!) Also, this template looked pretty neat when it all folded in etc :) here are some photos of the draft we made.



This is the front cover, we used the tab to write the artist name and album title 'Santigold' and 'L.E.S artistes' because we've decided to go for the handwritten theme because it creates a more unique appearance!



Here is the backcover, we had to use an image where i was positioned to the side so that we could then insert all the track titles from the album along the side (note we have no barcode at the moment!)



This is the open digipak, the image in the left is on the extra inside panel. the cinema photo with the red seats is the central image as you open the digipak, we chose this one because it is very eye catching and it was also one of our favourites! the beach image on the right is where the disc tray will be placed, therefore we didnt want to use an photograph of myself because it wouldnt be seen, we initially chose this one because it reflects our beach location however, we have no changed this and have an image of glitter - reflecting our webpage instead! we feel this works a lot better. But we have moved the beach photo along in place of the far left blue moon picture - and drawn some handwritten lyrics from L.E.S artistes onto it...its looking awesome!!



This is the back of the digipak. Here you can see the front cover and back cover. The white strip down inbetween the two covers is the spine - where we have designed a glitter strip with the name of the artist and album name. We designed the spine the other day, so it is now ready for the final thing!
'xiting!!



Okay, here is the last image. This is an (almost) birds eye view of our draft digipak just to illustrate how it all folds in together!

And finally, a quick update on the video itself, we are 99% finished!!!! We just have to add the song name,artist and music label text at the begining - and ofcourse one final check through...then we are done!
Well..it will then be time to focus on our evaluation which shouldnt be a problem because we have been working on it at the same time and also have a lot of 'behind the scenes' footage from the handicam to add to our evaluation :)

Thanks again for reading!, Lorna.xo

suuuuuup.

so i hadn't written on here in a while but just thought i'd do a little update, i hadn't forgotten :) our video is basically all we're thinking about at the moment! any spare nights we have are spent at school tweaking the final bits of editing together. its looking good so far and theres only a few dodgy bits that we want to change to make it perfect :D the webpage is nearly done and we need to finish off the last bits of our digipak and we are all done! pretty soon we'll upload pics of the webpage onto here and the digipak once we've actually made it into a real life digipak :D eeek. so yeah, TTFN love youuuu xxx

Feedback central

We are getting to the stage in our production now where audience feedback is vital, therefore in our lesson on Friday we asked a few of our fellow students at 6th form (who happen to also be part of our target audience, young adults) to come in and give their opinions in some small focus groups, covering not only our music video but also the anciliary tasks tooo!

Firstly when looking at the webpage comments were made about a large pink banner we had, and that it drew attention away from the photo of Santigold - we also agreed with this and then moved a few things around a made the banner smaller and complimented it with a grey part and it now supports the photo rather than overwhelming it.

With the Digipack responses were generally very postive, everyone liked how we used photos taken on location and that they made it seem very professional and of a high quality.

We then asked more direct questions about the music video:

1. Which part or parts stood out the most to you?

- the reverse shot of the cards (personal favourite of ours too, was great as we also learnt new technology to produce it so it was great to get postive feedback for that!)

- shot which involves a frame in the stones and lorna in the distance within :)

- change, change, change :) this was one of our favourites which is the part which included the masks and lots of effort was put into it, so it was great to hear good stuff being said about it.

Criticisms!

- one line where lorna looks directly at camera, outside cinema not sure if this goes well with the rest of the music video (we had also highlighted this as a point to go back to, so glad that we're agreeing with the audience feedback)

- middle part with the umbrella needs to be of a faster pace (this will be achieved through lots of extra editing sessions until we get it perfect, tomorrow after school in fact, one of many!!)

we shall give more audience feedback after we've moved further along with our project's :)

Looky here...It's a digipak analysis!

This is the debut solo album from Babyshambles front man, Peter Doherty. Released March 16th 2009, the album did not sell as well as was predicted - only reaching 17 in the top 40 album chart. However, rock/indie magazine 'Q' stated the album was impressive and awarded it 4/5. The Guardian also gave positive reviews and claimed that this album says "Goodbye to Pete Libertine the Rehab King, and say hello to Peter Doherty, outstanding singer-songwriter and charismatic poet-vagabond. It's a pleasure finally to meet him". Pete Doherty has always excelled himself with lyrics, even with former band 'The Libertines'. Being a fan of Doherty, i may be bias in saying that i think the album exceeded my original expectations and even though Doherty’s voice has been damaged by drug use, these tracks are poignant and meaningful. This digipak consists of the audio CD, DVD of extra performances, and a booklet in the centre with illustrations and lyrics. It is made from a rigid glossy card material.

Here is the front cover



We are initially struck with this imposing graphic design image of a woman with a burnt orange/brown/yellow colour scheme that runs throughout the digipak. This is also the design sold on t shirts to launch the album and his solo career, using this deisgn will allow people to realise it is from this album!



The fact that Doherty isn't on the front cover i would say is slightly inconventional however, more recently i think it has become more common for artists to do this, but then have some kind of image of themselves inside the package. (which we then go on to see) His name is in capitals but the font is quite small and therefore your eye is not drawn straightway to this, underneith is the name of the album 'Grace/wastelands' which is in a fine handwritten style font (handwritten being the style we have also gone for) but could be easily missed at a glance! The parental advisory sticker on the front along side the informative 'CD/DVD special edition' is recognisible with regard to CD packages and therefore know there will be strong language either on the CD or DVD.



This is the backcover of the digipak, once again keeping to the graphic design colour scheme and the handwritten names of the tracks particuarly stand out to me, because this is a key feature i think works with this individual artist - it creates more of a personal touch! :) Another thing i think we haven't mentioned until now is the barcode!....we need to include that! otherwise how would people buy our wonderful digipak!...here it is at the top right, slightly inconventional (as it is usually in either of the bottom corners) BUT i like it!




Here is the entire digipak opened up, and the front cover of the booklet inside which has song lyrics (handwritten) and further graphics. Each panel inside commits to the recurring colour scheme but has 3 images of a ballet dancer, which is relevant to one of the songs (and could also be relevant to the dancers her had at his live shows) Some lyrics from the tracks are also written across these designs again in a handwritten manner which i think works well!
To either side of the centre panel you can see the slots for the CD and DVD and at the bottom of the centre panel there is a long slot where the booklet goes, i think this is a very neat and well processed design!



This digipak has an extra panel (similar to ours!) which has yet another illustration, this time of Doherty himself (even though slightly distorted!) i like the black jigsaw pieces that make up part of his torso, its kinda quirky! :)

Finally, here is a photo of the spine - this is a very important aspect of the digipak design because most CD/DVD holders only show this part and therefore needs to be easily accessed and recognised



This one clearly displays the artist and album name, overall i think this is a good example of a digipak for an individual artist, my favourite features being, the handwritten fonts and the general layout :)
Thanks for reading, Lorna.

Analysis of web page (Pixie Lott)

I've decided to look at Pixie Lott's web page for the reasons being that she has only been on the music scene officially since the spring/summer of last year (2009) but has reached incredible success over the last 6 months, not just in the UK. Only last year, she was nominated for 3 times at the MTV Europe music awards and then went on to receive 2 of these, including 'Best UK and Ireland act' as well as 'Best push act'. Having established her career successfully she has also been nominated 3 times at this years Brit award ceremony. These include; 'Best Breakthrough artist', 'Female solo artist' and 'British single'. The genre that is mostly associated with Pixie Lott is pop, soul, r'n'b and sometimes electropop. I've chosen this particular web page because after researching a few this one stuck to us as a group when deciding on what features we want to include on our own Santogold page. here is a screen shot from the web page, notice the background has been changed for the period of time in which Pixie Lott's audience can vote for her on the Brit awards.



At the top we see a constant moving image of Pixie herself next to the web page headline 'Pixie Lott'. As we'd expect, the headline is the largest font we come across on the page, it also has a hand drawn appearance which we have incorporated into not only our web page, but also the digipak therefore keeping consistency within our products! :)



This still from the web page highlights the large font typography for the headline banner and also the navigation bar with relevant links you may expect to see on a musicians web page. These include 'news' and 'tour' which are the more obvious links that would take you to more information on what's currently happening with regard to her career and when you can see a live show/performance.
I liked the use of Pixie's name incorporated into the links here, such as 'Pixie who?', 'Pix', and 'Pixie World' these are features that particularly stand out to me because rather than simply saying 'biography' it's making the reader become more intrigued. At the end of the nav bar, there are links to follow Pixie's Facebook, Myspace, Youtube, Bebo and Twitter - this demonstates web 2.0 where we, the audience can get involved more and communicate instantly with the use of blogging and social networking. It also demonstrates the postmodern world we now live in where we can view videos/picture of our favourite artists whenever we like via the internet.



With every link you click on the back ground and colour scheme changes, adding variation to the web page as a whole, we will not need to do this as we are just creating the home page, but if we were to do so this would be a successful idea in my opinion because it keeps the audience's attention to detailing.
Here is a still from the 'Pixie World' page which again has a change in colour scheme but also reads that you have to be a member or signed up in order to visit this world. This is interesting because even though it is free to sign up, the audience have to commit to this web page for further information and gossip!



On the homepage i found it quite unconventional to see an artist promoting a product which isn't entirely theirs, here Pixie advertises the 'Baby-G' watch company not only in a banner at the top of the page, but also in a box to the right. Both of these advertisments are on the home page and are in a contrasting teal and black colour scheme as opposed to the pink and white of the general layout. This is a feature i would not want to use in our own web page.

Overall, the key highlights for me that i have taken into account for our product is the navigation bar links and general layout e.g) having the main headliner's name at the top, nav bar underneith, columns to the side and boxes underneith. This web page is easy to access which is a vital factor :)
Thanks for reading! Lorna.